Last Trip

I made it to the corner last night, I had
left about 3pm. It was near 5pm by the time
I reached my spot. I set up and re-alined
the scope and aimed it at the moon. After
I was able to rest, that's when I noticed
the temp was already getting cooler, so I
put on my Jacket. During the day we'd had
a slight wind from the east, I figured it
would turn into the sundowner and after
dark it would lessen, but instead it turned
into a northen wind.

I stayed there until 7:30pm, kept the scope
on Saturn, but no one was stopping, the few
that I normaly get who have stopped at the
foster freeze, where either going threw the
drive-threw or where running inside and then
back to their car. So at 7:30 I packed up and
headed home. When I got home at about 9:30
I looked at my temp gage outside and it was
already at 28F, my knees hurt, my lower back
was sore along with my bad elbow.

This was my last trip up there until I can
get the truck running again, maybe a month
before the engine is tore apart and cleaned
( it blew the head gaskets ) and maybe by Feb
I can buy the gaskets ( head and other ones
that have to be replaced at same time ) and
maybe by March or April have it together and
get a tq wench to make the last tighten down
of the heads,etc.



--
"In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening
towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

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