A New Career? 

    As I mentioned before, Lorraine and I spent some time out on the Oregon coast. While there I had an epiphany, or at least an idea, for a future career. 
    I decided that if given an opportunity, (like reincarnation, or some such), I will become an eye doctor of some sort on the Oregon Coast. Ophthalmologist or Optometrist, I don’t care, as long as I’m helping these folks correct their perceived eyesight deficiencies. 
      Along this coast the air is filled with salt-laden moisture. It leaves a fine film over everything. Any hotel that does not have windshield-washing equipment handy is probably lacking in other essential amenities, like toilet paper and such. 
     Every time I’m out here I come to the conclusion that I’m going blind, and promise myself to make an appointment with my eye specialist to check my cataracts or whatever. Everything seems a little dimmer, a little more hazy, a little less distinct than when back in Central Oregon. 
      When I remember that it is the dried salt film on my lenses, eyeballs, or window that is making this happen I immediately wash the object, and because I’m used to that effort making a difference, I feel that I can see better. This illusion lasts about two minutes. 
      My conclusion is that this must drive the people who live out here year round to distraction, with a lot of them fleeing to their eye specialist to get checked out or a new prescription acquired. Voila! The makings of a very lucrative business.