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When you need King Country Trailer Repair in Amarillo, it’s inconvenient and you will need someone that can get to you as quickly as possible. Our dispatchers and King Country Trailer Truck Repair techs are available 24 hours for your convenience and we work diligently to get someone to your location as quickly as possible. Truck breakdowns take money out of your pocket and cost a lot of time that you could be on the road, which is why we always strive to provide the best Truck Repair in Amarillo TX.

Our King Country Trailer Mechanics in Amarillo are fully equipped and have the experience to handle all your diesel engine, electrical system, air brake, suspension or trailer repair you might experience. And our large network of parts suppliers ensures that your wait time is short and that means you will be back on schedule sooner. We understand that your truck not only represents your company, but it also represents your livelihood and providing for your family.

 When you need mobile truck and trailer repair in the Amarillo area, it can affect many aspects of your trucking business and often negatively affect your customers. If your semi truck is having diesel engine problems, a breakdown takes money straight out of your pocket. We do everything we can to provide the fastest turnaround time in Amarillo. Customer service is our highest priority, and our business depends on you. 

While your truck and trailers are taken care of we have also invested in providing drivers with a clean place to rest and shower while we are working on your equipment. King Country Trailer knows that we are all here because of the truck driver. Our dads and grandparents were truck drivers. Therefore, we want to extend the same quality of care as we would our 

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mike@kingcountrytrailer.com

King Country Trailer and Repair Company

(806) 605-5464

2101 South, FM 1912 Amarillo, TX 79118

United States

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A Spicy Brew

There’s probably no better way to get a party heated up than to start discussing religion, politics, or gender differences. If you’re not careful, it could turn into a brawl, and at minimum may result in the early departure of some guests. I suppose it could happen in the classroom, too.

But since I’m not interested in your politics or your religion, we’ll just keep this discussion focused on what has become recognized as a major gender difference, at least among marketers. It turns out it is a seasonal gender difference as well, although it just builds upon preferences for fragrances and complex flavors.

I can only be talking about the Pumpkin Spice Latte phenomenon, which Starbucks created and dominates. It’s been copied by many, but customers and competitors alike take their cues from the coffee giant. PSL season officially opened on 22nd August this year, the earliest ever. Oh, and lest you think that fall was the least bit in the air, the high temperature that day in Amarillo was 108.

It’s just that the flavor and fragrance have become so associated with autumn that it can be used as a lever to appeal to people’s affinities and aspirations. By and large, it is women who take to decorating the house with pumpkins and all things Halloween, Thanksgiving, and autumn in general. And the beverage is decidedly lopsided in its appeal to women versus men.

We must remember, of course, that pumpkin spice is truthfully an amalgam of ingredients, and actually does not have even a smidge of pumpkin in it, containing cinnamon, brown sugar, ginger, cloves, allspice and nutmeg. To Starbucks’ credit, though, their PSL does contain some pumpkin puree, but that is separate from the spice flavor. It’s really little different from the spice we know as curry, which is a blend of turmeric, ginger, mustard, cumin, and black pepper, and may also include cinnamon and coriander.

So powerful is the pumpkin spice phenomenon that consumers spend $500 million on related products each year. Not bad for a seasonal product.The origins of the PSL go back to 2002, when Starbucks began testing possible seasonal flavor varietals. The first product was the holiday peppermint mocha, which proved to be a huge hit. Bolstered by this success, the company started testing other flavors, one of which was pumpkin pie. That too was successful, and after some tweaking in the corporate kitchen, PSL as we know it was launched.

The rest is marketing history and the story of everybody else trying to keep up with their own me-toos.

Starbucks can use the sales bump, because annual revenues have dipped 2%. They even poached the CEO of Chipotle to revive the company. Meanwhile, pumpkin spice has become a cultural icon, evocative of the changing seasons, but also opportunity for other coffee shops, candle makers, and purveyors of air fresheners, to jump on the bandwagon.

There is one risk, though, and that is pushing too much of a good thing. Each year Starbucks introduces the PSL a little bit earlier. It runs the risk of market saturation. Consumers may grow tired of the frothy concoction long before autumn ends. The incongruence with summer heat is another factor. While it has cooled down considerably in Amarillo since a week ago, I still don’t find the prospects of a PSL, hot chocolate, hot apple cider, or any other typical fall beverage the least bit enticing. I’m think 35 degrees and a roaring fire in the wood burning stove.

Lest you think that the guys are completely ignored in all this, we can thank Starbucks in large part for the seasonal introduction of pumpkin beer. Now let me be perfectly straight with you: I love me some pumpkin pie, and I love my beer, but these two things should never be mixed. That’s a hard no from me.

Meanwhile, consider this just the first of multiple blogs exploring the time-honored topic of gender differences. There’s no right answer, just behaviors to be observed. And, as far as marketers are concerned, opportunities to be seized.

Ladies, enjoy your PSLs. And guys, if you like them too, or one of those ghastly pumpkin beers, then Prost to you as well.

It’s all in the hands of your barista or bartender.

Dr “Three Weeks Until Autumn” Gerlich

Audio Blog

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Cuidado del agua

El desperdicio de agua es actualmente uno de los mayores problemas de la sociedad, principalmente en las grandes urbanizaciones. De acuerdo con un informe de Unicef de 2019, uno de cada tres personas en el mundo no tiene acceso al agua potable; en tanto, mil niños perecen todos los días por la falta del recurso.

Aquí la pregunta como ahorrar y salvar el agua. Cuidar el agua es responsabilidad de todos, por eso te invitamos a que atiendas las siguientes recomendaciones  para un mejor uso y aprovechamiento del vital liquido. Además estos consejos te pueden ser de utilidad no sólo para el cuidado del agua, sino también del medio ambiente y la economía familiar.

¿Como ahorrar agua?

Lavabo

Mientras te lavas, no dejes correr el agua, coloca un tapón en el lavabo y llénalo.

Cierra la llave del agua mientras te cepillas los dientes; de esta manera, una familia de cinco personas puede ahorrar hasta 40 litros de agua al día.

Enjuaga y limpia tu navaja de afeitar en un recipiente, no lo hagas con agua corriente.

Escusado

Procura instalar escusados de bajo consumo, éstos emplean 6 litros por descarga.

Vigila periódicamente el estado de tu escusado, para que no haya derrames o fugas.

Acumula varias descargas antes de tirar el agua.

Regadera

Toma duchas más breves y cierra las llaves mientras te enjabonas o aplicas champú.

Aprovecha el agua que al principio sale fría, en lo que se calienta. Puedes acumularla fácilmente en una cubeta y utilizarla después en el escusado, o para lavar, regar, etc.

Si el agua tarda mucho en salir caliente, es mejor cambiar la colocación del calentador o aislar térmicamente la tubería.

Instala algunos de los dispositivo ahorradores de agua que existen en el mercado.

Fregadero

No permitas goteo al cerrar las llaves, remplaza los empaques cada vez que sea necesario.

Remoja y enjabona todo de una vez, sin tener la llave abierta y sólo ábrela para el enjuague final.

Instala un "aereador", es un dispositivo barato y fácil de colocar. Así ahorrarás bastante agua.

Para hacer cubos de hielo, usa moldes o charolas de plástico flexibles, lo que te permitirá removerlos con facilidad sin tener que ponerlos bajo la llave del agua para despegarlos.

Al lavar verduras usa un recipiente lleno y lava de una vez todas las que vas a limpiar. Si las lavas en el fregadero, coloca el tapón.

Usa poca agua para cocinar verduras. El sabor y el valor nutritivo se pierden junto con el agua.

No tires el agua que utilizaste para cocer vegetales. Con ella puedes preparar sopas.

Lavadora

Talla a mano las partes muy sucias para evitar dobles o triples lavados.

Usa la lavadora de ropa sólo con cargas completas, a menos que tenga ajustes para usar menos agua.

Si el agua del enjuague final no contiene detergente se puede utilizar para regar, lavar, etc.

Jardín

Riega sólo cuando sea necesario. Hazlo muy temprano o después de que se ponga el sol, para evitar la evaporación.

Riega justo de manera que el agua alcance a infiltrarse hasta las raíces de las plantas.

Aprovecha el agua de lluvia diseñando captaciones adecuadas. Esta es la mejor agua para las plantas.

Reduce la evaporación del riego cubriendo el suelo del jardín con tierra de hojas.

Reutiliza el agua de la tina y del lavado de tinacos, en el riego del jardín, limpieza de pisos, etc.

Al regar con aspersores, ubícalos y ajusta los grados de giro para no regar partes pavimentadas o que no lo necesiten.

Emplea mangueras con boquilla ajustable y si las dejas solas usa un sistema de control por tiempo.

En época de estiaje corta el pasto pero no lo barras, esto evita la evaporación.

No cortes el pasto muy al ras. La altura conveniente es entre 5 y 8 cm. para contribuir a que las raíces se mantengan sanas, permitir que el suelo tenga sombra natural y retener la humedad.

En época de sequías no desperdicies agua en el pasto que se puso amarillo, está inactivo y revivirá cuando haya lluvia normal.

Tinacos y cisternas

Desinféctalos y límpialos periódicamente. Normalmente no hay necesidad de vaciarlos para este tipo de operaciones, tal como sucede con las albercas.

Automóviles

Usa cubeta y jerga en lugar de manguera para no desperdiciar agua cada que limpias el auto.

Apoya el desarrollo de servicios públicos de lavado que “rehusan” el agua. Esto quiere decir que utilizan agua tratada.

Recomendaciones generales

Repara o reporta cualquier fuga que observes en la casa, calle u oficina.

Promueve productos y emplea procesos industriales que no propicien la deforestación de bosques, para evitar erosiones del terreno y preservar la recarga de agua al subsuelo.

Vigila que las llaves de agua queden siempre bien cerradas después de usarlas.

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Mi parte favorita

Mi parte favorita de un texto es el comienzo, cuando desbordan las ideas. Es cuando me propongo soltar la tinta y se hace indispensable despejar el espíritu. Me subo a la moto y los pensamientos se cruzan con las palabras. Y todo sale más fácil.

Mi parte favorita de trabajar es llegar a casa. Y no porque no me guste el laburo, cosa que es cierto, sino porque me doy cuenta de que vale la pena haber salido esa mañana. Vale la pena sentir el viento en la cara mientras me acerco a la rutina. Vale también la pena tener tiempo para que desborden las ideas y se suelte la tinta.

Mi parte favorita de salir a la noche es cuando me fumo un cigarro. Es cuando salgo afuera y el vapor de adentro se convierte en niebla. Y yo estoy en una fiesta en la montaña. Y la música tiene sentido porque se escucha de lejos pero combina con mi cuerpo. Y me prestas tu encendedor.

Mi parte favorita de una canción es cuando no entiendo la letra. Eso es la música para mí, no entender la letra. Y no creo que esta no tenga sentido, solo que a veces quiero sentir las líneas que se tatúan en mi piel y no quiero comprender por qué me tatué.

Mi parte favorita del día depende mucho de lo que siento. A veces es por la mañana, simplemente porque una persona creó el mate y las medialunas. A veces es por la tarde, porque en mi pueblo existe la hora de la siesta. A veces es cuando no se sabe si es de día o es de noche, porque las cervezas se destapan solas.

Mi parte favorita del año es un dilema. Me gusta el invierno, porque existe el fuego. Me gusta la primavera, porque existen las flores. De vez en cuando me gusta el verano, porque en este mundo hay pasto y te podés acostar en él. Y me gusta el otoño, porque adoro el color óxido y los distintos tonos de amarillo.

Mi parte favorita de dormir es cuando me despierto. Es que en ese instante siento las sábanas en la piel. Siento que fue una buena decisión haber puesto unas limpias el día anterior. Y fue una buena elección haber dormido juntos.

Mi parte favorita de tomar un café es hacerlo. Es el momento en que un sencillo acto se convierte en un ritual, que respeta cada paso, cada movimiento. Y se repite tanto cuando estoy triste como cuando entra un poco de luz por la ventana y me da solo en una parte de la cara. Y necesito que salga perfecto, no sé si hay un porqué, quizás la sonrisa que surge al tomarlo y el sentir el sol en esa fracción de la cara.

Mi parte favorita de viajar es no tener como. No tener plata y no tener donde dormir. No tener vehículo, pero sí a alguien que aparezca y te tire unos kilómetros más adelante.

Mi parte favorita de los asados es el momento donde ya nadie quiere comer más. El instante en donde uno a uno los cinturones se van desabrochando y una a una las personas se van arrepintiendo de lo mucho que han comido. Y es mi momento favorito porque sabes que queda mucho. Mucha charla, un par de trucos y un par de horas de descanso. Y mi parte favorita de los fogones es cuando se van apagando. Desaparece la llama pero queda ceniza. Ceniza roja, ardiente y ceniza blanca, muerta. Adoro esos segundos donde las parejas se tiran para atrás y se empiezan a abrazar. Ese momento donde se abre un vino más. Ese espacio donde salta algún chiste y alguna promesa.

Mi parte favorita tuya es la espalda. Me imagino un dibujo gigante ahí. Lleno de colores, hecho con unas acuarelas baratas compradas en un quiosco. Y una fila de piedras, que recorre la columna. Piedras finamente elegidas de alguna playa en el sur argentino.

¿Mi parte favorita mía? Creo que no tengo. Debe ser el único tópico donde no tengo preferidos, donde no pasó el tiempo buscando que elegir entre una cosa y la otra.

Mi parte favorita de la vida es esto, cada momento que me pongo a pensar en mi lista de cosas favoritas. Y sonrío.

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26.2.22

Soñé que estaba en el departamento, estaba de mañanita y escuché un ruido, y miré que es un tipo que pasó, pero solo miré el bulto por la ventana, me salí porque sabía que se había llevado la mina de gas. Lo miré y traía una camisa holgada, era flaco. Le grité, me acerqué y miré que traía un garrafón vacío, me acerqué más y no traía nada.

Habían unos niños jugando en el patio, como que era el gianluca, y estaban entrando por la puerta con malla, era una casa (color verde limón, tendiendo a amarillo) de madera, tenía un escalón para subir.

Miré como un laboratorio o una cocina, las paredes y el ambiente es verde oscuro.

Estaba dando clases de informática a unos niños, tenian sus laptops sobre mesas blancas, de las que se contraen las patas, y no habian trabajado nada. yo les doy instrucciones sobre hacer un documento. las instrucciones las escribo en el pizarrón. el salón esta iuminado con luz blanca de oficina, tendiente a tonalidades azules, se siente seco y sin vida.

Estoy mirando una imagen de un ocaso con un mono feo gris oscuro que no se notan sus facciones, dibujado, quiza sea cgi y está en una azotea. hay dos de estos y la leyenda encimada con un globo de diálogo dice "mommie vs momma", me hace pensar que estoy viendo el perfil de V y que es su contraste entre su yo anterior y su yo futuro. Despues miré en mi perfil que me escribe, en una publicación mía, "you dont have to eat the whole chicken, silly. like a kid". En ese mensaje de ella también está una imagen como mal acomodada, partida en cuatro cuadrantes y sus piezas están fuera de lugar, es azul claro con lineas curvas blancas.

Vuelvo a la imagen del mono y luego tiene un mensaje para mi "don't just get tired after one try, you have to keep going and exert what you truly want to be" algo así.

Estoy por la avenida del rocío, voy caminando por la banqueta, y miro un camión semais. es de mañana y esta muy iluminado. atras está mi carro, me subo. trato de encenderlo pero no lo logro, miro como se encienden las lucesitas de check engine y todo, me llama la atención que hay muchos senalamientos pero ninguno tiene iconos, todos tienen texto. muchos textos ilumiados de alarmas con luces rojas amarillas, verdes. como no lo puedo emcender, me lo llevo en neutral y se va con la viada sorprendentemente bien, agarra velocidad y voy caminando dando giros, trato de encenderlo, cono que quiere, pero se ahoga. me meti a un estacionamiento con mucha grava gris, parece el home depot, me meto girando por sus puertas abiertas de malla ciclónica. sale un pickup rojo y yo no sé si salgo. no se que pasa despues y llego caminando a un taller mecánico, veo muchas personas con su uniforme ensuciado trabajando en ese lugar sin techo, naranja, marron, esas tonalidades, y siento que aqui puedo confiarles mi carro.

Estaba viendo un cajon del refrigerador en el suelo lleno de agua y con muchas frutas, quería guardarlas en un recipiente. Estaban las frutas flotando, y unas sumergidas, en una parte estaban las guayabas y otras frutas que no recuerdo. Antes (o durante) de eso pensaba en hacer otro subblog sobre T y ya me imaginaba algunas entradas.

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✔️Estamos en la recta final de año y quiero escribir que he aprendido con todas las situaciones suscitadas en este 2020. . . 👉Muchos lo catalogaron de un año malo y la verdad es que a mucha gente le afectó la pandemia en todos los aspectos, perdieron el trabajo, a un ser querido o el animo por la humanidad por la poca empatía y cultura de los unos a los otros. . . 🌍La bolsa de valores se cayó subió y bajo, por ende la inflación y la mala economía en el país, pero te quiero preguntar algo. . ¿Te has enfocado en buscar los coches amarillos? . . 👉Cuando tu sales a la calle y observas de todo vas a ver coches de muchos colores pero si un día sales enfocado a buscar coches amarillos ese día vas a ver muchos de ellos. . 👉Así funciona cuando uno se enfoca en los objetivos y las metas, no permitas que nada te quite el foco de lo que quieres conseguir, no le eches la culpa de tu situación a una pandemia y no te tires al drama....mejor enfócate a tus metas y lo que has aprendido. . . 👉El valor de los aprendizaje es ocupar lo que aprendes para hacer las cosas mejor y el ser humano ha salido adelante de muchas pandemias a lo largo de la historia, busca siempre los coches amarillos y no desistas de tus sueños y objetivos que es lo que vale la pena y te hacen feliz. . Cuéntame que te ha enseñado este 2020?👇👇 . . . . #Robertomedinamartinez #recargatucartera #chuchocuereroinversor #inversionesfintech #bolsadevalores #dinero #ganardinero #invertirinteligente #exito #exitoenlavida #2020 #reflexiones #2020vision #2020秋婚 #2021 #2021goals #vida #life #live #reflexionesdevida #emprender #aprender #fracasos #2021수능 #ganar #errores #erroresfinancieros #crecer #pandemia #pandemia2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJRRMmmlzR8/?igshid=x9ann3spe1e8

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Semi-Truck ,Trailer Service Amarillo in Amarillo tx

Semi-Truck ,Trailer Service Amarillo in Amarillo tx

When you need King Country Trailer Repair in Amarillo, it’s inconvenient and you will need someone that can get to you as quickly as possible. Our dispatchers and King Country Trailer Truck Repair techs are available 24 hours for your convenience and we work diligently to get someone to your location as quickly as possible. Truck breakdowns take money out of your pocket and cost a lot of time that you could be on the road, which is why we always strive to provide the best Truck Repair in Amarillo TX.

Our King Country Trailer Mechanics in Amarillo are fully equipped and have the experience to handle all your diesel engine, electrical system, air brake, suspension or trailer repair you might experience. And our large network of parts suppliers ensures that your wait time is short and that means you will be back on schedule sooner. We understand that your truck not only represents your company, but it also represents your livelihood and providing for your family.

 When you need mobile truck and trailer repair in the Amarillo area, it can affect many aspects of your trucking business and often negatively affect your customers. If your semi truck is having diesel engine problems, a breakdown takes money straight out of your pocket. We do everything we can to provide the fastest turnaround time in Amarillo. Customer service is our highest priority, and our business depends on you. 

While your truck and trailers are taken care of we have also invested in providing drivers with a clean place to rest and shower while we are working on your equipment. King Country Trailer knows that we are all here because of the truck driver. Our dads and grandparents were truck drivers. Therefore, we want to extend the same quality of care as we would our 

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mike@kingcountrytrailer.com

King Country Trailer and Repair Company

(806) 605-5464

2101 South, FM 1912 Amarillo, TX 79118

United States

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The Song Remains The Same

Sometimes I have to beat the same drum more than once in a semester, and this time is no different. If the song comes back on the radio, you have to listen, at least for a while, before you can change the station.

But this time, while we are treated to yet another hand-wringing session about the demise of the American shopping mall, at least there is now some hope for how to repurpose these rapidly shuttering giants of the retail space.

As  a once-proud Phoenix mall has now been sold and the land rezoned for other uses, comes the possibility of turning tired old malls into combination living/playing/working/shopping hubs of activity. Everything from onsite hotels to apartments and condos, offices, restaurants, Amazon fulfillment centers, and groceries are now being tossed about as acceptable complements to the dwindling few retail stores.

I think of Amarillo’s Westgate Mall, which has been around since October 1982. It was purchased last February, right before the nation went into pandemic pandemonium, by a consortium of New York investors, including Mason Asset Management, Namdar Realty Group, and CH Capital Group. Of these, Namdar manages the facility, and is known in industry circles for operating struggling and distressed malls.

That’s never a good sign when they come to your town.

And let’s face it, Westgate is struggling, with two of its five anchor tenants empty, and now a steady trickle--some might say flow--of interior tenants leaving as well. No doubt the pandemic accelerated those departures, putting a capital “S” on the word struggling, and making it even more difficult to survive into the future.

The crazy part is that, given Amarillo’s remote location, it was actually a retail oasis for people living in parts of five different states. In years past, you could casually cruise the parking lots and see license plates from Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The phrase “country comes to town” was very real here for many years, but those transient shoppers have dwindled thanks to e-commerce, streaming video, and the expansion of stores like Walmart into other smaller towns throughout the region.

Those folks just don’t have as much reason to come here these days.

So what’s a mall to do, and specifically, Westgate Mall? I have some suggestions, although I most certainly do not have the money to put behind those words. So take them for what they are worth.

Amazon is out as a fulfillment center, for now at least, because they are building a one million square foot facility on the east side of town. But the empty department stores could be modified and/or demolished to allow room for a hotel, dining, living, and other activities. Given that it has one of the most prominent locations in the city, along I-40 on the west side of town, it could be a magnet for travelers and locals alike.

Perhaps the last thing we need to see happen is for a mega church to move into the old Sears building, because while churches serve their purpose in the community, they are not revenue-producing. And this is retail property, so it needs to be generating not just sales, but also taxes the city can use.

As I have said many times to my students, I am about the last person in the community to go to the mall. I only go around the holidays, and that is only as a last resort, if I cannot find my items online. I had to venture into Westgate Mall last December in a frantic search for a couple of items (to no avail, I might add), and noticed that even then, when one would expect all of the storefronts to be open and busy, and kiosks every 20 feet, the place looked like it was having a bad hangover.

It’s time to put some effort into the future, not just moaning about the present. Yes, I believe the analysts who say that 25% of our malls could be gone in five years. But no amount of doom-glooming is going to offer a solution. While the pandemic forced everyone to figure out how to survive a short-run phenomenon, we must now put our minds together to solve a long-term pandemic, and that is the exodus of shoppers to other platforms and off-mall competitors.

I like that drum beat. Keep playing it.

Dr “Bang On The Drum All Day“ Gerlich

Audio Blog

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Welcome Home

Here we are, in sunny Arizona.  It was a long trip from North Dakota, but we enjoyed (in part) our short stop in Amarillo. The weather wasn’t wanting to cooperate there and the odd winter storm tried to mess up our plans but luckily we were able to see our doctors, visit a few friends and get a little rest before finishing up our trip to Mesa, AZ.  Steve noticed we had a slow leak in one of the RV tires so we decided it would be easiest if we drove to a Discount Tire and let them check it out before we went to the resort and parked for the next 5 ½ months.  We had picked up a nail somewhere along the way and once we got that fixed, we were on our way.  We got to Mesa Regal RV Resort a little later than we’d hoped due to the tire stop but once here, we were directed to our site. The guide kindly offered to come back later and give us a quick tour around the resort, so we accepted.  He showed us the most important spots and gave us some general information about the resort which was very helpful.  After that, we continued to get set up.  We had hoped to go to Brian and Sue’s for some Halloween chili (their tradition) but we didn’t get finished until around 4pm and the 2 hour time difference was wiping us out so we decided to stay home.  The weather has been around 15 degrees hotter than normal until yesterday and then it dropped to the mid 60’s to low 70’s.  MUCH better!  We had to spend one afternoon though putting up reflective window insulation in all of the windows to help keep it cooler in the RV.  It looked so gloomy inside though because there wasn’t any natural light coming in.  I’m grateful for the cooler temps now that allows me to take down some of the window insulation and let the light in!

I was supposed to start work on Monday but when I got here, I found out that they were doing upgrades on the computer and phone systems in the offices so they would be closed on Monday. Instead I would start on Tuesday and would have to work 5 hour days to make up for Monday.  This job will be different than the others because I get paid for all hours worked BUT I have to turn around and pay for our site and electric. In the past, we didn’t get paid, but the site was free and the electric was either free or partially paid for. Here, they arrange for your hours/pay to cover the cost of the site and hopefully, electric.  We don’t get a discounted rate either...we pay exactly what everyone else pays.  That’s a shame in my opinion especially the rates go up in January and I have to work an extra hour a day to make the money to cover our site and it’s quite expensive here due to all of the amenities/activities.  A lot of workampers do not like Cal-Am resorts for that reason. I will hold back my judgement on whether it’s a rip-off or not until I have worked more of the season.  

Tuesday, I went in to work at 11am.  I was supposed to work 10-2 but so far, they don’t seem to want to hold to that schedule. I know some of that has to do with the virus.  Their volunteer staff wasn’t allowed to come in and they were told they had to hire workampers instead and for whatever reason, they are shorthanded. This week I go in a few days at 11 and a few at noon. I’m not thrilled about that but as long as I’m off by 4pm, I’m not going to say anything.  An 11am start allows me to get to the gym every morning before having to get ready for work.  I have a different colored shirt for each day of the week...Monday is my pink shirt, Tuesday is my blue shirt and so on.  I feel like I’m in school though because we were told our shorts had to reach our knees and we can only wear khaki, navy or black bottoms.  I’m still not sure what I think of the activity director and her assistant (essentially my bosses).  They are a little intimidating which is a shame since I’m really just a volunteer.  Since COVID has kept the resort from having big events like concerts and dances, there’s not a lot of tickets sales going on. The box office window isn’t open. They are trying to get people to go online and buy their tickets.  Not meaning to offend anyone but since there are a lot of older people here, the online thing is not going over too well.  Instead they will call me and ask me to get their tickets instead, which I do. I try to convince them to let me help get them set up online so they can get tickets on their own but most just politely say, “Next time.”  Yah, right!  

Most events are free right now.  Fitness classes usually cost $5 to attend but they are free this year.  The veteran’s events this week are free also but not as elaborate as they usually are since large crowds are not allowed indoors.  So, this virus has changed a lot of things here. So far, I have been helping do odd jobs to help out the activities department.  I like that because I never know what they will ask me to do and I’m not just sitting at a desk for 4 hours waiting for the phone to ring.  

Steve had a week to get some things done around the RV and to do paperwork needed by the trucking company. He had to go get a DOT physical and drug test as well.  It was good that he had a “free” week.  He starts his refresher course tomorrow (Monday) at 5:45am.  He is supposed to report for 1-1 1/2 weeks.  He has a lot of questions about what this course will look like and hopefully, he’ll get most of them answered tomorrow.  We really don’t know what this is all going to look like and that brings some anxiety on both our parts.  I am anxious about being left for weeks to fend for myself: taking care of the dog, cleaning, working 5 days/week, dumping the tanks, driving the honking big truck if I need to go somewhere, etc.  I know I was single for a lot of years and can handle it; I just don’t want to!  I know it’s temporary, but I never wanted to do this RV lifestyle alone.  It just makes me nervous.  Steve, on the other hand, is questioning whether he’s doing the right thing.  He doesn’t want to leave me and he’s anxious about going back into the trucking business. His short stint in North Dakota helped but there’s a lot more to this job than what he had to do there. We’ll give it a shot and see how it goes. Thankfully, we have God to watch over us and I’m trying to give him the control as well.  

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On his new album Red Bandana, Aaron Watson has included a touching song in memory of fellow Texas troubadour Red Steagall. There’s just one thing: Steagall isn’t dead.

“Yeah, I called Red and I apologized,” Watson, 41, tells PEOPLE. “I said, ‘Red, I wrote you a song, a tribute to you. But I’m sorry … In the song, you’re dead.’”

To his credit, the 80-year-old Steagall instantly understood the pathos that his premature demise added to the lyrics. “That’s all right, pardner,” he said, according to Watson’s recollection. “That makes for a much better song.”

Indeed, Watson has always been willing to do whatever it takes for the sake of his music. For 20 years, he’s forged a successful career the hard way — building a large, avid fan base and charting songs, including top 10 hit “Outta Style” as an independent artist. For Red Bandana, he chose the road less traveled once again, writing all 20 songs by himself, the first mainstream country artist to do so since Alan Jackson solo-penned Good Time in 2008.

“The beauty of it is that, because I’m an independent artist and I own my own label, I can do whatever I want to do,” says Watson. “If I was on a major label, they’d have me doing all these co-writes, with all these different writers.”

And that, obviously, would put a crimp in the songwriting routine that Watson has come to savor on his 400-acre spread outside the tiny central Texas town of Buffalo Gap. When he’s off the road, most mornings he gets up early to watch the sunrise, drink coffee and grab his favorite guitar, the one he bought at a pawn shop when he was 18 years old.

“I just love when the world’s quiet and I can just sit there with an old guitar and my notepad and a pen,” he says.

Watson set a tall order for the new album, writing it from “the mindset of this could be the last one.”

“Now I have no plans of it being the last one,” he quickly adds. “But when you go about something thinking this could be the last time I get to do this, you put more into it. It’s like living every day as if it might be your last. … If this is the last album I’m ever going to make, what’s the legacy I want to leave behind? That mindset really helped me dial in and be the writer that I needed to be.”

Watson calls Red Bandana “all heart,” and the tracks reflect his description, from “Blood Brothers,” inspired by childhood friendships, to “Home Sweet Home,” a love letter to the life he’s built with his wife, Kimberly, and their three children, Jake, 13, Jack, 11, and Jolee, 9.

RELATED: Why Aaron Watson Considers Having a Daughter the ‘Greatest Gift That Could Happen to a Man’

“Trying Like the Devil” was stirred as Watson grappled with the suicide of a young man in his community; “58” is a 58-second elegy to the country fans who lost their lives in the Route 91 massacre in 2017. Four songs, “Country Radio,” “Legends,” “Ghost of Guy Clark” and the Steagall tribute, “Riding with Red,” are all testament to Watson’s abiding love for traditional country music, though some of the namechecks in “Legends” — Kurt Cobain, Frank Sinatra and John Lennon, among them — also reveal his eclectic tastes.

Surely no song is more personal than “Live or Die Trying,” which draws from Watson’s improbable career and includes his father’s fateful advice, “If it was easy, everyone would do it.”

Watson says his dad, a Vietnam-era disabled veteran who supported his family working as a janitor, “taught me the importance of hard work.” It was a difficult lesson for Watson, growing up in Amarillo, Texas, when he had to help his father scrub restrooms instead of hang out with his buddies.

“I remember one time — I was probably 10 or 11 years old — and I was just complaining about it,” Watson recalls. “Dad kind of leaned around and looked into my stall. He said, ‘Hey, do you think that when I was a little boy your age that I wanted to grow up to clean toilets for a living?’ I didn’t say anything. He said, ‘Listen, I got hurt in the war. It wasn’t my plan, but it just is what it is, and God has blessed me with this job so that I can take care of my family. You can bet that I’m gonna show how thankful I am for this job, and I’m going to do the best job I can do.’”

Watson says he now weaves that same attitude of gratitude through his career, pushing himself to be “the best writer that I can be, the best performer I can be.”

“I push myself after every show,” he says. “I might be exhausted, tired, cranky, but my fans deserve something better. So if I sign autographs and take selfies till 3 a.m., you know what? How blessed am I to have fans who would wait in line for that long for me.”

Watson pushed himself with the recording of Red Bandana, as well, laying down his vocals in a marathon session over a few short days. “We got in there and we fired away,” he says, admitting that “I was hoarse and my voice was killing me.”

He went ahead and worked with what he had. “I’m not one of those touring artists who can take four months off,” he says. “I’ve been touring every month for the last 20 years. I may not get a chance for my voice to rest up until January. I don’t have till January.”

RELATED: Aaron Watson Will Donate $1.41 from Each Sale of His New Album to the Rebuild Texas Fund

Watson admits he’s driven, “but I don’t compare myself to other artists. I’m competitive with myself. I look at who I was yesterday and I’m like, okay, I need to be better than that guy.”

Though he has racked up career achievements that prove otherwise, he still thrives on his image as an “underdog” (the name of his 2015 album).

“I’m still an up-and-comer,” he says. “And what I love about the path that God’s put me on is I have a great appreciation for the moments that I’m being blessed with, because I didn’t have them the first 15 to 17 years of my career. So, gosh, getting these opportunities, I don’t think, well, it’s about dang time. I think, oh man, what a blessing.”

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The Top 10 U.S. Cities to Buy Your Starter Home—or Your Forever Home

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Get ready for a real estate tsunami—two of ’em, in fact. America’s largest-ever generations, millennials and baby boomers, are entering their prime home-buying years at the same time! But while most millennials are prowling the market for affordable starter homes that will enable them to move out of Mom and Dad’s basement or finally trade in their apartment keys for deeds, older Americans are often seeking “forever homes” with amenities and flexible, universal designs that will enable them to seamlessly transition into their twilight years—and maybe even party like it’s1999. Or 1979.

Where are the top cities to find these different places? Realtor.com set out to find the best metros in America to find starter homes and forever homes.

So what defines each type of abode? More than anything else, it comes down to customer needs—where folks find themselves on the great home-buying journey of life. It isn’t just about age: After all, some folks wait until their 40s or 50s to buy their first home, while some young buyers opt for a starter home they intend to stay in, well, forever.

That said, there’s a reason why the ranks of both forever homes and starter homes are swelling exponentially right now. Millennials have waited longer than previous generations to settle down and buy homes, not always by choice—student debt and high home prices delayed pulling the trigger. But now that they’re getting married and having kids of their own, more and more are settling into their first homes, making them the nation’s largest group of buyers. And the biggest chunk of them are just now hitting their 30s!

On the other end of the spectrum are the retiring or downsizing baby boomers, searching for homes where they can age in place. Many are holding onto their careers longer, and 1 in 3 has yet to reach age 65. So they’re just now hitting the market en masse.

Homes for both groups tend to be smaller—under 2,000 square feet—and located in walkable areas. But in other respects there are some key differences.

Millennials “want to buy near their jobs and amenities. But affordability is the key factor—they are looking for something they can buy without getting over their head,” says Chris Porter, the chief demographer at John Burns Real Estate Consulting in Irvine, CA. “And boomers are retiring and moving to warm climates. … They want a home that requires less upkeep and in a walkable community.”

For both rankings, we looked at the 250 largest metropolitan areas.* We limited each ranking to one metro per state to ensure geographic diversity.

To find the top places for buying a starter home, we factored in these criteria**:

Percentage of home buyers aged 35 and younger

Percentage of typically more affordable homes under 2,000 square feet

Median down payment (the lower, the better)

Median mortgage borrower’s FICO score (the lower, the better)

Percentage of income of those aged 35 and younger going toward median monthly housing costs

To find the top places for buying a forever home, we factored in these criteria**:

Percentage of residents aged 60 and older

Median list price

Number of homes adapted for seniors, looking at realtor.com listings with keywords such as “universal design,” “ground-floor master suite,” “senior-friendly,” and “no-step entry”

Ratio of home health aides per senior

Number of folks aged 55 and older moving in

So let’s start out by taking a tour of the top spots for folks leaping into homeownership for the first time.

Top metros for starter homes

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The top 10 places to buy a starter home 1. Lake Charles, LA

Median list price: $235,100 Share of buyers aged 35 and younger: 56%

A reason to go back to Lake Charles, LA?

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Cracking open a seasoned crawfish is just a way of life in Lake Charles, about three hours west of New Orleans. But just a short drive from the Gulf of Mexico, this midsize city isn’t just about Cajun food. It also offers plenty of gigs at all levels, giving young workers the cash they need to buy that affordably priced first home.

“We’re more of a blue-collar area, but everybody’s making money,” says Tommy Eastman, a real estate broker at Flavin Realty in Lake Charles. A lot of the first-time buyers he works with grew up in the area and work at nearby petrochemical or natural gas plants.

With prices and mortgage rates already so low and with rents rising, it can be cheaper to own than to rent. Many two-bedroom apartments are going for upward of $1,500 per month, Eastman says. Folks here can easily score a mortgage for less than that.

Homes are so affordable here, about 20.7% less than the national median, that plenty of first-time buyers are purchasing newly constructed abodes. And builders are responding to this demand, putting up lots of new subdivisions to the north and west of the city. Three-bedroom, two-bath homes in these neighborhoods go for around $200,000.

Just check out this three-bedroom home with a two-car garage in the Oak Grove subdivision priced at $199,900.

2. Provo, UT

Median list price: $377,500 Share of buyers aged 35 and younger: 51%

A 2,000-square-foot home in Provo, UT

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In recent years, Provo’s cultivated a growing startup and tech scene. But despite all of the growth in this city situated between Utah Lake and snow-capped Provo Peak, it’s still relatively affordable compared with other big tech destinations.

The price tag here might sound a little high, but homes go for a median $393,000 in Salt Lake City, about 45 minutes north of Provo—or for that matter $999,000 in San Jose, CA, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

The typical down payment here is just 6%, a much lower barrier for younger buyers than other higher-priced cities. Provo also boasts a down payment assistance program for first-time home buyers, which includes assistance of up to $10,000. The city makes them put down at least $1,000, and they must repay half of that amount if they sell the home within their first two years of ownership.

Many of these young professionals are buying starter homes in suburban neighborhoods such as Cedar Hills, where there are lots of family-friendly ranch homes. These homes are usually under 2,000 square feet, so they’re substantially cheaper than their larger counterparts nearby.

3. Appleton, WI

Median list price: $227,700 Share of buyers aged 35 and younger: 53%

A two-story, 100-year-old home in the neighborhood of City Park

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This Wisconsin city is known for its beer. On the weekends, places like the Appleton Beer Factory and the Fox River Brewery are hopping (no pun intended). But aspiring homeowners aren’t just spending their free time downing pints—they’re out there dominating the Appleton housing market. Young buyers make up more than half of those purchasing homes.

“You can get a lot of home for your money,” says Carolyn Stark, a real estate agent at Keller Williams Fox Cities. The median home price in Appleton is 24% lower than the national median.

Appleton is home to employers such as Kimberly-Clark Corp. (maker of Huggies and other consumer products), a Fortune 500 company. And the typical household income for 25- to 34-year-olds is $68,108. That’s 16% more than what they earn in Milwaukee and 3% more than in Chicago—two bigger cities where homes cost more than in Appleton. In fact, last year, realtor.com named Appleton the top market for millennial home buyers.

So, the word is getting out. But cash-strapped buyers can still find deals in places such as City Park, a walkable neighborhood with two-story, 100-year-old homes with around 1,600 square feet priced around $120,000.

4. Bloomington, IL

Median list price: $150,000 Share of buyers aged 35 and younger: 43%

A home for $60,000 in Bloomington, IL

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Many places across the nation are experiencing a historic shortage of homes for sale—with a scarcity of homes offered at prices low enough for most first-time buyers to afford. That couldn’t be further from the truth in Bloomington, a small city two hours south of Chicago. Finding a home priced under $100,000 isn’t hard if they know where they look. Hint, head to the southwest part of town.

“A lot of students stay after they graduate,” says Becky Gerig, a broker at Re/Max Choice in Bloomington. Entry-level buyers make up the bulk of her clients, and they’re often recent graduates of local colleges like Illinois Wesleyan University who go on to work at companies like insurance provider State Farm, which is headquartered there.

“They can find homes sometimes at $60,000 to $70,000,” says Gerig.

Many of the homes here are single-family homes with porches, built in the 1940s. Bargain hunters can find fixer-uppers such as this one for just $60,000.

5. Amarillo, TX

Median list price: $227,000 Share of buyers aged 35 and younger: 46%

Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX

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One of Amarillo’s claims to fame is the Cadillac Ranch, with its array of colorfully spray-painted vintage cars half buried in the ground and sitting straight up like Stonehenge. But don’t confuse the luxury cars as a sign of high local home prices. Amarillo is a low-cost, Texas Panhandle city, sitting at the gateway to the Palo Duro Canyon State Park, about an hour east of New Mexico. First-time buyers here can have their pick of abodes.

“Builders went crazy last year,” says Cinda Lovato, a Realtor®. “There are so many new homes, from as low as $150,000.”

Starter-home seekers are flocking to suburban neighborhoods like Saturn Terrace, where they can find three-bedroom, 1,400-square-foot ranches for under $200,000. Some of these buyers are even as old as 40 or 50 and are tired of renting instead of owning, Lovato says.

“Rent on a three-bedroom, two-bath house is typically $1,500,” she says. “If they bought the home, [the mortgage could] be less than $1,000.”

The rest of the top 10 metros for starter homes are Huntington, WV; Lafayette, IN; Fargo, ND; Waterloo, IA; and Syracuse, NY. 

Now let’s look at the best places for folks who are staring down retirement—and beyond.

Top metros for forever homes

Tony Frenzel

The 10 top places to buy a forever home 1. Punta Gorda, FL

Median list price: $280,000 Share of buyers aged 60 and older: 47%

Newly built, two-bedroom villa in Punta Gorda, FL

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No one wants to live through a devastating hurricane and then spend their golden years rebuilding their homes. That’s why many retirees are heading to Punta Gorda, about an hour and a half south of Tampa. The city was devastated by Hurricane Charley in 2004. In the wake of the tragedy, lots of homes designed to withstand powerful storms have been built. Affordable prices and no state income taxes are big draws for retirees looking for a down-to-earth community on the water.

“We’re a boomtown,” says Patricia McGuire, a local real estate professional with Coldwell Banker Sunstar Realty. Last month realtor.com named Punta Gorda the fastest-growing retirement town in America.

All those incoming baby boomers mean home builders don’t get a lot of free time. They tend to favor newly built, two-bedroom villas priced around $200,000 with granite countertops and two-car garages (to store all the stuff left over from their larger previous homes). First-floor condos are also popular with this set, McGuire says.

2. Prescott, AZ

Median list price: $400,000 Share of buyers aged 60 and older: 54%

Home in Victorian Estates in Prescott, AZ

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Prescott tends to attract wealthier, active retirees and soon-to-be retirees who prefer a hike or bike ride in the mountains over hanging out at senior centers. The city is situated between the Prescott National Forest and the Coconino National Forest.

The typical forever homes in Prescott are one-story houses priced around $250,000 with a garage and big driveway—all the better to park the RV.

The metro is also home to plenty of 55-plus communities such as Victorian Estates. The gated community boasts 178 single-family homes ranging from about 1,000 to 1,700 square feet with open floor plans, a clubhouse, outdoor pool, and even weekly poker nights. Homes there start at $279,000.

But places here don’t come cheap—that’s why we earlier named it one of the most expensive retirement towns in America. You can thank former Californians for that. They can sell their big homes in the Golden State for a bundle and still have enough to buy in Prescott and put some dough in the bank. But they’re driving prices up for everyone else.

3. Myrtle Beach, SC

Median list price: $244,800 Share of buyers aged 60 and older: 46%

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Myrtle Beach isn’t just for souvenir vendors and vacationers. Over the years this tourist mecca has seen a steady increase of older folks buying up dream retirement homes or second homes just minutes from the beach.

They’re drawn by the inexpensive housing, warm weather, and relatively low cost of living. And because Myrtle Beach is a tourist hot spot, there are already lots of fun things to do in the area, like taking a ride on the SkyWheel (a 187-foot Ferris wheel).

Some folks looking ahead to retirement will snag a permanent lot at a seaside campground, where they can live full time out of their camper and even build things like porches around it. Costs for a campground site at Pirateland Camping Resort start at $15,000 per year. Other folks are buying one-bedroom condos in beachfront high-rises priced around $120,000.

4. Salisbury, MD

Median list price: $310,000 Share of buyers aged 60 and older: 39%

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The popular HGTV show “House Hunters” followed J.D. and Jenny Schroen in 2017 as they searched for their forever home in Salisbury. They wanted something big, around 4,000 square feet, and under $600,000. They ended up buying a home for $315,000 and giving it a six-figure overhaul.

Forever-home buyers in Salisbury can either go the fixer-upper route of the Schroens or choose from lots of new, rambler-style homes that were built with older buyers in mind. These places usually have open floor plans, wood flooring, and granite countertops, and can be found for under $200,000.

Salisbury isn’t as much of a de facto retirement town as many of the other places on our list. But with a population with an average age of 45, it does have lots of folks starting to think ahead and choosing to stay put.

5. Asheville, NC

Median list price: $372,300 Share of buyers aged 60 and older: 27%

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Asheville isn’t the place to find forever homes on a shoestring budget. But this lively place filled with boutiques, breweries, and art galleries in the Blue Ridge Mountains continues to see young and old alike moving in.

“Arts and culture are really important in Asheville,” says Molly de Mattos, a broker in Asheville. “We have a big live-music scene, but we don’t have big venues. The retirees appreciate the small, more intimate venues.”

Older buyers often prefer single-family homes in walkable neighborhoods, like Montford, with houses that have outdoor patios or porches. Usually these homes are priced around $350,000 to $600,000. The buyers come from all over, but particularly California.

“People are tired of paying millions of dollars for a home, so they retire here knowing they can get a really nice house for $500,000 and have money to play with,” de Mattos says.

Hey, Asheville’s nickname of the “San Francisco of the East” didn’t come out of thin air.

The rest of the top 10 metros for forever homes are Roanoke, VA; 

The Top 10 U.S. Cities to Buy Your Starter Home—or Your Forever Home