Summertime, and the Livin' Is Easy!

It finally appears to be summer...yeah...its about #&*$ time! Today the sky is a beautiful blue and the temperatures are in the middle 80s. We will be into the low 90s tomorrow and Friday, and then the upper 80s to near 90 degrees on the weekend...NICE!

On Sunday night I reported that we would be going to the drum and bugle corps competition in the Tri-Cities on Monday afternoon and evening. We left Spokane at 3:00pm in the midst of quite a little thunderstorm, heavy rain and lots of wind. That dropped the temperature to 57 degrees. Two hours later we were in Pasco, just out front of the Edgar E. Brown Memorial Stadium, where it was a lovely 82 degrees with sunshine and gentle breeze. The Tri-Cities are always about 8 to 10 degrees warmer than Spokane due to their much lower elevation. We packed a picnic for a tailgate before the contest, and it all turned out to be very nice. There were 6 corps in the competition, in order of appearance: The Spokane Thunder, The Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets, The Oregon Crusaders, The Seattle Cascades, the Troopers and the Blue Knights of Denver. The Blue Knights were very good (very large but not as loud as you would think). They won the contest with a 79.9, the Troopers were second with 72.6. It was great to see them again, but I really wanted them to do at least one thing that was "Trooper" from yesteryear...oh well. The Cascades as usual took so much stuff out on the field with them it resembled a junkyard, and they amplified there pit so much that you couldn't hear much else. They ended up with a 65 or 66 If memory serves me correctly. We got back to Spokane at about 11:30, and the temperature was warmer than when we left.

Yesterday and today have been work days, if you want to call what I do work! I did play a little tennis both yesterday morning and this morning, just to make sure that my feet keep hurting. Kay and I will be back out on the court this evening for a little light hearted practice. I need to work on serves, as Revolutionary War cannon balls were more accurate than my serves have been lately.