Lindsey had better control over her parental units the second day. She had them up, dressed, fed, lunches packed and ready to go by 8:30 in the morning. Debbie even had a backpack. (Debbie was severely reprimanded the day before when she tried to get other people to carry her stuff. There was talk about sending her to time out the day before.) The goal for the day was Silver Falls State Park. Cultural Moment: Silver Falls is called the “crown jewel” of the Oregon State Parks system. Its beauty, boundless recreational opportunities and historic presence keep it as the crown jewel. Nestled in the foothills of Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, less than an hour east of the state capital of Salem, the sprawling 9,200 acre property is the largest state park in Oregon, and one of the most popular. Debbie and Larry were stoked (Do you like how Debbie worked in some cool language?). Lindsey had promised 10 yes 10 waterfalls all in a circular route. Crown Jewel? Yes!
Things were going great. They were in Lindsey’s new car. Debbie was thinking of busting out in song (Not really – Debbie just wants you to think that she can sing.). As the group approached the last 10 miles to the park, their car came to a long slow line behind a truck with a flashing sign. WET PAINT – DO NOT PASS going (wait for it) 5 miles an hour. Debbie shrewdly calculated that put them 2 hours away from the park. (Debbie was a math major and is available to calculate although it can be annoying). Yes, the state was striping the road with bright yellow paint. As Lindsey’s car rounded the corner, they spotted a local resident taking a short cut. In a cloud of dust, the group followed the resident down the country lane. There were high 5’s when they came out ahead of the pack. They sped down the road to suddenly come upon another truck with a flashing sign WET PAINT – DO NOT PASS. Seriously, two trucks? They had successfully jockeyed themselves into the second car behind the paint and escort truck. The car inched along until the escort truck stopped and the driver got out. He walked over to the side of the road, got out his camera and took pictures of the cars behind him which included Lindsey’s car. (Remember, she was car number 2). Debbie kept shouting “ We didn’t pass the truck”. Debbie was prepared to get out to take a reciprocal picture of the paint truck but Larry and Lindsey threatened her with time out.
The group arrived at the crown jewel and parked just as the paint crew pulled off to rest. The group pulled up about the same time as several school buses. The three examined Lindsey’s new car and were able to understand why the drive was taking pictures. The group was sad and a little depressed with their findings. They set off towards the first falls down a really nice path without all the mud from the day before. As they got to the turnoff to the first falls the path and road intersected. Debbie noticed that the paint entourage had started up again. Debbie flagged down one of the paint trucks and asked how to remove the paint. This action made the driver extremely nervous. He kept telling Debbie to be careful standing in the middle of the road. (Turned out it was his first day at work). Debbie kept repeating that we did not pass. After much radioing back and forth with Debbie refusing to get out of the middle of the road. (She was hoping that she could talk on the radio and say 10-4 or over and out. Did not happen) . The answer was a car wash as soon as possible. The three decided that they would go to one waterfall and then on a quest for a car wash. They started down the path to the first waterfall and down again and down some more. A decision was made to “abort” as they were going to have to hike back up the downward path and then back a mile.
The quest began after the picnic lunch surrounded by high school kids from the buses. The drive to Salem retraced their route through the new paint. The group discovered that cars did not pass the escort truck but saw evidence of swerving over the line. There were many cars that have the yellow mark of shame driving around Oregon. The three headed off for the nearest car wash with Debbie clutching her phone with Google maps shouting out directions. They arrived at the busy car wash. (No they weren’t all washing off yellow paint). As the car wash bay cleared, another truck tried to pull into our bay. Lindsey whipped in and jumped out of the car to stake her claim. Lindsey won the car wash show down making Larry and Debbie so proud.
Debbie tried to give suggestions to clean the car. Lindsey and Larry suggested that Debbie stay in the car and not help. They did a great job cleaning the car. Luckily, Debbie was not sensitive and understood that the paint fumes must have gotten to the other two. She did think that they might need a time out.
So what did they learn?
- Silver Falls is the crown jewel of the parks but they did not see any of the promised water falls. Next visit
- A day doesn’t always go as you planned
- Drive steady and don’t swerve across wet paint
- All that car washing Larry did paid off
- If you see a paint truck, turn around and go the other way
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