Yesterday.

Late loading time? late day.  I got up to the plant and then decided I would get through Tulsa and then stop - somewhere. Not many places to stop.. Not the direction I am going anyway. The Loves was filled up, so I thought, okay, I'll drive the 70 miles to the next place and spend the night there.  And? It was beyond full. Even the places that aren't actually designated for trucks, all filled up.

I dreaded the idea of driving another 75 miles, I was burnt out and it's dark driving out there on that turnpike.  But I had no choice.  By the time I got to the casino truck stop? I got off the clock, crawled into bed and instantly passed out.  

So this property with this pond? "Half of it is under contract".  This property has been on the market for 187 days and now that I am interested in it? It is sold.  The portion that was sold included the pond, of course, the other part is mostly easement that you can do nothing with. The property owner put another 12 acres up across the street from it - looks interesting I may check it out tomorrow. 

11.5 acres came available yesterday just outside of town.  It looked nice.  It is nice, actually, for I went and looked today. Except for one little detail. There is a junkyard next door. When I realized there was one there - it showed up on the satellite image - I envisioned a lot of noise, and especially the noises of back up beepers on converted front end loaders - turned into giant forklifts. 

I've been around junkyards in the past.  But I checked it out anyway.  Took Addler, he loves any opportunity to get out.  When I got there, I didn't hear the beeping - but that was because I was hearing more road noise at that side of the property and was focused on the fact that the entrance "road" is nothing more than a power line easement. The only access to this property is through an easement and it's not wide enough for what I would need.  But halfway in, I heard it: beep, beep, beep, beep - unending. Like they put it in reverse and then just leave it - in reverse. 

I was 500 feet away and yes, it was noisy.  I wrote that one off. Between the highway noise and the noise from that yard? No thanks. 

So now I feel like I'm back to square one. But I will go take a look at the property across the street from the other one tomorrow and I'm going to go look at a property i was looking at before. Over priced and some issues, but if they'd come down in the price it might be worth it.  Great location.  

Other than that, there are no other properties that fit the criteria and I will wait. It's a 90 day limit on that loan. New properties come up - not all the time but here and there. If I get to the end of that loan period, then I will have to make a decision. Buy something iffy, or let the loan go and stick to trying to get something from the tax lien sale.  

There's a lot of rain coming down right now, tomorrow will be great to check out that one property that shows a portion of it in a flood zone.  What does the rest of it look like?