Silly, empty utterances from Jenn who knows nothing about a subject but writes about it anyway.

Apr 24
2008

Using GPS for Garage Sales

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Everyone is getting the Spring-cleaning bug and getting rid of all their old crap. Lucky for them, I like old crap.

My sister-in-law and I hit the streets with a list of garage sale addresses from the local newspaper. We have a general idea of the house location, but we still depend on the seller’s signage to guide us. This works great for unadvertised sales - but the ones who advertise in the paper don’t seem to think they need to put up signs.

So, the next time we went out, I typed in all the street address ahead of time. The GPS unit routed a map for me, but gave me the scenic route or avoided highways or something - the route was inefficient. We ended up just picking from the list of addresses before we drove to the next sale.

It was so awesome! It told us exactly where to go, how many more miles to go, and which side of the street the sale would be. We use it every time now.

I wish the weather would let up a little bit so that I won’t get snowed on whilst garage sale-ing. Isn’t it April?

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Aug 9
2007

Montana Wildfire Photos (view from my house)

Posted last year, mid-August.
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tin cup fire
More than 400 acres of forest is on fire just a few miles from me. Crazy huh? Well, I guess fires happen every year - we get blue skies just at the end of Spring between April showers and May fires. But, this fire is awfully close. I have to dust a layer of ash off all the furniture - and a layer of dog hair because my dog is shedding.

This picture was taken around 10:30pm (22:30 for you 24-hour clock folks) so it’s rather hard to make out the details. But, the red stuff is fire and the black stuff is forest. Wild huh? (click the image for a larger view)

We’re planning on renting a house next Tuesday two miles up Tin Cup… I hope it’s still there when we move! But rest assured, I’m fine and most of the residents of Darby are fine - I don’t think anyone has lost their home. And the Forest Service seems to have the fire under control now. Hopefully we have a cold, wet winter to prevent fires next year.

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