We watched the movie Nebraska and I can honestly say that my family is far stranger than the people in that picture. Wasn't even close.. Still it was an entertaining film.
It was cold in Canada by my standards.. When I pumped gas into the jeep it -17 deg F. It was almost a life or death situation at the gas pump. I was thinking, they will find the dude from the states frozen in place at the gas pump. Probably have a picture of me in the paper. Before I left Spokanistan it was 5 above 0 F, and everyone was going on about how cold it was. That's nothing for the folks up in Canada, and they wouldn't even take notice. It has to get down to 30 below before they start going to Arizona.
I took my guitar, mandolin and banjo on my trip with me. I ended up playing the mandolin and the banjo but not the guitar.. That's cool for me because I'm defaulting to those and not the guitar. I did sell my resonator banjo and my cheap mandolin to raise money to buy a much better two piece flange banjo that converts from resonator to open back. Pretty stoked about that. I think I was very lucky to sell the old ones online. Everyone plays guitar but not that many people play banjo and mando. It's really hard to sell them with so many options these days. I figured out that good photos and descriptions help selling online. Plus the Christmas season doesn't hurt either.
Oh and I also bought a cool vintage mid century mod starburst clock at an antique store. Post a pic of that later.
Happy New Year.
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Happy New Year!
I think I counted 18 elk in that photo! that would have been exciting to see. I've never seen a herd that large, let alone crossing right in front of me. Glad you were safe and stopped in time though. It's still cold and miserable here. Canada is protesting that you had to leave. *wink*
E4, HB
There were more elk on both sides of the road. They jumped a fairly high fence to cross the road. It was fun to be in that much cold, at least for a little while. I totally enjoyed myself
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