Finally, Game Day, Hook 'em

August 30, 2014, Saturday Day 80

Morning temperature was 52 degrees.

The other day Skip was saying they went to TPH for lunch and had a great Ruben sandwich.  That was enough for me, we're going.

But first it was off to Gallery 55 for Sharon to pick up another trinket.  This trip I took some time for a few pictures of the items that are in the shop, some very interesting stuff.  There is one artist, Alan Giltzow that does a great job with fishes, we have a couple in our house.

Then it was on to TPH for lunch, the Ruben did not disappoint, what is not pictured is the bowl clam chowder.  You get your monies worth when you eat at TPH.  We saved half of the sandwichs for lunch tomorrow.

After lunch Sharon and I went to Tamarack and Jug to spend my winnings from the Wednesday and Thursday scrambles played in over these two months.  I picked up a couple of shirts and a ball marker at Tamarack and another shirt at Jug.  It didn't cost me too much over my winnings.

After a long wait and twice as much hype, it's game day and the debut of The University of Texas Longhorns under head coach Charlie Strong.  I was excited because I had the opportunity to WATCH the game on my iPad, using the ESPN Watch app, hooked into the Suddenlink Longhorn Network. Worked for a while then the WiFi network started choking my feed as there was too much streaming.  I had to switch over and listen to most of the game, over the band, via the Internet, which they did not restrict.  The results were good, Texas, under the direction of Charlie Strong is currently undefeated.

Last night was the Labor Day party put on by the McCall RV Resort, complete with hot dogs, brats, and beer.  Also the Bottom Line provided the live music.  During the party it began to rain, but it was not rained out, the band merely relocated to the inside of the lodge and the party continued with dancing, singing, eating and just a little beer.  Thanks, G7.

Hidden Lake

August 29, 2014, Friday Day 79

Continued morning warming trend with a temp of 51.

Today I decided to finish my walk to Hidden Lake.  I'm not sure what the name of this pond is, but I will call it Hidden Lake, because you can't see it from the road and you do not know it's there unless someone tells you.  It is located right at the end of the airport runway right past the Smoke Jumbers Base, in active cow pastures, as evidenced by the cow pies everywhere.  To access Hidden Lake you had to climb over two fences and one pig sty.  It was a long walk on a beautiful day and I made my goal before I got back into the park.  At the lake a fishing family came up to wet a line or two and while I was watching they caught a couple of fish.  The say the pond is stocked.













Located in one of the pastures between the fences was what looked like a pile of junk, but on closer inspection it was the remains of some kind of a steam driven piece of equipment.



Friday night at McCall Golf Club with Skip and Larry.  I had a good round, it must have been because of my found wedge.

My friend Dick on his summer travels to Colorado and back passed through Chama, New Mexico and sent me this shot.  Looks like it is holding up nicely.

Football

August 28, 2014, Thursday Day 78

This morning we are still in a warming mode with 50 degrees to start.

Today is the unofficial beginning of College Football Season, with a couple of games that are of interest.  The aggies play South Carolina in South Carolina, without Johnny Football.  No worries as they killed the Cocks, looks like there will be no missing of JF.  The Boise State Broncos didn't make out so well. They were okay for three quarters and then it happened.  People in the RV park are avid Boise State fans, the even had a watch party in the main lodge, it did not last very long.

In the evening it was the last scramble at Jug Mountain.  Steve and I were paired with Tracy and Joe. Tracy was a player and could it a long accurate ball and Joe made a terrific putt.  We ended up five under and tied for first with two other teams.  A good way to end.

Andi's New Car

August 27, 2014, Wednesday Day 77

Temperature is hanging in there with a nice 45 degrees.

This morning I walked the back way out of the park to intersect Boydsten near the bridge over the Payette River.  Down at the bottom of the hill is an archery range, that looks still functional, but has seen better days.  There are four lengths of targets, marked 10, 20, 30 and 40, I assume indicating points for hitting the target at that range.  I straightened up a couple of the targets leaving the range in better shape than I found it. There were also climbing rocks for the youngsters.

Nice views along the Payette River and the bridge, including an Osprey nest.  I tried to get some shots of flying Ospreys coming into the nest, as they were flying around, but no success.







Sharon and I went and shopped Studio 55, I assumed named after Highway 55 running through town.  She managed to pick up a couple of goodies.

This evening we went to Tamarack, Al, Steve and Fred, to play in the scramble.  We got two extra shots as we were playing as a threesome and others were playing as fivesomes.  It didn't help any although we shot a respectful four under, we did not get a smell of the money.  The winners shot 8 under.

A strange thing happened to me at the course this evening.  You remember a few days back I mentioned that I lost a sand wedge at Jug.  Well, at Tamarack, while we were warming up, the pro came out with a sand wedge and handed it to me, saying your name is Fred, correct.  I was stunned, knowing for sure I had left it at Jug.  Seems that last week when we were finishing up on 18, I had left the club on the green and one of our playing partners picked it up and was going to turn it in and forgot.  He found it in his bag and turned it in this evening.  I was re-united with my club and the realization the I must have a touch of OldTimersDesease.

Found

 Andi picked up her car today in South Carolina, before she and David head for the aggie game tomorrow.

Andi's New Car

Should have got this one

Finally, Life Is Good.  I can now get LHN on my iPad, via the ESPN Watch app so I will be able to watch the Horns on Saturday. That is if WiFi cooperates.

Strange deal, a sun set in the East.  Setting sun in the west was reflecting off the clouds in the East.

Head Cold

August 26, 2014, Tuesday Day

The temperature this morning is 45 degrees warming up somewhat.

I took today to try and kick a cold.  I hate summer time colds, seems like the worst kind.  Went to Rite Aid and picked up a couple boxes of pills, hope they work.

Did manage to work in a HH and some dead chicken on the grill.

My friend Dick on the top of a mountain in Colorado.

Golf in the Meadow

August 25, 2014, Monday Day 75

Still on the cool side, this morning it was 44 degrees.

We decided we would break with tradition and play some golf on Monday.  Of course the fact that we got a good rate didn't hurt; $20 bucks, walking.  A good way to get in your steps for the day.
n a struggling real estate development, as they all are here, the home owners have done a good job of taking over operations and keeping up the course.  We, Al, Steve and myself had a 10:30 tee time and the course was not very crowded and a comfortable pace was maintained.  We had to only let one group go through and that was at the turn, after we had stopped for a hot dog, Japanese style.  The course was not good to me, or I was not good on the course, at least on the back nine.









After golf and back in McCall we stopped at Steve's house for a refreshment on his deck overlooking the Payette River.

Back at the park we had HH with Helen and Jim and afterward dinner at Home Town Pizza.