Son and I had tentatively decided to go take care of some banking bidness this morning, I went over and was pleased to discover a teacher inservice day had the grandkids at home so I got to visit and play a while. Princess just got her braces on yesterday and is in a bit of pain but is otherwise handling it pretty well. TO has been soaking up new facts like the little sponge he is--he has memorized the ASL hand spelling signs and the accompanying illustrative sign like apple for A and zebra for Z, etc. My kyootniz meter pegged out on that one.
What with one thing and another, son ended up having to go run out by the airport to meet with someone so the errand was delayed and I got kidnapped by Agnes. Tried again to make the run out historic 30 and it was some better, but even on a Friday there are just too many tards who get in the way of testing out new plugs and such. So I hopped onto I-84 for a bit just to crank it out to 80mph to Hood River, was going to take 35 over to Government Camp because it's a well travelled highway but after stopping for a growler of cider and some jam and apples at a roadside fruit stand I decided that it was really time to take her out on some "drive it like you stole it" road. Because after buying a new car and dealing with the bobbles and fixits eventually there comes a point where you have to decide if you trust the car or not, and Lolo Pass Road is a great test. Half of it's basically a one lane paved logging road wth turnouts but it has much longer sightlines than you'd expect because the road is also service access for high tension lines crossing the pass. So it's logged off completely in large sections so you can see way ahead to make sure nobody's about to become a hood ornament. It's not terribly well travelled, though, I only met five cars going the other way in 25 miles. One of them was a sudden stop situation as we were getting ready to pass each other a couple deer suddenly darted out across the road and we just missed them. Idiots. Part of the road is dirt and all washboardy from heavy equipment going through to a bridge fix work site about halfway through--they put up a stop light. On a dirt road, middle of a forest. Hilarious.
Anyway, it was an awesome drive, Agnes handled it all like a champ and we're feeling quite simpatico. New stereo was perfect, lots of great music and in spite of my best effort she did not get sideways. AWD is pretty cool, this is my first AWD car and I think I like it.
