"You kill it, we cook it"

 08:01 am - Tuesday - December 30th - TWW - 34° F, humidity 22%, wind 10 mph out of the east.....partly cloudy skies today with a forecast high of 56° F.  The view this morning.....

On this date in 2012 TLE and I were in Cedar Key, FL.....

....watching our first sunset.  We spent 5 weeks there.  It was magical.  Over the course of 5 weeks we had acquired enough sunset photos to fill 10 calendars.  It was our first year on the road, and we had just finished our first stint working at Amazon in Campbellsville, KY, which was also our first workamping job.  This was our second visit of 2012.  We first discovered Cedar Key in March of 2012, but we only spent a few days then.

We knew we had mail at our PO Box in Seligman (our new 2026 calendar), so we made plans to head into Seligman around 11 am.  It was far too windy to do anything outdoors, so we remained inside for most of the morning before getting dressed for our hour round trip drive.  We left a little after 11 am, and were in Seligman at the hardware store (Route 66 General Store) by 11:45 am.  We needed to get three 5 gallon propane tanks topped off (took 11.4 gallons), and to buy some pipe insulation for the water line which runs from the pump house to the greenhouse.

Next we stopped at the Post Office to retrieve our mail, and then next door at the Family Dollar store for a few things.  On our way out of town we decided to have lunch at 'Road Kill Diner' whose motto is "You kill it, we cook it"....not really, but it is funny.  We haven't eaten there this year yet, so it was time.  TLE and I split their French Dip and fries....

A giant Dr. Pepper (refillable)

.....just the right amount of food. We lingered there for the better part of an hour talking, and enjoying our French Dip and fries before making the 30 minute return trip to TWW.  The 1968 Ford Explorer, by the way, is running great, and we can make the 7 mile drive out to Route 66 in 10 minutes, or less.  In the VW it takes 25-30 minutes....a big, big difference.

After arriving home, and putting away the groceries I headed out to the pump house to install the pipe installation on the water line running to the greenhouse, so we don't have to turn it off at night to keep it from freezing.....

....most of the water line is underground except for the hose bibb in the greenhouse, and where it exits through the wall of the pump house.

By the time I finished it was after 3 pm, and you know what happens after 3 pm, right?  It gets cold very quickly, so I put away my tools, and headed for the Newell.  

Around 6 pm I make a quick trip out to the greenhouse to turn on the catalytic heater, and on my way back I caught the afterglow of the sunset.  Sometimes the best shots are 20-30 minutes after sunset.....

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