Long drive,thunder lightning and road kill

Just arrived in Medford Oregon after a long 16 hour day in a car.
A lesson: Never stop at a casino when you are at the beginning of a trip!!
Since I collect casino chips,I decided to stop at the Skagit casino in Washington this morning to pick up a few for my collection.
45inutes later I am back in my car thinking to myself,"If I keep stopping at casinos on the way down so that I can get more chips,I may not even get to Vegas. So I made a pact with myself(can one do that?)....no more stops until my destination has been reached.

Only had four hours sleep last night as I always seem to wait 'till the last minute to do things LIKE PACK!!! So after only two hours on the road I was already beat. Hmmmm...I could stop and rest, or I can amuse my self with a game of some kind. The game becomes: count the road kill on the highway.
Sheesh:.....the count after 2 hours reads like this: 16 racoons!!!,1 deer,1 cat,2 skunks,4 birds and a couple of things that were so flat...well...who knows? Thought I even saw a dead body at one time on the side of the road, but I think that it may have been a lost sweater...or was it?. No dogs thank God! Actually,the game made me even more tired since I was straining to find dead things on the road. CREEPY MUCH?.... so I pulled in to a rest stop and had a quick 20 minute power nap. Woke up feelin fresh. Whooppee!
The drive down to Madford Oregon was uneventful until about 15 miles out and then BAM!!!.... a lightning storm of bibical proportions hit. The sky was black,black,black. The rain came down in sheets and lightning was everywhere. Quite scary actually but luckily I was close to my goal and arrived in one piece.((NOTE TO SELF: When will I learn that if I wash my car that it will rain the next day?...hmmmm)
So....10 hours finished and tomorrow the goal is to get to Modesto California which is about a 6 1/2 hour drive. I will NOT stop at anymore casinos until I arrive in Pam Springs on Monday....HOWEVER...Saturday IS garage sale day so who knows? Might have to drop in on a few just to see. What can I say? It is a sickness;-)