I like it when the weather is bad and I have a lot of indoor things to do. When it’s nice I always feel the draw to be outside. The weather has been so nice this week it made it difficult to do indoor things. I’m also trying to give my foot sufficient rest to heal up and stop hurting. The rainy weather helps with that, too. No kayaking or biking in the rain.
The most strenuous thing I did today was to load the raccoon in the car and go release him. Rocky IV was not shy about leaving. He was out and gone so fast I couldn’t get a good picture. He was big, too. His fur was almost completely gray—no auburn mixed in as with the other 3. At least I know this is not a former marauder returning. Now we must wait and see if there are any more around. This guy was easy to catch. I had the trap set up with food and water in it for 2 days before I started setting it. He got comfortable going in it. I also used the trick that Kathy suggested—covering the trap so that it looked like a nice cozy dark den instead of a wire cage. I also covered the floor with leaves.
.....................before release
................................afterDumping the raccoon didn’t appear to stress my foot. Once back at home I went about recovery operations from our 3-week trip. Yesterday I got all 7 of our suitcases/backpacks unpacked and most of our stuff put away. Today it was time to make a dent in the huge pile of laundry we have. I jokingly said to Penny that we could probably wait another week before doing laundry.
We also voted today. 2 more votes for Barack! Only kidding, I’m voting for the experienced one—I can’t wait until Sarah is sitting in that Oval Office. I’m taking Karen’s approach here and not talking politics anymore—except maybe a few jokes. The voting process was quick and easy. We were in and out in fewer than 15 minutes. We got there just before 10 AM. My strategy was to miss the early before-work voters and beat the lunchtime crowd. That left us competing with the old fart retired crowd and those who had flexible schedules. There was a steady stream of voters but no line.
There also was a WOOT-OFF in progress today so I monitored the computer while doing chores to see if anything good came up and to try to get one of their $1 bags of crap. I missed getting a neat toy for Sophie but succeeded in getting a bag of crap.
Winkflash is once again having their picture book sale—good timing for our Vermont trip. I’ve sorted through our 1600 or so pictures and picked out about 200 candidates for a book. Penny and I will sit down and pick the ones we want in a book as we did for our Montana book. We have until the 31st to get this done.
I also sorted through our reunion photos and we have about 80 good enough to send in to be included in the reunion DVD that 1 brother is putting together.
In wrapping up and putting away items from our trip I tallied some statistics. The total distance we covered including air miles, Vermont driving and Florida driving was over 5500 miles.. We spent $422 on gas. We got a great rate on the rental car, a small Jeep SUV but surcharges, taxes and fees added an additional 25% ($100) to the cost. I knew that ahead of time—I just find it incredible.
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