Camera straps and car washes

This is my old camera, with its standard-issue Nikon strap. I've always hated it (the strap, not the camera). It was bulky around my neck, the leftover segments after I adjusted it to my torso were always getting in the way, and Nikon never paid me for all the advertising I gave them. But did I ever replace it? No. Because every time I shopped for a new strap, I was paralyzed by indecision.

When the new camera arrived...with its standard issue Nikon strap...I was determined not to use it (the strap, not the camera). And when I shopped around this time, I found exactly what I was looking for – an understated, comfortable, affordable, durable leather strap.

It is elegantly thin and strong, and the neck pad is infinitely more comfortable than Old Ugly's up there. 

Having worn my old camera for 4+ years without ever adjusting the length of the strap, 

I knew exactly how long the new strap needed to be and ordered one to my specifications. 

I also ordered "strap bumpers" to prevent the connector rings from scratching the camera.

The strap came from gordyscamerastraps.com and cost $48 with shipping. 

I give it two very enthusiastic thumbs up for quality, appearance and value (and Gordy is not paying me to say that). 

Meanwhile, back at the dining room table, am I the only one who thinks this knot in the wood looks like a head-on view of a horse?

Anyway, what do camera straps have to do with car washes?
I realized Friday night that if I was going to show you my new camera strap, I would have to take a picture of it
with my old camera, which would be going to the repair shop on Saturday because the road had finally dried up.

Saturday morning, I headed to town to catch up on a month's worth of errands which had been postponed because I couldn't get there and back "on the freeze." At last, I could shop like a normal person, instead of at 5 in the morning with all the abnormal people. And believe me when I say there are plenty of them at Walmart before the sun comes up. Anyway, there were 10 stops on my list, and the one I was most looking forward to (besides the grand opening of the first Tractor Supply store in central New Mexico) was the car wash.

I'm at the age where I'm beyond caring about what people think 

and had no qualms at all about taking pictures of my truck going through the car wash.

Mr. Car Wash Supervisor: This thing is still filthy. Better take it on through again.

I don't know about carwashes in your town, but the Octopus Carwashes in Albuquerque 

will run your vehicle through the wash as many times as it takes to get it clean, at no extra charge!

I love it when that happens.

Smooch was barking her head off when I drove up to the gate at the end of the day. 

The truck was so clean she didn't recognize it.