Taken from Shrine Pass Trail at Vail Pass, Colorado
So, a couple weeks ago I went to play golf with a friend. We had an afternoon T-time (big mistake) and the plan was to get a practice round in before we headed to Colorado for a couple of months. After 2 holes, my feet were sliding around in my shoes, my hands were slipping around in my glove and my wet, sweat soaked glove, was slipping around on my grip. We quit after 9 holes.
This is summer in Houston.
The next day I spent about 20 minutes removing the cushions and covering our outdoor furniture to protect it during our absence. I sweat through every piece of clothing I had on---completely soaked from sweat.
This is summer in Houston.
Today, at about 7AM I sat out on the deck at our summer rental in Vail--having my morning coffee and morning (yes) cigar. It was 47 degrees and 25% humid. This is indeed why we flee to Colorado in the summer. By 10AM it will have warmed up to 60 or 65 and by noon, low 70's--with virtually NO humidity.
We'll be here until around the middle of September and then return to Houston until we head back to Florida in late Oct or early Nov. It's been rather routine since my last post---nothing exciting to report. We had nice visit up here by Kristin's family and are now waiting to have our son and his significant other visit us toward the end of the month. Till then--it's just the 2 of us enjoying the weather, food, walking for exercise. and all the beauty this valley has to offer. Things we've done since arriving---concert at Gerald Ford Amphitheater of the New York Philharmonic with Kelli Ohara performing Broadway tunes; attended the local farmer's markets; Vilar Center performance by Susan Tedeschke and her band, Tedeschke Trux (my ears are still ringing); playing golf at Eagle Ranch Golf Club with my Friday morning golf group (so far 2 second places and one closest to the pin); strolling around downtown Vail; strolling around the neighborhood (for exercise); just enjoying life and dreaming about the year ahead on our boat, and time to spend with the family and friends.
So last year we bought our boat in October and about 10 days later the LAST named storm of the season went right through the Keys where the boat was located---we tied her down and fled north to my cousin's home outside Ft. Lauderdale. Fortunately it was mostly a non-event and the boat came through just fine. We left the boat at the end of the season in Punta Gorda and drove back to Houston. Within a few weeks the FIRST storm of he 2021 season went---you got it--- right over where our boat was sitting tied to a marina dock. In advance of the storm's arrival I flew over to Ft. Myers, rented a car and drove to the marina to prepare the boat for the storm's (Elsa) arrival--remove canvas, double all dock lines, disconnect electric shore power, get everything that could blow around off the decks. The storm arrived a couple of days into my visit and we experienced 40 to 50 mph winds and about a 4 foot storm surge and a whole lot of rain but overall it wasn't too bad. No damage other than serious street flooding. So far all has been quiet and we keep our fingers crossed that the storm god's have had enough fun aiming at us.
Until next time. Life is good.
Wild Flowers
