Great to see Bill and Jennifer. He was living across the street when i built my house. I lived there for 16 y3ears. Along the way he married Jennifer. They are the second storer of my stuff. Both left for work the next day while i was enjoying sleep.
I putzed around until my 3:00 appointment w/ Dennis who is investing my $. Drank a few beers @ Fast Eddies. I am still solvent waiting for the economy to grow. Good conversation. Walked downtown along the river to Pig Out in the Park, a traditional Labor Day splash in Riverfront Park, site of the smallest city’s World’s Fair. Listened to a bit of Charlie Musselwright playing blues harmonica. Stood listening till after 9:00 then drove back to Bill’s for the quiet sleep spot.
Friday was another rest day. I scored a DR appointment w/ my Spokane primary care dr to address my burning eyes. He referred me to an eye dr where I used to go for mid afternoon. DR says I am doing OK. Eye dr saw my van b4 my appointment then during introduction he told me he started riding. My eye problem became secondary as I helped him w/ some bike info. He said that the burning comes from bacteria on my eyelids and prescribed care to correct. I drove to the pharmacy where a wonderful woman of my dreams works. She was there and my heart melted again. In the intervening year her guy put a ring on her finger. May he appreciate his luck.
My XM tuner is fading away. I found an audio installer near where the previous one was that did prior work. I learned that the owner of the former place died suddenly last year. This guy worked there then left to start his own company. We scheduled a Sat Am appointment to see what was up.
Next was a 7:00 meeting again @ Pig Out to meet Tom and Cal who I worked and skied with, Lopper Ball mates. Leon Russel was the main event. Drank beer and shouted over noise while in the beer garden. The acoustics sucked. Lost interest competing w/ all the distractions so i drove back to Bill’s.
Sat AM off to the installer. All the connections are secure. He remembered my from the previous place. He was an air force brat and traveled the world b4 anchoring in Spokane. We talked of travel experiences.
I moved on to ride from Liberty Lake up shoulder of Mica peak. Big grunter climb. Took just all of 2 hours to high point. Decent over way frequent deep h2o bars took just over 20 mins back to van which included maybe a 5 min climb. Sweet ride: I dropped the seat a bit and just porpoised over the bumps.
I called the XM help line. The Droid dropped several calls. I ended up w/ a guy speaking English but not comprehending what he was saying. Very frustrating. His fix didn’t address my issue.
Jennifer invited me to dinner. I arrived early and visited w/ she and Bill. They have a 100% black male cat I named Toeless because he is missing a toe. He is a great cat. He remembers me that allows me to have a cat fix. I miss not having a dog and cat. Someday when the anchor drops.
Which catches us up to today. After a morning visit I split for Esmeraldo golf course for a ride on Beacon. Hot and exposed to the sun. My mind was not in the ride so i cut it short & returned to the van. Lots of biker built single track to choose from. Dusty.
Enough of a ride. I drove into town seeking Larry and Teresa, old original Spokane friends. I found both @ work: Larry @ a vet clinic and Teresa @ Mountain Gear. Managed a bit of visiting in. Might see them later.
I ordered a new XM tuner from Crutchfield where I bought my stuff previously. Won’t be here till 9/13 all the way from the east coast.
Forecast is for increasing 90 degree days this week w/ temps dropping into 50s at night. Last 2 AMs @ Bill’s the temp was in the upper 30s.
Back to Bill’s for the night.