03.07.07
What a day they say….
Today started early with me driving up to Brookings for a Webfoot Weavers Guild meeting. It was a very busy meeting that went way too long but we accomplished a lot of business. The real reason for driving up to Brookings was to look at houses. I have to do the ‘pre look’ house looking in our family. I don’t dare take the husband to house hunt until I’ve found something he would remotely live in.
Well it wasn’t pretty. I am sorry to say there really isn’t anything out there in our price range that…
1. Was built after 1970
2. Has a floor that is level
3. Has bathroom fixtures that aren’t turquoise or pink
4. Has windows that will actually keep a winter storm out
5. Is not located next to billy bob and the hunting dog population of the Pacific Northwest. (apologies to any billy bobs out there!)
So I then went to plan B. Plan B is a new manufactured home on a lot or some property. This is a more feasible possibility because we can get a home, set up, with a 2 car garage and 1800+ sq ft. for around $150,000. So now I’m looking for that piece of property/lot will run about $100,000. I’m not sure how lucky I’ll be but at least I feel this is the direction we are going.
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Have I mentioned I got a new camera? My Minolta bit the dust, actually I dropped it and it broke. So I purchased a Kodak Easy Share. An alright camera but when you’ve had prime rib, who wants to eat hamburger? I researched and bought a Cannon Powershot. It didn’t cost as much as the Minolta but it is much better than the Easy Share. How much better? I give you my trip home.
It has just stopped raining and I’m shooting toward the ocean. Can you see them?
How about now?
Not yet….How about this one?
There they are, a flock of Aleutian Geese. The migration has started and Del Norte County is one of the stops along the way. We have a Geese festival and if you are adventurous and get up really really early, like 4 am you can stand on the beach and see thousands (or at least hundreds) of these beautiful birds take off from Castle Rock.
Finally here is the zoom…..
I love my new camera.
Tamara said,
March 9, 2007 at 4:56 am
I just wanted to say hello. I stumbled across your site and I’m glad I found it. Your pictures look great. Oh, and good luck with the house hunting. We have much the same procedure at our home. Once something grabs us, things move quickly, but what a chore wading through the sea of houses that just aren’t right. Again, good luck!