Lind Family Reunion

Well we made it back up to Moscow from Smokey Lodge which was quite a drive but not bad considering Eric wasn't battling falling asleep. We only managed to take, I think one picture the whole time we were on this little trip and the above is it,Lyndsay and I before we headed back up to Moscow stopped in at the Red Fish general store to look around. This was Lyndsay's first Lind family reunion and now she knows where I come from and why I am the way I am. Lyndsay thought the reunion to be fun and enjoyable as we participated in the traditional events such as Kickapoo Root beer drinking, pinatas (even though we didn't get a turn), Bingo, and the whole Smokey Lodge atmosphere. We also went geo-caching with Ryan, Caitlin, Elise, and Jared which turned out to be alot of fun. We finally found a geo-cache we had looked for the year past and never found it but thanks to Elise and Jared we finally figured it out which was entertaining to say the least. We then went to another geo-cache location around Perkins Lake. After following the trail and the GPS directions I (Eric) found the geo-cache in a hollowed out log off the trail and opened it up to deposit a trinket and take one in exchange and got some awesome magnets. Geo-caching is exhilarating and is literally like treasure hunting. We also spent a chilly day at Red Fish on Tuesday jet skiing. The wind was blowing and the water was freezing cold because of a late thaw which happened around Memorial Day. So every time going out one could not stay out to long because of numbness in the limbs and even occasionally a brain freeze. It was still fun even if that water was cold and the wind blowing, Lyndsay and I caught the sweetest air ever in the history of Dad's jet ski. We hit a boats wake just right and it was a huge swell which resulted in Lyndsay and I getting the entire jet ski out of the water and those from shore attested they saw land underneath the craft at about 2 feet completely out of the water. This was quite a rush adding to the excitement of the entire vacation.

After getting back to Moscow the excitement seemed to continue when we got into cell phone service I noticed 3 new voice mails on my phone two of which were for a job that I applied for at the University of Idaho as an Arboretum grounds keeper and was selected for an interview so called back after listening to the message and set up an interview for Thursday morning. I was 1 of 35 who had applied for the position but better yet 1 of 4 selected for an interview so I hope I get the job. I'm still waiting to hear back. The other message was a call about my car from someone who sounded ecstatically interested so I called him back and he wanted to come right over and test drive my car. He showed up and didn't ask many questions at all but just seemed to excited to just buy it and go. He drove it down the road and back but kept trying to start out in 2ND gear so I had to keep reminding him. After the very very short test drive he said I want to buy it and then haggled over price and agreed on one and he said he needed to go to the ATM to get the rest of it so I thought he wasn't going to come back like most people who have said that. I was wrong though when he called back 15 minutes later with the money and we then made the transaction and as I was filling out the title he started asking questions about the car he should have asked before deciding to buy it but he still wasn't asking many questions that helped him know more about the car so I didn't have any idea he was buying the car as a commuter but thought he was buying it as project car as I had it listed for online. So after the transaction was complete and he got in and drove my now sold car away. I felt that he was going to not be happy with it because he didn't take any time at all to research the car and ask questions and really get a feel for the car....kinda reminded me of me when I first bought the car. I had to have it and so I did and wasn't happy with the result but he was quick to buy and it took me by surprise so I went with it which I shouldn't have but when you don't say I'm not looking for a project car I'm looking for a commuter doesn't help me out at all in helping the buyer out. Anyway I went back inside to eat and I called him back to get the mileage on the car for the release of liability form. Then he asked more questions about the car that would have been good questions to ask before buying the car. Then after that conversation he called back 5 minutes later and asked more questions about the car and then said I had a friend who knows cars look at it and its bad news. Then proceeded to accuse me of ripping him off and that he didn't want the car and wanted his money back because he wanted a reliable commuter which he said I had told him which I most certainly didn't. If he would have read the online ad more carefully he would have noticed that I stated it was needing work and would make a great project car which implies there is work to be done on it cosmetically and mechanically. And asking why its being sold as a project car would have been a really good question to ask. I'm venting now so lets get the story back on track. He came back and I gave him his money back and needless to say he wasn't pleasant about it but more so then expected. I got the title and the car back and now am back to square one and that was such a stupid ordeal and I lost my appetite for pizza. He lost out on 30 bucks because he put 20 in the tank and I told him a new title would cost 8 bucks so he gave me 10. I went to the DMV the next day and turns out I don't need to get a new title so I did the honest thing because I don't rip people off so I sent him his 10 dollars back and put a note in it explaining that and stating that I was sorry for the misunderstanding. So fun times trying to sell the Jelly bean its cursed I tell you, it just keeps coming back. So that was the excitement for the week.