Fixed Teslas and delicious cod...

Fixed Teslas and delicious cod...  Well, yesterday our Tesla repairman showed up, and within a few minutes of the promised noon appointment, too.  This fellow's name was Colin, and he had a companion: his dog, Anya (a Belgian Malinois, colored much like the one at right).  Both Colin and Anya were about as friendly and pleasant as one could imagine.  She's an 18 month old female, and at first she was sitting in Colin's truck.  Our three puppies spotted her from our back yard, and were whimpering to see her.  I told Colin that Anya was more than welcome to join our puppies, and seconds later the four of them were running around our backyard like mad, having a grand old time.  Anya was doing “puppy bows” to initiate play, which Colin said she rarely did.  That was a treat for both of them.

Colin had the replacement part for my Model X, and he did the work while I had it parked in front of our garage, in the sun.  Most of the work involved tugging and yanking various plastic bits and carpets out of the way; there were only two screws he needed to remove.  The part itself was much larger than I expected – the bit that broke off turned out to be just a small protuberance on a roughly foot-tall plastic bracket that was mostly hidden under the interior coverings.  It doesn't look strong enough to be supporting a floor; I won't be a bit surprised should it break off again, and I don't think Colin will be surprised, either.  Anyway, in under an hour from start-to-finish the car was fixed.  No charge; apparently this is covered under either my warranty or my service agreement.  That makes me happy, as I think this is pretty clearly a design deficiency.

Debbie purchased some fresh cod at Macey's on Saturday, and yesterday she baked it using a recipe she's made a couple times before.  It was delicious!  She also made brown rice and peas to go along with it, which all together made a simple, but really satisfying meal.  It still blows me away that we can so easily get fresh fish up here – so much better than the grocery stores in the San Diego area...

Yesterday I felt a bit worse from whatever bug it is that I have.  This morning I feel quite a bit better, thankfully.  We took a drive up Blacksmith Fork Canyon, hoping to spot some moose.  Didn't see any moose, but we saw lots of deer (very fat and healthy looking, they were) and a bazillion elk up at Hardware Ranch.  Unfortunately we also passed two dead cats, hit by cars, on the way in.  On the way home we stopped with our four-way flashers on, and Debbie carried the bodies off the road.  Both of them were clearly pets; one had a collar and the other was very well-fed (read: rotund).  That was sad.  We see that all too often around here, as very few people keep their cats indoors...