We spent part of the weekend up at Bullard's Bar, a reservoir above Marysville and outside of Grass Valley. The lakes in our area, including Folsom Lake have released so much water that they are now 5 MPH only lakes and only fishing boats are allowed to dock at the lake. You can see by the picture of a brooding David that even Bullard's Bar is lower than normal as the water line on the dam indicates. The lake was really nice and even has a waterfall about 4 miles up the lake that adds a bit of serenity to the scene. I took the jet ski up to the waterfall and checked it out after some boaters on the lake told us about it. Bullard's Bar has boat camping and is a nice spot to relax. We found a nice flat spot on the shore and set up for the day with Earl's boat and our jet ski.
The outing was not without it's problems as we once again put the ski into the water without the drain plugs being put back in. We were driving from the dock out to the middle of the lake when I noticed Darla and Daniel riding low on the ski. I told them to pull it over to the shore and check the plugs. Sure enough, they were out and the hull was already up to about ten inches of water. David and Daniel were able to wrestle the ski up the bank far enough to let the hull drain and Darla bailed water out. The electrical never got submerged so we dodged a bullet and the ski ran great all afternoon.
I played two games of golf this past week, one on Thursday before our fantasy football draft for the golf club. I shot 40+41= 81 on Thursday and then shot 42+41 on Saturday in the Labor Day tournament. I had three birdies on the backside to go with two double bogeys and walked away out of the money in the tournament, but with $36 on skin money. More importantly, I improved my year long eclectic score to 67, down from 70 with the birdies. The eclectic is a tournament whereby we keep the best scores on each hole throughout the year and then use that score as a final tournament at the end of the year. Right now, with my 9.9 index, I have a net 56 in the tournament. I won it last year with a net 55 in my flight, so have a little work to do yet.
I was in Modesto on Friday and interviewed for a new Underwriting Assistant. I took the gang out to lunch afterward and Darla asked me to stop by her Aunt's house to pick up some jewelry that was sent there accidentally. She also asked that I stop by and see her Grandfather, Andy and his wife Liz, who live in an independent living facility up the street from her Aunt Tracy. I called Andy to ask if it was okay to come by and visit. His hearing is not what it used to be (he is 87 after all) and he couldn't figure out who I was, but finally said, "if you know where I live, come on over". We had a nice visit and I think they appreciated the company.
I have set up my trip to Torrey Pines in November. Darla won't go with me as she is so low on vacation time. I will bring my friend, Mel Padeirnos, along with Boyd and one of Boyd's friends. We fly to San Diego at 8:15 AM on November 9th, play Torrey Pines that afternoon at 12:40 PM, stay overnight and play a course in Carlsbad Saturday morning and fly home Saturday night at 6:00 PM. It is a quick turnaround, but should be a blast. The US Open is being played at Torrey Pines in 2008 and we wanted to have a go at the course before that. It will be more fun to watch the Open next year remembering having played the course. So, this year, I've played Pebble Beach, the 2009 President's Cup venue (Harding Park) and will play the 2008 US Open venue at Torrey Pines in November. It's all good.
I had a waterline break at the house last week. I was relaxing at the house on Monday talking to a friend on the phone, when some neighbors knocked on the front door. A sprinkler valve had worked loose from the inlet and I had a geyser spraying all over the front of the house and filling the front planter with about 8 inches of water. I shut the water down and ended up fixing the break on Friday afternoon. I had to hand water the lawn all week until I got it fixed.
We have once again set a new record at work for production in August and wrote $1,393,605 with $211,909 in earned income for the month. We were up almost 19% in earned income for the month. I will take the gang out to a rib restaurant up in El Dorado tomorrow. We also have Cora, Mel's wife, starting back with us this week in our personal lines department so we will have several events to celebrate tomorrow.
Darla is taking Daniel down to Cal Poly on the weekend to get him set up in his new apartment. They leave Friday afternoon and Darla will be back on Sunday night. I play in the club championship on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday is scratch qualifying and I am in the scratch qualifier for the first time this year, but it is more a chance to practice for the championship that starts on Sunday. If I make the scratch flight, I will quickly go down to defeat at the hands of some 3 handicapper like Boyd or a 5 like Bob Pando. it will be a good experience and give me some stellar competition to prepare for the championship.
Daniel is coming by my office today and we will have lunch together. I am buying him a haircut with my Hawaiian barber who gives the best head and neck massage as part of his service.
Well, that is the news that is fit to blog to the moment. Have a good week. Ciao.
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