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Two More Days And This Year Gone, Yeah!!

If 2020 were a person, I’d sue him for pain and suffering and lost wages.

I have been training Scout the Wonder Dog very carefully, and today he proved you can train a new dog old tricks!  I also have been training Scout to read!  Last night he went on the paper four times… three of those times, I was reading it.

“Good Scout! Now, go find Mommy’s list!”

OK, just two days to go until this horrid year will be gone and forgotten!  I went to Mary’s early as we plan to go to the post office and then head to the desert and visit Amy, Joe, and the boys.  We took Mary’s pickup truck as some of the road is not paved, and the Silver Fox was worried about getting his feet dirty.

Mary asked me, “What do you call a joke about a desert?” Her answer was, “Dry humor.”  We both apologize!

I got some of the Christmas pictures, and here are my “east-coast grand-children and great-grandchildren.”

Yes, I am indeed old!

Here is part of the “west-coast contingent,” Zack and Rebecca with Lilly and Remington.

Looking good! A beautiful family!

I was going to take Mary to lunch before we departed for the desert, but after last night’s dinner, I am giving it another thought!  The poor waiter has a wrist burn!

Mary always likes to have the right of approval for our wine selection!

The desert ought to be pretty since it was freezing and rainy yesterday.  This picture is from Zack’s front porch in La Habra. The hail is coming down!

Let it hail, let it hail, let it hail!

Did You Know: Any thunderstorm which produces hail that reaches the ground is known as a hailstorm. Hail has a diameter of 5 millimeters (0.20 in) or more. Hailstones can grow to 15 centimeters (6 in) and weigh more than 0.5 kilograms (1.1 lb).

Unlike ice pellets, hailstones are layered and can be irregular and clumped together. Hail is composed of transparent ice or alternating layers of transparent and translucent ice at least 1 millimeter (0.039 in) thick, which are deposited upon the hailstone as it travels through the cloud, suspended aloft by air with strong upward motion until its weight overcomes the updraft and falls to the ground. Although the hail diameter is varied, in the United States, the average observation of damaging hail is between 2.5 cm (1 in) and golf ball-sized (1.75 in).

We did the USPS run and got that out of the way before heading over Cajon Pass into the high desert to pay a visit to Amy and Joe and the kids who are glamping out in the desert for a few days.  Mary enjoys the out-of-doors and camping, etc. We are a pretty good match!!

We ran into serious traffic as people were on their way to the ski-slopes.  It took two and a half hours to make the hour and a half trip!

The traffic was terrible!

Victorville was a little cool!  Mary is so smart!  I asked her, “What do you get when you cross a snowman and a vampire?” And without hesitation, she answered. ” Frost bite.”

Colder than a well-diggers bottom!

I took Mary out to a fancy Mexican restaurant for lunch, I believe the name was Del Taco.  Gas in Victorville was cheap, $0.75/taco!  I asked Mary if tacos were healthy and she responded, “A balanced diet is a taco in both hands.”

We dined inside, inside the truck that is.  It was in the low 50’s when we arrived, and it was near freezing last night. It was so cold… flashers were describing themselves.

Amy dressed for the cold!

Two buggies took off to climb the mountain, and we watched them make it to the top!  It looked like great fun!  We needed to get back, so we did not wait for a ride.  Mr. Scout needed his reading lesson.

Looking at friends climbing the mountain.  My son is a pointer!

We returned home, had dinner, and hit the hot tub as our fannies needed it after sitting in the car for four hours.

Mary crashed, and I headed home.

About Paul

Just an old retired guy trying to finish out my last years on this planet. I lost my best friend and wife in early 2020. I was blessed again by reconnecting with Dr. Mary Côté, a long-time friend. Mary and I got married July 28th, 2021, and are enjoying life together and plan to spend the rest of our lives being a blessing to our friends and family.
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