On Saturday, they had an art festival called "Walkin' on Main". I like to go to the local functions and see how other people live. Our friend, Lynn Ausen, has a cousin, Muriel Bostrom, who lives here. We met her for lunch, wine tasting and looking around. It is fun to know someone local. We had a great time.
As you can probably tell by some of my postings, I love history. Everywhere we go, I usually buy books that tell about the history of the people that lived in the area. These kind of books aren't usually on my Kindle. I am now reading about a young girl that was captured by the Indians in 1851. She was held for 5 years and was able to be bought back by her brother. This book was written in 1858. I have never read a book published so long ago. It is a very hard read. I didn't realize how elaborate their language was back then. Alot of sentences are 70-75 words long, with several comma's and semi colon's in between. Sometimes it makes it hard to understand what you are reading. The sentence is so long you forget the beginning. You could make several sentences with one of theirs. Sometimes the girl, Olive Oatman, speaks in her own words. The language is very elaborate and cumbersome.
Our truck has never had to have an Emissions test. We never gave it a thought even tho we left so early. It is due in November and we get it before we leave. This time it required a test. Oh No! What to do, what to do! Since we don't have a printer, we had Darin download the paper we need and send it to us. We had to get it notarized that we are out of state. We did that and sent it back. They want to send it to you where you are living at the time, not to your house. We wrote our new address in Cottonwood, but also wrote our Renton address for the registration. Got it the other day and they changed our registration address to General Delivery, Cottonwood. Seems like someone wasn't paying attention. That won't do. We will carry our notarized paper with the registration to show the correct address. Of course, I can't get thru on the phone.
The weather is getting better. We have had to keep our water running some nights because it gets down to 29 degrees. The days have only been in the mid 50's. Sweatshirt weather. Today it is getting in the mid 60's. About time.
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