This has been literally one of the best Summers I can remember in Sacramento. We have hit 100 degrees maybe twice this year. I know that bragging on that fact and the reality that the State Fair starts on Friday will likely bring on a spate of HOT weather, but this has been one for the books. The California State fair traditionally brings on a run of hot weather as the tourists wander the mostly blacktopped fairgrounds in flip flops and sandals indulging in ice cream and fried foods as the temperatures rise and the heat stifles one and all. The forecast for the rest of this week is 94 degrees today, dropping into the eighties for the rest of this week and back into the low nineties for Saturday and Sunday. The fair opens on Friday, so we can expect those temperatures to rise over the next couple of weeks.
I have one of the stunt motorcycle shows at the fair insured again this year. The guy does flips and jumps rows of cars and lets go of the bike in mid air. I insured him last year as well and he dropped the bike when he was doing a no hands wheelie and it hit the fence and slightly injured one of the fair goers who was leaning against the fence. The State fair police are supposed to make sure that the crowds do not stand near the fence, but it is what it is. We closed the claim with a $1500 payout last year. Darla and I may venture out to the fair with the boys next weekend if the weather stays mild.
I was in San Francisco yesterday and couldn't get to updating the blog as we had to leave first thing in the morning and I had to have a couple of items handled by the staff., so here I am today. You can see by the pictures that Darla and I had a good weekend. We went up to Saddle Creek golf course in Copperopolis. It is a tremendous facility with a wonderful practice area and driving range, a beautiful clubhouse and grounds, but one dilly of a golf course. My friend, Boyd, who is a 4 handicap golfer and is used to shooting mid seventies and in June shot his age (67) at a valley golf course, struggled mightily and shot a 39+44=83 on the course. He had the best round of the group as I struggled to a 43+44=87 on the lightning fast greens and it went to 94 from there and on up to 138 for an 18 handicapper. Brutal golf, but just plain fun to be on such a well manicured and exciting golf course. Boyd and Charlie took the $50 first prize with a net 65 on the blind draw best ball and Freida and I took the $30 second prize with a 67.
The ladies went shopping and Darla lead the cavalcade with the purchase of two new belts and tops and a purse. We all met back in Plymouth at the Shenandoah Inn about 6:15 PM and the guys quickly showered and we were over to the Mexican Food restaurant next door buy about 6:45 PM for dinner. There were sixteen of us and we thoroughly enjoyed the food and margaritas as we celebrated Gary's 53rd birthday in style. We walked back to the hotel and all gathered in the pool area for strawberry shortcake. It was alot of fun.
We slept in a bit on Sunday and all met at the Dead Fly Cafe at 9:30 for breakfast before a run of wine tasting. The breakfast was fantastic and most of us left a good deal of it on the plate as they were large and delicious breakfasts. Mel and Cora met us at the restaurant and joined us for the wine tasting. Darla and I are not much for wine tasting. I enjoy a good Merlot with a steak dinner or a good Pinot Noir with chicken or seafood, but I can't tell a good wine from a $2 bottle of chuck. The group that we went with has three wine connoisseurs lead by Mel Padeirnos who used to work for the French government and was charged with importing wines for the commisaries all over France. They can taste the charcoals and oak and hint of berries and grasses. It is all a bit pretentious for me and Darla and I were on our way home after visiting four of the wineries. The group continued on and hit a total of ten wineries on the day. We were happily floating on our pool by about 2:30 PM on Sunday.
I play golf this afternoon at a country club in Roseville with one of my agents who also happens to attend Adventure Christian Church with me. We have been trying to get together for awhile and today is the day. It is a gloriously sunny day today and should be a great afternoon. Darla and I will meet with Bob and Vicki Pando tonight to plan our life group for this Winter. We are splitting off from our regular group and starting a new life group. Darla and I will host a barbecue on Sunday for all of the members of the life group. We will start up again next month and meet three Mondays a month. The members need to decide which life group they will attend.
I played golf with an inspection firm on Wednesday last week at a course in Davis, California (WildHorse) that I had never played. I had a really good front nine followed by a pedestrain back nine and shot 39+43=82. The course was unique in that they had a burrowing owl habitat scattered throughout the course. These burrowing owls are about a foot tall and are the cutest damn things you've ever seen. I was hittng out of the habitat (you can play it, just can't drive a cart into it) and two of the little guys were poking their heads out of the ground watching me. I had to step back and laugh, they were so funny.
Dad was in for a colonoscopy yesterday. He and Shirley leave for their European cruise on Saturday and he wants to make sure he is okay. The doctor wanted to do some precautionary lab work and we should know this week if there is anything to worry about. Pray with me that all is okay and they can get on with their trip.
Well, I need to get on to work as I haven't been in the saddle much this week. Be well, stay grounded in the Lord , and be thankful for the blessings in your life. Ciao.
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