Stettos New digs

[stetto]

My host hit the big 4-0 yesterday trapping pocket gophers. The property looks clean an clear for the first time since I moved out here.

He used a trap called a 'gopher hawk'. I wish I had some of those when I was a kid trapping for the 60 cent bounty.

My little front yard has been invaded by meadow voles, leaving raised trails in the dirt a la the old Bugs Bunny cartoons. Too shallow for gopher hawk traps, im gonna have to get inventive with Tomcat bait...

[stetto]

Texas living, I tell ya.

Weather aside, I'm told that scorpion season is fairly short and being as I haven't seen any in a few weeks, and since the last week of July danged few houseflies, ill take it. The fire ants haven't thinned out a bit though, and my whiptail lizard population has grown to where they're laying eggs on my little 4X5 foot porch. I haven't gone out barefoot since parking my little house here.

Today's wakeup call was an 18" juvenile copperhead sticking out from under the trailer. He scooted off by the time I'd grabbed a shovel, so now I've got a better reason to watch my every step outside.

I'm trying to "save" gas money on a fixed income, little progress so far. I've promised myself a trip to (H)umble, but budgeting is a challenge so far. I'll get there, Jaime. Sooner or later!

Meanwhile we're continuing the fencing project, still drilling and setting railroad tie braces. My friend has a dose of mesothelioma, so understandably we take a lot of breaks. Two worn out old dufusses in their later 60s, what can possibly go wrong? 

The PuddinFace continues to excel, 4.0+ and in 5 different brainiac honors societies and just received ANOTHER scholarship. And she has trademarked the PuddinFace name for a future business endeavor, at the time being a pastry/health food bakery.

Maybe this lonely old man will live vicariously through his overachieving daughter for the duration...

[stetto]

Looks like Stetto's gonna be traveling soon enough.

Long story, but I've been kindly asked to move on. This dang-near 67 year old dufus has never pulled a trailer like this, and for some reason I'm terrified of the prospect. With all the stuff I have stored here, my old Ram 1500 may well be towing a uhaul behind the 20' Forest River.

I towed a 14' Alumacraft for some years, and a few trips with 8x10 uhauls, but I'm pretty sure that those apples don't relate to the pumpkin I'm in now.

Sucks to be Stetto today 

[jetmex]

Hey Amigo, give me a call so I can run some stuff by you...

[Onepoint]

Bummer, know where you are landing yet?

[stetto]

Hey Amigo, give me a call so I can run some stuff by you...

Tried a little after 3 o'clock. A kindly answering machine alerted me to your unavailability. I have a Texas # now, I made sure to leave it, as I don't know if you guys were alerted...

Bummer, know where you are landing yet?

So far I have no earthly clue. Obviously I have options, but I'm so resource poor none are realistic, even closer ones.

My hosts have given me a wide time window, so my first task is to get my damn head on straight. Wish me luck, it's been in mighty short supply...

[jetmex]

Sorry I missed you, I was hip deep in the RC project and didn't have the phone with me.  I saw a couple of unknown numbers, one of them was probably you.  Try again, and leave a message if I don't pick up.  Hoping you called my cell...sent you a PM with the number.

[stetto]

I just wanted everyone here to to know this: our wonderful friend Jetmex talked me off the ledge today.

Thank you, esè...

[jetmex]

You're welcome, mi amigo.