Boom....

Fire trucks....

That has to suck....

Tree down....

"I think we can make it...."

Piece of cake....

I was sitting in the living room in my Dr. Seuss jammie bottoms and a tee this morning when I heard a "BOOM". Judy asked "what was that"? "I dunno, probably nothing". About 3 minutes later we heard a siren. I went outside and walked to the end of the drive but didn't see anything. I turned around to come back down to the house and saw a pillar of thick black smoke rising from the house of my neighbor about 3 houses away. Whoa! I came in and grabbed my coffee cup and put on a jacket and ball cap and walked up the street. When I got to the corner I saw a lady Waterloo Police officer so I walked over to talk to her and looked at the aftermath of an engine fire in an Aerostar van. Well, the engine fire toasted the van and melted the siding on the garage right in front of it. Like I said, that has to suck. I was talking to the officer for a few minutes when we heard another siren and saw another fire truck coming up the street. She said "I wonder where they're going?" when it turned in to go to the van fire. I said they must have been bored sitting at the fire house and wanted to get out. (the fire was out by then and it got a chuckle from the officer) They got out of the truck and walked up to the garage and started poking and pulling siding and soffet off to make sure the garage wasn't on fire. About that time I told the officer that I'd better get home before my wife came looking for me. She thought that was pretty funny, for some reason. I turned to walk back home and she let me know that she liked my jammies. Too funny. I guess you'd of had to have been there.

Jackal showed up at the house shortly after that with his cx bike. Said he'd just had a text from G-Ted saying it was raining in the south part of Waterloo. I asked if he wanted company and he said sure, so I got dressed and we went out and did a nice 28 miler through the parks. 38F and kinda windy but not bad at all. Didn't get wet but did see a couple of snow flakes falling. We were about 24 miles into the ride and I was starting to feel the effects of not eating breakfast. Jackal had a "Cookies & Cream" Powerbar with him and shared it with me. Perfect! Kinda tasty, too! Thanks, Buddy!

Anyway, that's about it for now.

Ride safe.

Peace out, yo!