Sunsets,Smogs, and Sodas

This photo is of a tree in LaJolla near Children's Beach.
I love that tree...it seems to be in competition with the building next to it.

Today started slow but I experienced some small miracles that picked me up.
First, I made it to the Smog test station on time today.
The biggest miracle is that my car PASSED!(?)
I really didn't expect my car to pass that smog. It's a 16 year old Mazda that I am slightly lax on maintaining.

Then on my way down a very drab street, mainly full of auto body shops and questionable taco shops, I got a fantastic view of the setting sun straight ahead of me. It was a little hard to keep my eyes on the road with that huge ball of orange fire setting over Point Loma. It was like getting a real diamond ring from
a ten cent vending machine.

Then I dropped by McDonalds and ordered a Dr. Pepper.
For some reason the workers kept handing me sodas.
They seemed to not get the message that I'd already received my order.
My strange super-power seems to be that I sometimes get a lot more than
I order or pay for at fast food restaurants. Go figure!?

GratefulJoy