Monday, August 21st, 2017…..
Today
is Eclipse Day! We got up early, showered, and prepped for the day. Ok, we went out to the porch about 9:00am! We
had listened to all of the hype on the news – we had our eclipse glasses – we
were ready! The whole area up here was
in to eclipse frenzy and they expected hundreds of thousands of folks to flock
here. We watched the news stations and saw eclipse parties all over the viewing
path. They told us that as it got darker we could expect the cattle and sheep
to head back to the barn. Birds would
land in the trees for the night. Dogs and cats would get nervous as it got
closer. Owls and night predators would come out. Really! Everyone was ready for
this! But I was expecting something rather boring. Not true!
Turns out it was spectacular. It was really pretty cool! We had excellent weather – clear skies and a
clear view.
The sky got progressively darker and our porch lights even came on! With our eclipse glasses we
could see the partial starting.
The temp really dropped and had Janie running
for her jacket and blankets! After about 45 minutes it went totally into a
corona! They say it lasted for 2 ½
minutes but it seemed shorter than that to us.
Afterward, we came back in and watched the news about other folks’
reactions. Those people in stadiums and
amphitheaters and parks were starting to head home and the roads got clogged up
pretty quickly. They made it to be a big
deal but it looked like just another day of rush hour traffic in SoCal! No
biggie. But we stayed put and didn’t
have any worries. Later in the day, we
decided to skip lunch and have linner.
Penny was waiting for the call that her bank had funded the payment and
she could get her keys so we wanted to be ready. They fixed chili dogs and a few minutes later
she got the call. The house was hers! We
headed over in two cars and got to work.
She had already figured out we needed two locksets and three deadbolts.
We also needed door stops and weather stripping for the doors so Rick and I
headed to Home Depot/Lowe’s for that.
The girls went to Walmart for cleaning supplies. We returned and I got the locks changed. Tomorrow we will bring chairs and ladders and
more stuff to get things started.
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017….. Rick
and Janie were figuring out their trip back home. They are debating whether to cross over and
hit the coast and head that way, or go back down I5. But they are here today so they helped us at
the house again. Penny had to go get the
city office to get the water turned back on and in her name. Lydia took the car and I loaded the stuff in my
truck and we all left together and met at Kevin’s Café for breakfast.
Afterward, we went to Home Depot and to Costco and picked up stuff, including
two new toilets. We decided to have linner so we all drove to Ixtapa and had a
nice meal. Then we all met back at the
house and started in. It was a busy day but we got the toilets in, light bulbs
replaced, vent covers installed, a sink drain replaced, and more. In total, a
lot of stuff done.
We returned home and watched
Master Chef and went to bed after a long day.
Congrats to Penny!
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