Thanx, I remember going out there 45 years ago when there were only a couple rangers, most folks were decent and didn't cause troubles .
In his late teens my son bought a junk rock buggy having heard many stories about my old friends having too much fun in rock buggies, he made it run and took me out there to see how different it is, I never went back .
We're having lots of fun here in Indio, I had to replace a valve stem on one tire in the 115* heat then the next day I discovered the lights left on in my 'Benz even though I've not driving at light since before we arrived here and the light switch knob is recessed into the dash....
I always carry some 0 gauge jumper cables in the truck but took that milk crate out this time for more uneeded trunk space....
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A nice fellow who works here asked his boss if he could give me a jump, boss said no , odd because in August of 2014 the heat killed the battery and the management here gave me a jump start....
So, the kid loans me his 8 gauge cables and a nice little old lady in a brandy new Subaru Forester let me use her battery, twice the starter only groaned, the third time it roar to life, she was in no hurry, telling me how she'd won $50,000 in the California Lotto this Spring and spent it all on this new car....
I loaded up the family and headed to Wallymart where they sell 900CCA Group H8 batteries fir $135 including the core charge, the car did re start after a 15 minute drive but at 5 years old I decided to replace the battery anyway and keep the 5 year old core, it'll have plenty of juice for the routine testing and so on I now use a 25 year old VW Beetle battery for.....
Had a nice lunch, back to the room and they boys jumped in the pool, some jerkhoff stole the one boy's glasses, then a nice (and seriously cute) lady came to our door, it turns out she'd noticed our boys playing nicely with her grand son and invited them to dinner, she lives a couple miles from me and is involved in Foster care too ~ funny how small the world is some times .
She even likes the same old timey pizza place we got to back home .
Life goes on, SWMBO and I are going out to an Adult dinner now
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