How vehicles run on train tracks!

It is interesting to see 'regular' vehicles running on the train tracks!  I took a picture that shows the rigging under the vehicle that allows it to do this.  I am curious to know if it is permanently installed on the vehicle or if it is something that is temporary, and if so how the vehicle gets into the rigging and onto the tracks!

Crane on the Train

I finally got a better picture of the crane that sits on top of the box cars and can pick up the train ties and put them next to the tracks  :)

Summer Hail

Good thing I had planned to stay home today. It is hailing! Lots and lots! Seriously coming down outside.
These pictures is just a few minutes into the hailstorm...

I played disc golf until it was too dark to see, which up here is about 945pm. Got home and cleaned the mud off my shoes, did the dishes, and washed off my disc (frisbee). Yes, that is my frisbee in the dish drainer! It was just covered in mud...

Friday June 21, 2013

Some things are troubling me and I needed to clear my head and talk with God, so I am out for a round of disc golf. I am not the greatest with a disc (aka frisbee), but I do enjoy throwing one around and playing disc golf. I miss Ultimate Frisbee.
Not the most exciting course at this park, but the view is nice, I have the park to myself, and I am outdoors. So I am thankful.

Thrifty alternative to air conditioning...

My front window gets serious morning sun, which heats up the apartment quite a bit.  Since I can't afford an air conditioner, I came up with this much more cost-effective solution!  A car window shade ($8) that reflects much of the sun coming in the window.  This is the first morning since I put it up, and there is definitely a nice improvement in the temperature in the living room!  :)
Fortunately is does cool down a little in the evenings, not like Sonoma County where it can get downright chilly, but there is a breeze.  So in the evening I open the front window and the back slider and get a breeze going to cool it off inside.  Which the bunnies definitely appreciate!

What's free today?

The tires disappeared yesterday.  Only took 4 days.  Then this morning something new was sitting on the corner.  Also free.  It cracks me up to see what new item will appear for free and how long it will sit there!

319 more days until school ends next year, at which point, God-willing, I will be graduating.  It is very beautiful here, and I am learning much about myself and my faith, but it has been incredibly hard not having friends here or people to study with at school.  There are two ladies at church I get an opportunity to talk with briefly every couple of weeks, so that helps.  My time here has been one of great personal growth, and as usual with growth, it is not a pleasant process, so also of much pain and sadness.  But praying God brings me through my time here having taught me much and refined me in the process.