3rd September 2017
I think it is Sunday, I genuinely have lost track of time, I only eat when my leg shakes, and I faint.
It rained overnight, but by 10.00am the roads were dry, and it looked like another great, sunny day.
There was a stack of old boxes and off-cuts of plasterboard still resting in the garage.
I asked Kelli if there was a recycling centre where I could get rid of all the junk from the garage. “I think there is one on the North side, but you have to pay”.
That’s one of the problems with America, even though the state encourages household recycling by giving out yellow plastic bags, anything larger is harder to dispose of, and someone will make money out of you for using it.
However good old Ron had a skip near his store that would take the cardboard
I loaded the truck, and drove down to Saugatuck to do that deed.
Kelli had to work a few hours in the bookstore, so I walked around the town, stopping at the local coffee shop for some refreshment.
“Common Grounds” is a popular place, with a good choice of blends to satisfy the most fussy coffee snob. However a coffee only lasts a short time, so kill a bit more time I went back to the bookstore and found a book called “Route66 The Mother Road” This was so appropriate at that is one of the things to do in the next year or two.
This is a fascinating history of the famous route from Chicago to Los Angeles. The route disappeared in 1985, bypassed by a network of new interstate highways. Many of the old diners still exist, and probably still serve the same burgers they did in the fifties, although a bit more mouldier.
I finished putting the planer/thicknesser together, and tested it out.
The finish was great, but I realised that the shavings had to go somewhere, and most was deposited over the nice clean space I had just cleaned.
So the next piece of kit I need is a vacuum cleaner.
Another Lifetime to go 