No... No It Does Not.
It will make sense though from my perspective.... I think.
It was another week of ups and downs. What life isn't in that cycle... must be very boring. I could use a little more boring and less upheavals.... smaller ones then. Or happy modifications.. hows that?!
Things I intend to do: Fix the back shelf in the living room, purchase a metal feeder for pond, spray weeds, schedule fish and plant transfer, talk to landscaper and get estimate for back yard regrade and rock, install upper bolster in trailer, buy hand lift for basket for Fiesta, get annual on In Czech done with two fixes and one modification, etc etc etc.... I love lists.. I really love checking things off of lists.. I hate doing the things that let me check things off lists... ok.. I hate outside stuff.
Lets set that aside for now....
Holbrook and the road trip to get there and back..... Where is Holbrook.. Its just the other side of the border between Arizona and New Mexico. Whats there.. Not Bloomin Much! Its a transitional space.
Holbrook is a place people stop on the way to somewhere else. Not unlike Wendover Nevada, places you wonder why exist... Who lives there... what were they thinking....
I do a lot of traveling.. I did a lot of traveling and have been through places that were once teeming with people and now are a few shacks on the side of back-roads. Its novel to think that people just loved a place so much they put down roots and then it all blew away.....
There is so much existential thinking going on with all this that it just boggles the mind. I need to start a group. Pizza and Perplexity. Its the P&P group meet.
First topic... Where are you going and why? Assess your journey through life? What is your goal?
Second topic... Are you living in a place for a job? A life style? Because you don't have the strength to move farther? Why not? Whats holding you here?
Third topic... Where would you really want to be? Why?
There are more but that's the gist.....
Back to Holbrook... Why.. Because that is the midway ( kinda ) between Phoenix and Albuquerque.... It is also where we were going to pick up a burner set and two 15 gallon tanks for my sons balloon.
By mapquest it was 3.5 hours of driving one way. We made it in much less but I also left early because I hate to be late to anything. I-40 Westbound is a nice drive. The weather was fractious though. Gusting North to South winds leaving the Q then rain then snow then sunshine.
Left at 7am returned at 3pm.
Below are some ( a very small segment ) of the shots from the road. I drove most way but when Mo drove I took pictures of things I want to take pictures of. I would really have liked to stop and take fixed pictures but we would still be on our way if I tried.
Trains. Long and far reaching transfers. Love trains.
One of the many Indian trading stations along this route. I liked the cliff.
All the signs...all the signs... how to interpret it all. Mile 0!!!
Glued on fake animals caught my eye.. hilarious.
One of the many points of my .. why.... thought. Not wrong or bad or crazy.. just why. I know going up to someones door and knocking to ask why ...would be very strange... but there are times I want to do that... even in town.
What caught my eye in this picture... its easy.... "Free Ice Water".. really.. no hooks to the deal?
More questions and a supposition.. but questions.
I love these roads... I love this viewpoint.
I am missing my tail so I will eat this fake person..... show me some love.
Another trap for unsuspecting tourists... though in its own is pretty cool to go see... this one is over run with more dinosaurs.
Not even a tree for shade from the merciless solar barrage.... question.
The original banner shot going by fast. I shake my head.
Fav.. ROOT 66. With the novel name of Sun Valley. No way!
2nd Fav shot. Billboard Sky.
I really like Arizona's Logos. Impressive... bold... makes my CDO happy. OCD for you noobs.
Now all that equipment is heading to the repair station to be checked and tested. Along with MRGM and PIC envelopes for their inspections.. some repairs and modifications. All that documentation will be processed for the packages for Fiesta and that will be that for 138 days. Probably 136.
Aside from that road trip I bought some music off of the nets. Mostly 1970s best of the rest kind of stuff. It sounds better than almost everything coming out now.
There was going to be a run to Santa Fe to Meow Wolf but that got killed by restless nights, barking dogs and bad sleeping surfaces. I wished I could find a guaranteed good mattress so I could get some unbroken sleep cycles in. Worn out to all get out.
Now to think of what I can do today.. what needs doing.. what order.. what time limit.. and tomorrows fun.
Last gasp.... Love my Nikon D7100. its not full frame and its buffer is limited but the glorious 24 meg pixel output is most excellent. If you are looking for a camera that will give you pictures you can edit without losing quality.. that's the camera. The 18 200 mm Nikon lens is still my favorite and is very versatile.
I had links to share but... Meh. its all meh so far.
One last thing.. I hate when tech web sites politicize crap. If I want politics Ill read the news.. If I read a tech web and you add a political slant to it you damn well better be able to support your argument in the tech or you are just a waste of air and carbon. I despise you for wasting my sight.
