Thursday, July 11, 2024

Two Stops For Gas

 


Cuzzin Ricky and I traveled in the drizzling rain to the welding supply yesterday morning. We got a fair amount of rain by us but there was a lot of standing water when we got about 30 miles from home. There were a couple of spots where the water was across the road but nothing to be alarmed about. Picked up the fresh tank and then stopped at One Eyed Jack's for lunch.


Tenderloins come with a choice of fries or tater tots - Rick and I both opted for the tater tots. Pretty heavy on the breading and the meat wasn't pounded real thin but it's a big ole sandwich. I just ate around the edges and some of the tater tots and brought the complete sandwich home. Rick said he's on a tenderloin Facebook group, so he's going to pick out a couple other places for us to try. We also talked about a couple of trips. He'd like to go to the Grand Canyon, as would I, and we still need to get to Hawaii. A trip to Hawaii would probably be a better idea than riding the Scooter Cannonball.


When I take the highway east of town, there are oodles of prime farm ground that has been converted to solar farms. I'm not all in on the idea, myself, but there must be a lot of money changing hands to convince all those farmers to give up their crop land. Someone across the street from One Eyed Jack's agrees with me. 


 
The building on the left in the top photo shows Mammoth Solar on the corner, but right next store is the Pulaski County Against Solar office. I was amused. Sign in the window said the number of acres recorded with solar companies as of July 1st is 26,000. That I don't find amusing. Has to be a better way. 

Good day on the road, though. Beautiful weather on the return trip.



1 comment:

Surly said...

The solar panels will destroy the water table when they stop being effective by leaching poison into the ground.
Regenerative farming should be what this country is doing with the land.
But, I'm preaching to the choir.