Friday, March 18, 2011

SMALL POTATOES

Like McDonald's or Burger King, Carl's Jr, popular here in the west,  is just another fast food with a pretty sign set out to attract the hungry and decay their health for personal profit.



We dropped out of Kingman's 3,500 ft altitude riding through heaved-up clusters of rounded boulders and endless miles of valleys and mountain tops.  Spring is on it's way.  Rains are rejuvenating and greening the landscape, giving color to winter's raw tans. 

 Our destination was north Phoenix so we could get our computer connection back/repaired.  Kingman, AZ. is without "direct" Verizon service which translated to not allowing the needed re-configuring.



One of the EARLESS LIZARDS of Arizona.  I've scoured the Interweb trying to find which one exactly, but no go, there must be at least a couple of dozen varieties.



Half way to Wickenburg, AZ, where we are at present, at a stretch-leg pull-off, here were two tires some thoughtless idiot has felt it just fine to discard his used tires.  It galls the hell out of me that anyone with a conscious could dump their garbage along side of the road.  It takes all kinds.

So, the computer connections is back-up and running with NO help from Verizon.  It is amazing to realize we put our electronic fate in the hands of people with only slightly more understanding of a product than the end-user.  The trip here (advised by a Verizon representative)  ended up being completely unnecessary.....But, as my dad used to say, "Small potatoes in the big scheme of things."  

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