Monday, January 19, 2015

• Another pleasant morning, calm, high clouds, temp: 55, high: 72.
• Had regular Monday breakfast with Canadian friends at Taco Fiesta. Had 11 this morning.
• Dan & Dawn made it to Reno this morning. I tracked them all the way through the mountains. Amtrak was on schedule. Hope they send me more pictures today.
• J&D and C&D drove up to Bertha's Salon to get their haircuts. I stayed home to research a project since I had one recently.
• Biked over to Dollar General to get something, stopping at Burger King on my way home for lunch
• I drove Jim to PT at 3 PM
• Got my 2 mile bike ride in at 4:30 on a lovely evening: clear, calm, bright sun, temp: 68. Perfecto!
• Here's some pictures from Dan sent from Reno. Thanks for the pictures, Dan & Dawn. Say hello from us to Mike & Mary.

Don't know who this belongs to nor the significance

Mike & Mary in the woods (probably near their Lake Tahoe home)

Mary & Mike (clowning)

Beautiful mountain peak

Sunday, January 18, 2015

• Pleasant morning: light breeze, high clouds, temp: 59, high: 69.
• Dan & Dawn are traveling by train on the California Zephyr to Reno to visit Mike & Mary and to attend a rail fan convention. They flew to Chicago early yesterday morning. This morning I'm tracking them coming into Denver and West.
• Jim & Diane attended the service this morning. Looks like a beautiful day.
• Bike ride: 2 miles
• Ran up to Walmart for printer cartridges.
• Napped.
• And I'm mostly packed for my trip to see Margaret in Phoenix. Now I've got 3 days to figure out what I forgot.
• Ice cream social at 5 o'clock. Everybody left to watch the end of the Green Bay vs Seattle overtime ending.
• Movie tonight is The Hundred-Foot Journey. More about it later.
• On their way to Reno, from the train, Dan and Dawn sent me several very interesting pictures.

This is the Denver Union Station

Scenery coming in Denver

Scenery nearer the mountains

Nearing Grand Junction CO

Along the Colorado River, West of Grand Junction,
nearing Utah

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Tuesday, January 13, 2014

• First the big news. Jim, Diane, & Candy, all won at Bingo last evening. While Dan & I stayed home, they won nearly $50. Pretty good for a nights fun time.
• Big weather change today. Rained overnight. Morning high clouds, moonlit, light breeze, temp: 45, high: 48 (down from yesterday's 68).
• Minnesota Breakfast this morning with all our friends from Minnesota at the nearby golf course (Tierra del Sol) club house. About 25 attended.
• Very cool morning. Only 48 at noon.
• After lunch, Candy & Dan took us to the Assisted Living facility, The Gardens At Brook Ridge, where Candy's Mom, Irene, is moving on February 1st. She live's in Texas year-round, so she'll have some neighbors whereas the park empties out before Summer.
• Then we drove up to Harbor Freight to get a power washer for Jim & Dan.
• This evening everyone went to play Bingo at our own Paradise Park.
• My picture tonight was taken in Minnesota last Sunday, January 11th after Sunday brunch. Thank you, Mike & Mary, for finding time to visit with our kids. Wish I could have been there. Anyway, have a safe trip home.
• Left to right are:
• My brother, Ed (Mike) & his wife, my sister-in-law, Mary, from Pleasanton, CA. They were in Minnesota to attend the memorial service of Mary's mother who passed recently.
• Dan, my son (Dan's wife, my daughter-in-law, Dawn, was the photographer. Thanks, Dawn, for a wonderful picture.)
• Kathy, my daughter.
• Connor, Kathy's son, my grandson.
• Cam, Kathy's husband, my son-in-law.