Leaving and returning

On the way to Portland from Yachats is a lush bird-filled wetland called Beaver Creek. More rain, swooping swallows, red-winged blackbirds, and life, life, life! And then a 4-hour drive, tires hissing on massive roads between trucks driving 70 miles per hour in the rain. Terrifying. We got off the expressway as soon as we could. Now safely in our homes, back-blipping.