Orange Sky
Miata Top Transitions since 10/24/08: 748
There is a building along the northwestern section of Our Fair City’s bypass that started life as a hardware store. That lasted maybe a couple of years and then an auto parts store moved in. It lasted maybe a year. It sat empty for a while before becoming an auto paint store which I bet didn’t last 6 months. It has sat empty for a half dozen years since, probably because no one else wanted to take a chance of their new business only lasting 3 months…
I don’t don’t know when this tin man showed up, but it seems like it might have been there since the very beginning. It looks like the perfect place for a geocache, so this morning Donna and hopped on the tandem to ride over and check it out, plus grab some breakfast at the somewhat nearby Dunkin’ Donuts. We ended up riding for a total of 15 miles.
After the bike ride we hopped in the Emperor and picked up a couple items at Lowes, a few things at Walmart and did our weekly grocery shopping at Krogers. Tonight we made a return driving trip to Lowes for something completely different and had dinner out at Chik-fil-A. With all that driving I think we might have equaled the mileage covered via bicycle in the morning.
As we passed through Saluda on our way to Hendersonville on Friday there were several people plaing a passel of tiny American flags in front of a building. Donna said that we should stop on the way home on Saturday and get a picture. Fortunately for us the rain had slowed when we got to Saluda so that we could hop out of the car and get a few photos. On the county library front lawn there were 5485 flags, each one honoring a service member who had lost their lives in the middle east since 2002. Pretty sobering sight (and site.) What is more depressing is that on the left hand lawn there is an area that was empty of flags that someday might get filled in.
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