I've never been there. I think I've gotten off the freeway once or twice but never walked around or went out to the water.
It's pretty by the lake (reservoir). But it gets crazy on holiday weekends (20+ years ago). We started going to Grayrocks instead. It is mostly for the power plant and the facilities aren't as nice/complete. Lots of guys fishing on the shoreline, so we could ski up and down the lake w/o much traffic.
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Jul 28, 2025 - 10:39am
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I know everyone's on the edge of their seat but after a week or so in Indianapolis, a few days in Aurora Colorado, a stop in Glendo WTF Wyoming, Billings Montana for the weekend, we have a box!
I know everyone's on the edge of their seat but after a week or so in Indianapolis, a few days in Aurora Colorado, a stop in Glendo WTF Wyoming, Billings Montana for the weekend, we have a box!
Ordered something sent to Powell, Wyoming via a pro deal that's coming out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Did you know there's a suburb of that city called Wyoming, Michigan? So naturally, they sent it to Powell, Ohio. At some point on its journey, someone said "now wait a gosh darn minute" and so it stopped in Perrysburg (outside of Toledo), bounced around the suburbs of Columbusâ Grove City, Powell, before arriving on Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana. No update today, so I imagine it's being put into a PowerPoint on how to let the robots read a ZIP code instead of just throwing it on the truck headed for Ohio...
I know everyone's on the edge of their seat but after a week or so in Indianapolis, a few days in Aurora Colorado, a stop in Glendo WTF Wyoming, Billings Montana for the weekend, we have a box!
Edit: the box is still in Indianapolis, 84 hours since the last ping. FedEx says no big deal but I want action!
Shipping/logistics have never really recovered from covid. I'm not sure if it was the fragility of the system initially, or the scale of the increase since, but it's a house of cards. Especially astonishing when you see the $s being poured into regional warehousing. I can't believe they think it's a good idea to put that much capital into the 'funnel', when the fulfillment side is so inherently weak. I guess as long as they have an army of low paid workers willing to use their own cars and deliver for less than minimum wage it doesn't matter?
This one left Seattle over a week ago: I get a lot of "moving on to the next facility", but rarely any "arrived at" notes. It used to say delivery was Thursday (last Thursday), but they gave up that farce on Sunday and now it's just "Late".
USPS wrote:
Moving Through Network
In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late
Ordered something sent to Powell, Wyoming via a pro deal that's coming out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Did you know there's a suburb of that city called Wyoming, Michigan? So naturally, they sent it to Powell, Ohio. At some point on its journey, someone said "now wait a gosh darn minute" and so it stopped in Perrysburg (outside of Toledo), bounced around the suburbs of Columbusâ Grove City, Powell, before arriving on Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana. No update today, so I imagine it's being put into a PowerPoint on how to let the robots read a ZIP code instead of just throwing it on the truck headed for Ohio...
I've often wondered how many delivery headaches are associated with Ontario, California.
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Jul 21, 2025 - 3:10pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Ordered something sent to Powell, Wyoming via a pro deal that's coming out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Did you know there's a suburb of that city called Wyoming, Michigan? So naturally, they sent it to Powell, Ohio. At some point on its journey, someone said "now wait a gosh darn minute" and so it stopped in Perrysburg (outside of Toledo), bounced around the suburbs of Columbusâ Grove City, Powell, before arriving on Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana. No update today, so I imagine it's being put into a PowerPoint on how to let the robots read a ZIP code instead of just throwing it on the truck headed for Ohio...
Sounds like a DoorDash delivery. Could you please tip me in cash when I arrive?
Ordered something sent to Powell, Wyoming via a pro deal that's coming out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Did you know there's a suburb of that city called Wyoming, Michigan? So naturally, they sent it to Powell, Ohio. At some point on its journey, someone said "now wait a gosh darn minute" and so it stopped in Perrysburg (outside of Toledo), bounced around the suburbs of Columbusâ Grove City, Powell, before arriving on Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana. No update today, so I imagine it's being put into a PowerPoint on how to let the robots read a ZIP code instead of just throwing it on the truck headed for Ohio...
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Jul 21, 2025 - 1:44pm
maryte wrote:
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Ordered something sent to Powell, Wyoming via a pro deal that's coming out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Did you know there's a suburb of that city called Wyoming, Michigan? So naturally, they sent it to Powell, Ohio. At some point on its journey, someone said "now wait a gosh darn minute" and so it stopped in Perrysburg (outside of Toledo), bounced around the suburbs of Columbus— Grove City, Powell, before arriving on Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana. No update today, so I imagine it's being put into a PowerPoint on how to let the robots read a ZIP code instead of just throwing it on the truck headed for Ohio...
In related news, if you're flying in to Austin, Texas, be careful not to select the Austin, Minnesota airport. Your vacation would be very, very different.
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Jul 21, 2025 - 9:53am
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Ordered something sent to Powell, Wyoming via a pro deal that's coming out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Did you know there's a suburb of that city called Wyoming, Michigan? So naturally, they sent it to Powell, Ohio. At some point on its journey, someone said "now wait a gosh darn minute" and so it stopped in Perrysburg (outside of Toledo), bounced around the suburbs of Columbusâ Grove City, Powell, before arriving on Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana. No update today, so I imagine it's being put into a PowerPoint on how to let the robots read a ZIP code instead of just throwing it on the truck headed for Ohio...
In related news, if you're flying in to Austin, Texas, be careful not to select the Austin, Minnesota airport. Your vacation would be very, very different.
Ordered something sent to Powell, Wyoming via a pro deal that's coming out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Did you know there's a suburb of that city called Wyoming, Michigan? So naturally, they sent it to Powell, Ohio. At some point on its journey, someone said "now wait a gosh darn minute" and so it stopped in Perrysburg (outside of Toledo), bounced around the suburbs of Columbusâ Grove City, Powell, before arriving on Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana. No update today, so I imagine it's being put into a PowerPoint on how to let the robots read a ZIP code instead of just throwing it on the truck headed for Ohio...
Ordered something sent to Powell, Wyoming via a pro deal that's coming out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Did you know there's a suburb of that city called Wyoming, Michigan? So naturally, they sent it to Powell, Ohio. At some point on its journey, someone said "now wait a gosh darn minute" and so it stopped in Perrysburg (outside of Toledo), bounced around the suburbs of Columbusâ Grove City, Powell, before arriving on Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana. No update today, so I imagine it's being put into a PowerPoint on how to let the robots read a ZIP code instead of just throwing it on the truck headed for Ohio...
I still don't know what started this standstill in the first place. For some reason I'm thinking a Strike maybe? The system usually runs pretty smoothly.
and those owner/operators are getting screwed, apparently, but we can solve that problem later.
