Friday I had to run errands in town. I do not know if you recall that a year ago on the 4th of July another neighbor's house burnt down due to fireworks. The next day the County came with heavy machinery and helped the owners knock it down.
I kept on hearing heavy machinery both Thursday and Friday but when I drove by there it was Pollito knocking down two old dilapidated trailers that had been vacant for years. Nice to see Val Verde County finally doing something about all these abandoned eyesores.
Swung by Crown Recycling (where they pay you) for your aluminum cans. Made $5.25 which is better than nothing. Then went by the City of Del Rio Recycling Center to take my plastics, metals, cardboard and paper products.
It was so darn hot but I still needed to go make copies and since the local library is the cheapest place to make them at .10 cents a copy headed that way. As soon as I walked inside it was like I had walked into heaven! It was so nice and cool I could not bring myself to go back into the heat. So settled in one of their comfy chairs and read the newspaper.
It was was 4:00 p.m. and I had not eaten all day so decided to reward myself and headed to Dairy Queen. For some reason, Texas Dairy Queen does not honor the national specials we see in television commercials. I wanted the hamburger/fries/drink with a free small sundae special for $6.00 but had to pay $7.99 for it.
I do not know why like Whataburger, Dairy Queen in Del Rio is hit and miss. If you are going to cheat you want to make it worth your while otherwise I will just settle for my daily salad. The fries were cold and did not taste fresh (it is a good thing I share them with the cats). The hamburger bun was cold and the meat tasteless.
The only tasty thing was the sundae. I won't be coming back anytime soon.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
