Wild Cards....

6:43 am - Sunday - January 14th - GNHS - 42° F, humidity 58%, wind 3 mph out of the east by southeast......crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 64° F.  On this date in 2013 TLE and I were enjoying another of many, many amazing sunsets at Cedar Key, FL....just magical.....↴ 

....good friends of ours made a calendar of the Cedar Key sunsets that year, which they sold for several years on Amazon.  They were there in Cedar Key for about 2+ months, so had enough sunset pictures for a few years worth of calendars.

You just can never tell about walkup business on a given weekend at GNHS.  With as many people in the park as we have this weekend you would expect, based on past experiences, several walkup customers on a Saturday, but we had ZERO this Saturday.  We did, however, have three advance bookings for all day adventures.....two 4 seat RZRs, and one 2 seat General.  We had them all on their way by 10 am.  Technically our all day rentals begin at 9 am, and end, now, at 4:45 pm (just before sunset), but after a night of partying many don't show up to claim their rides until closer to 10 am, or later.

Once our three bookings had left the 'barn' it was just a matter of hanging out the rest of the day hoping there would be no rescues, accidents, or mechanicals for the next 6 hours.  TLE took a couple more of our 1 mile walks during the day averaging 3.3 and 3.5 mph respectively.  I like to walk at a fast pace, but TLE is not always down for that so whatever speed we average is entirely up to her.

1st walk - 3.3 mph

2nd walk - 3.5 mph....TLE bailed on the post walk picture

I was able to watch most of the early afternoon NFL 'wild card' playoff game between the Cleveland Browns, and Houston Texans in Houston.  It was a close game for most of the first half, but then the roof fell in on the Browns with Joe Flacco throwing successive 'pick six' passes giving up 14 points in just a couple of minutes.  Then there was the failed fourth and 2 attempt, which turned the ball over on downs to the Texans, who then scored again to make a close game (17-14 in favor of the Texans) a blow out at 38-14.  The Texans added another TD later in the game to go up 45-14, and that was the final score.

Our three all day rentals returned by 4:30 pm, and all seemed good at first until one of the renters admitted, after being asked if he hit anything, that he had bottomed the rear end out pretty hard.  Further inspection revealed a cracked skid plate, and a dent in the frame, which will have to be assessed by Polaris to determine if it is compromised and requires the replacement of that portion of the frame (very expensive), or just the cracked skid plate (about $200 + labor).  The other two had no issues.  It doesn't appear that the engine, or transmission were compromised, so the damaged skid plate did its job.

The second NFL 'wild card' playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and the KC Chiefs was played in Kansas City were the game time temperature was -7° F, with a wind chill factor of -27° F.  The game was close for a while, but just like the first game, got out of hand quickly, with the final score 26-7 in favor of the Chiefs.  Hoping for more competitive games on Sunday.

TLE had me grill some shrimp skewers on the Sea-B-Que while she prepared grits with sliced tomatoes and avocados on the side.  A nice way to end the day!

Thanks for stopping by!