Beneath the Wraps

  Would you prefer to plan your vacation or be spontaneous? I enjoy spontaneity overall.   Of course it is helpful to have  a destination and find things to  do along the way Not having reservations has proved  more difficult than planning ahead. (see here )   But planning has disadvantages as well. I suppose if you are familiar with the drive and  area  making reservations may work to your  advantage or having the hotel as  the destination and not  a stop on the way.   You don't know when during the drive  you will be tired.   If you're not familiar with the drive  you may accidently book yourself in  a seedy or industrial area.   You may misread the map and  book yourselves 40 or 80 miles (or more)  out of your way.   You may be rerouted due  to elements or traffic.   I prefer spontaneity.  

  On March 12 I posted the following to my facebook page To which I received this comment: “I think most towns’ chicken ordinances say NO roosters within the city limits.   Just because of the noise.” My reply was that we just don’t seem to fit into that “most town” mold.   Two days later we received a knock on our door from a very angry homeowner that I didn’t even recognize.   She came here to complain about our chickens.   I told her the chickens are not ours.   She didn’t believe me.   I get it.   They do seem to spend far much more time in our yard than they do their own and will follow Roland around as though he is the Pied piper.   Roland is allergic to feathers.   Go figure. I don’t think I even knew they were there until the end of July – perhaps just before.   It doesn’t appear I made mention of them in my blog until August 2 – though I refer to the pigs more than the chickens.   Jenna and I had walked around ...