…Wednesday went, first thing, to around the block with the dogs,
first thing being requisite for being up and about in time for Alfredo to load out “Glimmer” for powder-coating,
…followed by inserting three sets of flatfiles into the two pickups and yet another morning, Thursday…
All the while, with sporadic persistence, chipping [or dissolving] away at the rust on the summer hood, first freeing up the sidepanel hinges and then, with repeated applications of Liquid Wrench,
… the right and finally the left latching mechanisms in between laundrying, sorting, packing and loading [none shown].
Getting the hood functional, though tedious [or maybe because of being tedious] was a curiously rewarding project…as was, on the eve of departure, our first barbecue/dinner out of the year. But woke Friday occluded and late,
and despite getting off at 10:30, stayed that way…traffic, rest stops, gas at Hallelujah Junction where after decanting coffee into a travel mug I left it on the pump, not discovering its absence until halfway to Doyle…
Lunch at Sand Pass sans coffee, Smoke Creek around 3:15
and reached the gate just behind L., who’d gone up the pavement via the Gerlach P.O….well, last time I was just ahead of her. But, still, pretty weird.
So unto sunset, barbecued lamb, and a drastic drop in temperature soon after.
Saturday was social, with Brooklyn and the baby;
also the last day of ‘winter’; first greens evident, including the lethal young greasewood…
…plus a friend out from Truckee for lunch, conversation and forced labor, moving Linda’s “benches” to the shore of the upper pond;
after which we took the skinheads bowling…
Then a cloudy Sunday, tending towards wind, dust, splats of rain…
…and finally, right at the last minute,
sunlight to week’s ending…
Ending, here.
M