The Hootenanny Shack

On the way to Waldport from Philomath on Highway 34 there's this little red house that has HOOTENANNY in big white letters on the roof. It looks like it might have been built in the 1930's or 40's. The yard is well kept, but now there's a tall cyclone fence surrounding the place to keep people out.

I've always wondered about this place, and why someone would paint that on their roof. I wonder if it was a place that loggers used to go to dance and get plastered in the old days. It's right on the highway, and the Alsea River is on the other side of the road. We always say, "There's the Hootenanny Shack" when we drive by on the way to the coast.

8/19/2012
Thanks so much to Anonymous for all the background info on the Hootenanny place. I hope you get time to enjoy it often. It's in an ideal locale.

I'm Back

Well, it’s been about a year since my last post. I had lost the information on even where to find the website to this blog. But lo and behold I found it and here I am. I'm presently suffering the slings and arrows of outrageously slow dial-up connection speed at 14.4Kbps. Living in a rural area (phone lines from the 1950’s, no cable). I called up Qwest to ask them if there were any alternatives to the abysmal bandwidth here. Their tech guy was quite rude and said we have a voice connection, and it’s working, period, no other choice. This pissed me off enough to look around at any other possibilities. The only other option there is out here is satellite internet. Right now the installation fee is free, but the equipment cost is a few hundred bucks. It’s an expensive threshold to overcome but promises blinding fast downloads and uploads. As it is, I have to use a crowbar to pry my two kids off the machine to get access to it, to great gnashing of teeth.