Monthly Archives: July 2022
Not A Typo . . .
Several of our readers wondered if my Costco gas purchase this past Tuesday, for $3.89, was a typo. And I assured them that it wasn’t. And today, 3 days later, Costco has it for $3.75.
And the Sam’s Club and the Buc-ee’s down in La Marque, where it’s always cheaper, has it for $3.57.
Nice, but a long way to go to get back down to the $1.42 I paid 18 months ago, in November 2020.
I got my Samsung Galaxy SmartTags today, the only things I bought on Amazon Prime Day(s). But a lot of you bought a lot of other stuff. Amazon said that they sold over 300 million items during those 2 days.
I did my part. What about you?
And though I got my 2/300 millionths of Amazon’s sales in only two days, other things seem to take a lot longer to ship. I ordered something from another company on July 7th. And later that day I was told that my package had shipped and was given a UPS Ground Tracking #. However when I checked with UPS, the tracking said that though the shipping label had been printed, they had not yet received the package.
And that’s what the tracking said, up until Monday the 11th, when it suddenly appeared in the UPS system. And then 3 days later I received it.
I know that when we ship something via UPS, the tracking number is generated when the label is printed. But as soon as it is picked up by the UPS man that afternoon, it gets scanned in and shows up in their system.
So did it just sit on the company’s loading dock for 4 days or what?
Not sure exactly what’s going to happened this weekend, but I’m sure we’ll have fun.
Thought for the Day:
“Well informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires and that were it possible to do so, the thing would be of no practical value.” – The Boston Post in 1865
July 15, 2009
Goodbye Pennsylvania, Hello New York…
We left Gap, PA about 10:30 am heading north to Florida, NY, a small town about 45 miles northwest of New York City.
We will be here until at least the 26th of July. We’re staying here that long because our daughter, Brandi, and our granddaughter, Piper, will be flying up from Houston on Saturday, the 18th, to spend a week with us, exploring New York City.
Leaving Gap, we passed more of the neat farms that dot the Pennsylvania countryside.
And of course, the obligatory “Amish Buggy Crossing” sign.
We stopped in Flemington, NJ for about 114 gallons of diesel and I’m glad we did. We paid $2.37 a gallon, the best price we’ve seen in several months. But when we got here to New York, the best price we’ve seen has been $2.79 and the highest was $3.03.
We last filled up in North Carolina on June 20th and we went almost 900 miles on this last tank, not quite as good as usual, but we’ve been in a lot of hills since we filled up last, and that really cuts down on mileage.
Normally, we get about 9 to 9.5 mpg driving on the flat, but this time we got about 7.8 mpg.
We took a lot of back roads this trip and consequently spent more time going thru a lot of small towns, so our 190 mile trip took us about 5 and a half hours, but it was great scenery.
We pulled into Black Bear Campground about 4 pm. The office is at the bottom of a hill, and the campground is at the top of a hill…a very steep hill.
They told me to get a running start, but even then I wondered if I wasn’t going to have to coast back down and try it again. But we finally made it OK.
However I was told later that occasionally it doesn’t take someone a couple of tries to make it up.
July 15, 2010
Old Homes and Old Haunts…
We headed out about 10:30 am over toward Mountain Brook and Irondale. Mountain Brook because my mother, as well as Jan and I, used to live there, and Irondale, because as I told our friend Bill Alverson last night, “You can’t have too much Alabama BBQ”. So we wanted to eat lunch at Golden Rule BBQ there in Irondale.
I’ve eaten at Golden Rule for about as long as I can remember. I drove up to Birmingham every month from 1992 to 2004 to visit my mother, and I used to eat here every month.
After a great lunch of jumbo pork sandwiches, fries, and lemon icebox pie for dessert, we drove over to Mountain Brook to check out my mother’s old house.
My parents bought this house in 1972 and my sister sold it while my mother was in the hospital in 2004. My father’s ashes were scattered in the rose garden that used to be in front of the house.
I’m not sure why the new owners removed all the shrubs and landscaping. When my mother lived here there were shrubs lining both sides of the driveway going down the hill. There was also large plants along the front of the house, and a large rose garden out among the tall pine trees in the front. And now those are all gone too.
The place really looks pretty bleak, and not near as good as when my mother lived there.
Next we drove thru Mountain Brook Village and English Village, up over the mountain and then down into downtown Birmingham. Taking a right on 1st Ave. N., we headed out toward Center Point where we lived and went to college in the early 70’s.
We actually lived in Center Point twice. The first time from Sept 1970 to Apr 1971. We lived in the Colonial Manor Apartments and I was an electronics/video tech at Signal Engineering & Sales.
Here’s a photo of the the apartments. What’s interesting is there used to be another row of apartments right on the other side of the fence in the foreground. Now there’s just a big hole in the ground where the fountain used to be. Don’t know for certain, but I suspect it burned down, and they just tore it down rather than rebuilt it.
Colonial Manor Apartments
Our apartment was the one on the top left.
In Sept 1973 we were back in Birmingham and living in the Valley Brook Apartments in Center Point and attending Jefferson State Junior College. I was working as a Broadcast/Video Engineer for the Alabama Educational Television Network.
We lived in the unit to the left rear in this picture.
We drove over to Jeff State and found it hard to recognize the campus. The biggest reason was all the trees. The area, as to be expected, is much more heavily forested than 40 odd years ago.
Leaving Jeff State, we headed back to the rig down in Helena. We got back about 3 pm and decided it was a good time for nap.
About 5 pm we headed off to Alabaster, AL to the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant there. We started to encounter rain as we left the rig, but it slack off as we got to Alabaster.
We did find this sign on the way. Guess they want to be sure where the truck route is.
Coming home about 7 pm, the bottom really dropped out on the rain. It was pouring down by the time we got home.
Tomorrow we’ll head north to Athens, AL for a few days to visit my family there, before heading up to Louisville and The Rally.
July 15, 2011
Black Angus and Jagz . . .
This morning started VERY early, 6 am early, as it were. But we wanted to stop and get diesel on the way out of town, and we were going to lose an hour moving into Mountain Daylight time, so we wanted to try and leave by 8.
In yesterday’s blog I mentioned that when we got home last night our water was off. Thinking that this was connected to the water problem day before yesterday when a water main broke in the park, I didn’t think anything about it, and we just used the pump and our internal fresh water tank.
But when I went outside this morning to disconnect the hoses and start putting things away, I found our water faucet had been turned off.
Thinking it was a prank by kids or something, I turned it back on . . . and immediately got soaked from the knees down. Apparently what happened is that our water filter ruptured sometime yesterday and started spraying water everywhere. And I guess someone came along, saw it, and turned it off.
The filter seems to have ruptured right at the bottom of the cylinder.
After getting everything packed up, I pulled out of the park a few minutes before 8 am with Jan following me in the toad.
10 miles later we stopped at an Exxon station on the way into Newport to top off our diesel tank. I put in a little over 75 gallons at $3.99 a gallon. Last time I filled up in Long Beach, WA, it was $4.29, so I thought this was a good deal.
Little did I know.
While we were fueling up, Jan watched the pump while I hitched the toad to the back of the rig, and about 8:40 we were back on the road, a few minutes later crossing the Pend Oreille River into Idaho.
90 miles later, we crossed into Montana, and suddenly it was 11:30 instead of 10:30, as we entered the Mountain Time Zone.
And now in Montana, my great buy on diesel came back to haunt me. We passed several stations showing $3.69, and even one at $3.66 a gallon. Bummer!
And if I’d known, I had plenty of diesel to make it that far. Oh, well. It’s only money. (sob!)
We did have some great scenery here along US-2. Much of the time we had rivers or lakes beside the highway, and a lot of mountains in the distance.
The road was good, with no real climbs or descents to worry about, and not a lot of curves either. Although mostly two lane, the road surface was smooth, with plenty of places to pull over for breaks.
All in all, a nice trip and a nice day of driving.
After passing through Kalispell, we pulled into the Columbia Falls RV Park about 2:30, and were quickly led to our site. This is a beautiful park, with full 50 amp hookups, WiFi, and a great 60 channel cable TV system. And of course, the great view too.
And my new satellite antenna worked great, getting a signal in less than 5 minutes. As well, I have 5 bars of 3G on my phone, too.
After relaxing for a while, we headed out about 4 to check out the area and have dinner.
We were both in the mood for a good steak, and ended up at Jagz, a really nice restaurant we passed coming in between Kalispell and Columbia Falls.
After a really, really good meal, with Jan having a 12 oz. Strip, and I had a 20 oz. Ribeye, both Black Angus Beef, we got back to the rig about 6:30, stopping off at the office to buy a new water filter at their store.
A little after 8 pm, our friends Al and Adrienne Cox called to talk over our visit with them in Cody, WY next week. We haven’t seen them since this past March in Tucson so it will be good to catch up.
July 15, 2012
Or Maybe Not . . .
Well, now we’re confused. Of course it wouldn’t be the first time.
When we started up at this gate about a week ago, we were told it would run 7 – 8 weeks, which was perfect for us since it meant we wouldn’t have to move again before we planned on leaving Texas for parts north around the 20th of August.
But then late last week we heard the rig would here only 30 days. Bummer! That would mean we would have to move again before we planned to leave, or else knock off early and lose a couple of thousand dollars in gate guard pay.
OUCH! You know how much that would hurt me.
But then a couple of days later we heard it was going to be a 40 day drill. Well, that wouldn’t be too bad. We could probably make that work.
So now we don’t know what to figure on. I guess we’ll know more as time goes on.
One thing different on this site is how close the crew trailer is to us. At our last site it was about 75 yards away.
But at this site they’re snuggled right up close and personal next to us.
The only real problem is parking for everyone. The last few guys in have to park on the grass, and a couple got stuck during the rains last week. Other than that, no problems, no loud parties, since having any alcohol on site is a termination offense.
This morning we were running low on bottled water so about 11:30am I made a run to the Exxon station on I-37 about 5 miles away. And while I was there I picked up some fried chicken and baked potato wedges. We’ve gotten their chicken several times before and it’s always been delicious, and this time was no exception. Very good.
Then later this afternoon while outside on the gate, I started getting the distinct odor of sewage. Since I had dumped our tanks this morning, I was afraid there was something wrong with our system, but after walking around back, I discovered it was pouring out of one of the crew trailer’s two systems and filling up a nearby ditch.
YUCK!
I immediately called the Company Safety Man to let him know about the problem.
The sewage from the trailer first goes into the small green container (called “the honeypot”). There a macerator pump pushes the sewage up into the big green tank.
The sewage was pouring from the honeypot so I figure either the pump failed or the float valve that controls the pump got stuck.
Either way, some guys from Stellar (the company that supplies the trailer and supports it) showed up with a new honeypot and took care of the problem. All that remains now is to get one of the vacuum truck guys to suck up what’s left in the ditch when they come by tomorrow.
The drill rig up the hill from us started pulling out yesterday.
Gary and Susan, the gate guards for that rig, left the day before for their well-deserved time off before the rig catches up with them. It’s strange to look over that way and just see darkness after being brightly lit for so long.
One thing kind of different with this rig location is how busier we are here than the previous site, about 4 – 5 pages a day rather than the 2 – 3 pages before. This means we’re logging in 60 – 80 vehicles a day rather than the 30 – 40 a day before. Still not a lot of work.
I ask one of the guys coming through the gate about it and he laughed and said it was because we were so close to civilization now. Before, we were 20 miles out in the boonies, but now we’re just 5 miles off the Interstate. Reps and support guys can cruise through the site, check on their workers, and be back on the road. Then they can write it up in their daily logs how busy they were. And it’s even better for them with two rigs here. So now we know.
July 15, 2015
Saying Goodbye . . .
We pulled out of the Pauls Valley City Lake Park about 8:15 with Jan following me in the truck. Our final destination was the Springhill COE Park about 220 miles away in Barling, AR, just south of Fort Smith.
But our first stop was about 6 miles away at the Comfort Inn on I-35 to meet our co-in-laws for breakfast. Sonja does the breakfast at the hotel and had invited us to stop by. We got there about 8:30 and were surprised to find how extensive it was. We’ve stay at a number of hotels recently, including other Comfort Inn’s and this one is the best so far, with a much better selection.
After saying our good-byes, we were back on the road about 9:30 for another short trip right up the road to the Wal-Mart to get diesel. At $2.48 it was the cheapest I’d seen in the area, and since I was down to about half a tank, it seemed like a good idea.
We had a great time here in Pauls Valley getting to spend some time with Sonja and Lendel, and hope we can get back through here soon. And the City Lake Park turned out to be a really nice place. I mean where can you get a view like this for $13 a night for 50 amp FHU.
Very nice.
Originally we had planned to just take I-35 into OKC and then I-40 east. But after checking the route with some locals, I decided to take 19 over to US177 and then north to I-40 saving about 25 miles. And it turned out to be a really good idea. The road was great with only 3 stop signs the entire 30 miles, just rolling through the beautiful countryside.
We pulled in the Springhill COE Campground about 2:45, with the easiest check-in we’ve ever had. I told the lady my name, and said we had a reservation for 3 days for site #B3. She said yes, handed me a map, and we were done.
We quickly found our site and got set up. We were happy to see that this one is just about as nice as our site at Pauls Valley.
Tomorrow’s probably a goof-off day, although we may do a movie. We’ll see.
July 15, 2016
A Better BBQ Buffet . . .
Well, maybe not a buffet as such, but all you can eat, anyway.
Jan and I were out the door by 11 this morning, on our way down to pick up our friend Bonnie Horner and take her to lunch.
Getting there about 1pm, Bonnie had a taste for BBQ so we drove just about a mile down the road to Spring Creek BBQ. We’ve met here before, and eaten at other locations a lot over the years, so it was a great choice for us too.
Bonnie had the Stuffed, Chopped Baker,
while Jan and I had the $9.95 Lunch Special.
You get your choice of one of 8 different meats, Brisket, Pulled Pork, Sausage, Cracked Black Pepper Sausage, Chicken, Ham, Turkey, or Ribs, all you can eat, and then all the veggies, sides, and rolls you want.
Now that’s a BBQ buffet.
We sat and talked for a good bit before adjourning back to Bonnie’s for more. Finally saying our goodbyes, we left Bonnie’s a little after 3pm, and headed over to Chris and Linda’s in Friendswood to say ‘Hi’ and pick up our mail. Along the way we stopped at the Buc-ee;s in Pearland to get gas for the truck. Really nice price at $1.85. This is one of the original Buc-ee’s, in the conventional convenience store size, not one of the newer mega-mart ones.
Talking about Buc-ee’s, the new one in Katy is now under construction at I-10 and Cane Island Parkway, and should be open by Memorial Day next Year. Looking forward to it.
Our visit with Chris was kind of a hit and run thing, with a bathroom break, a bag of mail, and a quick hug. By now it was 4 pm and we wanted to get back on the road heading home to hopefully get ahead of the Friday going home traffic. And we did pretty good, getting to Brandi’s about 5:15 with only a few slowdowns and no real problems.
The big news is that Landon has lost another tooth, this one on the bottom, and the first one from natural causes.
Regular readers will remember that last November Landon was rough housing with Miss Kitty, their 120# Black Lab, and hit his head on Kitty’s head, knocking out two upper front teeth, with this result.
Then this past March Landon was running and hit his mouth on his father’s hard knee, knocking out another one, as you can see here.
But this one came out on its own.
On another Landon note, his summer school visited an art museum this morning, and he had a good time. But as they were leaving, Landon looked around and then spoke up, “Where’s the Mona Lisa? I want to see the Mona Lisa too.”
They told him it wasn’t here right now and he seem to be satisfied. And when we asked him this afternoon where he heard about the Mona Lisa, he looked surprised, and said, “Last year in kindergarten, of course.”
Of course. But I don’t know about you, but I didn’t learn about the Mona Lisa in kindergarten.
Heading back to the rig about 6, we made a stop for a coffee at Starbuck’s before getting back home about 7pm.
Wrapping up for today, I’ve been hoping that we might have a little cool spell so I could get back up on the roof and finish cleaning the bedroom AC evaporator coil. But that idea hasn’t worked out so far, with 99+ degrees as far as the eye can see. And I want to get it done before we leave here for Gulf Shores on the 31st.
So what I’ve decided to do is sometime in the next few days, I’m going to go up on the roof a little before sundown, around 8pm, and prep for the cleaning. I’ll remove all the screws and pull the hose up, all ready to get started. Then early the next morning, around 8am, and before it gets too hot, I’ll go back up and finish the job.
The first part will be to mask off the hole that leads down into the bedroom so the spray cleaner and the water won’t drip down onto the bed. Then I can spray the coil with cleaner, let it soak, and then flush it clean.
Normally it takes a couple of repeats to get a coil completely clean, but I should be able to get it done before it gets too hot.
Hopefully. We’ll see.
July 15, 2018
I Feel Better Now . . .
First thing this morning, well, after having my coffee, I pulled the Splendide washer completely out of its cubby and rolled it out into the kitchen.
I took the top off first to see if I found any problems up top, but nothing looked wrong. So my next step was to put the top back on and turn the whole thing upside down. And after taking off the bottom panel, I immediately saw the problem. And I understood what had the caused the water leak.
This had bothered me initially, since all I had done was pull the unit partway out, and take off the back panel to check the drive belt. Nothing I did should have affected anything to do with the water or drain hoses. But when I found this, I understood.
This is the output hose from the drain pump that empties the water out after the wash and rinse cycles. I guess it had pulled loose when it was stretched tight when I had the unit partly out.
I feel better now that I know what caused the leak. But the repair will have to wait until tomorrow because I needed to get ready so we could head out lunch and some errands.
Jan and I drove up to Webster about 2pm, bent on having lunch at the local Cheddar’s, another of our favorite local places. We had thought that by not getting there until about 2:30, we would avoid any wait.
We were wrong.
We had an almost 20 minute wait, and they were still on a wait when we left about 45 minutes later. Guess Sunday’s not the best time to come to Cheddar’s if you’re in a hurry. Luckily we weren’t
Jan got her usual Key West Chicken and Shrimp with Green Beans and Baby Carrots, while I got my usual Veggie Plate with a bowl of the Chicken Tortilla Soup, again with Green Beans and Baby Carrots for me too.
One thing kind of funny was that since we both have the Green Beans and the Baby Carrots, we’re aware of what menu says the calorie count for each is – 60 calories for the beans, and 40 calories for the carrots.
But today, the menu still said the carrots were 40, but now the beans were 80, not 60 calories. Now that’s a 33% increase, so what’s up?
When our meals came I did notice that the serving size of the beans seemed to be somewhat larger, but not a third larger. And maybe they tasted better too. Finally, out of curiosity, I asked our waitress. I think she was puzzled that we even noticed, but she said she’d ask.
She came back a few minutes later and smiled as she said that they were surprised anyone noticed. She confirmed that the serving size had been increased and that they were using more bacon in the recipe. Well, more bacon makes everything taste better.
What can I say, I notice things.
Our next stop was on up the Interstate to the Home Depot to take a look at things we want to upgrade or fix, and the prices. We’d made a list of things at the house the other day, so wanted more ideas.
Then it was over to the house for a few minutes to drop some things off. The house looks pretty good, for being almost 40.
I do need to get my hedge trimmer out and even up the foliage in front of the bedroom window.
Coming back toward Santa Fe, we made a quick stop at the storage room to drop off/pick up a couple of things and then it was back home for the night.
Tomorrow it’s back to work.
July 15, 2019
The Saga Continues . . .
We’re getting real close to being caught up getting the 100’s of orders out that we were behind on. But now we have to go back and make all the paperwork match.
Since most of our orders were from long-time repeat customers, we decided to just chance it and send out the packages before we charged the cards, just to get everything moving.
Since we’re now down to pretty much just the daily orders, we’ll probably start to run the cards tomorrow and see how it goes.
Last night we got together with long-time friends, Barbara and Tom Linklater.
I’ve known Barbara since I did IT support back in the early 2000’s for the company where she works and we’ve been friends every since. So we try to get together for a meal every couple of months,
And Barbara being a fantastic cook, we were happy to meet up at their house over in League City at South Shore Harbour. And as usual the meal was delicious.
Also with us was Barbara’s brother Mike and his wife Chris, who we had met a while back.
After a great meal, good friends, and probably a little too wine, we finally headed home about 10:30.
I said too much wine, but with my BPPV still acting up, I think the wine really kind of canceled it out by spinning my head in the other direction.
Whatever works.
Normally Monday is an eat-at-home night for us, but since I’ll probably be working every day this week, I thought I deserved a treat, so we decided to try out a new Mexico place just off FM646 that Barbara had said was really good. And she was right.
Called Abuelo’s, Spanish for Grandfather, it’s somewhat a high-end place, especially compared to Los Ramirez, where the cost of our meal, Jan’s Grilled Chicken Breast with Shrimp and Broccoli,
and my Beef Fajita Taco Salad,
only totals $18.14. And that includes drinks.
From the moment you walk in, you can tell this is a classy place, very nicely decorated.
The word of the day here is ‘Fresh’. Everything made in house, from the salad dressings to the multiple favors of their salsas.
From front to back, it’s a Roasted Pepper Chunky version, a Tomatillo and Pineapple, and a Hot Habanero, and in the bowl, a regular Red Sauce. All really, really good, especially the Tomatillo Pineapple.
We both started out with a bowl of the Chicken Tortilla Soup.
The secret to good soup is not really the soup. It’s the seasonings. Otherwise it’s just dingy water. But they’ve got the seasoning thing down perfect.
Really good soup.
Strangely enough for a Mexican place we both ended up having salads, mostly I think due to the pictures in the menu, and the description.
Jan had the Chicken Fajita Salad,
with lettuce, corn, tomatoes, red cabbage, red onion, olives, green pepper, guacamole, and of course, Grilled Chicken. As well as their great homemade Ranch Dressing.
I had the Grilled Chicken Salad,
with lettuce, red onions, mandarin oranges, apple slices, nuts, strawberries, raisins, jicama, avocado, and of course, Grilled Chicken. This salad is a lot like the one we get at Chili’s, but with more stuff.
Both really good, and we had enough left over to bring home for later.
Jennifer, our office manager, is out of the hospital and staying with her parents, so she’s on the mend. Though it still could be the end of the week before she’s back.
July 15, 2020
Comets and Car Rentals . . .
I came home a little early this afternoon so I could pick up Jan and then we headed over to the Enterprise Car Rental place in Dickinson to pick up our Ford Fusion. Then we came back over to Santa Fe to drop off our truck at Mike’s Auto Repair so he can find and fix our A/C’s Freon leak.
I had allowed some extra time to pick up our car since it always seems to take a long time to actually be on my way. But it turns out that the WuFlu really speeds things up.
There’s a sign blocking the entrance saying to Wait Outside For Assistance. And after about 30 seconds a young lady came out with a computer tablet, asked my name, had me initial in four places, sign in one place, walked me around the car which she had already started, handed me the computer key, and I was pulling out. All in less than 5 minutes.
It turns out that apparently the Enterprise staff doesn’t like to be outside in the 97° temps any longer than they have to.
Then after dropping the truck off at Mike’s we headed on up to Alvin to have dinner at Monterey’s Mexican Restaurant, one of our long-time favorites. Just as delicious as always.
You may or may not have heard about Comet NEOWISE which is now visible is the northern hemisphere skies. The closest approach is supposed to be next week on July 22nd. But here’s a couple of photos of the comet, both in locations we’ve been to, both really spectacular.
This first one is pretty obvious.
However you may not recognize this one, but it’s taken over the Rim Rocks above Billings, Montana.
Hopefully Jan and I will be able to see it here in the Houston area before it leaves the area. But if we miss it this time, it’ll be back around in another 6,800 years.
Watch for it.
July 15, 2021
A Glass Carrot . . .
I mentioned yesterday that we were going to see Yakov Smirnoff this Saturday. In the past we’ve seen the Smother’s Brothers and 3 of the very funny Tuna Texas shows, among others.
But with all the COVID stuff seeming to go away, I was surprised when we got our emailed tickets and found that we will be required to wear masks during the performance, in fact as long as we’re in the building.
Hopefully, Yakov will not be wearing one too.
And apparently the concessions and the bar are not open either. This seems funny since all the local movie theaters, AMC, Regal, Cinemark, etc. are no longer requiring masks. And it’s been so long since I’ve worn one, I’ll have to dig one out.
I didn’t get a chance to take a look at my work WiFi problem, but because she was behind processing yesterday’s orders, and today’s new ones coming in too, the office manager asked me to wait until tomorrow to take a look at it.
Turns out there’s apparently a power glitch due to a passing thunderstorm in between when it was working and when it wasn’t. So that will give me a place to start. But I have run across this problem a couple of times the past, and it turned out to be a problem with the motherboard.
So it may be about time to think replacing this machine. It’s the only one that was here when I came back four years ago, and the dates on it indicate it’s almost 6 years old. So even if I get this problem fixed, I might be replacing it anyway.
Came across these photos of the elusive Glass Octopus found deep in the waters off Australia.
Sometimes Nature is just amazing. But I’m not sure what the ‘carrot’ is all about.
And here’s a neat video to go with it.
Thought for the Day:
Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you. – Benjamin Franklin.
Good Comfort Food . . .
Since we had a 90 minute drive up to Willis to meet up with our ‘RV’ friends for lunch at The Fish Pond restaurant, we were out the door about 10:15am. I put ‘RV’ in quotes because none of us are actually RV’ing any more. In fact the Hurlburt’s and Evan’s have both made the transition to sticks and bricks living.
We made a pit stop at the Flying J in north Houston before getting to the restaurant a little before noon, pretty much right on time.
The Fish Pond is one of those places out in the country, off the main drag, that only locals seem to know about.
And the food is home-cooking at its best, just great comfort food.
Jan had the Grilled Seafood Platter, with 3 Shrimp, 3 Oysters, 3 Catfish Filets, a Stuffed Crab and Hushpuppies.
While I got the same thing, but Fried, of course.
Jan said that her Green Beans were delicious, as was my Fried Okra side.
Both Ed and Janice had the Liver and Onions, Dave had the Fried Seafood Platter like mine, and Debi had the Chicken Fried Steak with Mashed Potatoes.
Like I said, just good comfort food.
As often happens, I forgot to get a photo of our group, so I thought I’d just reuse this one from the last time we were all together at the Golden Corral up in Conroe.
From left to right: Ed Hurlburt, Debi Hurlburt, special guest Jeannie Sparks, Jan, Janice Evans, Dave Evans, and the other special guest, Eldy Tompkins.
A fun group.
And we’ll do it again next month.
Though we had a pretty smooth trip going up, coming home was a different story, with bumper-to-bumper traffic coming into downtown Houston, where we lost about 45 minutes.
Getting back down to our area, we made a Kroger stop for a few things, and finally a Cowboy Coffee stop for Cold Blended Sugar-Free Hazelnut Lattes made with Almond Milk.
Delicious as usual.
Thought for the Day:
Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps.
July 14, 2009
Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and more trains…
Continued from yesterday…
The indoor part of the Railroad Museum resembles a large railroad station, with multiple tracks full of trains.
This is the John Bull. It’s a replica of the first locomotive to run on a railroad in America.
In 1831 the first railroad was built between Philadelphia and New York and the John Bull was the engine. It’s hard to think now of how this revolutionized travel in the US.
It cut the travel time from Philadelphia to New York from 2 days by coach to 5 HOURS!. It’s hard to do that by car now.
I saw this same locomotive last week in the Smithsonian, but wasn’t able to get close enough to read the display due to the crowds. I was surprised to learn here that the one I had seen in the Smithsonian was the REAL John Bull, from 1831.
It ran a regular route until 1866, then traveled around the US on exhibitions until it was donated to the Smithsonian in 1884.
This beautiful example of a 2-6-0 Mogul locomotive carried silver ore on the Virginian & Truckee railroad in Nevada from 1875 to 1944.
The ‘2-6-0’ type of nomenclature describes the layout of a locomotive’s wheels, and only applies to steam type locomotives.
The Mogul above has 2 small wheels up front, 6 drive wheels in the middle, and no small wheels in the rear. Thus, it is a 2-6-0.
This locomotive #7002, dates from 1902 and was the first one in regular service to exceed 100 mph.
Note that this one is a 4-4-2, although you can just barely see the 2 wheels under the tender at the far right of the photo.
Arguably the largest locomotive ever built was the ‘Big Boy’ built for the Union Pacific to pull large coal trains up and down the Rockies out West.
Note that this one is a 4-8-8-4. That’s a lot of wheels.
Below is a type of locomotive I’d never heard of.
This one is unusual in that it doesn’t have a boiler or generate its own steam. It’s basically just a big thermos bottle. It’s filled up with live steam from a stationary boiler and then operated, usually in the rail yard, until it needed to be refilled.
Outside was even better.
It was a rail yard full of more trains. And it has a real operating roundtable, used to move locomotives in and out of the yard.
Even more locomotives…
And a rail crane used to lift derailed engines and cars back on the track.
I’ve always been fascinated by the big steam engines and this was a great chance to see them up close.
Today was our last full day in Pennsylvania so we headed into Philadelphia to see some sights.
We started off with another duck tour with Ride The Ducks. Here we are hitting the Delaware River on our trip.
We saw Betsy Ross’ house, the site where William Penn first landed in Pennsylvania, and more.
After our tour, we had a Philly Cheesesteak from a street vendor before visiting Independence Hall,
And the Liberty Bell.
Finally, we headed home, stopping by Wal-mart on the way.
For dinner we did the smorgasbord at Miller’s again.
And then home to get ready to leave for NY tomorrow.
July 14, 2010
Birmingham Bound…
Our day started out with breakfast at IHOP before coming back to the rig to get ready to leave Capital City RV Park here in Montgomery. It’s really a very nice park, and, except for our late night over-voltage problems, it was a great stay.
We pulled out of the park right at noon and headed about a mile down the road to fuel up at a nice station that I haven’t seen before called ENTEC. Diesel was $2.78 and I put in about 105 gallons. Hopefully that’ll take us all the way to Elkhart, IN, about 915 miles away. Since we’ll be staying there for a month, we’ll fill up right before we park, because sitting with a partially full tank is an open invitation for condensation and algae growth in your fuel. Which can be a real problem with diesel engines.
Leaving the station we hitched up the toad on the wide shoulder in front of the station and set out on our short 100 mile run to the Cherokee Beach Campground in Helena, AL, just south of Birmingham. We got a site back in the trees but I was still able to get a satellite sight, so it’s all good.
After setting up and resting up, we left at 5 pm heading up to Trussville, about 30 miles away to catch up on old times with Bill and Carol Alverson.
The traffic getting from the park back to the Interstate was a lot heavier than when we came in. It took us over 20 minutes to make the 6 mile trip because of all the going-home traffic.
Bill and I worked together at the Alabama Educational Television Network here in Birmingham from July 1972 to December 1974. So we had a lot to catch up on.
We spent about an hour talking and being shown around their beautiful home. And in one of those strange coincidences, their home floorplan is almost identical to the home my mother used to own here in the Birmingham area. And it was about 20 miles from here. Weird!
About 7 we headed out to dinner at Jim and Nick’s BBQ, a nearby restaurant that had really good Alabama BBQ. And their HOT and SPICY BBQ sauce was GREAT!
Bill and Carol
Coming back to their home we talked for another half hour or so, until it was time to head back to the rig before Jan started nodding off.
We really enjoyed getting to know Carol. Although we had corresponded with Christmas cards and such for years, this was our first time to meet in person. She’s a really neat lady, and must have a lot of patience, since she’s put up with Bill all these years.
We made a date to get together next year on our way thru this area, and will certainly follow thru.
We got home about 10 pm and were in for the night.
Tomorrow we’re going to drive around Birmingham, looking up old memories and places.
Spokane, WA
July 14, 2011
Cat Tails and Good Pizza . . .
After coffee this morning, I got back to work finishing up my transfer switch bypass. Last night after I got the new receptacles, I made up this harness so I’d be ready to go today.
After going outside and disconnecting shore power just to be safe, all I had to do was connect the splices to the loose ends of the generator output wires and then tape them up. And for once things went smoothly and I was done in about 15 minutes.
Finishing up, Jan and I left about 12:15 to head into Spokane for the rest of the day.
Our first stop was Shakey’s Pizza for their lunch buffet. We really like their food and always stop by when there’s one in the area. The last time we ate at one was in Lancaster, CA last year.
And there’s another reason we really like them. Jan and I went there on our first date in Orlando, FL in July of 1967, about 43 years ago. So a lot of good things come from Shakey’s.
Shakey’s has a great buffet, consisting of pizza, spaghetti, fried chicken, battered, fried potato slices, salad bar, and dessert pizza. Really, really good.
Leaving Shakey’s we drove up the road about 5 miles to the Cat Tails Zoological Park. We had noticed the place when we came through town this past Monday and wanted to check it out.
Turns out that Cat Tails is Big Cat rescue zoo that began in 1991, starting with 4 cats, and has been growing ever since.
They have a number of beautiful Royal White Bengal Tigers.
They also have number of these signs around. So we have a choice: Run and LOOK like food, or stand still and BE food.
Not much of a choice, if you ask me.
This is a mountain lion, a puma, panther, catamount, or a cougar. Take your pick.
These are Serval cats. A little bigger than a domestic house cat, they can run 45 mph and jump 12 feet in the air and catch birds in mid-air.
I never knew that leopards had green eyes. The info sign says a leopard can jump 20 feet straight up and 35 feet straight out from a sitting position. WOW!
They have a number of both male and female lions, but I could only get a good photo of this female.
They also have two tigers and a lioness that have been raised together since they were cubs, and all three are in the same cage.
And of course, a lot of tigers.
This is 14 month old Amura, being taken for a walk and moved to a new cage.
Still a youngster who likes to play with her ball, she also likes to splash in her pond,
and even take a bath.
Being raised as a single cub, the zoo decided Amura needs a companion. So they got Sage, 4 month old Great Pyrenees, from the local Humane Society.
They were kept together for almost a year until Amura got too big, and the zoo was worried that Amura might not know her own strength.
But they regularly put them together in adjacent cages so they can play. It was easy to see how excited they got when they saw each other.
We really enjoyed Cat Tails and thought it was a great bargain. At only $8.00 it’s much cheaper than some other similar attractions, and we really had a great time.
Well recommended if you’re in the area.
Leaving the zoo we headed into downtown Spokane as Jan wanted to drive through the South Hill District and check out some of the old homes in the area.
After that we headed back north for a for a few stops before heading home. First up was a Bed, Bath & Beyond for Jan to get some soaps.
Next was Lowe’s to take back the wrong receptacles from my switch bypass project, and also buy some heavier cutters. I had trouble cutting the #8 gauge wire from
Then it was back to Wal-Mart for more ‘stuff’. Apparently we left some ‘stuff’ there the other day, so Jan wanted to go back and get it all.
We got back home about 6:30, to find that unlike last night, when we got back to find a note on our RV saying the park water would be off until this morning, but found it was working fine, tonight we got back to find no note, but the water was off anyway.
No problem as we have plenty in our tank.
We’ll leave here tomorrow about 8 am, heading for Columbia Falls, MT and Glacier National Park. It’ll be about 225 miles and since we’ll also lose an hour moving into Mountain Daylight Time, we want to get an early start.
We also want to top off our diesel before we leave Newport, and that also takes a while.
The Wisconsin Dells
July 14, 2013
What The Heck is a Dell, Anyway?
After a nice night at the Freeborn County Fairgrounds, we left Albert Lea, MN about 9:30 and got back on I-90E heading for the K & L Campground about 15 miles northeast of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Although our 210 mile trip was pretty smooth, it was really just one big single lane construction zone, just miles and miles of pylons. But since the speed limit was only cut back to 55mph from 70, it didn’t really bother us much.
At the 90 mile mark Jan took over driving for a while and I got in a nice nap. By the 140 mile when we stopped at a rest area, she was ready to take a break. She said it was the most nerve-wracking drive she’d done in the rig.
What started the problem was that as we left Minnesota and entered Wisconsin the terrain changed radically. From the mostly straight roads with gently-rolling hills of Minnesota, Jan was into steep hills and sharp curves, enough so that the PacBrake got a real workout.
And of course, the icing on the cake was the ‘miles and miles of pylons’ of the single lane road construction mixed in with all the hills and curves. So at the 50 mile point she was ready for a break.
We pulled into the K & L Campground a little before 2pm and got set up.
K & L is primarily a resort campground with a lot of permanent trailers and campers parked on seasonal lots, They’re also a Passport American park with a 30amp FHU site for only $16 a day. Very nice.
But there’s two problems. One is that you can only stay here at the PPA rate Sunday through Thursday. Since we only wanted to stay until Thursday, not a problem.
The second problem was the 30 amp part. The temps here are going to be in the high 80’s / low 90’s for the next 5 days, and on 30amps we can’t run both AC’s. So it was time to break out my AC bypass.
A couple of years ago I broke out the power feed to my front AC and installed a plug / receptacle combo that lets me plug that AC into the separate 20amp receptacle on the power pedestal. So now we have both AC’s running, the coach is cool, and all’s right with the world.
Or at least our small part of it.
About 4 we headed into Wisconsin Dells to have dinner at Paul Bunyan’s Cook Shanty
The meals here are served family style, all you can eat. We had Fried Chicken, Beef Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Carrots and Peas, and really good homemade bread. Oh, and a dessert of Torte Cake, too.
Everything was really good, so good that we may come back for the breakfast one morning.
Tomorrow we may just goof off. We’ll see.
July 14, 2014
Making Some RV Converts . . .
Both yesterday and today, I had to make support calls to GoDaddy concerning the new blog. And on both days, when the support techs (a young lady yesterday, a young man today) looked at the blog, and then ask if this was us, and if this was, what we did.
My tech support problem only took a couple of minutes to resolve and then they spent the next 20-30 minutes quizzing me about RV’ing. I guess these guys aren’t rated on the time they spend with each caller like some companies do.
A little before 6pm, we got a call from Orlyn, one of our fellow gate guards from last year. He and his wife were gate guarding a railroad crossing on the same ranch we were at for 3 months. He called to check in and tell me that they just left their gate, and that the couple that relieved them only stayed a few hours before they left. They were upset at how busy the gate was.
Based on what Orlyn said, they did about 200 sheets during the month which, depending on which sheets they were using, would be about 5000 vehicles, or about 165 vehicles per day.
We’ve heard of much busier gates, but that’s still pretty busy. Hopefully, whatever we get in August won’t be quite that busy.
My three more sets of the LED strips should be in tomorrow so I can finish replacing the other fluorescents.
We had a lot of storms move through today, but most of the heavy rain passed us by. All of this is getting us ready for the front coming through tomorrow, with a high in the low 70’s and lows in the low 50’s, and this should last for several days.
Nice.
Pauls Valley, OK
July 14, 2015
One More Thing . . .
Today was a partial goof-off day for us, at least up until we headed out about 2pm. Sonja had to work today, so we weren’t meeting up until 4pm for dinner.
Our first stop was a place in downtown Pauls Valley that we’ve passed a number of times and were curious about, The Toy & Action Figure Museum. Located in a fairly plain storefront, I’m not sure what we were expecting to find inside, but it certainly wasn’t what we found.
Entering the lobby was a pleasant surprise, bright and cheerful, with a nice layout of souvenirs for sale.
But after paying our $8 (for both of us) admission, we walked through the arch and it became one of those OMG moments
It was almost more than we could take in. Everywhere you look there was toys and more toys, lining the walls, hanging from the ceiling, and standing against the walls.
The first diorama details an imaginary adult toy collector’s bedroom.
According to the description, he must live with his parents to be able to afford all this.
Kevin Stark, the museum’s owner says that they tear down this exhibit once a year, rearranging things as they add new items and remove others. It takes about a week.
Two more neat displays detail all the DC and Marvel characters ever published. It’s hard to believe there are so many.
Another neat display is this one of superhero underwear.
My first thought was that Sheldon would be really jealous, but then I figured he probably already has the entire set. They used to be sold at Target, but now they’re collector’s items and worth some money. Don’t know if that’s for used or new ones.
They have displays of pretty much every genre doll and action figure around, even the Simpson’s
And of course where would you find the Batman display, but in the BatCave. The displays are arranged in a timeline starting with the Adam West TV version and progressing through the several movie incarnations.
They also have a number of large dioramas with the action figure’s action figure, G.I. Joe.
But one of the kid’s favorite areas is this playroom with plenty of toys, and even better, superhero costumes of all sizes that they can dress up in and have their picture taken.
Really neat.
We ended up spending more than an hour here, making the circuit through the place three times, and each time I saw stuff I hadn’t seen before. And for everything I’ve shown here, there’s probably 10 times more to see.
But finally tearing myself away, our next stop was the AT&SF (Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe depot, and old 1951.
Built in 1907 by Baldwin, this 2-8-0 locomotive made its first run on the Santa Fe less than one month after Oklahoma became a state, traveling over 1.2 million miles, finally being retired in 1954 after 47 years in service, losing out to old age and diesels.
The AT&SF depot, the 2nd one in town, was built in 1905 after the 1st one was outgrown.
It was refurbished in the 1990’s and now houses a museum full of both train and Pauls Valley memorabilia.
The lady that showed me around the depot said she’d had two buses of young kids this morning and it showed. I think she was just looking for some adult conversation, because when I mentioned that I had left Jan in the truck and needed to go, she kept showing me more stuff, always preceding it with “Just one more thing.”
But I finally got away in time for us to meet Sonja and Lendel at Punkin’s BBQ and Catfish, another local favorite.
While Jan ordered the Catfish,
I figured with a place called Punkin’s BBQ AND Catfish, I had to try some of both, and they had just the Combo for it.
But I didn’t quite expect it to be this extensive. It all really delicious, and big enough so I had plenty to take home. Both really good.
Tomorrow we leave here and move about 250 miles to the Springhill COE park south of Fort Smith, AR where we’ll stay for several days.
Colorado River Thousand Trails, Columbus, TX
July 14, 2016
Better This Time . . .
About 12:15 Jan and I drove up to Ellinger to have the regular lunch buffet at Peter’s BBQ. This was the first time we’ve done this one, since we usually do the one on Friday night with catfish.
I mentioned on our last visit that I was disappointed with the increase in price and the reduction in offerings. Last year the price was $8.95 and included BBQ as well as the catfish, but not now.
It’s now $10.95 and just catfish. And the drink is extra. And it’s plus tax. I think the total for the two of us is about $28.
But the weekday buffet is a real improvement. Today’s offerings were Hamburger Steak with onion in gravy, Fried Chic ken, and BBQ Brisket, as well as all the usual veggies and desserts. And the Hamburger Steak was really delicious.
Even better, the cost was only $10, and that included a drink and the tax too. So a total of $20.
A much better deal than the Friday night version. Nice.
Coming back to the rig, we stopped off at the park office to sign up for Saturday night’s Potluck. Jan’s going to be doing her delicious Sopapilla Cheesecake.
Since I was caught up on all my web stuff, later in the afternoon a nap sounded like a good idea. And when I got up we had company.
Lily, of the Tom and Lily Christian’s, had shown up to visit. We first met them when they were parked next to us here at Colorado River back in December 2014.
Turns out they’ve just come off an18 month long gate down in the Cotulla area, and are taking a break for a while before going back to it.
That’s Tom Christian on the left, then the shy one is his wife Lily, next is long-time friend’s Donna Huffer and Bob Parker, Jan, of course, and lastly, our new friends, Judy and Ken Bennett.
Hopefully we’ll be able to get together with them soon.
Tomorrow we’re making a trip down to Pearland to meet up with long-time friend Bonnie Horner and take her to lunch. Her husband Richard died recently, and though we saw her right after, we wanted a chance to get together again.
Lake Conroe Thousand Trails, Conroe, TX
July 14, 2017
Didn’t Go Anywhere, Didn’t Do Anything . . .
We never left the rig. Didn’t even open the door. I did put some last minute touches on the website while I’m waiting to hear back from the client on a couple of final things.
Hopefully we’ll be able to go live within the next week. I did start the process of transferring their original domain name from their old site over to Godaddy. Since a registrar transfer can take 7 to 10 days, I want to be sure we’re ready to go when the time comes.
My problem is that I can’t leave the site alone. I find myself going back through every page, tweaking this, changing the color on that, moving this over there, and that over there. And then an hour later, I’m doing it again.
As they say, “Perfect is the enemy of good enough.”
For dinner tonight we had the rest of our leftover Spicy Beef with Orange Peel from yesterday’s visit to China Delight with our friend’s Debi and Ed Hurlburt. And to flesh it out a little, Jan made up a pot of steamed rice.
Then for dessert we finished up with a couple of the Magic Cookie Bars from the other day. They get better after being in the fridge.
Made with Graham Cracker Crumbs, Melted Butter, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Girl Scout Thin Mints, Shredded Coconut, and Chopped Pecans, they’re crispy, crunchy, delicious, and very easy to make.
Tomorrow it’s probably more of the same, but Sunday we’re meeting up at Brandi’s in Katy and then on to Landon’s hockey practice down in the Sugarland area.
Really looking forward to it.
July 14, 2018
It Wasn’t The Belt . . .
Once the heavy rain let up this afternoon, I went outside to disconnect the washer/dryer vent so I could pull the unit out and check out the drive belt situation.
I also brought in the dolly/frame that I built up a while back to facilitate the removal and installation of our Splendide unit. Since it’s in two pieces, it’s small enough that I can carry it in one of our storage bays.
Using it makes it really simple to pull the unit out of its hole and then roll it out into the kitchen to work on it.
But at least to start with, I was only going to pull it part way out and turn it around to access the back panel. That way I could leave the water and drain connections hooked up while I was working on it.
Since I used a jigsaw to widen the opening the last time I worked on the unit, it now just takes a couple of minutes to pull the unit out. And then it was a couple of screws to remove the back panel to let me at the belt to get the part number to order a new one.
And the belt was fine. Not broken, or even off the pulley, and by turning the pulley/drum by hand, not slipping either. So why was I hearing the motor running without the drum moving.
So I dug out an extension cord, plugged in the unit, and reached over to the front to turn on the dryer. And it worked perfectly, with no problems. I even started and stopped it a couple of times. Still worked.
So I decided to slid it back in the cabinet and run a small wash load. I didn’t bother to hook up the dryer vent, since I just wanted to be sure the motor/belt/drum combo was actually working.
So throwing in a couple of towels, I started a wash cycle. And after hearing the water entering the drum, suddenly water started pouring out from underneath the unit.
Bummer!
I hit the OFF button and the water flow quickly stopped. And since the water did stop that meant that the leak was internal to the washer. If the leak had been with the hoses coming in, the leak wouldn’t have stopped when the washer stopped.
At this point I was done for the day. Tomorrow I’ll have to pull it completely out and take a closer look at the hoses. Hopefully I just pulled something loose when I was fooling with it before. We’ll see.
Thought I’d show you how well the Wyze cameras that I set up at the house work in the dark. Here is how it looks with the Infrared (IR) LEDs turned off.
Not much to see.
But when I put it in night mode, here’s what it looks like.
A big improvement.
Readers will remember the problems with my phone hotspot turning off due to a power outage and shutting down my Wyze cameras at the house while we were on our recent trip.
One of our readers, Arthur, suggested that I solve the problem by using an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) to keep the cameras running while the power is off. And if I had it to do over, I would.
But now that we’re back and by the house every day or so, I’ll just reset the system by hand for now. But thanks for the suggestion, Arthur.
July 14, 2021
Always Have A Plan C . . .
Jan and I have tickets for the 1894 Opera down in Galveston this Saturday to see Yakov Smirnoff. The show starts at 5pm so we’ve got reservations at the Saltgrass Steakhouse for dinner afterwards.
This will be our second time to see Yakov, but it’s been a while, about 12 years in fact. The first time was in November 2009 after we had come back from doing the east coast from Key West all the way up and out to Newfoundland. Then back across Canada, coming back to the U.S. near Niagara Falls.
So how we ended up all the way over in Branson, I’m not sure. 2009 was our second year on the road, and we tended to wander around a good bit.
You can read about that here.
And the day before we saw another favorite, Jim Stafford’s show. Also really good.
Spiders and Snakes…that’s not what it takes…
About 1pm Jan and I had lunch at Dickinson Seafood. We hadn’t been for a while, but it was just as good as always.
We both had the Blackened Catfish and Shrimp with Grilled Veggies, which also comes with a salad.
Then it was on up the Interstate to get our hair cut at the CostCutters on FM646. Jan went first, but before she was done and it was time for me, my client called and said that the Shipping Computer had lost its Internet connection sometime this afternoon. And since the other computers were having no problems, it had to be the machine itself.
And after having them reboot and then trying to connect, the machine couldn’t see any WiFi signals at all.
So after Jan was done, we headed up to Webster to see what the problem was. Turns out it was apparently a problem with the WiFi adapter, which the computer didn’t seem to see at all. Since the adapter was internal, I plugged in an external USB model and rebooted. Still nothing.
So next I pulled the side of the computer and replaced the internal one with a spare, but again no luck with Plan B.
Moving on to Plan C, I dug out the 50 ft. Ethernet cable that I keep tucked away just for times like this, I spooled it out down the hall from the router in the utility room to the computer in the Shipping area. And presto, chango, we had Internet and the shipping could commence
Always have a Plan C.
Normally I would have been at work today, but this week I’m working Monday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of my normal Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So I’ll tear into it tomorrow and see what the problem is.
It’s always something.
Thought for the Day:
Think salads are good for you? McDonald’s chicken Caesar salad has 730 calories and 53 grams of fat, while the Double Big Mac only has 680 calories and 38 grams of fat. Yikes!
