Not in a good place with our pets. Would love to ban all dogs, cats and fish from the house right now.
Driveway Paved
A few days ago the driveway was removed and prepared for a brand new asphalt driveway. I had charged my camera to get a good time-elapsed movie of the asphalt being put in. It’s a pretty cool thing to watch. Okay, the video is a bit long…
Driveway Removal
This past Thursday the contractor got started with our driveway removal. I was watching, and realized it was a great time-lapse opportunity!
Cooking my first meal on my Big Green Egg! Tenderloins — they were awesome!
- Heading to the wedding!
- Congratulations to my mom and Kurt on their wedding!
- Ceremony done. Caterer late! Grrr!
- Belly Dancer at the wedding reception!
- My Uncle Tim is bellydancing. Wow!
Lunch with a bunch of relatives at Yum! Kitchen & Bakery.
Just picked up my very own Big Green Egg!
Helping set things up for Mom’s wedding!
Tiny Tonka T-Ball
Mazie and I had our very first Tiny Tonka T-Ball game last night. Sorry, no pictures or video from it. Tammy had plans, and I’m one of the coaches! Next week we’ll get some media coverage.
Of course Mazie just turned 3 a couple of weeks ago and you may be asking how exactly t-ball works with 3 and 4 year olds. Let me explain a bit.
First, this is for fun and there are no scores, no strikes. In fact, there isn’t much left of the “game” and it’s more just fun for the kids. And fun they had!
The first “inning” the kids were really into it and having a blast. It was funny to watch the different kids. There is only one girl other than Mazie on the team and they became fast friends. They were standing in the infield with their arms around each other. On the other hand, some of the boys didn’t feel like taking turns and were pushing and shoving each other to get at the ball. By the second “inning” our entire team, with one exception, was sitting on the infield with their gloves next to them playing in the dirt.
Our team, the yellow team, now known by unanimous vote as the Yellow Bees has one ringer. One of the kids is a future hall-of-famer. He can hit a line drive right up the middle, has a heck of an arm and can play all bases equally well. He was not playing in the dirt.
Summer of Love Day 43 Log
- 8:24 am: On the road again. 429 miles until we are home.
- 11:06 am: On I-35 north. We are in the final stretch!
- 11:30 am: Back in Culver’s country.
- 1:57 pm: Hello Minnesota!
- 3:28 pm: Home Sweet Home!
- 7:17 pm: Thanks for all of the Welcome Backs! It’s really great to be home again. Much to catch up on!
- 10:48 pm: Really happy to be sleeping at home tonight.
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Summer of Love Day 42 Log
- 12:45 pm: Heading home.
- 1:17 pm: 906 miles to go.
- 3:01 pm: DQ stop in Ogallala, NE.
- 3:04 pm: Excited to be heading home, but equally sad that our big road trip is ending.
- 3:04 pm: 706 miles to go.
- 8:06 pm: Done driving for the day. Stopping in Lincoln, NE.
- 8:14 pm: Stuck behind 50 basketball camp teens checking in. OMG.
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Just passed 3,000 photos for our 6-week Summer of Love road trip!
Horse Run
We are having a great time here at C-Lazy-U. Every evening they send the horses out to the pasture for the night, and the wranglers get up early to go get them back in for the day. Sometimes they send them down the main road to a pasture across the way, and it makes for an amazing sight, and sound.
Great day rafting down the Colorado River followed by an awesome massage.
Summer of Love Day 36 Log
- 2:07 pm: First ride at the dude ranch was really great. My horse for the week is Buster.
- 10:59 pm: The Internet is exceptionally elusive at the dude ranch.
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Summer of Love Day 35 Log
- 9:27 am: Nice breakfast at Cali Cochitta B&B in Moab. Heading to see Arches soon.
- 10:51 am: Great vistas at Arches National Park.
- 12:12 pm: Heading out of Arches park and starting drive to C-Lazy-U Ranch near Granby, CO.
- 2:30 pm: Hello Colorado!
- 2:59 pm: U2 seems like Colorado music. Working well for us!
- 4:37 pm: Iced Triple Espresso from Sacred Grounds coffee shop in Glenwood Springs, CO.
- 5:43 pm: Still decent amount of snow at 11,000 feet.
- 6:44 pm: Trying to explain to Mazie why a mosquito bit her. Not going well.
- 6:56 pm: Hello Winter Park, CO! Shout out to Jim Bernard and Jeb Sr.
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Summer of Love Day 34 Log
- 2:49 pm: Hello Utah!
- 2:50 pm: Driving from Sedona, AZ to Moab, UT today. Quick stop in Moab on way to Colorado.
- 4:36 pm: Exploring downtown Moab.
- 6:51 pm: Nice dinner at Miguel’s Baja Grill in Moab. Trying to quick adapt Mazie to time change.
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Summer of Love Day 33 Log
- 11:55 am: Heading to Montezuma Castle National Monument.
- 1:45 pm: Lunch at Judi’s in Sedona.
- 2:49 pm: 104 °F in Sedona today. Yeah, hot!
- 3:34 pm: I still don’t understand how and when to take out the video camera. I’m so much more comfortable with photography.
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