Daily Archives: October 5, 2014
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood . . .
(Now try getting that song out of your head.)
But it was a really nice day today, about 82°, sunny, a few clouds, and low humidity.
And it got off to a really great start too. Jan came out to relieve me this morning at a little before 6am, rather than the normal 7am.
An extra hour of sleep this morning. A very nice birthday present, indeed.
Our gate traffic picked up today with 117 vehicles coming through the gate, with most of the increase being big trucks coming and going, hauling out parts of the rig in back that’s starting to tear down and move on down the road. But I haven’t heard where yet.
Two Sheriff’s Deputies came by the gate today. The first was looking for kids on 4 wheelers, but he didn’t say why. I told him the only 4 wheeler we had seen was the landowner’s, and that was about a week ago.
The second came by about 6:30 pm after I had gone to bed. He said folks up the road had complained about the trucks driving too fast on the road.
What can I say? We tell’em it’s 15 mph on our side of the gate, and 10 mph leaving our gate. The 10 mph is because of the families and kids that live along the road heading out. And coming in, for that matter.
They’ve learned that we’ll (especially Jan) will yell at ‘em if they go past us too fast, so they creep past us until they’re about 25 yards away and out of sight due to the trees, and then you can hear them speed up.
Well, all we can do is tell them to go slow. Maybe the Sheriff’s deputies can make it hurt a little in their pockets.
It always seems to be boom or bust as far as the dusty roads go. Either the water truck guys water the roads down so many times during the day that everything is just muddy, or like the last couple of days they don’t show up at all. Which means that the dust is everywhere when any vehicle comes by. So maybe tomorrow.
My good friend Nick Russell has a special this week on the first book in his great Big Lake murder mystery series. It’s so special that it’s FREE on Amazon this coming Monday through Friday.
Big Lake has sold over 170,000 copies and put Nick on the New York Times Best Seller list. And even better, there are four more Big Lake books to read after this one.
And if you don’t have a Kindle, get one. Otherwise you can download the free Kindle app for your PC, Mac, Smartphone, or Tablet.
And while we’re on the subject of Kindles, our friend Janna Clark, of the TinTeepee Clark’s, corrected me on something I said about Kindle Unlimited.
Apparently ‘Unlimited’ doesn’t apply to how many books you can have out at one time. According to Amazon, ‘Unlimited’ means no more than 10 books at one time.
But it ‘s still a good deal.
And check out Janna’s blog while you’re at it. It’s good too.
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Thought for the Day:
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.” – Thomas Jefferson
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