Oregon – Penny Wilson Writes

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Umpqua River, Boomer Hill-Oregon

Posted on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 by Penny Wilson Writes

At the top of Boomer Hill where the Lodge Pole Pines stand straight & erect, reaching for the sky; this is where my heart is. It’s among the moss and pine cones scattered on the forest floor.

It’s riding the air currents, alongside the bald eagles and hawks as they search for prey.

My heart yearns for the splash and laughter of the Umpqua River as it weaves its way across the valley floor.

Oh, how I miss my Beloved Oregon!!

Don’t get me wrong. I love my life! I have many, many blessings! But sometimes my heart just aches to be among this beauty. I’ve lived from coast to coast in this Great Big U.S. of A. and much of it is beautiful. But I’ve never lived anywhere more beautiful than Southwest Oregon.

Where is the most beautiful place you’ve ever lived?

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Travel In Oregon and See the U.S!

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Penny Wilson Writes

I recently received the great honor of doing a Guest Post on https://mohamadkarbi.com/ Mohamad’s blog. He has a fascinating blog about travel, writing tips and a variety of other subjects.

You can see the piece I wrote here:

Travel Oregon and See the U.S!

To my Friends and Family in Oregon: Yes, I know I left a LOT out! There is only so much I could cover in this post. Perhaps I will do a more in-depth post on some spots in particular in the future.

To my Friends and Family in Texas: No fear, I’m not going anywhere. Texas is my home now and I’m glad to be here. But they say “write what you know” and I know the state of Oregon a lot better than I know the state of Texas.

To my Friends on WordPress: I hope I did not deceive or confuse you with this piece. I didn’t mean to. I was born in Oregon, although I traveled all over the country, I spent many years there. I now reside in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Signs!

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Penny Wilson Writes

“Signs, Signs, everywhere a sign. Blocking out the scenery and breaking my mind.” I guess I’m dating myself. Some of you will get that and some of you won’t. 🙂

Looking at the picture above, the first time I was faced with going through this intersection, I kinda freaked out. At first my brain could not decipher what the hell I was looking at! I’d never seen a sign like this before!

I managed to figure it out without causing any fender benders going through the intersection, but it sure caused my heart to skip a beat at first!

Living in rural Oregon, “traffic” is when you have to wait for more than 2 cars at the stop sign to get onto the main road.

When I first moved to the Fort Worth area, I was pretty intimidated by the traffic here. Just getting on the freeway was daunting! Where I used to live, the freeway looked a lot like this:

But where I live now, they look like this!

Actually, it looks more like this:

In Oregon, I lived about 8 miles from work. It took me roughly 10 minutes to get to work. Here, I live Less than 8 miles from work. On the average, it takes me about 25 minutes to get to work. On a good day, 20 minutes. I’ve had it take as long as 40 minutes to go those less than 8 miles! Crazy!

But I digress. The reason for this post is the Sign! The Sign!

That Crazy traffic sign! I really, really hate the traffic here. So coming upon a Crazy sign like this just blew my mind.

I have a Wonderful life here in Texas and I do my best to show my gratitude to the Powers That Be. But Dear TXDOT people, please, please, no more signs like this!