Drive to Northern California

μ–΄μ°Œλ˜μ—ˆκ±΄ λ”°λœ»ν•œ 남가주 λ‚˜μ„±μ˜ λ‚¨κ°€μ£ΌλŒ€ν•™μ— μœ ν•™κ°€μ…¨λ˜ 큰 λΆ„… 집에 λ‹€μ‹œ λͺ¨μ…”와야 ν•  μ‹œκ°„μ΄ λ˜μ–΄μ„œ 곀이λ₯Ό λͺ°κ³  μ‚°λ„˜κ³  λ¬Όκ±΄λ„ˆ λ‚΄λ €κ°”λ‹€. μ΅œμ’…λͺ©μ μ§€λŠ” LA…

μ—­μ‹œ 큰 차의 μž₯점은 μž₯거리 여행을 ν•  λ•Œ 크게 λ³Ό 수 있고 이 λ•…λ©μ–΄λ¦¬λŠ” κ΄‘λŒ€ν•˜κΈ° 짝이 μ—†λ‹€…γ…Žγ…Ž λŒ€μΆ© 680 mile을 ν•˜λ£¨μ— λ‹¬λ ΈμœΌλ‹ˆ κ²½λΆ€κ³ μ†λ„λ‘œλ₯Ό μ„œμšΈλΆ€μ‚° μ™•λ³΅ν•˜κ³  쑰금 더 λ‹¬λ¦°μ…ˆ…

I-5λ₯Ό 따라 남μͺ½μœΌλ‘œ λ‹¬λ¦¬λ‹ˆ 쒋은점은 이제 Southern WashingtonλΆ€ν„°λŠ” In-N-Out λ²„κ±°κΆŒμ΄λ‹€…γ…Žγ…Ž μ‚°λ„˜κ³  λ¬Όκ±΄λ„ˆ 가리볡리아(加利福尼亞)에 듀어와 Sacramentoμœ—λ™λ„€μΈ Chicoμ—μ„œ ν•˜λ£»λ°€μ„ μ²­ν–ˆλ‹€…

Day 1 of driving to Southern California to pick up our college kid. All the way from Bellevue to Chico, California via I-405, I-5, and CA-99 for 1st leg of this trip

2026.5

Wagoneer Miscellaneous Repair

μ–Έμ œλΆ€ν„΄κ°€ 곀이가 ν•˜λ‚˜λ‘˜μ”© 쑰용히 λΉ„λͺ…을 μ§€λ₯΄κ³  μžˆμ—ˆλ‹€…ν•œμͺ½ νƒ€μ΄μ–΄λŠ” 계속 λ°”λžŒμ΄ μ‘°κΈˆμ”© μƒˆλŠ” λ°”λžŒμ— μ•„μ˜ˆ νŽŒν”„κΈ°λ₯Ό κ°€μ§€κ³  λ‹€λ‹ˆκΈ° μ‹œμž‘ν–ˆκ³ ….(μ‹ κΈ°ν•œκ±΄ μ™„μ „ Flat이 λ˜μ§€λŠ” μ•Šμ•˜λ‹€…) 아직 1년도 λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜λŠ”λ°λ„ λΆˆκ΅¬ν•˜κ³  μ–΄λŠμƒˆμΈκ°€λΆ€ν„° 자꾸 λ‚΄ ν‚€λ§Œ 인식을 λͺ»ν–ˆλ‹€…(λͺ‡λ²ˆ μ‹œλ„ν•˜λ‹€κ°€ μ • λ˜μ§€ μ•ŠμœΌλ©΄ 앱을 μ΄μš©ν–ˆλ‹€…γ…Žγ…Ž Connected Service의 μ˜ˆμƒλͺ»ν•œ μœ μš©ν•œ μ˜ˆκ°€ λ˜μ—ˆλ‹€…)

μ—νœ΄ 이런 미ꡭ슀런 μ΄μŠˆλ“€…γ…Žγ…Ž κ²°κ΅­ μ°Έλ‹€λͺ»ν•΄ μ‹œκ°„λ‚΄μ„œ ν˜„μ§ˆμ„ ν•΄μ€¬λ”λ‹ˆ μ‹Ή κ³ μ³μ‘Œλ‹€…(ν•œνŽΈ νšŒμ‚¬μ—μ„œ νšŒμ‚¬μ°¨λŠ” μ ˆλŒ€λ‘œ DIYν•˜λŠ”κ±Έ μ—„κΈˆν•œλ‹€…)

A bit irritating repairs were looped all and knocked out with one visit to dealer… tire losing air (but not depleting though) and vehicle having trouble in recognizing my keyfob…

Is my vehicle too American or myself behaving too much American? πŸ™‚

2025.9

Traffic on Canada Boarder Control

여름닀 λ‹€λλ‚˜κ°€λŠ” 8μ›”μ˜ λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰ λ‚  곀이 노가닀도 μ’€ μ‹œν‚¬κ²Έ κ²Έμ‚¬κ²Έμ‚¬ν•΄μ„œ μ°¨λ₯Ό λͺ°μ•„ 뢁μͺ½ 이웃 λ‹¨ν’λ§ˆμ„λ‘œ κ°”λŠ”λ° κ΅­κ²½ λŒ€κΈ°μ€„μ΄ 좩격적으둜 μ§§λ‹€… μ΄λ ‡κ²Œ 짧은 적은 μ•„λ§ˆλ„ μ‹­λͺ‡λ…„전에 평일날 μ˜€ν›„μ— λͺ°κ³  κ°„ μ΄ν›„λ‘œ μ²˜μŒμΈλ“―…ν™•μ‹€νžˆ ν•˜μ–€μ§‘μ˜ λΉ¨κ°„λͺ¨μž 싸움닭 ν• λ°°κ°€ λ“€μ–΄μ„  μ΄ν›„λ‘œ λ‹¨ν’λ§ˆμ„ μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ΄ μ—΄λ°›μ•„ 미ꡭ으둜 μ•ˆλ‚΄λ €μ˜¨λ‹€λŠ”κ²Œ ν™•μ‹€ν•œλ“―ν•˜λ‹€…

ν•œνŽΈ λΉ¨λͺ¨ ν• λ°°λ•Œλ¬ΈμΈμ§€ κ΅­κ²½μ—μ„œ 질문이 λ°”κΏ”μ˜€λ‹€… “λ„Œ λ­ν•˜λŠ” λ†ˆμ΄κ³  μ–΄λ””λ₯Ό κ°€λŠλƒ/κ°”λ‹€μ˜€λŠλƒ”μ—μ„œ “뭘 κ°€μ§€κ³  μ˜€λŠ”κ±°λƒ”둜 μ–‘ side의 질문이 바뀐 것도 μƒκ°ν•΄λ³΄λ‹ˆ λ†€λžμ§€λ„ μ•Šλ‹€… (ν•œνŽΈ μ„±μ‘°κΈ° λ°•ν˜€ μžˆλŠ” 우리 곀이 ν•΄κΌ¬μ§€ λ‹Ήν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ„κΉŒ λ…Έμ‹¬μ΄ˆμ‚¬…..γ…Žγ…Ž)

I have never seen this light traffic on I-5 crossing boarder – Wow πŸ™‚

2025.8

2025 NAfME All Northwest Orchestra at Spokane, WA

at Spokane Convention Center

So it was a crazy drive back-and-forth 8 hours driving in a day πŸ™‚ and upon return, I-90 was all fun 4 wheel Snow mode driving during 2/3 of the drive.

μ˜¬ν•΄λ„ 우리 꼬맹이ꡰ이 λ½‘ν˜€μ„œ 곡연을 ν•˜λŸ¬ κ°”λŠ”λ° ν•˜ν•„ μ˜¬ν•΄λŠ” 광역행사라 μž₯μ†Œκ°€ Spokaneμ΄μ—ˆλ‹€…왕볡 μš΄μ „μ‹œκ°„λ§Œ 8μ‹œκ°„…. 2μ‹œκ°„μ§œλ¦¬ 곡연을 보러 그것도 눈이 μ˜ˆλ³΄κ°€ λ˜μ–΄μžˆλŠ”λ° κ°€μ•Ό ν•˜λŠ”κ°€, 1박을 κ·Έλƒ₯ ν•˜κ³  와야 ν•˜λ‚˜λ₯Ό μ‹¬νžˆ κ³ λ―Όν•˜λ‹€ 우리 곀이의 μš΄μ „ λŠ₯λ ₯도 λˆˆλ‚΄λ¦¬λŠ” μž₯거리 기반으둜 ν…ŒμŠ€νŠΈν•΄ λ³Ό κ²Έν•΄μ„œ κ·Έλƒ₯ λ‹ΉμΌμΉ˜κΈ°λ‘œ 질러 μ£Όμ…¨λ‹€..

특히 갈 λ•ŒλŠ” μ˜ˆλ³΄μ™€ 달리 λˆˆν•œμ†‘μ΄ λ§žμ§€ μ•Šκ³  κ°”λŠ”λ°, λŒμ•„ 올 λ•ŒλŠ” κ³΅μ—°λλ‚˜κ³  λΆ€μ§€λŸ°νžˆ λ‚˜μ™”μœΌλ‚˜ μ•Όκ°„μš΄μ „μ— 눈이 내리기 μ‹œμž‘ν•˜μ—¬, μ œμ„€μ΄ μ „ν˜€ μ•ˆλœ Freewayλ₯Ό μ•žμ°¨ κ½λ¬΄λ‹ˆλ§Œ 보고 κ°€κ±°λ‚˜ μΆ”μ›”μ‹œμ—” λ‹€λ₯Έ 차듀이 거의 μ§€λ‚˜μ§€ μ•Šμ€ 눈 μŒ“μ—¬ μžˆλŠ” 언덕/내리막길을 쌩쌩 거리며 달렸닀.. (γ…Žγ…Ž Truck기반의 4λ₯œκ΅¬λ™μ˜ 힘….μ΄λŸ¬λ‹ˆ 이 λ‚˜λΌλŠ” Sedan이 μ•ˆνŒ”λ¦¬λŠ”κ±°λ‹€…..)

2025.2

Seattle Snow Week

일주일간 μ†Œλ¦¬μ—†μ΄ κΎΈμ€€νžˆ 눈이 μ˜€λ‹€ λ“œλ””μ–΄ λ©ˆμ·„λ‹€… 항상 제일 λ¨Όμ € 도움이 ν•„μš”ν•œ 주민듀을 제일 늦게 λ„μ™€μ£ΌλŠ” Bellevue CityλŠ” λ°˜μ„± μ’€ ν•΄μ•Όν•œλ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•œλ‹€…항상 눈 μž„νŒ© μ—†μ–΄μ§„ μ΄ν›„μ—λ‚˜ μ œλŒ€λ‘œ 눈치우러 μ˜€μ‹¬…

μ΄λŸ¬λ‹ˆ 주민듀이 λ‹€λ“€ 4λ₯œμ„ μ‚΄μˆ˜λ°–μ— μ—†κ²Œ λ§Œλ“œλŠ”λ“―…μ•”νŠΌ 우리 곀이 동넀 μ‚¬λžŒλ“€ λΆ€λŸ¬μ›€λ°›μœΌλ©° μ—΄μ‹¬νžˆ λ¬Έμ œμ—†μ΄ μ™”λ‹€κ°”λ‹€ν–ˆλ‹€…κ²°κ΅­ λ―Έκ΅­μƒν™œμ—μ„œ λ°°μš°λŠ”κ±΄ 자λ ₯κ΅¬μ œμΈκ°€ μ‹Άλ‹€…

Finally one week of consecutive snow piling has stopped. As a citizen living near the border of city limit and small uphill parts of this city, I am sick of seeing city’s support only arriving after all things are already cleared…clearly their Priority is not matching the amount of needs citizen’s needs in each neighborhood.

Thanks to our new Gonnie I enjoyed the snow driving with 4WD for a week πŸ™‚

2025.2

2024 Bellevue Interlake High Homecoming Football

Wow what a game – severe underdog Bellevue Interlake made a huge upset at homecoming – beating 60s rank team as 140s

And I had a VIP seat watch -more like a goal line view- thanks to duty of class float driver in the half time with my 3 days old Wagoneer

μš°μ™€ 사싀 큰뢄은 μ΄λŸ°κ±°μ— 관심이 λœν•΄μ„œ λͺ¨λ₯΄κ³  μ‚΄μ•˜λ˜ 고ꡐ ν’‹λ³Όκ³Ό ν™ˆμ»€λ° 행사…반면 μž‘μ€ 뢄은 λ‚˜μ„œκΈ° μ’‹μ•„ν•΄ ν•™λ…„λŒ€ν‘œ μœ„μ›νšŒ μœ„μ›μ΄λΌ 쑸지에 μ œλŒ€λ‘œ κ²½ν—˜ν•˜κ²Œ ν•΄μ£Όμ…¨λ‹€…

이 ν•™κ΅λŠ” ν™ˆμ»€λ° 주간에 ν™ˆκ²½κΈ°μ—μ„œ ν•™λ…„λ³„λ‘œ μΈκΈ°νˆ¬ν‘œν•΄μ„œ 2인을 뽑고….ν•™λ…„λŒ€ν‘œλ“€μ΄ νŠΉμ • ν…Œλ§ˆλ‘œ 트레일러λ₯Ό μž₯식해 κ²½κΈ°μž₯ ν•œλ°”ν€΄λ₯Ό νΌλ ˆμ΄λ“œλ‘œ λ„λŠ” 행사가 μ „ν†΅μœΌλ‘œ μžˆλ‹€…

근데 트레일러 μˆ˜λ°°λΆ€ν„° νΌλ ˆμ΄λ“œμš© μ‘°ν˜•λ¬Ό μ œμž‘ 및 λ„λŠ”κ²ƒκΉŒμ§€ λͺ¨λ‘ 각 ν•™λ…„μ—μ„œ μ§„ν–‰ν•΄μ•Όν•˜λŠ”λ° μž‘μ€λΆ„κ»˜μ„œ 3일된 우리차λ₯Ό μ“°μžκ³ ν•˜μ…”μ„œ…γ…‹γ…‹νŠΈλ ˆμΌλŸ¬ μš΄μ „μˆ˜λ‘œ κ²½κΈ°μ‹œ μž‘μ „μ— 트레일러 끌고 κ²½κΈ°μž₯ ν•œνŽΈμ— λ“€μ–΄κ°€μ„œ λŒ€κΈ°ν•˜λ‹€ ν•˜ν”„νƒ€μž„μ— 10ν•™λ…„ ν…Œλ§ˆμΈ λ―Έκ΅­ μ„œλΆ€μ˜ μ‘°ν˜•λ¬Όμ„ 달고 μš΄λ™μž₯을 ν•œλ°”ν€΄ λŒμ•˜λ‹€…γ…Žγ…Ž

κ²°κ΅­ μ°¨λ₯Ό λ“€κ³  λΉΌλŠ” μ‹œκ°„μ΄ κ²½κΈ°μ „ν›„λ§Œ κ΄΄λŠ” κ΄€κ³„λ‘œ 5μ‹œ κ²½κΈ° μ‹œμž‘μ „μ— λ“€μ–΄κ°€μ„œ 11μ‹œκ²½ κ²½κΈ° λ‹€λλ‚˜κ³  λ‚œν›„ 겨우 λΉ μ Έλ‚˜μ™”λ‹€…

κ·Έλž˜λ„ 덕뢄에 경기와 관쀑석을 λ™μ‹œμ— λ³Όμˆ˜μžˆλŠ” μœ„μΉ˜μ—μ„œ 직관….κ²Œλ‹€κ°€ ν™ˆνŒ€μ΄(μ›Œμ‹±ν„΄μ£Ό λž­ν‚Ή 140μœ„κΆŒ) 말도 μ•ˆλ˜λŠ” 60μœ„κΆŒ νŒ€μ„ 업셋을 ν•œ μž¬λ―ΈμžˆλŠ”κ²½κΈ°λ₯Ό μƒμƒν•˜κ²Œ λ‹€λ΄€λ‹€…

ν™ˆνŒ€ μŠ€νƒ λ“œμ˜ 1/3은 λ°΄λ“œ, 1/3은 학생듀, 1/3은 동넀 μ£Όλ―Όλ“€λ‘œ λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰ Game winning ν„°μΉ˜λ‹€μš΄ λ“€μ–΄κ°€λ‹ˆ λ‹€λ“€ μŠ€νƒ λ“œμ—μ„œ λ°©λ°© λ›°κ³  λ¬Ό λΏŒλ €λŒ€κ³  λ‚œλ¦¬….γ…‹γ…‹ (μ•„λ§ˆ μ—°κ³ μ „ κ΄‘λž€μ˜ 1/3 정도일듯…κ·Έλž˜λ„ λ―Έκ΅­μ„œ 그게 어디냐…γ…Žγ…Ž)

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