11/21/14 Slowly Settling In

We are slowly emptying the back of the pick-up, as well as putting those items in their winter place.  What am I referring to?  The outdoor recliners, music stands, bird feeder and sunflower seeds, cooler, some tools, and much more.  You get the idea, right.

The sound system rode all the way from Zapata to Alaska and back to Zapata...speakers and amplifier and mixer. It was never used as there was never enough time when all the family was together to sing/play.  

We made a quick decision this morning to go to Laredo.  It is an hour trip north of here.  I had a pre-Thanksgiving grocery list.  An email from Best Buy had an offer we couldn't refuse on a 40-inch Sony television. Glen had a list for Lowe's.    

As bad as traffic was today, I shudder to think what it will be like next week and on to Christmas.  We had stop and go traffic; a funeral procession that detained 8-10 lanes of traffic, with a little road construction.  

One way for a helicopter to travel.  This was parked at a local restaurant.

Taken from our front yard.

This is the eastern skies, lit from the sunset....would you call that an eastern sunset?