Friday October 3, 2008

A beautiful fall day. Blue shy and cool temperatures. Today I join a work crew from the neighborhood to plant trees. We planted 18 trees in the Ottawa Hills neighborhood.

I load up my kayak and head for the Grand River. On my way I stop at our doctor's office for a flu shot.

This evening Nancy and I went to the Symphony. Nancy really enjoyed the performance.

Thursday October 2, 2008

Another cool rainy day. I used the Nike golf pants that Tasha gave me over my blue jeans to keep me dry.

Nancy and I go to Costco and purchase some supplies. For a week day Costco was very busy.

Thursday night and we head for Great Lakes Shipping for dinner. It is good being back to normal.

Wednesday October 1, 2008j

Today is sunny and cool. I go swimming at the MAC and have breakfast at the Omelet Shop. In the PM I finish mowing the grass. We have a nice Ash tree in our planter strip. The tree has been attacked by the Ash borer. I am afraid that the tree must come down. I had to rake up all the leaves.

Nancy and I are still catching up from our 2 week absence. It is starting to get cold. I put my electric blanket on my bed.

Tuesday September 30, 2008

Today was intermittent rain. I returned to my normal routine. Ride my retro to the MAC and have coffee and read the paper at the Kava House.

In the PM I mow the front yard. The grass is really long.

Monday September 29, 2008

Today is a travel day. We leave Las Vegas at 1000 and arrive in GR at 8 PM. It is good to be home. Nancy and Bob recommend Elderhostel.

Sunday September 28, 2008

After breakfast at the Dixie College Inn we catch the 1000 shuttle to Las Vegas. We take it easy the rest of the afternoon.

Around 6 we catch the bus to the strip and meet the Namey's at the Wynn. The Wynn is a big disappointment. We walk over to the Venetian to see what is happening. The Venetian is also phony. Can you guess that I am tired of Vegas?

Dinner was at a free standing Italian restaurant. After dinner Nancy and I gamble at little at Caesar's Palace. I lost $5. Tomorrow we head home.

Saturday September 27, 2008

The last day of the elderhostel. We started with breakfast aboard a floating restaurant on Lake Powell. The boat was a double decker. We had the upper deck and a French group had the lower deck. Breakfast and the trip on the lake was great.

After breakfast we headed for the north rim of the Grand Canyon. It was a great bus ride. We rode through high country pine forests, mostly Ponderoso (sp?). Every once in a while we left the forest and entered meadows. During the trip we saw numerous deer.

We had lunch at the Grand Canyon Lodge. The view from the lodge was spectular. We took a short walk to a viewing platform that had great views of the north rim. I rated the viewing platform a 3.98.

After the north rim we headed back to St George, Utah. We had another buffet dinner. After dinner the coordinators for the trip had a slide presentation of our trip. They had some great shots. We are staying at the Dixie College Inn again. I forgot to mention that we encountered some sprinkles today.