August 31, 2024 Morning

Walmart Parking Lot

Park Rapids, Minnesota

August 31, 2024

930 AM

Another night at Walmart. Not sleeping very well. Trouble falling asleep and then staying asleep. Can’t seem to find a good pre sleep routine that helps me wind down. YouTube, podcasts, Audible, white noise apps — nothing works. At least the evening temperatures are in the 60s which is much more conducive to sleep than the upper 70s — or higher. Thank goodness for my 2W (am I making that up) mini fan that Jeff Harris recommended. It helps to move the air around in the back of Hi Ho Silver.

The bus for the football team from North Dakota State College of Science (apparently a two year college) was in the Walmart lot this morning. The players were inside getting snacks. They looked athletic but certainly not big. They apparently are headed to play Minnesota North College-Mesabi Range today. (MNCMR is located three hours away in Virginia, Minnesota.). Wow. Hard for me to comprehend this level of football.

This vehicle was in the Walmart parking lot overnight. Gotta love the color scheme. Given all the external accessories I’m guessing this is a $200,000+ vehicle. When it pulled in. It had running lights on the top rack. To use today’s (yesterday’s?) lingo, it looked sick!