It was a grand and glorious night's sleep in this Kamping Kabin! Yes, it was cold but the Kamping Kabit has a little electric heater that kept the cold away. The biggest difference, though is the birds! In tents, the birds start goin' crazy around 5:30-6:00 AM and you're awake. I got to sleep until about 7:30 then had a muffin and a cup of coffee with the manager of the KOA in their little store. A real fine dining experience!
I thought of another pleasant difference between the desert states of West Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona compared to CA and OR: FEEDLOTS! If you don't know what feedlots are, they are relatively small lots where cattle are fattened up just prior to the slaughterhouse. Feedlots are prominent in the desert SW and across the Midwest. There are two significant things about feedlots: First is the smell! You can smell them for a long ways before reaching them and the smell is anything but lilac and Ginger! Second, you have to imagine the cows in there saying to each other: "Hey Bub, come over here! There's some good grub over here! They are FINALLY treating us the way we deserve to be treated!" Little do they know that next month they will be the main entree at Del Friscos Steakhouse or the best part of a Big Mac!
Well, I'd better haul my lazy booty over to the shower, load up, and head North toward Coos Bay, Lincoln City, and Tillamook before heading inland to Portland. Beautiful ride along the coast . . . but the ever present OreGONE rain!
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