Our friends Al and Bonnie made it home safe and sound, and this is what they came back to in Sturgeon Falls, Ont. That's Al standing there.
Katie and I were hoping for a good sleep last night but instead, there were two power outages during the night, one about 1:30, the other about 3:30, and of course when devices come back online there is noise. Both of us tired this morning as a result.
Got on the phone with Time Warner and got the old modem back online. Next year when we come back I may or may not, try and do something again with a new Docsis 3 modem. We'll see.
I made an online appt. at the local Toyota Dealership for an oil and filter change, as well as new windshield wipers. Was able to get appt. for 2:15.
Katie and I went to Best Buy to take back her new Sansa Clip Zip Sport, as she found out it does not do voice recording like her old Clip Zip. Got one of their two remaining 4 gig models, with the ability to add more storage via mini sd card.The sport was 8 gig and was $49.95, the regular was $29.95, a bonus!
Then we went to Target to take back the Docsis 3 modem.
Time for a little lunch so we went to Pizza Hut, close to Frank Smith Toyota and had a personal pan pizza each. They were good.
On to Frank Smith, Got the car done, and they washed it before they gave it back, Nice! The cost doing it this way is not the cheapest one can find, but easy and nice comfortable waiting room.
While we were waiting and watching TV, big announcement that the Sheriff for Hidalgo County retired. He got elected last time with 80 percent of the votes. Why is he retiring? Because he is under investigation. There is a lot of corruption connected with elected officials, so really basically the same all over.
"EDINBURG — Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino Jr. announced his resignation Friday, citing internal and external pressures since December 2012, when his son and several deputies were arrested in connection with a far-reaching drug conspiracy."
Thing is, here they make a really big deal of the elections in the first place, because they are all tied to Democrats vs Republicans, and then of course when something like this happens.
Elections of Police Chiefs a good idea? Not in my books its not! Just asking for a Sheriff who is tied to the political process and needs to lean one way or another when making decisions.
Back home to relax, and cough some more....
and so ends another great day in the Valley...
more later...
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