Sunday night drive

[kyrielle]

Sunday night, after visiting my parents, I drove over to Beaverton to go to Craft Warehouse (which was out of what I wanted, but oh well). It has been years since I have driven to Beaverton from there. I still knew the route but it was unnerving going up Albertson, which has changed a bit (more houses) and was in any case just a long gravel road going up with trees, so I never really classified it in my mind. As a result it looked subtly wrong most of the way up. It was beautiful, though - I left Mom & Dad's just at dusk and as I drove up it was dark, and the road is steep and the top of the hill is covered in evergreens and the full moon was above them in a dark blue sky...glorious! Absolutely glorious.

Then down Bald Peak...from there into Beaverton, through Farmington, it all looked very much as expected. I didn't remember it - I'd forgotten Farmington altogether! - but I recognized each turn and spot as I came to it, no problems. And it was an absolutely gorgeous drive with the full moon up.

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[mandydax.livejournal.com]

The past few nights, when I get home the full moon's bright enough to see by (not really to drive by, and I wouldn't try it anyway), and the air's been so crisp that the moon isn't glaring and the brighter stars and even some of the dimmer stars are quite visible. It makes a great tableau. ^_^