This place is very old, with a lot of the houses from the 1700's and we go by a graveyard with people who died in 1690 on them, that I could make out the dates on. Some of the streets are narrow, probably because they were built in the time of the horse and buggy days. It's a strange place when you look at it from a modern context, but that's what makes it interesting, I think.

That is so cool. 1690, man that's so long ago. Do you ever stand in one spot and look around and wonder about all the things that must have happened in the very spot you are standing? All the people walking by and how they looked and spoke. So very different than today. It's wonderful for you to live in an area so rich with history and to have so many of those 1700's buildings still standing... amazing.
Five miles is a nice long walk. Good for you. I've read that walking has the same benefit as jogging the same distance. Nice healthy thing to do.

Went to the new music store official opening. Finally the city has choices like in the big towns. I found out that the store now has the largest curved guitar display in North America. 700+ guitars reportedly!
Spun a wheel, won a manufacturer's t-shirt, and walked out to a hot dog with a cutaway acoustic (same brand as the t-shirt, and no I did not choose it because of the shirt). I first tried a guitar (rhymes with sailor), but, as good as it was, I wanted a cutaway. Lo and behold one and only one of the same model as a cutaway was new in a box. Yes! But, would this version sound as good, and did it have the same appearance and vibe? This one was even better, and it was less than a hundred over budget. It called out to me, was a new model with a solid spruce top, layered walnut back and sides, had a sweet unplugged and electronic sound, was shipped with a low setup of included 12 gauge Elixirs, had a narrow neck for my troublesome hand, allows me to easily reach the higher frets, and adds a great quality gig bag all for what amounted to an American price in this northern loonie tunes country.

I would have been happy with the Fender, but that was the deal for today. Besides, I had to leave something good for the other shoppers.
The guitar got the wife approval. So, another guitar found a welcoming home. I now have a better patio guitar for the summer, and the practice will transfer over to the Strat. Maybe the entry form I added to the music store's tumbling drum will win me one of the many guitars or amps being drawn for. That would be nice; but, I'm good to go.

Life has ups and downs. Woke up to big snow flakes falling down into my spring cleaned yard. After cleaning off the pile of snow from the car, and driving while it continued to fall, I made it to and from the store. The snow is gone (for now) and music is in the air. Today is good and a natural high.
Happy Earth Day!
FSB

Congratulations and happy NGD! It sounds like you diligently found the perfect guitar for you and it doesn't get much better than that. I wish you many happy hours of patio playing!
A 700+ guitar display??? Wow, that must be a beautiful sight.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I'm sure you will.

Resting, been up and down the ladder all day working on my A/C. Replaced the main contact box and removed a time-relay to help troubleshoot. Got the problem down to the 24volt supply inside the house, yup a bad transformer go figure, didn't even know it had one of them. My brother's gonna send a replacement via UPS on Monday. It should be a quick swap, four wires and two screws (LOL). Its not that bad, but they could of put it in an easier location. An A/C tech would have charged me several hundred to do the work, luckily my brother has a few years experience and has access to replacement parts.

Nice work. I take it your A/C is up on your roof like many are here in AZ. It feels good to do the job yourself and save some money to boot.

Yes, yes and yes-above the garage. Hopefully the transformer replacement fixes the problem and I have a working unit again. If not, the next level of work will require a compressor replacement, so not out of the woods just yet. Definitely worth the attempt money wise though(about $50 parts), a new outside unit would not be cheap or a DIY.