Before leaving home for our winter retreat, I had to retire my old iMac desktop and replace it with a newer (Windows system) PC which will take some getting use too. It's been many years since I last used a Windows PC, so my learning curve will be slow. This Android Samsung Galaxy View is big, light and allows me to access unlimited data through my AT&T plan.
The iMac was so large and heavy, plus I needed some sort of access to the Internet, which the View supplies me with now.
BNSF is a major player in the trains going thru the middle of Spokane...and there are a lot.
There has been a much contention with the railroad coming thru the town, with the past accidents this last year in other parts of the country.
After waiting for the train to pass, I headed for Carver Farms where you can pick your own vegetables...so you know they are fresh!
Most products, except squash and corn, were done for the season.
Bell peppers were all mushed out on the tips...worthless.
The tomatillo's looked ok, but I have never incorporated them in a recipe and am unfamiliar with their taste, so I left them alone.
The "TOMATOES"? This is what it was all about. My last batch of salsa turned "south" before we left home and I thought I'd get a replacement here in Spokane...not!
The first buy at Costco was terrible and was returned the next day. Then we tried some fresh "Pico de Gallo" that...to tell you the truth, was garbage. Carla says, "well honey, once you make the salsa you like...none will do better"!
I picked thru the last of this years tomatoes, which in days will be of no use anymore, to get the sweetest smelling 7 pounds for my next...and last batch of salsa for the year. 7 pounds for $6.39...of the most fragrant tomatoes this season. This, along with lots of garlic, onion, cilantro, anaheim and jalapeno should blow the doors off any of the crap that is sold in the stores.
On the way home to the RV park I noticed this business, which main building looked to be a 1/4 mile long, and stopped to investigate...because that's what I do.
I see pallets and pallets of metal ingots.
Mystery solved, Kaiser Alluminum! Back in the 1940's, the power provided by the "Grand Coulee Dam" was just what the Alluminum industry needed...cheap electrical power to heat the furnace's.
As I was on my way home, I spied a look at this master piece while on my way to Costco, yeah...I like Costco many time a day! A quick look, over a fence, brought to view what I thought might be a late 1940', or an early 50's motorhome. I found out that this was a 1948 motorhome, set on a 1997 chassis...how awesome is that? It looks like much work is to be done, but I envy the guy who has the money and time to complete this job.
When this Flxable Clipper is finished...she will be the "belle of the ball". It was manufactured in 1948, the year I was born...and mated with a 1997 chassis...can I do that too?
One of the last things before dinner is to take the dogs on a short walk. The Elks lodge is built on a granite bluff overlooking a lot of the Spokane valley, which provides us not only a place to walk, but a place to look out over the city. -
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