A New Umbrella to Beat the Heat

Written on 7-3–21.

        It is a few days after I posted what I wrote above.  I put it on Caring Bridge, My Golf Journal, and Facebook.  I have had a tremendous and overwhelming response from friends and family, especially on Facebook, and I spent over an hour responding to the kind and gracious comments.  Truly, people are mostly caring and good, and they want to see other people doing well.

On to golf…

I played 18 holes at Pinon Hills with C.J., and I did my best to continue with the success of the nine holes I played before.  I didn’t do too badly, but I really didn’t have the same feeling I had after playing the previous nine holes.  I shot an adjusted 96, and that was partly because of two blow-up holes, one on #9, and the other on #16.  That was the bummer part.  I was hoping for zero blow-up holes, but I did do many good things, too.

I ended with...

Quick Post from Lyman

Written on 6-26-21.

        This is superb.  James is right next to me on the king-sized bed in Baker Street, and we are just chillin’ after watching the end of Galaxy Quest.  Such an entertaining and amazing movie, we agreed when it was done.  Original, well-made, and with super special effects for the time.

Now, he is playing Skyward on my iPad, and B is napping in the dining area. Kody is passed out just below James.  

The Edgertons (sans Becca and Matt) left at noon today, and they headed home to get ready for their trip to Boise.  Kyle brought Pawz with him for the weekend, and she and Kody had so much fun down at the Lyman Reservoir/Lake this morning.

We had fun, too, up here at our campgrounds when Kyle and James had a competition ready for the two couples.  We had to cook a hot dog, a s’more, and a chocolate chip cookie and present them as best we could for judging in ten minutes.

Of course, we won.

Rounds with Jeff, John, and a Math Teacher

Written on 6-25-21.

        I have great news!  I played the front nine from the blues at Pinon Hills the other day, and I played closer to my potential.  I shot a 43 with two pars and seven bogeys.  I also played with Jeff Tuell at the Common Ground Golf Course in Aurora and Uncle John at Hillcrest recently, so I will write about those rounds, too.

First, I will write about my round with Uncle John.  I had a wonderful time, and it was surreal to play with Jeff…and then his father a few days later.  We ate with John and Donna at Chavolo’s Restaurant in Bayfield on our way home from Mom and Dad’s.  They got their RV all set up at the Durango Fairgrounds, and then they made the drive to Bayfield to meet us.

John asked it I wanted to play golf while he was in town, so who was I to say no?  I didn’t want to be rude, so I accepted his invitation (wink, wink).  I called the golf course just before we lost the signal between Pagosa Springs and Bayfield, and they had a tee time for two at 1:20.  Perfect!  I snagged it, and then I told John at dinner.

We arrived early, because I had an...

A New Jeep, a Scary Scenario, and a Positive Round

Written on 6-15-21.

We spent our first night at Spot #5 at the Blue Lake Campground in the San Isabel National Forest last night, and we are relaxing outside now just before lunch.  Kody got two walks this morning, one with B and the other with me.  

Let me set the scene.  B is reading her iPad, and sunning her feet on her Rocker style camping chair.  Kody is watching from where he’s lying down, and he has pine needles to lie on that were left behind from trimming the trees.  I can see blue paint spots at the base of the trees around our site, and I can tell they have been trimmed around the bottom.  Was that what the blue spots were for?  

When I just took a drink of my iced coffee, I looked up past the edge of our Alto’s roof, and I saw a gorgeous, bright white cloud coming past the edge of the closed awning.  The awning is acting like a picture frame for the cloud and the sky above.  

I am sitting in my Rocker chair, and I have my feet propped up on a rock about the size of a small cooler.  Kody’s water dish is also on that rock to keep it up and off the dirt.  I can hear birds and a fly buzzing by, and our neighbors have just driven by after packing everything up.  It’s about 11:42, and I remember reading that check-out here is at 11:00.

Basically, life is...