Yeah. Sat here and drank beer 'til 1 AM. LOL No drama. I think I watched a movie (an advantage of having a 32" monitor and stereo speakers with a floor subwoofer makes Netflix and Hulu a good watch). Connie couldn't sleep half the night for all the local pyrotechnics being set off all over the zip code. I almost bought a bass boat on the 2nd (happy birthday to me), but the owner hasn't bothered to return my messages, so I'll find another one in that price range. Maybe I'll just get a little 16' or 17' bowrider or walk-through, as long as it isn't stolen, the trailer tires are good, the hull and deck are solid, and the motor turns over. I'll do the rest from there. I think the deal-killer on the bass boat was, it didn't have a title, but the local PD allegedly ran the numbers on it and it was supposed to be clean. After I got home, I messaged him about needing a little more info to put together a bill of sale for ownership and titling purposes, and after that, all I've gotten is radio silence. I'm doing all I can to keep my tuckus out of hot water these days. I don't need a hot boat parked in my driveway. A shame, too. This thing not only had a 110 HP outboard and solid trolling motor, it also had full gauges, electric bilge pump, aerated livewell, an older generation Humminbird depth finder, and enough under-deck storage space to smuggle half of Guatemala across the border. I kinda though the price he was asking was a little shallow for what was sitting there. I got burned on eBay for a hot tub at a too-good-to-be-true price a couple years ago. I like playing bloodhound a little more now.
Get any riding in the other day?
Yea a stolen boat would be a hassle.
Riding? Absolutely, every day starting around 7am.
On the big night I watched most of Yankee Doodle Dandy on TCM, then scooted around as tens of thousands of people descended to the high school for fireworks. Loved seeing teens the in back of pickups screaming USA. The police did a great job of directing traffic, even I couldn't sneak through an open back road to get closer. One thing I kept thinking of, at least half are Dems. What are they celebrating? Certainly not the sparkle of independence. Dependence on and oppression of government? I suspect they don't think of their beliefs. Anyway, it was a good night. Weather's had a thunderstorm threat each day so I never got to play with the smoker which was annoying.