Has your grandchild ever asked you to keep a secret from the parents? Today I drove Sophia and Avery to their golf lesson at Campus Commons. Carson came along with us especially since going to Starbuck’s is always a part our trips. Before we left, Carson came over to me and whispered, “Can I have a tall chocolate milk? But don’t tell Mom, she doesn’t want me to have one. So we’re going to keep it a secret, right?” Several times over the next hour and a half, he periodically checked that we were still keeping a secret.
When we got home, Carson ran into the house and up to his mom and said, “Grandma bought me a tall chocolate milk!” A secret no longer.
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Bike ride
Pete and I rode to Old Sac then across the Tower Bridge to W Sacramento there’s a trail along the river for a mile or so. It ends on this pier:
Drake’s Brewing Co, a nightclub with a huge outdoor space:
Almost full-size metal trees along the river. The shiny disks were only attached to the framework at the top, they moved easily in the breeze. Shimmering silver trees!
Friday evening
My turn to have the weekly get-together.
Jerry and Laura
Lucy, Sandi, and Jim
Archie (far left)
My dessert was an epic fail in the looks department. A Cherry Amaretto Trifle is not supposed to look like this. However, it still tasted very good.
Bike ride
Two or three times a week, Pete and I go for a ride. Depending on the weather and what’s going on that day, we ride up to 20 miles. Today’s ride was about 12 miles. The “Leroy Greene ride” leaves the bike trail, goes past Leroy Greene Academy and winds through a residential neighborhood underneath the I-80 bridge over the Sacramento River.
Sophia Avery and Carson
All the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle are picture-side down and sorted by the tens column (that was my job). Carson put in the pieces in numerical order. Smile.
Avery, nice brother, gives Carson a lot of leeway to be a tough guy. Bigger smile.
Greg and Karen
Greg and Karen came over for drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
Jon and Angela
Dave and Phyl’s youngest son, Jon, and his girlfriend, Angela, came over for a visit.
Meanwhile, in Montana, Dave was having a fun time dealing with the weather:
Bike ride
Today Cheryl and I rode the Redbud Trail and around N Natomas Regional Park. When we stopped to drink water, about 15 roller skaters rolled by. No blades, four wheels under each foot! They are back in fashion.
Urban Cycling Class
For the last few months, I’ve been working periodically on a project for SABA: a 6-hour Urban Cycling Class for residents in Rancho Cordova. Then Covid-19 interrupted everything. We transitioned to an online class. The first one was today.
Figuring out how to conduct a Zoom class with a Keynote presentation was challenging. In fact, I hope we can do the next 5 classes in person with really good social distancing, a portable voice amplifier (like tour guides use), and whatever else we need to do to be safe and keep me from tackling another Zoom presentation. Fingers crossed.
Friday evening
Phyl and I went to Archie and Sandi’s and had drinks with Jim and Lucy.
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