Yellow van's first night alone

 
















this just in



this was tonight


    At sundown we went to Freeland to leave the yellow van in a gravel lot next to Payless. The lot was empty except for the biggest most shiny red/orange moving van with a huge lounge bunk extending behind the cab. Someone was in the lounge bunk I believe, so I felt better in a silly way leaving the yellow van.

    Otherwise there were walks. I did something with wood in the yellow van to trim out something. S went rummaging and clearing and cleaning under the house. It was getting pretty full under there. The thing about the van was that it reminded me of the goat I took to the auction up in Surrey once (one time). She was standing down in the arena foursquare looking out on the rising bleachers where some men where scattered looking down. Didn't go back there.

    Tomorrow won't be as easy as today: lot o drivin, lot of medical, lot of traffic and there is some fear that the preferential boarding pass will be expired. 

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