We hosted the Cubs in our backyard for their first over night camp out.
July 25th--Cub Scout Camp Out
We hosted the Cubs in our backyard for their first over night camp out.
July 12th--Relay for Life/Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Elizabeth made a whirlwind trip to Dallas for an MCA meeting and returned about 11:00 Saturday night. She stopped at home to change and then went to the American Cancer Society Relay for life for the last 12 hours of walking with the DVMA. Race and Aurora went to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum with Uncle Jason while Elizabeth and Amy walked.
4th of July Weekend
We spent the 4th of July in Willows and it was wonderful. Small town America still has a lot to offer. Willows again hosted the Norcal Shelby Club for a car show and barbecue at a downtown park. The local Fire Department hosted the barbecue and the Police, with help from the California Highway Patrol, again closed the highway and city streets and escorted all the race cars into town from the track. Saturday and Sunday were spent on the track. Dean and Steve drove, Elizabeth and Cathy worked the MCA booth, and Race spent the time playing with Ron and Randy's grand kids. Yep, everyone had a good time. Saturday, the 4th, we went to the Norcal banquet as usual, and then into the park for fireworks. The park was crowded by Willows standards, but empty compared to home. Everyone was well behaved and having fun. We might Willows our standard 4th of July weekend trip.
July 2nd--Downtown Concord Car Show
Elizabeth was in charge of the City of Concord's Downtown Car Show this year. She enlisted the DVMA to help with parking and registration. It was a great event with classic cars surrounding the park where there was a Farmer's Market in progress and, later in teh evening, a concert. Elizabeth did two spots for the Channel 5 news, one live, and was featured on their website with her '65 Convertible.
June 28th--Palo Alto Concours
Elizabeth served as an interior judge for Mustangs at the prestigious Palo Alto Concours de' Elegance. It was a 100 plus degrees and Race and I spent most of our day hiding out in under the shade trees by the vintage camp trailers while Elizabeth and her fellow judges sweated out in the sun.
Just a silly picture of some silly kids.
Here's our new neighbor, Carson, with Aurora and Race on the back of our truck.
June 26th--Disney Train
Amy, Jason, Aurora, Race and Elizabeth went in to Oakland to see the Disney Train. HP, Amtrack and Disney co-sponsored this train to celebrate the remake of A Christmas Carol.
NASCAR at Infineon--June 21st
We sat in Turn 9, the best place to watch a road race at Sears Point with Mike, Dianna, Amy, Jason and Aurora. It was a great race and we definitely had a fun time.
June 13, restomods in Reno
Race and Dean couldn't make it, so Elizabeth headed to Reno alone for another rainy Restomods in Reno show. She had a great time with our friends and enjoyed the trip immensely.
June 6, Melinda's Graduation
Wow, what an exciting trip to see Melinda graduate from high school. She's off to the Air Force Academy in just a couple of weeks. Congratulations, Melinda. You're an amazing kid.
June 5, School Carnival
Pack 315 ran an Ice Cream and Water Balloon Toss Booth to raise money for the Pack. Talk about crazy!
Bass Pro Shop picture
Here's the picture that Bass Pro Shop took of Race last Sunday. I think it's pretty cool.
Weekend in the foothills
We made our way up to Pioneer Friday where we met friends Dave and Debbie Miller for a pizza dinner. We then followed them to their cabin where we had a nice walk in the woods and a good nights sleep. The next morning the five of us headed down the mountain to Columbia for a Mustang club trip. We met up with the rest of the Mustang club in Angels Camp and then on to Columbia for Diggin' Days. Diggin' Days is a celebration of the gold mining days around 1852. There is an authentic gold town tent camp set up on the edge of town and dozens of reenactors dressed in period costumes doing period tasks. We visited a gunsmith where we received the hard sell on a new Allen pocket pistol. Less money and more reliable than a Colt we were told. We visited a dry goods store in a tent, a Chinese herb shop, a Mexican restaurant under a canopy, the local US Infranty post, the doctor's office (shudder), the local water company office, visited with the miners hard at work at their sluice and rocker boxes, made rope with a rope vendor, visited the blacksmith shop and the local restaurant where they were serving homemade lemonade and fresh baked bread (baked inthe tent next door in an earthen oven)with hand churned butter and homemade jelly. They also served fresh turkey sausage rolled in pie crusts. Two teenage girls were selling them from a basket to the miners and guests jus tlike they would have in 1952. The miners stopped work only long enough to choke down their lunch and then back to work. They were universal in complaining about the water company. It seems that they needed water, Columbia is a dry town, so a local businessman formed a water company and hired all the miners to dig a ditch 5 miles to the river. He didn't have any money so they took their pay in stock shares. Water ws 2 dollars a day per miner and the miners weren't making enough off of their shares, so the businessman, in an act of charity bought the shares back for 10 dollars each. The next day water prices were raised to 6 dollars a day and the water company profits went through the roof. The iners were watching cclosely for the water company agent and his armed guards. they made it a habit to hhide when they came around to avoid paying for a couple of days. Race got to run the rocker box, make a length of rope for a belt, keep the tin cup from his lemonade, we tried all the food and the highlight of the day, Race got to work as the blacksmith's apprentice and make his own mini horse shoe. The day ended with the lowering of the flag by the local infrantry troop and we went back to town for a night in the Ciyt Hotel.
Sock Hop
Dean had to work, but Race stood in for him and took Elizabeth and Aurora to a Sock Hop at the St. Bonaventure Church with our friends Christa and Joe Fairfield. They had a great time and a great Pasta dinner. Race didn't dance much, but he did eat a lot.
Backyard Fire Pit
We've been using our new fire pit in the backyard in the evenings. So far we've cooked hotdogs and marshmallows. The Cub Scouts made S'Mores at a meeting. All in all, it's proving to be a neat addition to the backyard.
Pinewood Derby
Race came in 8th overall at the Pinewood Derby. The Blackwood 500 is the districts premier derby and packs from all over the district were in attendance. Here's Race's car ready to go in the near lane.
The Tiger Cub's hike Mt Diablo
This weeks meeting was an outdoor adventure led by Den Leader Elizabeth and Cubmaster John Jatoft. The boys hiked from the Mitchell Canyon trailhead to Mitchell Rock, 1430 feet above sea level and a 2.2 mile loop. The boys and adults were pretty tired at the end of the dya.
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