Weekend of November 12th, 13th

Our goals for this weekend were extremely simple: purchase a quad, move more batteries over from Dog Ranch, and test those batteries. The first part went extremely smoothly. We purchased a sizable Arctic Cat 350cc ATV from a nice couple living on the outskirts of Fallen at a price well within our budget. While this took up our entire Sunday it also went very smoothly. We even had time to go to a drive-in for lunch. We also moved a half-dozen more batteries over to our place from Ron and Dahlia’s. The only problem is that out of the 12 batteries I have tested thus far two have been absolutely good, two have been possibly salvageable, and eight have been totally bad. Not a good average thus far.

We also replaced our now extremely tattered American and Nevadan flags with new ones: Old Glory and Blackbeard the pirate’s creepy “time to stab yer bleeding heart” flag. Flags don’t seem to last very long out at the Blackrock, where they are subjected to constant wind. I’ll probably have to replace our flags every few months when we finally move.