Day 182

So we've been out of Oregon for half a year.  It really isn't "on the road" any more.  It's just interesting.

I went to three estate sales.  I had lousy timing.  At the first one I got there just after a guy bought the DeWalt tools that I wanted to buy.  At the third one I walked into the garage just as someone picked up a weed eater that I would have bought.  In between I went to this really hard to find house west of Camp Mabry.  It was a waste of time.

After the sales I went to Circle C to walk the dog.  She seems to have a little more energy now that I've cut back on her drugs.  After a stop for bananas at HEB we went home.  I wanted to do some more soldering on the layout.  I spent a couple of hours on it.  I finished the plateau and got a small start on the raised portion of the mainline.  This time I did things like mark where the posts and track below was before i started.  I didn't feel like redoing any more wiring.

Lucy kind of pissed me off when we went to get the mail.  On the way back she usually runs ahead and waits by the gate.  Today she did that, but then she disappeared.  I wasn't looking, so I don't know where she went.  I stood at the gate calling, but she didn't come.  So I opened the gate a little and started walking to the house.  I got about a 100 feet when Lucy comes tearing by me.  She didn't stop, she ran all the way to the house. She knew she was in trouble.

When I got to the house I noticed that there was a huge thistle growing in the side yard.  I guess it was because it rained just after I sprayed them last month.  So I got out the roundup and sprayed it and a few others I found.

The evening was TV and the web.