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SALEM, OR — For most drivers, the two-hour stretch of perfectly straight I-5 between Eugene and Portland is a test of mental endurance. But for 34-year-old Springfield resident Laura Jenkins, it’s the highlight of her week.
“This is my me time,” Jenkins said, leaning against her Subaru Outback at a Salem rest stop. “Just me, the road, and endless fields of grass that could be the same field over and over for all I know. It’s pure bliss.”
Friends describe Jenkins as a “thrill seeker” who finds joy in the subtle nuances of Oregon roadside vegetation. “Last trip she called me screaming because she saw a slightly
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