Great flowers in bloom at Colton McDonalds. Five or six different varieties of orchids on display.
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This link (http://www.highlandpacificrr.com/news/2015/1/21/service-awards) lists all the service awards presented at the AnnualAwards Banquet. I’m on the list. Joined the club in February 1974. Forty years ago. Hard to believe.
I was much younger then, much thinner, and my hair was much darker. Hard to believe.
Today I tried one of those "express" car wash joints that are popping up around the greater area the entire car wash was run by two women. "How is that possible?" you ask. Automation, automation. You are guided into the wash bay, the computer has set your wash cycle to what you paid for, and rollers against your tire move you along.
After getting washed and blown dry, you exit to the vacuum bays (see photo above). You do the work from here on out. You vacuum, you do a touch up dry job (most was dry for me and I had a Turkish shop towel–only used in Turkey), and I used the air hose to get the water out of cracks and mirrors.
Nicely done Gunga Din. My car was untouched by human hands until I did some touch up work. I'll try it again. These places have to provide tough competition for traditional car washes. Today was faster and cheaper than the place I've been going to.
A nice long walk to get a cache along the receding shoreline of the Salton Sea.
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Tonight we saw McFarland, USA, the latest movie from Disney Studios. It is a "feel good" movie in true Disney style but enjoyable at the same time. Nothing seemed contrived in this documentary that takes place in McFarland, California, a poor, small town in the Central Valley. The story is about a coach, Jim White, played by Kevin Costner, who takes a rag-tag team of boys to the fisrt-ever California state championship in cross country.
The movie has a message, and a good one at that. Glurge was minimal. Recommended; spend the money for a ticket.
This from Bloomberg:
RadioShack Corp. is preparing to shut down the almost-century-old retail chain in a bankruptcy deal that would sell about half its store leases to Sprint Corp. and close the rest, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
We are heading out to the Getty Museum to see some zoftig women painted by Ruebens. Karie and her friend Brenda Lyn are joining us.
It's a tradition now. We've been trying to begin each new year with a hike to some local spot. Today we walked the Whittier Hills along the Sycamore Canyon trail. The trail is maintained by the Puente Hills Native Habitat Preservation Authority which is a joint agreement between Los Angeles County Sanitation District, Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation, and the City of Whittier. The Sycamore Canyon segment is managed by Los Angeles County.
We logged 2.48 miles and about 4,700 steps. Now to keep it up ...