Apr 21, 2024
Had to dig out my big coat - welcome back to New England.
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Had to dig out my big coat - welcome back to New England.
Last leg - heading home from West Seneca, NY to New Hampshire.
Don’t expect a lot of activity until:
Geodized clam shell
Some sort of gastropod, I think - I don’t know fossils.
Coral
We’re staying at our friends Vince & Sandra’s place in Ohio for a few days. Camping in the driveway.
Went fossil hunting in nearby Indiana today. 450 million year old Coral:
Now that I’ve had a full day to think about it, I can confidently say that Oklahoma has the least automated and most backward toll system in the nation.
1) They have a transponder system, “PikePass”, but it’s unique to them. My EZPass does nothing.
2) When you hit a toll plaza, there’s transponder lanes and cash lanes. And I mean cash - no Apple Pay, no credit cards, cash only.
3) After paying at a toll plaza, we took an exit where there was another toll plaza. Did we have to pay again? Worse, they gave us a cash refund for the portion of the toll we didn’t use. Don’t charge as you go by exit, no, charge the full amount then give back depending on what exit you take.
Never seen anything so convoluted.
All settled in at Tuscan Hills Winery in Effingham Illinois.
It’s generally hit or miss when it comes to wines that aren’t from wine producing regions. Here, the Cabernet and Pinot were a little off, but they had an excellent Riesling and a pretty good Rose.
Sirloin shish-kebabs on the grill tonight.
tfw your plan for the perfect eclipse viewing spot lines up just right (ft. me, @flomuffin , @tangent128 , @veniasilente , @corvusatrox , and a... special graffiti guest )
Came across this in a shop in Tulsa. Not nearly as cool as some of the crazy Japanese flavors (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Kats_in_Japan), but it’s a start.