Not as costly . . .

Poor Élantra. Parking in Dunn's Lot at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway was very messy.

Had a good but hot weekend in New Hampshire for the Sprint Cup Race. It was the most boring race we've been to yet but it's still fun to sit high up in the stands and watch the drivers bull their cars around the short track. The pit stops are also neat. Amazing how fast you can get tires changed, gassed up, body tweaked and away you go. It was a less costly stay than usual because Puppy's Pop was not happy with the haddock that he ordered last night at our favorite restaurant. He had eaten most of it when the server asked how he liked his dinner. He explained that the fish had been over cooked. She went to get Florence, the owner, but Flo was busy with a brand spanking new bartender (my Margarita was just okay) and so they took the $19 dinner off of our bill. That doesn't happen often. Most places will offer you a free desert or a coupon. When we returned to our room at the Courtyard Marriott no one had been in to even change the towels! So we were comped with two $12 buffets for breakfast and 5,000 points on our Marriott card. In addition we didn't leave the maid the usual $5 a night for cleaning the room. So we saved about $50. Woot! The house stayed fairly cool while we were gone. The only adversity we suffered at home was the deer raided the Swiss Chard again and really cropped the plants so there are only nubs. I think I shall lose this battle and never even get a bite of chard this summer. Bummer.

Quote: A man's nature runs either to herbs or weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one and destroy the other. __Bacon