Today's drive down to Detroit Lake was relatively uneventful, after an initial freakout on my part after seeing just how much space the vehicle had to offer for moving, especially after relatively minimal camping equipment had been loaded. We actually ended up re-strategizing and borrowing vehicles from both Suzanne and Pat, leaving Eden to drive the Escape with Cassie and me all by my lonesome in the PT Cruiser.
Of course, the level of frazzle I incurred meant that we didn't pick up food on the way out for the evening meal, leaving us to try to put together a meal locally. The denizens of Detroit, Oregon apparently subsist entirely upon meals based on potato products and hot dogs, to judge by the items available in the local market. Given this, we opted to make a run back 20 miles to the previous town to see if our luck improved. Unfortunately, not so much, although we did find a charming little shack selling firewood at $5 per cord. Ultimately, we ended up with potato chips, potato salad, coleslaw, corn (which Eden had actually remembered, although I didn't know it earlier), and tea, largely thanks to Reeser's apparently having taken an interest in stocking the local deli case.
For all that, we had a wonderful night, burning away a few hours playing crazy eights, go fish, and war with a $2 pack of cards. We had a great fire going the entire time, as well, keeping us quite comfortably warm, if a little smokey.
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