Caught with my pants down!

Literally, I was caught with my pants down, peeing in the desert. Its really an all or nothing thing in the desert, not much to hide behind and the pickup that surprised me by coming over the hill (after I swear I checked) got a view of ALL of it. The best part was I suddenly heard them coming and I fell in the dirt (pants still down) trying to hide behind the one sad sagebrush in an attempt to not be seen. Too bad my big white a** was pointed right at them and I was wearing a bright purple shirt. Yep! They got mooned and I got dusty. Ha! It was hilarious. You'll be happy to know I didn't pee on myself in all that upset! The rainbow marks the spot. No pot of gold there...hehe.

My goodness what a day I had. I left Boise at 6 am this morning. I passed the man in the desert again, he had his tent up today, and he was poised over his dog, protecting him from the highway or something, he looked like a statue today. I wonder if anyone checks on him? Or brings him food. He doesn't move from there. Mile marker #17.
I saw the funny rocks that look like a herd of cows and I saw a weird march of the Canadians today too. It was the strangest thing I've ever seen. 4 or 5 groups of Canadian Geese all in formation but walking into this huge shallow lake I was driving by. It was really such a sight!

I was surprised by the amount of slow moving birds in Oregon too. So much carnage! First thing a truck hits this little black bird and it went flying in spirals up and off the road. There were magpies and pigeons, a hawk and sparrows and a mallard of all things. Bird carnage everywhere. I saw loads of buzzards too which are such a wicked sight. With their big red heads.
When I arrived in Lakeview Oregon I was surprised to see a sparrow pop its head up from the hood of my car. Like it had been along for the ride. I think he had hopped up there to snack on the bugs squashed on the front of my car. It was funny though because I was moving and he looked up like, "Excuse me~ but I'm eating here". It was really funny. Lucky bird that lived!

I had an amazing time at the DMV. Not in a good way. The place closes at lunch time and the parking lot filled up before she unlocked the door. I couldn't believe it, so it was a race to get a number first. The place was instantly full. With its 8 chairs and people standing. So the testing table was in the midst of this crowd...yeah take your big test in a group of grouchy locals who are pissed about having to wait at all.
That lady in there is such a trooper. She handled the whole thing with such patience and that can't be easy!

I passed my tests though!!! That's the most important part of today! First try on both tests and I didn't miss the maximum :) I almost missed the maximum but I'll take what I can get. And I got out of there. It took me an hour for that whole thing. So that wasn't bad either.

Then I had the pants down event on the way back so that about sums it up. Oh! I almost forgot the funniest thing (pre-pee) was that I was speeding down the road about 5 miles over the speed limit and I got passed by the Sheriff, so what was I waiting for? I sped up! I mean, getting passed by the guy I thought would pull me over just goes to show they don't like driving in the desert any more than the rest of us...and those ridiculous speed limits in Oregon, come on people!