A week or so ago I ran out of propane. That is to say, the tank servicing my stove ran out. I always keep a spare tank because I have observed that the gas only runs out when you are cooking or baking and never otherwise. So I just swap them out and away I go.
Not this time. The spare was empty in spite of being sealed and appropriately heavy when purchased. Apparently it had leaked all the propane out while awaiting it's turn to fuel the fire. Not a big problem; I took it back to the store where I bought it. They recognized the situation and my dilema but were fresh out of propane. This was Saturday. They would get more on Monday.
This was not going to work for me so I drove off to Potrero, the adjacent community and bought a tank of gas there. You actually must purchase the tank and bring it back empty to pay only the refill. So now I have three tanks! But I did have gas to cook over the weekend.
I realized I had not been to the store where I got the propane in quite some time although I used to be a regular. I remembered that they used to have a good stock of household items. I don't get out of town much as you may have gathered and I had put out wish lists to shoppers I knew who would not mind picking a few things up for me. They weren't having a great deal of success.
So I made another trip to the store in Potrero and was totally blown away to find nearly everything I was looking for - and a few I was not. I will be shopping there much more frequently now.
And that's the way it is.....living in the rainforest.
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