Save the politics talk for home.

I slept in until 8am, due to the late night. I didn’t walk, and didn’t really mind. I spent the day transferring some files Danny was interested in, to one of my small hard drives. This was easier said than done. I only have the power for a short time and only have 2 outlets. One of the big hard drives requires its own power supply. So first I had to fully charge the laptop, then unplug and plug in the hard drive and hope that I had enough battery life to get through the transfers. I went ok, but was a bit cumbersome. Paul came by about 2pm and did not look well. I don’t think he drinks enough water, and he walks A LOT in the day without a hat or shirt. I think he may have sun stroke or something. I encouraged him to drink tons or h2o and buy a hat… we’ll see. Today is his birthday, and Danny the bar owner wants him to come down this evening, but Paul doesn’t think he’ll go. If I see Danny, I am to say that I haven’t seen Paul… ok. At 5pm I walked down to the bar to give Danny a few freebies to try out, but he can’t do it until next Tuesday. Ok… maybe the computer is in Ranong. He inquires about Paul, and I give him the story, but he tells me that he’s got something for Paul’s birthday and can I please get him to come down later. I buy a few beers for home, and then make my way back up the road. I check in on Paul and he’s still rough. I pass on the info from Danny and tell him that I think he would be disappointed if Paul was a no show. He agrees, and we decide that I will pop back in an hour, and we’ll head down. I come back at 8pm, and get Paul. Just as we were leaving, I hear a bunch of firecrackers going off… Paul’s surprise. Oh well. We got to the beach, and they had a nice big fire going. There were a few Germans, a Dutch guy and a few others already enjoying the night. About ½ into the night, I made the bad decision of mentioning something casually about 9/11, and that put a bee in Danny’s bonnet. He seemed to be put off by it for the rest of the evening, but there were a lot of other people to talk to. I should know better than to talk politics while away… Paul and I walked home at about midnight. I left him at the path to his house and walked onwards to mine. A pretty nice night overall.