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What a nice day!

While the power was scheduled to be out we got in the car and went to Idyllwild for lunch.

That means going out east in our valley to Palm Desert, then up CA74 which is a loopy windy road, so fun to drive in the new car, up 5000 feet to Mountain Center where we had lunch at a favorite spot.

Then out and on to the town of Idyllwild where we think we will stop and get out and never do.

What is the problem do you think?

It is a nice tourist place. A lot of people go there.

I think that my particular problem is that it totally reminds me of the Poconos where I grew up. Woodsy. Rural. Poor looking little stores. A village trying to be a town but they didn't plan for it. There is, of all things, Village sprawl.

No "there" to walk to. No "where" to go. No "then" either, as in "then what will we do?".

So we kept going, got out to pee at a roadside stop, in the woods, and then on down the mountain and back to PS.

That took us 4 hours and when we got back the electrical had just come back on and it would appear that the work is done. The power company trucks were all lined up out on the main street biding their time until quitting.

The guys hanging out for a bs session. How do I know that? I have malingered with "the guys" all my life and I can smell it. If I had been walking I would have joined up. Probably not, really. Not my guys and it is too hot. But if I was with the power company, for sure. Right in the middle. I am a lone who does well in a group. Still "alone" in the crowd, but in a good way.

I digress. We are back at the house and the power is back on. From the clocks, which I just set all around, the power was off three hours at least.

The air conditioning is still catching up and the refrigerator was off 8 degrees.

Ingenious. It was a very good idea to take off. John and I had it about the same time. We have been together too long or nicely long enough to have similar inspirations. No nap is long enough to last through this blackout. Although I do have my iPad so I could have done some shit while it was off. Do you believe that I actually took it with me? So sick.

One other thing. The last time we did this trip we had Booker with us. Sitting up in the back of the SUV all eyes and ears. I remember that we were following a horse trailer and he got all excited. He had been around horses at least when he was in the interim before he came to live with us. This is how he reappears to me now. With memories. Nice ones. He is still very much in my heart.

Labels: Booker, car rides, condo, husbands