Did an Ole Fartz ride. During the ride, I rolled the odometer over the 14,000 mile mark. Lunch was at RIBS in Cedar Crest and there were 12 of us there. We had a great time talking about planned rides for the summer months.

https://youtu.be/AhSQLmfbQ6Y

My first member meeting @ Tesuque Village Market. 20 members attended the meeting and we had a great time at breakfast and had a 15 minute meeting afterwards. The focus of our chapter under my direction will be riding, very short meetings, and having a good time with like minded people.

Yes, it has finally become too much of a burden to keep her as a friend. First off, Lou, her father, stopped by for a visit unannounced  and stayed for 4 hours. Four depressing hours. He’s a very lonely sad man. The visit left us feeling  depressed. Then I get a call from Nan’s cousin Terry. Lou told him that if he’s driving to Denver, he has to stop and visit us since he’ll drive right by our store! WTF?! Terry spent 2 hours with us and that prompted the termination.

I just can’t have her family just visiting us without barely a warning. I mean what if a visit from Terry would cause us to move to avoid the visit? Right? I’d need at least a months notice.

The visit went fine. He arrived after we closed and I kicked him out, Beth style, just before 10. We relived old adventures and talked of families. He doesn’t look too bad, but he’s bald. I hear that happens to people our age, but other than some thinning I can’t see, unless its in a picture taken from the rear, I’m doing pretty good on the hair thing.

I learned some interesting things about Lou from Terry. I’ll spare you all the details, but if you really want to find out, call Nina and ask her. She never could keep a secret.

I am thinking of having Carl drop by Nan & Pat’s house on occasion to teach her a lesson on boundaries. Maybe Carl & Keith can tag team her.

Oh well, peace.

Well, our pump is up and running again. It took about 4 hours of work for the D&H tech to set it upright and secure it down again. He wouldn’t have been able to do so without my tools and parts and I question the fact that he didn’t have some very simple tools or parts.

Just because it’s up and running doesn’t mean it’s fixed. The mounting frame is bent and needs replacing. The boot (nozzle holder) will need to be replaced also. They already replaced the broken nozzle.

I have a plan to limit any future damage to my pumps by moving vehicles. Plans include signs telling trucks that we don’t sell diesel, 4 55 gallon drums placed at corners to move drivers away from the pumps, and stickers warning people that they will be held responsible for any damages. The 55 gallon drums will be filled with gravel and then capped with concrete that will be domed to allow water to run off and prevent idiots from placing garbage on top of them.

After the power outage there was no issues with equipment and that was a great surprise. In the past, we always had to jump through hoops to get it all up and running again. Looks like our upgrades are proving to be worth the efforts.

Peas.

Yesterday evening, while I was in Santa Fe, someone hit one of the gas pumps. Andy caught the guy. He wants to pay cash to have it fixed. Good? Bad? don’t know yet. Damage is not much really, but we’re 50% out of service.

Next fun thing. I’ve been awake now for an hour because the building alarm and other alerts have me up and about. Why? No power. I was on hold with the electric company for 45 minutes and they’re dispatching someone out to our area to find out the problem.

Laptop on battery and using the cell phone to post this update.