3/4/16 Friday

The weather is a little crazy here:  It was 28 this morning and in the 60's this afternoon.  Bizarre!  Although, everyone here says it is usually warm this year.  As we drove into town, we had to slow down to let a large mule deer stag cross the road.  We had rather a slow day today - about 100 people and $500.  Dave and Rhonda went to pick up a small desk that someone donated.  I chatted for awhile with Mary Susan, one of the volunteers.  She is one of six women in her family and they are all named Mary: Mary Victoria, Mary Geraldine, etc.  Sounds rather like what George Foreman did to his sons.  She is very nice - a former social worker.  The oddest customer we had today was a 76 year old woman who came in to buy paint.  She lives off the grid in one of those sheds that you can buy to store lawnmowers, etc.  She actually has 3 of them: one for nice weather, an insulated one for winter (which she heats with candles - sounds dangerous to me) and one for storage.  She had a neighbor rebuild her chicken coop and picked out blue paint for it.  She said "I hope the rooster likes the color".  I had to bite my lip so I wouldn't laugh as she was dead serious!  When we drove home past the golf course, we noticed quite a few people out playing - it was a lovely afternoon.  We hope to go the the sand dunes again tomorrow to do some hiking so I will try to get some more pictures.