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7 Mar, 9 tweets, 2 min read
Road trip day!

Driving to Portland, Oregon for a weeklong anniversary vacation with @fawfulfanswife.
Just made it to Susanville. Pulling over at the Diamond Mountain Casino for a quick rest stop and gas up.
Hello Oregon!

41 states down. 9 to go.
Okay, Eugene has the weirdest goddamn parking I have ever seen in a city.
And that was my first experience with a full-service Oregon gas station. I knew to expect it, but it was still a new thing for me.
I've arrived in Salem, and stopped just outside the state capitol for a quick bit of sightseeing before I head the rest of the way to Portland.
And I've now crossed over into Clackamas County, which reminded me of this.
Made it to Portland Airport...with two hours to spare until my wife's flight arrives.

I really budgeted too much time for stops.
Wife and I are checked into the hotel, we're now scrambling to order a pizza before the delivery cutoff time.

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I keep thinking back to this.

It makes a lot of sense. And it's also a danger sign for Republicans that their overperformance with Latino voters may be very hard to replicate once the pandemic's gone and things start recovering.
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I lived in this area from 1992-2003 and then again from 2015-2020. In that ENTIRE TIME, I have seen it snow *twice*, and neither time did it actually accumulate on the ground.
Even six inches of snow in, say, Boston, would shut some stuff down.

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Any ideas for how to keep our lines warm?
UPDATE: She has opened every cupboard, opened every tap to a trickle (though most are already frozen), and is going to pour some salt down our drains and wrap the pipes in towels. And that seems to be all we can do for now.
UPDATE 2: Jessica and I realized that we were overlooking an appliance we have that is portable and can warm things: scent warmers!

We're going to try using those.
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