That's another service we provide that we weren't going to: travel information.

For the last two-and-a-half years we have made every effort to provide 24/7 service, but we have leaned that we are not as young as we used to be and the lack of sleep is much more important than it used to be.

Half the people in Depoe Bay are retired people on fixed incomes. They don't make lot of money - they don't have a lot of money - and we're in the same boat.

We have reservations a year in advance. For those purposes we rent three vans to handle our traffic, 15-passenger - whatever we can get.

We do not make a profit; we are literally a non-profit enterprise without the tax-exempt status. Drivers work for tips only.

Mileage reimbursement (48.5 cents per mile) is based on Internal Revenue Service guidelines and travel reimbursements are based on Oklahoma state per diem provisions. For high-cost areas of the nation, the state allows a higher per diem and approves higher motel costs.