I Accidentally my Sunglasses
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canyonwalkerNorthwest Return Travelog #8
Back at the hotel in Clarkston, WA - Fri, 30 Jul 2021. 8pm.
In my rush to write about eating dinner in Moscow... Idaho I forgot to write about how I accidentally my sunglasses. Actually, I don't know how I accidentally my sunglasses. I just know that I did.
![I was so tired I wore these sunglasses for 30 minutes before realizing a lens had fallen out [Jul 2021]](https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/canyonwalker/33413618/758492/758492_original.jpg "I was so tired I wore these sunglasses for 30 minutes before realizing a lens had fallen out [Jul 2021]")
Even weirder, I don't know when I accidentally these sunglasses. It just occurred to me while I was driving and blinked one eye, "Huh, one eye sees brighter than the other." The lens that popped out wasn't anywhere in my lap or on the floor at my feet so it must have dropped out at least 30 minutes earlier. So I wore these busted sunglasses for at least 30 minutes before realizing something was wrong with them. Yeah, I was tired. Our hike to Elk Creek Falls took more out of us than we thought initially.
Driving without sunglasses on a glaring day like today means squinting and discomfort for me. At our next rest stop I asked Hawk to take over the driving, and she did until we got back to town this evening.
Back in town we stopped at the Walgreens drugstore a few blocks from the hotel to look for new sunglasses. In a display up front they had cheapo shades starting at $9.99. I hunted around and found a rack elsewhere with an inexpensive name-brand that fits my face and is polarized for $20.
Yeah, I generally buy cheap sunglasses. You might think as much as I depend on sunglasses and as much as I care about them having the right shape and tint, I'd invest in a high quality pair. But I don't because I'm too hard on them. I can't seem to make a pair last more than about 6 months... why the heck would I want to spend $300 each time? Yeah, I can tell my $20 pair will fall apart in a few months, but here's the thing: the expensive shades that cost 10x, 15x, 20x as much (these are non-prescription glasses, BTW!) wouldn't last more than 2-3x longer. I'm all for spending more to buy quality. I won't spend vastly more for merely a slight improvement.
Back at the hotel in Clarkston, WA - Fri, 30 Jul 2021. 8pm.
In my rush to write about eating dinner in Moscow... Idaho I forgot to write about how I accidentally my sunglasses. Actually, I don't know how I accidentally my sunglasses. I just know that I did.
Even weirder, I don't know when I accidentally these sunglasses. It just occurred to me while I was driving and blinked one eye, "Huh, one eye sees brighter than the other." The lens that popped out wasn't anywhere in my lap or on the floor at my feet so it must have dropped out at least 30 minutes earlier. So I wore these busted sunglasses for at least 30 minutes before realizing something was wrong with them. Yeah, I was tired. Our hike to Elk Creek Falls took more out of us than we thought initially.
Driving without sunglasses on a glaring day like today means squinting and discomfort for me. At our next rest stop I asked Hawk to take over the driving, and she did until we got back to town this evening.
Back in town we stopped at the Walgreens drugstore a few blocks from the hotel to look for new sunglasses. In a display up front they had cheapo shades starting at $9.99. I hunted around and found a rack elsewhere with an inexpensive name-brand that fits my face and is polarized for $20.
Yeah, I generally buy cheap sunglasses. You might think as much as I depend on sunglasses and as much as I care about them having the right shape and tint, I'd invest in a high quality pair. But I don't because I'm too hard on them. I can't seem to make a pair last more than about 6 months... why the heck would I want to spend $300 each time? Yeah, I can tell my $20 pair will fall apart in a few months, but here's the thing: the expensive shades that cost 10x, 15x, 20x as much (these are non-prescription glasses, BTW!) wouldn't last more than 2-3x longer. I'm all for spending more to buy quality. I won't spend vastly more for merely a slight improvement.
