Saturday's Highlinghts. Long Entry.

     Top of the morning, 6:30 on a Sunday morning, looks to be a hot day out there but only into the low 80's a bit of relifef out there people.

     Okay now more realistic.  A plodding pace.  Munching on a few fried calamari, I do not understand why I love them more the next morning ice cold.  No sauce, just popping them and enjoying.  Got them for dinner last night.  Well that and some potatoe skins.  Skins are gone and were delicious topped with the fra diablo sauce.  Unfortunately, the place forgot my sisters order.  She also went with the skins and ordered chicken fingers.  I called the place and they will credit us.  I offered to pick them up but she said forget it.  Oooooh coffee beeped.  I'll be back.

     A fine cup indeed.  It's in a mug from a general store.  It's a landmark or some such.  The sell usual stuff, code for I can't really get the words together.  Some old time candies.  I rememberd being along the back wall and looking at stuff.  I saw this mug. I dropped it.  Didn't break or chip.  I recieved no recriminations from the employess, I bought it.  It has raised lettering and even the front of the store on the front is raised.  You cannot find it anymore.  They are all the usual slick mugs on the shelf, nothing distinguished, glad I bought it.  Anyways...as for the recorded live bit, I kept voice memos on each stop.

     I set sail on the warm and muggy Saturday morning.  First to the bank, done off the list, couldn't do loan because I didn't have the payoff amount and my person was on vacation.  It was just after 9, I'd intended to have a smoothie to make the hot drive more pleasant but the crepe place wasn't open.  Back to my town.  A hair cut was in order, there was one person in front of me.  

     Told the guy I'd be back, he said not to go far.  My starting point was the garage sale that was right in town.  So off I went.  Up and Down the whole avenue, no sale, no signs.  I returned and got my hair cut.  Also decided to go to a smoothie place called jamba juice since it was technically on my way.  

     $10 haircut $3 dollar tip; odometer set to zero; started drive to second place when I decided place wasn't called jamba juice but tropical smoothie.  Off I went.  Never found it on the highway.

      10:31, first garage sale, directions were spot on according to my voice memo thing.  Not much at all at the garage sale for me.  Also it was now 84 degrees, decided to put a/c on when doing the memo part.  Came to conclusion to turn around, wasn't going back to crepe place, to far now, back down the highway, if I didn't find tropical smoothie I'd just hit the house for an Honest Ade in the fridge.

     Apparently on way back I do find....ba ba bup...Jamba Juice.  $6.40 smoothie, blueberry, strawberry, banana, peach and mango, non dairy.  I note it is thick as all Hell and should last.  I can tell you it was very enjoyable.  Think it was the Middle size.

     I missed the next garage sale because of all the backtracking necessary.  I did pick up one in the development, not much to offer.  11:11 I do make a note of speaking about the devolpment.  It was neat, the main road in had benches and even a gazebo every now and then, just looked so nice a place for a rest and even a smoke.  

     Also, let me say that this is a neat way to spend time and see some new areas of your towns.  Hopefully safe ones.  I avoid ones that give me a queasy feeling.  Probably why I don't go to the area my friend who gave me this idea goes to.  That area can be very......strange.

     Found the next one on the list easily.  Was on a dead end street that had really nice 2 story houses.  Pointy roofs, I'm sorry I really don't know enough to say what style.  Was a good draw, nice high end stuff, nothing for me however.  Now it was back up on the highway, 3 to go.

     After some machinations I found the next place.  A sale in a new little 1 street development.  Junk mostly.   Then I got really lost.

     Was an area I wasn't familiar with at all, followed my directions.  Passed a 2 light intersection where cops were checking seatbelts.  At the end of where I went was the hospital mom died in, good hospital, so I turned around.  I do a turn around, pass the cops again, wind up in a town I don't want to be lost in.  Turn around back towards the hospital, yes, pass the cops one more time for good measure.  Pull into the parking lot, make a note that it is 11:35 and I'm giving up and getting on with my day.  I don't though.  There is only 1 more garage sale to go.

     Of course I pass another along side a very busy road, make a left and up the street.  Oh the street.  From the trees, the lazy look of it, to the pavement on the street.  Took me back to my childhood, it rocked.  

     Anyway, that garage sale was non-existent as well, turned around, avoided the idea of getting hit on side of the road and ended it at the water. 

     I was close enough and in fact note that I ended it at the water where I generally smoke my cigar.  The parking lot where I sit has no garbage cans, so you have to walk up to the next one to toss the debris.  

     Official time it was over I say, on memo, 12:09. Total miles 36.9.  Not bad at all.  Hope you enjoyed this entry.