BEST WESTERN ADVENTURES
Series 10

THE BLEATTY BLUES

Bly Bly Beatty Bly

Time to kiss Klamath Falls goodbye

One stop, two stops, no one's around

Let's head west on 140 to the twin towns

Bly Bly Beatty Bly

Where once was a Taliban training camp, and that's no lie

Are you sure? Well, that's what they say

Never thought you'd find al Qaeda out this way

Let's stop at Lost River, at Gap and Ford

Answer two questions quick, before the kids get bored

Beatty Beatty Bly and Beatty

We're doing some caching, better be ready

Second stop, up to the OC + E trail

Husband's puking and looking pale

Bly Bly Beatty Bly

Call R for the webcam, maybe she'll give it a try

R's looking for us, she's on the phone

When we finally get there...and hit the dead zone

Are we in the right spot?

Who knows, because the call got dropped

I have a smoke, husband continues to heave

The kids start crying, they want to leave

So off we go, webcam cache plans dashed

Heading for Bly-Beatty, say that three times fast

Site of only mainland casualties during World War II

When picknickers pulled out Japanese war balloon, and it blew

Into pieces, killing them all

I remember reading about it on a museum wall

We really need drinks now,

Should have stopped at Palimino Store

Sun is getting bright and throats getting sore

Beatty Beatty Bly and Beatty

Say it fast and it sounds like Bleatty

Like the name of the next cache,

Fourth of the trip

And at each one, husband was sick

Too much drinking the night before

We just need to get to Lakeview, and a store

Get some drinks and get on "home"

But we can't resist stopping at the Gnome Home

This one says it is in a Sprague River park

We think we'll get the kids out, go for a lark

Turns out "park" has a rather loose meaning

Driving along switchbacks, all dropoffs and weaving

Then a hike down a trail, "only 500 feet"

Halfway in, the kids are beat

They sit on the trail while we take turns looking

Finally back to the car my husband gets them booking

I see the cache, and walk straight in,

Then feel fire all over my shins

Dang poison nettle, now my legs are burning

And headed for "home" I want to be turning

Lakeview, Lakeview, where are you?

I can't wait to see you, oh no,

Cuz I've got the Bleatty Blues.