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Chez Caribe Chez Tortuga
Real estate is booming in San Pedro Town. Jack says, " if you own real estate and aren't keeping it rented you are doing something wrong." Chez Caribe is his old wood and concrete two story house. He lives upstairs and rents six small units...
Hitch hiking Getting from point A to point B
I haven't seen many thumbs out in San Pedro Town. There are a few people moving in the rain but most of those out this morning are laborers pedaling bicycles to work,tourists driving special golf carts, and taxi's running people to the airport from...
Walking in the Rain North and South San Pedro
This morning, on a walk to the Sir Barry Bowen Bridge that separates north from south Ambergris Caye, I am still in San Pedro Town and take shelter in a bus stand because rain is moving in with dark clouds behind it. San Pedro Town is in the center of...
Charles Goodnight J and A Cattle Ranch
Not far from Clarendon, Texas is the homestead and ranch headquarters of Charles Goodnight, a pioneer Texas rancher. In the mid to late 1800's, he controlled a ranch of over a million acres, had 180 cowboys on his payroll, and was an industry by himself....
1990 Toyota SunRader Gypsy Tendencies
1990 was one of the last years Toyota made these mini-motor homes. This little baby has a 6 cylinder 3.0 EFI engine, gets sixteen miles per gallon depending on terrain and weather and road conditions. She has air conditioning, a refrigerator that runs on...
Naked Lady Conn Alto Sax
Music is a tougher taskmaster than writing, but not by much. Laid on the bed is a 1940's Conn " Naked Lady " Alto Saxophone. Her sound is sweet, her lacquer finish is imperfect and worn, her response is excellent. This horn was bought at Baum's Music...
Car Auction Casa Esperanza
Casa Esperanza is a non profit that provides temporary housing to families whose members are undergoing medical treatment in Albuquerque. As a part of fundraising they run a car auction of donated vehicles. On Friday, the first of each month, you look at...
Scott’s Compact Car New Wheels
Cars go until they don't go. They are traded when they start to cost more than they are worth. My Prius, an experiment in high tech, is gone. When electronic systems start to malfunction you have to step back and decide how much you like the idea of...
Jackson Compaction Dumpster Blues
There are plenty of left behinds at one of Alan's rental properties, and, as a favor, I am working overtime to get things cleaned up for the next renter. The last tenants, Section 8, left two weeks after they were supposed too, left food in the frig, a...
CCC – Civilian Conservation Corp 1936 Rock House Sandia Crest
On top of Sandia Peak is a rock house built in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corp. Coming out of a government prolonged Depression, the CCC was created to provide relief to unemployed men by the U.S. Congress and F.D.R. During a short decade,...
Treasure Hunt Hillsboro, New Mexico
Hillsboro is a hard scrawny town on the way from Truth or Consequences, where I used to live, to Silver City, New Mexico.. In the old days Hillsboro was a gold and silver mining collage of wood shacks, shovels, dynamite, barbed wire but today it has lost...
4925 Idlewilde S.E. rental business
This 800 square foot frame stucco two bedroom one bath single car garage house has been in the family since the fifties. It has been a residence for dozens of renters, some good, some bad. Through time, much property maintenance was done that is...
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