August 17, 2019

Straightforward ride down I-5 from Bellingham to Portland and my friends' house.  About an hour spent crawling along in stop and go traffic due either to accidents or road construction. The cause was never clear.  Great weather again.

I gained 100 Karma points by offering assistance to a motorcyclist broken down at a  rest stop. His gear shifter had fallen off and I had the proper size wrench in my kit to fix it.  It occurred to me later that I should have asked where he was headed.  If it was to Portland for the proto-fascist "Proud Boys" rally (is there a Proud Girls movement too?) yesterday, I could have said, "well, before you start breaking heads, remember that it was a liberal from Los Angeles who got your bike back on the road for you."

Non-stop conversation and dinner at an Iraqi restaurant in the evening.