Alpaca

Well, I rolled down the hill, very early!, and left Silver with the mecahanic, who did a test roll, and returned very pale....'how'd'ja' get down the hill?'....apparently the front stablizer's mountings and bushings were just gone...which explains the 'clunk' every time I turned the steering wheel...anyway anyway, returned back up the hill in a rental, after a walkabout town...touched bases: razzari (left Silver), buses depot (one am daily bus goes north coast from sf to crescent city--a sometime thought), auto club (update membership), social security (too crowded, and security perplexed to see me geared up--camera pouches, binocs, camel back!...I dont collect ss, can, but not yet, thought was to check on procedures), jamabalaia (strawberry smoothy), barnes and noble (mocha, books), roundtable pizza (lunch special), enterprise (chevy malibu rental), and back to razzari to collect rest of gear--tripod, scope...had thought to take yarts like old times back to Valley, but yarts is on Winter schedule and would have had to spend Night in Mariposa...thought expense for motel room may as well be for car rental, which razzari discounted....everyone was very nice in Town...'cept for me when I heard warranty wouldn't cover repair, but that was somewhat feigned, as I anticipated as much...but one must protest now and then, even if half hearted!!...oh...and Applegate Zoo...pics up...sighted Hawk. Redshoulder thereabout, but too slow with camera...and on roll down, sighted Hawk, Redtail, on Power Pole with Morning Moon in background...made a u-Turn, 'clunk', but missed pic...sunny hothot blue...it was a hundred degrees hot, and the walkabout  maybe eight miles!...lots of Buzzbirds, Ravens, Scrub Jays...