I'm a bad boy!

 7:46 am - Monday - August 1st - Likely, CA - 69° F, 47% humidity, wind - CALM out of the west by northwest......cloudy today with a forecast high of 88° F.  On this date in 2017 (on our way to hiking over 100 miles while in Yellowstone NP that summer) we hiked both trails on the sign, and covered over 12 miles......↴

Well, I have been remiss once again.  I had good intentions of writing a blog post about Saturday, but got wrapped up in a good book, then spent a couple of hours at the driving range, and completely forgot until it was time to go to bed Sunday night.

Saturday: As has been the case for the past number of days the high temp for the day was 101° F, and we spent the greater part of the day inside the Newell staying cool.  We did venture out around 10 am to practice putting in advance of the weekly putting contest, and actually had a late breakfast at the onsite Café before heading back to the cool confines of the Newell until almost 4 pm when we returned for the putting contest.  Alas, TLE and I did not make it out of the first round, but she (TLE) putted much better.  I, along with a number of other good putters, did not make it out of the first round either.  I was tied with my first round opponent after 5 holes, so we broke the tie by hitting one putt at hole #1 to see who would be closest.....I hit a bad putt, which only went halfway, and lost.  A good time, as is always the case, was had by all in spite of the hot, muggy conditions.

We didn't turn the A/C off Saturday night, and ran it until 3 am Sunday morning when the outdoor temps had finally cooled sufficiently to open all the windows....so that brings us up to date on Saturday, now how about Sunday?

Sunday: The skies were heavily overcast Sunday morning, which led TLE and I outdoors to the 'lido deck' to read, and sip our morning brews.  If we can't sit outside at night due to the heat, we'll do it in the morning.  It actually stayed comfortable outside until almost 10 am when TLE headed inside, and I got dressed and headed over to the Clubhouse to hit a large bucket of balls, and then practice chipping onto the putting green.  In all, I was gone almost 2 hours, and returned with a completely soaked with sweat t-shirt.

I spent the rest of the afternoon inside, other than a 20 minute interlude when I washed the VW Beetle.  We are surrounded by a lot of ranches, and agriculture, and every time we drive into Alturas the front the car gets plastered with a million bug carcasses.  I have to use a bucket of soapy water (Dawn) with a 'Doughboy' to scrub the bugs off the front of the car.  We'll be driving into Alturas Monday morning so I, at least, wanted the VW to be clean when we drove into town.....it will look as bad as it did before I washed it after we complete the 40 mile round trip drive....oh well!

The daytime high only reached 99° F Sunday, but it was hard to tell the difference.  We will drop into the high 80's on Monday, which will be a big difference, and we should be in the 80's through Friday, if the forecast can be trusted.

As you can see, we have reached August 1st, and within a few days we will have been at LPG&RVR for 4 months, which is hard to believe.  The time has flown by here, and before we know it we will be welcoming in September.  

By the way, I was very pleased with my driving range experience Sunday.  After hitting balls for an hour my back felt fine.  I was also pleased with my progress in my short game (chipping onto the green from under 50 yards).  I was able to consistently place 5 out of 7 balls within 10 feet of the hole by the time I finished.  With the temps dropping into the 80's once again I'm pretty sure I'll play some golf on Monday before going back to work for another 4 days.

Thanks for stopping by!