Wednesday - Took my walk up the street (Carlisle) to Candelaria and stopped off at a Wal-Mart on the way back to get some dish soap. the motel doesn't provide it anymore but they still expect you to wash dishes. I'm not as happy with them as I was on other trips.
Leaving Wal-Mart I went to a coffee shop and got coffee and a chocolate chip scone and had that for my breakfast. The place seems to be a gathering site for retired engineers where they meet in the morning. One guy is apparently the leader of the group and seems to dominate the conversations ("what are you going to do today", "what's your daughter up to" etc.) He apparently doesn't have enough to do and is trying to get an invitation to be included in the other guys' plans....but they don't offer the invitation. Finally one of them gets up and goes outside and quizzes the landscape maintenance guy about his backpack blower that he is using to blow dust and debris away form the coffee shop door. He finally comes back in and reports. Another guy has a house repair project and the leader gives him advice on what he should do. Apparently the espresso coffee machine broke down a few days ago so they were all involved in that but a repair guy came and fixed it....with parts from Italy (!). I enjoyed my stay -- they were very curious about what and who I was but no one was brave enough to ask.
I met with my builder at 11 AM and just visited for a while -- brought her up to date a little and she talked about her contractor business and how slow things were. We didn't actually have much to talk about but since I was in town I wanted to visit with her.
Had lunch at Kelly's microbrewery on Central Avenue. Beer and a Greek salad. Drove around near old town and the zoo and found the train station. Jill and Jeanne come to town tomorrow.
Ate supper at the motel and then went to an Isotopes baseball game. It was a good game but the 'topes lost. They have a really nice ballpark and there was a good crowd there in spite of the temperature of 98 degrees as the game was getting started. It cooled off after about an hour once the sun went down.
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