I'm 35 years old and have a bunch of friends I met via riding motorcycles. In one of the couples, he just retired from the Metro Washington Airport Authority Police Force and she just resigned from the county PD. They bought a house in FL and having a retirement/going away party this evening. I was asked if I'd make some BBQ for the party. My first "catering gig" so yeah, why not. I've been busy prepping pork butts and got 8 of em' on the WSM last night. Had to make sure I was set to attend my first ever estate sale this morning. Alarm clock was set for 6:30, but I was up waaay before then. Headed out the door at 7 for the trip to Maryland and the sale which started at 8
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Decided to take the scenic (and direct) route and cross the Potomac River via Whites Ferry. I'm on the VA side looking at the MD side.
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Quite calm this morning.
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Heading down the walkway where there was a kettle of blue gold at the end, I started to
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Only when I got there I went
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With the wind taken out of my sails, I started checking it out.
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Meh, it ain't perfect, but being an EZ (98) and 15 years old - I didn't expect it to be. Other than the cleaning system, it's pretty solid.
Once I found the additional charcoal in the garage, and sealed the deal, I headed back to VA
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Home. All I've done was unload and give it 5 minutes of explaining to the wife what I got today. Like she gives a shit, but she humored me.
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The gas tank is pretty full. The ignitor doesn't fire as is, but the gas works and I lit it with a lighter. I'll get it rolling in the restoration.
Below the bag of Royal Oak lump in the charcoal bin was the owners manual and warranty registration card. lol
Had to forget about the new toy as I had beans, sauce, and pork butts to tend to. I'm down to my final hour before I need to head out and feed a bunch of LEO's