Day 2240

 I got up at 8, did the pet stuff and had breakfast.  After that I surfed until 9 when we left for Fredericksburg.  The drive was nice and took about an hour because there were significant sections where I was exceeding the speed limit.  

I parked across from the jewelry store.  It was closed.  We walked through the park.  It was interesting.  There was a water wheel and a lot of historical markers.  After that we walked through the town stopping at all of the stores that looked interesting.

At one place I bought a couple of Biden shirts for $.99 a piece.  Now John and I both have rags.  We also bought a new cowhide rug to replace one of the ones in the kitchen.  It's really worn.  We continued down the street to a boot and hat store.  It had great stuff at really high prices - $400-$2,000 boots, $200-$400 boots and hats.  We admired the stuff, but didn't buy anything.

The next stop was another clothing place.  They had a great selection of boots, and John bought a pair.  Ellen got a purse.  I called the safe shipping place.  They gave me another number and said they were weeks behind.

By then Melissa was hungry.  Our favorite place was closed until the weekend.  So was the hamburger place.  We ended up eating at the BBQ place.  It had an outside area we didn't know about which was nice.  By then the temperature was in the 70's and nice.

Our next stop was the kitchen place.  Surprisingly the only purchase was a cooking thermometer.  By then John and Melissa were worried about the dog, so we started back.  We did stop for ice cream though.

The trip back wasn't quite as fast, but it still was fairly short.  When we got home it was surfing.  John and Melissa brought the dog over.  Amazon said there were packages outside.  I went out and collected three boxes - the new RC car, a battery for it, and a battery powered Dremel.

I was pissed when I opened the RC car shipping box.  It had a large warning on it saying once the car box was opened it couldn't be returned.  The car box had 4 security seals.  They had all been broken.  I spent quite a while convincing myself that all the parts were there.  Melissa helped.  The check was made difficult because the manufacturer didn't label the parts bags consistently.  

After that John and I watched car auctions while Melissa sewed and Ellen surfed.  I switched to surfing when they went back to the apartment.  We'll leave for Fredericksburg again tomorrow.  This time will go to the swap meet.