He ran the tires off the rims......

7:46 am - Friday - January 19th - GNHS - 48° F, humidity 84%, wind 4 mph out of the east.....cloudy today with a forecast high of 67° F.  On this date in 2016 Steven Dempsey, good friend, and amazing photographer took the picture I have been using on the masthead of our blog since then.....↴ 

We haven't been super busy since New Years weekend, but we've had rentals going out more days since then, than not, and Thursday was another 3 rental day with all three going out for 1/2 day, or 4 hours.  They were all on their way by 10 am.

Once that was done TLE and I were off on our first 1 mile out and back walk of the day.  There was a very light breeze out of the southeast as we walked west on Hot Mineral Spa Road to a point just south of Bashford's.  We managed to average 3.4 mph for this walk, and were back before 11 am.....

.....the two 4 seat RZRs, and the 2 seat General returned within minutes of each other around 2 pm, and one of the 4 seaters returned with a destroyed tire and rim.....

.....customer claims it suddenly went flat, and he stopped to change the tire. But for that tread to come off like it did would require driving on the flat tire for quite a distance, don't you think?  At any rate, he will be paying for a new tire, and rim....about $600...ouch!  This gives new meaning to the phrase "he ran the tires off the rims"....lol.

TLE, Hunter and I each drove a RZR down to the fuel station, and after that I washed the 2 seat General while TLE and Hunter put the other two away.  Those two RZRs, while dirty, are going to be used by Kyle to take his friends out on Friday, so he can wash them if he wishes....lol.

After fueling, washing, and parking the General TLE and I took our final 1 mile out and back walk of the day......

....this was our 25th such 1 mile walk since just before Christmas, and we are beginning to get back into shape once again, plus we are losing weight and inches.  The only way to lose weight is to eat less, and move more, and that is what we are doing.....nice, slow, but steady weight loss.

We had a very subtle sunset, at least subtle for GNHS....

....I don't recall if I have written about the fact that we (COA) share a parking area with the campground propane station, and that customers, other than those needing propane, use that area for a short cut to the offroad exit, which is near our office.  At night it becomes particularly irritating when they come through the parking lot, which is right behind the Newell, so TLE and I put up traffic cones at night to discourage the shortcutters......

....it seems that 9 traffic cones is just enough to discourage them.....lol....although a few try to sneak through anyway.

For dinner we had the rest of the Ahi Tuna I had grilled the previous night, only cold this time with a Wasabi and soy sauce dip, accompanied by a side salad.  I have to say the Ahi was just as good cold, as it was hot.  That Ahi Tuna steak cost around $20, but we got 4 meals out of it (two Wednesday night, and two Thursday night).

For the first time in at least a month TLE and I retired to the 'game/dining deck' for game night.  On this night TLE chose 'Phase 10'.  The game went back and forth, and we were both on the 10th Phase at the end, but I had to shut her out to win as I had more accumulated points than she.  Unfortunately for me the cards favored TLE this night and she came away with a narrow victory......

.....that big smile on her face as she began to deal the first hand portended her ultimate victory....she must have had some inkling she would prevail this night.  Of course, win, or lose, I always enjoy the contest.

Thanks fore stopping by!