Taking the Road Less Traveled

Sunday 3/18 The GPS says 176 miles today. We’ll see. Overcast this morning but it normally doesn’t last. Like Montana, don’t like the weather? Stick around. I like using the GPS to get into and out of the cities. Left on my own…u-turns are my friends. Fueled (11.78) My historical stops play hell on mileage…

St. Patrick’s Day 3/17 Sorry St. Patrick, but if you ain’t from Texas, you ain’t getting no parade. Nor anything that i can see. Maybe they don’t need a reason to get s-faced. Not a lot of Irish names either, some just not a lot. Overcast this morning, calling for some rain. We’ll see. Some…

  Thursday/Friday 3/15-16 Ah, a day off does wonders for my energy levels. Off to Willie Nelson’s golf course in Spicewood Texas. About 15 miles away. The course is like Willie, rough. Lots of doglegs, narrow, no i mean NARROW. Nine hole, up and down. Walked it. Only one there! Played up to 4 balls…

Monday/ Tuesday/Wednesday. 3/12-14 Beautiful morning. I cruise down to ATA about 10am and check the clay courts. We’ll need to lower the water level but I’ll let UJ make that decision. Grabbed the ipad, logged on to ATA wireless and updated ttrlt.n. Looks like a three day rotation. I watched the videos from my hike…

Friday/Saturday/Sunday 3/9-11 Golf today. Last Friday i was cold. Not today. Same course and UJ’s regular foursome + me. 7:36 tee off. They golf every Friday morning. Hit the ball well. Couldn’t putt. Bob Gaughen would of given me that god damn puppet and it would of never left my bag. A couple of 4…

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 3/6-8 Everyone loves a plumber. Made it to ATA by 8:30am as I’m not doing gentlemen’s work today. Going to deal with turning some toilet partitions around, try polishing the sign and fix the pvc pressure problem. Got way-laid by a friend of UJ about a shower valve problem. Ended up going and changing…

Saturday/Sunday/Monday 3/3-5 Overcast this morning. Yesterday afternoon was mix clouds but with lots of sun. Most likely high 60s today. Going to get my leak in the schooner fixed today and head ATA way to make some material lists. No hurry. A gentleman doesn’t start work before 10. I’m on a Jack Reacher marathon. It’s…

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday 2/28-3/2 The weather has been…marginal. More rain, sprinkles, storms moving in than out. I’ve seen more lightning in the last month than in the last 5 years. But then we get a sunny day. It’s not like Wash/Oregon where you are housebound for days but you need to be prepared. Doing projects at ATA,…

Sunday/ Monday /Tuesday 2/25-27 The schooner is off Bill, powered-up, and fully functional. May have to reload propane before i leave. Switched the refrigerator over to AC and it seems to functioning correctly. So i have 120v power plus the batteries are being charged and maintained. The schooner is very stable and using the front…

Saturday 2/24 The sun is struggling to get thru the clouds and winning at times. 66 this morning! Lots of road less traveled today. Should be historical site overload. The plan: get to Uncle J in a somewhat timely fashion. Lots to see, lots of historical sites. First 40 miles or so “Ranch Road” 40-45…