Rainy Laundry Day

Coker, Alabama

Weather: low 65 degrees, high 73 degrees, cloudy, intermittent light showers

Our rainy weather that started when I cleaned up the truck several days ago continued today. When the rain started, I jokingly said maybe I should go into the rain making business by cleaning up the truck wherever my services were needed. That idea is looking more and more feasible. Now, who needs rain, and is it in a place where we want to go?

We lasted as long as we could without washing laundry, but finally had to do it today. The laundry was busy, and we had to wait a little while for dryers. It looked as though half of Northport had the same idea as us, and the laundry was the busiest we have seen it since last spring. Once we finished the laundry and came back home, it was time for a short session of meditation. After the meditation, we watched a dvd that is part of the series titled The Closer, starring Kyra Sedgwick. We started watching that series when I checked out the first season's dvd at the library, and get hooked on the story lines and characters. That's about as exciting as it got here today.

We're starting to plan a trip to Florida of 7 to 10 days in the near future to visit family. After that, we'll be back here for a short time, then wander into Tennessee and Kentucky. At least that's the current plan.

When we were in Arizona in 2004, we visited the Petrified Forest, which is owned and operated by the National Park Service. On the day we visited, the wind was blowing about 40 mph, which made it hard to walk, or even stand straight. When I was taking pictures, I had to time everything to take the pictures during a lull of a few mph in the wind gusts. After a couple of stops to look at the different sights, Carolyn chose to stay in the truck. Since I was the designated photographer, I had to tough it out.

The Park Service has posted signs throughout the park asking people to not take rock souvenirs. There are anecdotal accounts of people who took souvenirs having bad luck as a result. I'm not a superstitious person, so my theory is that this is one way the Park Service fights the theft of valuable artifacts. Even with the attention the Park Service places on saving the wood, an estimated 12 tons of petrified wood is stolen every year.

More later, be safe.

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