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Man, fall is here, this morning it was chilly. Not cold enough to make us put the top up, but close. Because this is our 9 hour days week it was still dark on the way in and on the way home it the sun was lower in the sky adding to the end of summer feel.
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Doesn’t have a point of view
knows not where he’s going to
Isn’t he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere man please listen
You don’t know what you’re missing
Nowhere man, The world is at your command
Sunday and the Miata went nowhere, man. To bad too, it was a beautiful fall day, 80, sunny with low humidity. We did go for a 25 mile bike ride this morning. It was listed as an East ride, 10-15 mph. We were on the upper edge of that limit by averaging 14.5 for the trip and in spite of the low humidity I worked up a fierce sweat. Then into the MSV for the trip to the Augusta Airport this evening to retrieve Donna’s mom and her friend who are returning from a trip to Seattle.
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I got my Redline synthetic oils for the tranny and diff today. Probably have been sitting on my desk since Monday, but they came home today. Now I just have to get together with John (who has the tools) to do the actual changing. Maybe next weekend.
Picked up the second batch of photos for the Drive By Photo Contest another couple of possibles, but we narrowed it down to one from this roll and one from the first. Monday when I get back to work I’ll scan a couple of the more interesting ones. There is a page up that has a half dozen of the entries so far, I don’t think I have a chance. Then again it will all depend on who the judges are and what they are looking for.
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We were going to leave early morning Thursday and head home, but decided mid-afternoon to just leave around sundown and ride home with the top down in the darkness. Excellent plan. It was a great night for the 2-1/2 hour drive, the sky went from blue to orange to dark blue to black. We even needed our coats after the sun went down. The only fly in the ointment, was literally just that, bugs were coming at us so thick that 2 stops to clean the windshield were required to make a safe trip…At times while driving it looked just like the stock Windows screensaver, Starfield Simulation.
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I brought a partially finished paperback with me from home, The Arraignment by Steve Martini. I never read at home any more, the only time I do read is when we are away (and away from a computer.) When I do read, I read mostly crime fiction stuff, tough talking P.I.s, lawyers put in positions they should never be in or get out of, but do, underdog homicide cops, etc. Before this 5 days of relaxing is up I will finish nearly one book a day. Here is the rest of the list:
The Jury by Steve Martini
The Crush by Sandra Brown
Dust To Dust by Tami Hoag
Went grocery shopping and because it was going to be a rainy day today I bought a paperback book to read. As we were checking out a nice young man was bagging our groceries for us. The book was The Crush by Sandra Brown and when he picked it up instead of plopping into the bag he started reading the back cover. Maybe it was the picture of the author on the back that caught his eye or something, but I found it very unsettling that this kid was “reading” my book.
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We had breakfast on the balcony overlooking the ocean. Followed it up by a walk along the beach. Lunch was a trip to a place we read about, but it was so crowded we walked across the shopping center lot and ate somewhere else. Dinner consisted of pork chops and baked potato that we had brought with us and was followed by another walk on the beach.
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We got up about the same time as our usual workday. Started off by having a quick breakfast snack and then finished loading the trunk. We didn’t have room for the plastic trash bags or work gloves so they were piled on behind the seats. We had about a half dozen or more pictures to finish taking for the Drive By Photo Contest.
After the last shot was taken, we had just enough time to get to Best Bagels to meet the Bicycle Club for real breakfast and then pick-up trash for our Adopt-A-Highway duties.
Four blocks and four bags of trash later we zipped home to change and then make a bee-line to the SC Welcome Center to meet the Miata Club to lead them to a Mennonite restaurant, Miller’s Breadbasket, in Blackville, SC. Six cars followed Donna and I on mostly back roads to get to our destination. Another car was waiting on us there, as well as about 2 dozen Harleys. Fortunately they we about finishing up, so our wait wasn’t too long and the big table in the back was free for the 16 of us.
Donna and I continued east to Hilton Head and everyone else headed west to go back home. When we arrived we unpacked the car and headed right back out to find a place for dinner. The choices on the island are staggering, but we just went to a Wendys to get a salad as we will still somewhat full from our big lunch. We had just enough time after eating to get in a short beach walk before the sunset. We were in bed not too long after.
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