Car in the drink!

RC’s grand daughter came for a visit this week. She is a senior in high school. She cooked a turkey dinner with all of the trimmings for everyone. I thought that this was quite an accomplishment for someone so young to get all of the courses to the table at the same time. She has grown into a poised young lady. RC is very proud of her and he thoroughly enjoyed her company. We hope she comes back to visit again soon.

Tuesday I spent a good portion of my afternoon with Beth, her Mom and about 50 more voyeurs, watching divers recover a car from Silver Lake. The area was cordoned off with yellow police tape and cameras flashed all around the lake. If I am to believe the onlookers, the car had been in the lake for some time. It was a hoot to listen to all of the know-it–all onlookers pontificate about the story of the submerged car.

One onlooker proclaimed her disgust at the lack of urgency of the local police forces to ignore this submerged death trap for weeks. Another thought they knew the owner who “lost” his car after a night of partying a month ago. The alleged owner’s only concern was the $500 golf club that he left in the back seat. Someone else warned the divers of a 12 foot gator that has been know to frequent the lake. Beth thought it might emerge with bony hands clutching the steering wheel.

It seems pretty easy to entertain us here in TV. Some watched in their golf carts, others brought lawn chairs. Our buddy Tom’s house, only a few feet away from the scene of the crime, would have been the perfect place to fire up a grill and sell hot dogs to the crowd.