Monthly Archives: April 2013
See. I Told You So . . .
Things have really sped up for Brandi, Lowell, and Landon on the new home front.
Originally they thought they would have to wait until the end of the year before they could get their house built.
But as it turned out, someone else’s deal for the same model fell through and they were able to take it over early enough so that they could still make the design choices.
And it’s coming right along.
As it stands now they should be able to move in sometime in June.
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I’ve been checking the temps in places like Cody, WY, Billings, MT, and Gillette, WY. All places that that we plan to be in the next couple of months, and all places that I really hope warm up by the time we get there. Last night the temps there were in the teens and low 20’s.
More Global Warming Please!
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Tale of Two Cities Chart
I found this chart on Facebook recently and it settles the question once and for all about what causes gun violence.
Based on the chart, the real cause of gun violence is Cold Weather.
More Global Warming Please!
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When I heard about the explosion in West, TX I knew we’d been through there at some point in our travels and it turns out it was just last summer.
We left our Gate Guarding job in late August and headed north on I-35 on our way to Celina, OH for Nick’s Gypsy Journal Rally. We stayed just north of there at the Lake Whitney Thousand Trails park our first night on the road. So I’m sure we would have heard and felt the blast.
In fact, according to a online diagram, if we’d been unlucky enough to have been passing through on I-35 at the wrong time, we would been within the blast radius.
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Today was a pretty quiet, slow day, and we didn’t do much of anything.
Since Nick and Terry were still tied up with family stuff, Jan and I headed out for dinner about 4:30 and ended up at an Outback Steakhouse.
And, as I mentioned the other day, we went to a steak house and Jan had CHICKEN. Told ya.
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Thought for the Day:
"The prohibition is general. No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to Congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under some general pretense by a state legislature. But if in any blind pursuit of inordinate power, either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both." – William Rawle, A View of the Constitution 125-6 (2nd ed. 1829
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Here Comes Peter . . .
Really nice weather here in Apache Junction today. A cool front came through and took things from the low 80’s to the high 60’s. Really nice.
Jan and I left out a little after 12:30pm heading for the Sam’s Club at SanTan Village over in Gilbert. But we first took the next exit past Santan to get a good shot of the new Mormon Temple that’s under construction there.
Very impressive.
Then after our stop at Sam’s Club, we came back a different way so we could stop at a nearby El Pollo Loco to pick up some of their delicious chicken to have for meals later this week.
For the last week or so we’ve noticed this nest built on the sign for our park exit. Terry Russell correctly identified it as a Red-Tailed Hawk.
Haven’t seen any sign of chicks yet, but maybe before we leave.
The stop to photograph the hawk also gave us a good view of Superstition Mountain, supposed home of the fabled Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine.
Down at the base there you can see our Countryside RV Resort.
Coming back past the park we made a quick run up to Fry’s to pick up some groceries, and finished up our trip with a couple of Cinnamon Dolce Lattes at the store’s Starbuck’s
For dinner Jan fixed a couple of her deliciuos Chili Taco Salads, using Skyline Chili. Really good as usual.
Later after dinner, we did a 1+ mile walk around the park, and as usual, encountered a number of these cottontails. We’ve seen as many 10 at one time roaming around the park, with probably a lot more that we don’t see.
Some people put out carrots, while Jan decided to try some of the leftover lettuce from our salads tonight.
Finally one he fits in:
While we were at Sam’s, Jan picked up a slightly larger box for Mister. It’s a tight squeeze, and the sides bulge, but he fits. Just barely.
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Thought for the Day:
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” – George Washington
