…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