The President-for-Life is about to embark on a solo road trip in the official state vehicle - the 2003 Toyota MR2. The car's name is 'Platita' - 'little silver one' in Spanish. The PFL and First-Lady-for-Life are childless, so like most childless couples, we give names to inanimate objects. Pathetic,we know.
The PFL is heading to Salt Lake City - actually the Snowbird Resort, just east of SLC - to chair a conference of very important water people.
The PFL does this conference stuff from time to time. It makes him feel good.
It's about 800 miles from Corvallis to SLC. The PFL will take the scenic route for much of the way, heading southeast from Bend, then to Burns, then down to Winnemucca, NV, where he'll spend the first night. Then it'll be Interstate 80 to SLC.
I will leave on 23 June and arrive on the evening of 24 June. I will return on 1 July.
Not sure how many more trips like this PFL will be able to take. Many more, he hopes.Driving is therapeutic.
"Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage." -- H.L. Mencken
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