And also, the man of 29% of the 385 Oregon Post Offices.
Yesterday evening the weather forecast called for rain overnight, turning to just cloudy during the day today. So, I mapped out about 8 post offices to go get photos of in the morning only to wake up this morning to find it raining and now it was going to continue raining for the whole day.
I briefly considered calling the drive off, but I now know from living here for over a year, that even if the forecast calls for rain, that rain, more than likely, will be just off and on not a steady downpour. I jumped in the Miata and headed south.
It did rain pretty steady for the first 25 minutes on my trip down I-205, but it did become sporadic once I started driving on B roads going through the Post Office towns. My second planned Post Office was in West Linn, but when I got to where it was supposed to be, it wasn’t there, it was a paved parking lot for what looked like a new supermarket. Guess it moved to somewhere else. The address I had was from 5 years ago when I first compiled the list. I really should check these on USPS.com before I go out looking.
The convoluted post title was because a few miles from home on I-84 heading west the New Blue Miata hit the 1,000 mile mark.
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- Gladstone – Mid-Century Modern post office in a what was probably a bedroom community for folks who worked in the big city. (11/24/24)
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- Canby – Ten miles further south from Gladstone, Canby still retains its small town feel, but not for long. (11/24/24)
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- Aurora – This city is second alphabetically on the list of Oregon and consequentially has the second lowest zip code. (11/24/24)
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- Wilsonville – Located at the southernmost end of the Portland metropolitan area, Wilsonville is the gateway to the verdant Willamette Valley. (11/24/24)
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- Lake Grove – I thought this was the post office for the town of Lake Oswego, but it is for Lake Grove, a neighborhood inside Lake Oswego, This means I need to go back and get the actual Lake Oswego post office. (11/24/24)
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- Multnomah Branch – I was waiting for a car parked near the door to leave, but after 5 minutes I got out of the car and took a photo anyway. As soon as I got back in the Miata, the car left, so hopped back out and scored the clean shot. (11/24/24)
