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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, February 18, 2004
As young children, many of us “ran away from home,”
which in my case meant taking peanut butter-and-jelly
sandwiches, Oreo cookies and apricots into the nearest
canyon and pretending I was the Durango Kid. I stayed in
the brush until my get-away food was gone; then returned
home in time for dinner.
Jan and I, although we’re no longer “kids,” sometimes
run away from home together, except that we skip the
pb&j and the rest. Actually we sometimes travel on our
stomachs, which could be painful and time-consuming if
conducted literally. But we’re talking about being away
from home, and eating in restaurants.
We’ve found that cruising about the countryside makes
us hungrier than usual. So during our most recent expedi-
tion we ate breakfast at Patrick Creek Lodge, lunch at the
Crescent City Harbor, and dinner in Eureka. And one of us
managed a snack in Klamath on the way back to Illinois
Valley. It reminded us of camping, when it seems that the
high points of the days are breakfast, lunch and dinner; and
wondering in-between how long it’ll be before we eat
again. Must be something about the Great Outdoors.
(Bob’s Excuse #61).
After breakfast we went across the highway to the Pat-
rick Creek Campground and let our doggies, “Bingo” and
“Rocky,” check out the picnic area. “Bingo” actually went
for a swim in the super-chilly water, and seemed to enjoy
it. Back in the van, I said, “Wow, it smells like the Smith
River in here.” Jan said, “Actually, it smells like a wet
dog.” And I replied, “Don’t tell me that. I’m sure it’s the
river.” She didn’t argue, but I could tell she didn’t agree.
We decided to take South Bank Smith River Road
prior to Hiouchi and maybe visit Stout Grove. As it turned
out though, we just cruised slowly through that primeval
forest setting and stopped a short distance past Stout Grove
to let the dogs out again. We walked a bit on, would you
believe, a walking trail, although “Bingo” left us for a
short time and went for another swim. I could tell because
he was all wet and smelled like the Smith River. Eventu-
ally we got back to the van and headed for the south side of
Crescent City.
It was a rainy day, but the wet didn’t bother us. In fact,
having lunch in Crescent City on the second story of a res-
taurant with large windows overlooking a beach was better
than TV. A lot better. As we have no TV programming at
our house, I can say this with certainty.
The trip to Eureka was even more rainy, but the views
of the Pacific Ocean from Hwy. 101 are awe-inspiring.
(Better than TV). We seem to never tire of watching the
relentless waves dashing themselves to the shore. As for
Eureka, it has become, in our eyes, a crowded and traffic-
congested place that’s not all that nice to visit. Although
Old Town Eureka is interesting.
Returning home in the dark and rain was fun in an odd
sort of way. Driving through the elements when they’re
raging is a true eye-opener about how fragile we are. Jan
and I had an enjoyable day away.
But next time we take off, I just might whip up some
peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches. It could make traveling
on our stomachs a bit easier.
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Ode to ‘Zippy’
From Samuel Quintana
Selma
My
companion,
“Zippity-Doo-Dah,” was
born on July 23, 2003. He
was one of 10 pups born to
“Bearly.”
The litter was not un-
planned or unwanted. They
were all loved equally and
well cared for.
On Jan. 19 this year,
while playing in the front
yard of my girlfriend’s
place, “Bearly,” “Zippy”
and three other of the pups
were shot to death.
This has left our fam-
ily devastated and scared
of the one who did it.
I phoned the sheriff’s
office to report a violent
crime, and a deputy came
out four hours later. He
asked stupid questions like
our dates of birth.
Whatever one calls
this situation, perhaps har-
assment of private citizens
and their pets, is uncalled
for and rude. I believe that
the politicization of law
and justice is a dangerous
trend in our free country.
It will not bring back
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From Lucky Jean
Cave Junction
About the “salvage
timber” sale in the Biscuit
Fire burn area: a little
while back on the TV news
I caught a brief bit about
this issue.
They said that “the
trees that are very burned
aren’t really usable, but the
big trees that didn’t get
burned much, the ones that
are still alive, are market-
able.” In other words, the
burned trees aren’t worth
salvaging, but the live ones
are. How is that “salvage?”
Sounds to me like it’s just
an excuse to log some big
trees that would have sur-
vived anyway.
And about the issue of
gay marriage: how does
this merit a fraction of the
news attention it’s getting?
Who cares if gay people
want to get married? Let
them. It couldn’t make
more of a mockery of mar-
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our pets, but life (and
death to deal with) are for
the living, pro-active few
who still believe in true
justice and the letter of the
law.
We will not take the
law into our own hands,
but leave it to those public
officials who are hired to
provide fair, equal service
to all American citizens.
The true, tragic issue
here is that inept political-
ized public officials seem
to care more about protect-
ing the public image of
their departments than pro-
tecting the public from
sociopathic criminals.
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