7-9-11

3:40pm

Jonathan's bike has been recovered!

His friend found it last night laying along

the road.  We just got it back today.

Surprisingly it was not spray painted

or damaged in any way that I could see.

I had clues from people that the

one person stole it and it passed

hands to someone else in the 

neighborhood because it 

was spotted that very night a

couple streets away.  Someone

mentioned to that person who

had it that it was Jonathan's bike.

That person sped off very quickly

and hasn't been seen again.

No one knew who this other person was.

Like I said we don't have an official neighborhood

block watch.  But, that doesn't mean you

can't bring neighbors together to watch

out for one another.

Spread the word to adults and even young

children that roam the neighborhood

who will in turn tell more people.

The chances of getting back a stolen

bike are probably about 1%.

These past two weeks we have 

been able to recover 3 bikes total,

2 of which were ours!!

And of the three, 2 of them were spray

painted.

One of our bikes from this year is still missing.

Well that has made my day so I

am hoping things will start looking brighter!

Time to head out back and get out

my wagon I found along the curb

for bulk pickup.  I asked the owner

if I could have it and they said yes.

So now we're going to go clean it up

and use it tonight to haul our lawn

chairs and cooler in when watching

the Good Guy cars out at

the Continent.

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6:35pm

Got the wagon fixed and cleaned up.

It had a sway bar underneath that

came disconnected and was missing

a screw/bolt when I found it.

Before-

After

Mom said she saw a used wagon

similar to this John Deer one at a yard

sale today for $50!!

I like my freebies! 

Sometime I would like to sand down
some areas which have a little rust showing  and give it a new paint job
along with staining the wood
to help preserve it more.

Dad and Jonathan taking Big Red

out for a spin.

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We got back home around 11:30-11:45pm.
The later it had gotten the more people
had come out to Busch Blvd
to see the cars.  Thousands of people
show up for this!  And I'm not talking
about the actual car show but the
gathering at the hotels.
Another hot spot to see the cars is in
Worthington near High St. & 270.
We didn't make it up there this year.


View of Busch Blvd.
still early in the evening around 8pm.
By night fall it was packed.
This included along the side
of Busch Blvd in front of Wendy's.
People would wait til after dark to
come out to beat the heat.

The traffic is still mild here.  By 11pm

traffic was at a standstill or crawl in both directions

and even blocking the intersection

at times.

Here's Sh Boom the flame thrower
in the daylight.

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