It's not unusual to see characters like this, watching the Fourth of July parade. . . because of construction, the parade was minimal, and the only band was a rag-tag group, bless them, that got together to have some music on the march. There were about 2 floats, and it was obvious that people are avoiding downtown, which is totally under construction. . . you can't get from point A to point B. I was traveling west on 9th Avenue when I came to a barricade at G Street . . . to the south is the Park Strip (no roads) and to the north is a one-way street pointing South, so you are at an impass . . . I tried to decide between a U-turn or using a parking lot to reach an alley . . the latter idea worked . . .summer ended early in Anchorage . . . mid July . . . the weather has let us down, and also, the Anchorage Bucs Baseball Club is also suffering from a lack of decent pitchers. . . not a good time to write a blog. . . however, there is a bright side to all this. . . we're not on fire, and we're not needing to use air-conditioning, and no inspiration to play golf between the drips, so I'm saving big bucks . . . besides that, I am straying from my non-political promise, and denouncing our pretty governor, who wants to give away $500 million to a group in Canada to have them maybe build a gas pipeline. . . crazy, eh? Thank God for checks and balances, because I don't see how she'll get her way this time. . . please seal my lips before I say another word . .. til later.
