IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA FOR ANOTHER BAYFIELD BUNCH VEHICLE TODAY

With rain headed our way for the weekend, we are reveling in this fine sunny and warmly cool weather still upon us.  Pheebs and I slipped into Bayfield for a drive down around the harbor and back this morning.

A FAR DISTANT LONE SAILBOAT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE CALM WATERS OF LAKE HURON

 BOAT BUTTS IN THE BAYFIELD RIVER

We sat on the decision as to what to do about our 2007 Jeep Liberty for the past 3 months or so.  With a number of issues that would have cost around $2000.00 plus to repair and with rust increasingly eating away at it, we finally decided it was time to take Libby for her last ride.  After airing up the leaking tires this morning, I drove her to the Jenkins Auto Recycling Yard north of Goderich with Kelly following in the Subaru.  As I said before in my blog, I get attached to things and especially vehicles with all their great memories.  Needless to say it was a sad last drive this morning as Libby and I headed for the recycling place.  The words in my mind all the way were, 'Thank you', 'thank you', thank you', Libby for all the memories and for being such a great vehicle for all the years you were with us.  All those desert and mountain roads of the American Southwest and all the wonderful morning Jeep rides for Pheebs I over the years.  Yes, I know it's just a vehicle, but for me, Libby will be remembered as an old faithful, and treasured friend of mine for the past nearly 10 years.

AIRING UP LIBBY'S TIRES FOR THE LAST TIME THIS MORNING

 LIBBY'S LAST MILE

 THIS IS IT

 MY LAST PHOTO OF LIBBY AS WE DROVE AWAY

We bought the 'new to us' Jeep Liberty on April 14th 2015, and here is a link to the 'exciting' drama-filled day when we finally signed on the dotted line for it at Voison Motors in Elmira, Ontario.  Undecided Anticipation, Bitter Disappointment, And Then......            

LIBBY'S LAST TIME AT OUR FAVORITE COUNTRY ROAD WALKING SPOT 3 MONTHS AGO

 LIBBY'S LAST TIME AT THE LINWOOD WILDLIFE AREA 3 MONTHS AGO AND UNBEKNOWST TO PHEEBS AND I IT WAS THE LAST MORNING DRIVE IN OUR BELOVED JEEP LIBERTY 

Al's Music Box:)) Bad Moon Rising is a song written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was the lead single from their album Green River and was released on April 16, 1969 four months before the album. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 28 June 1969 and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in September of that year. It was CCR's second gold single.  In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 364 on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list'.  Fogerty reportedly wrote the song after watching the 1941 film The Devil and Daniel Webster. It was inspired by a scene in the film in which a hurricane destroys the crops of several farms, but spares those of Jabez Stone, the character in the film who makes a deal with the devil in exchange for wealth. Fogerty claims the song is about "the apocalypse that was going to be visited upon us".  He also said that when the band was learning the song he recognized the contrast between the apocalyptic words and the happy melody.  He said "It wasn't until the band was learning the song that I realized the dichotomy. Here you've got this song with all these hurricanes and blowing and raging ruin and all that, but it's 'I see a bad moon rising.' It's a happy-sounding tune, right? It didn't bother me at the time."  In 1969, the American music and entertainment magazine Billboard described the single as being "loaded with rhythm and drive" and predicted it "[couldn't] miss going right to the top."  Cash Box, another contemporary music trade magazine, described it as a "blazing bayou-rock outing" that is "louder and bolder" than the group's previous single "Proud Mary."  Cash Box ranked it as the No. 51 single of 1969.  Ultimate Classic Rock critic Cliff M. Junior rated "Bad Moon Rising" as Creedence Clearwater Revival's 5th greatest song, saying that "in a little more than two minutes, [Fogerty] unloads his mind and prompts you to think about what's troubling you in your life."  "Bad Moon Rising" plays as David nears the moment of changing into the werewolf, in the 1981 film An Amerian Werewold in London.

 THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES OLD PAL

GROANER'S CORNER:(( As in many homes on New Year's Day, Lesley and Mark, a happily married couple, faced the annual conflict of which was more important: the football match on television, or the New Year's lunch.  Hoping to keep the peace Mark ate lunch with the rest of the family, and even lingered for some pleasant after-lunch chat before retiring to the lounge to turn on the television.  Some minutes later, Lesley looked in to see how he was and graciously even brought him a cold beer.  She smiled, kissed him on the cheek, and asked what the score was.  Mark told her it was half-time and that the score was still 0-0  'See?' Lesley said happily, 'You didn't miss a thing.

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A man is at the airport counter checking in his luggage.  The man said to the agent, "I'm flying to Los Angeles but I would like this bag to go to Portland, this one to Albuquerque, and this one to Sioux Falls."  The agent looked suitably shocked and said, "Sir, there is no way we can do that."  "Why not?", replied the man, "You did it last time".

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An insurance agent's wife was learning to drive when the brakes failed. "What should I do?" she cried. "Brace yourself, and try to hit something cheap."

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A man asked his doctor if he thought he'd live to be a hundred. The doctor asked the man, "Do you smoke or drink?"  "No," he replied, "I've never done either."  "Do you gamble, drive fast cars, and fool around with women?" inquired the doctor.  "No, I've never done any of those things either."

"Well then," said the doctor, "what do you want to live to be a hundred for?"

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