Spent much of the day looking for bargains at yard sales in the Shenandoah Valley. Managed to do a big (77 mi)circle that included Broadway, New Market, Luray, Elkton and then back to Harrisonburg. Perfect day. Beautiful country. And even got some bargains.

OK So I finally got my car back after 5 days down at Blue Ridge Automotive. And I can't thank Chad and Brandon and the guys down there enough for working so hard to get the car up to spec. Evidently Taj Singh went to great lengths to hide the condition of the car in order to sell it to some unsuspecting doofus like me. He committed at least one federal offense in disabling the warning system in regards to the fact that there was no passenger side airbag among some other things that had to be fixed. Let me repeat, Taj Singh of Gainesville VA is a crook. Cost was $1615. I'd be mad except for the fact that I have this great view.

Took my car to get it inspected today. This should be interesting as you may remember and/or please refer to a previous post. I'll let you know. Also Reed emailed that he had a great time at the Jacksonville - Tampa Bay football game. He sent along a picture.

Spent much of the last 3 days doing the Rt 11 crawl. Even though they say it's just Saturday, it's not. Route 11 Yard Crawl Saturday, August 9, 2014 Shenandoah County, Virginia It's back and it's better than ever! Save with over 43 miles of bargains! This event will feature our historic towns along Route 11 and include business sidewalk sales, yard sales, antiques, food, and much more along the designated scenic by-way of Route 11 in Shenandoah County.

OK so Reed came in 2 days late because of the typhoon on Guam but got here fine. For the next few days we worked on getting him acquainted with Harrisonburg and slowly getting my new apartment livable. Wednesday night he left Union Station in Washington for girlfriend Jade in Jacksonville FL. And although we quite a time finding the place he got off without too much hassle. And the best thing about my apartment? Has to be the view.

Reed came in tonight right on time. Good to see him. We'll head back to Harrisonburg tomorrow.

Thursday the 31st and Reed was supposed to come in yesterday. Unfortunately, he never got off the ground as there was a Typhoon/Tropical Storm over the top of Guam and they cancelled his flight. Cancelled the next day's flights also but as I speak he's supposedly getting ready to get on the plane. Should be here about this time - 7pm - tomorrow. With that we've had to bag the family reunion as it would be just too big a hassle to get there. Just about ready to move into the new apt. Great view, close to Reed's school. Had an interview for the library job at an elementary school just outside Harrisonburg. Didn't really feel the interview went well but sometimes that's when I get the job. When I got here to my cousin's place the 4th of 5 boxes was here. One left and it's rather unimportant. When I went to the tracker there was no evidence that it was even in the states yet.