Had a pretty
quiet day today. I went out on my own this morning to do some shopping and get
a bit more familiar with the traffic. I figured I would just throw myself into
the deep end and swim. Deep immersion treatment did the trick. I reckon I have
this driving thing pretty much down pat. Taking on busy Saturday morning
traffic worked a treat.
I bought
some Twinkies for Al but I don’t think they will last so I had better eat them.
In the
pharmacy of this huge supermarket called Fry’s, I found a bottle of 1000
Iboprofen tablets for $7.99. I took a couple for my knees and they worked
really well. I might go back and get some more.
My steady diet while I am here.
I have
finally gotten my bearings in relation to where the sun is in the sky. It is
exactly as different as I thought it would be. I have been really thrown off by
the Sun being in the Southern sky. I
really felt discombobulated not having my bearings for the first couple of days
but I walked outside this morning and looked at the Sun and thought, Hhmm, it is 10.30, the Sun is there,I looked around and said to myself ”That is South”. I pulled out my compass
and sure enough, it was spot on. I feel much better now. This is one of the
things I really wanted to experience and feel how different it is being in the northern hemisphere and a lot further away from the equator.
I went over
to Dave’s about lunch time to show him some pictures on my laptop. We ended up
going out to Walmart so I could buy my Esky (Cooler) and a Dooner (Comforter)
and Pillow (Pillow). They thought our names for things was so weird I was going
to tell them we call pillows something like ‘head sponges’ but they probably
would have believed me.
After this
we returned to Dave’s for a lovely dinner of Barbecue chicken and salad. Barbecue meat here is nothing like what we
consider BBQ meat. Their BBQ meat, whether
it is beef, chicken or whatever, is cooked in a crock pot for about 7 or 8
hours in a lovely flavoured mix. By then the meat is so soft it is shredded with
a couple of forks and stirred through the juice. It is absolutely spectacular.
I will be making this when I get home.
I will be
heading off in the general direction of the Grand Canyon tomorrow. I will be
going through Tucson, stopping at the Pima Air Museum and seeing the Aircraft
Boneyard. Then on to Phoenix and then Flagstaff. Not sure how far I will get but we will see.
Sounds like you're as convivial as a suidae in effluent.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say that but I am as happy as a pig in poo.
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