Good Morning!!!! 56F @ 3:00AM. Plentiful sunshine. High 74F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.
More than 20 years ago I toured the Alps on a rented motorcycle, and one afternoon stopped for gelato at the north end of Lago de Garda. We were right on the water at a beautiful open plaza. Headed south, the road followed the lake shore, carved into the base of high cliffs, a series of tunnels with open arches on the lake side left open to enjoy the views. Then that road disappeared into a dark curving tunnel that came out on a circular bridge, so the tunnel/bridge combo made a complete circle as it climbed the cliff. That was repeated three times before the road reached the top of the cliff, a spectacular piece of engineering. Is that the same lake you visited, Helo?
The trip to town took way longer than I'd planned yesterday. I did get four five gallon buckets of oil recycled, thankfully all at one spot. Usually they'll only accept one bucket, but this Jiffy Lube had an almost empty dump barrel and was self serve. I must be getting weak, as holding those buckets in place while they went glug, glug, glug for five minutes each turned my arms into rubber.
I had planned to take a piece of the baseboard that needed replacing with me to Lowes, but forgot the sample. Made a guess on a match and of course missed, so that'll be a task for next visit.
Need to get the box blade after the gravel on the driveway today, thinning it down on the steepest section of the hill and filling in some ruts. Hopefully that'll make for enough traction to get the van and trailer up it tomorrow. Then finish emptying a couple trailers and get the last of the boxes loaded into the van. If there's daylight left after that, might try to get a few trees cut up and moved to the burn pile, but that'll probably not happen. It's OK, they're not going anywhere.
