Sunday, November 11, 2007

Today I found 32 cents . . . 2 nickels, 2 dimes, and 2 pennies.

The first penny was found at a gas station that I stopped at this morning for some gas and a car wash. It was on the ground by the front counter. My next find was at Kroger, where I found 20 cents (two dimes). The first dime was in the coin return slot of a change counting machine and the second dime was on the ground at the base of a soda machine. The final 11 cents (two nickels & one penny) was found by a drive-thru window at Whataburger, a local fast food restaurant.

I was up much earlier this morning than I care to admit. Still, the reason was good. Becca and I headed to the Medical Center area of town to check out the Crown Plaza Hotel:


At exactly 7:10am the building was imploded, to make room for another hospital branch. The implosion was quite impressive, although in this picture you only see the first part of the implosion:


In a matter of seconds there was nothing but smoke:


And once that settled it was apparent that the implosion worked and the building was long gone:


Good times!

Totals for the day: 32 cents
Race Totals: $623.58