Kenny Loggins Concert in Sun Valley...

Last weekend, we went up to Sun Valley again. This time we were going to see Kenny Loggins in concert at the new Sun Valley facility. This time we stayed with Pam's sister Roberta as the available condos were too expensive for us. And, staying there was big fun. Tommy played with her two very large dogs. He was so excited and would run all around the floor being very low. Sorta like a low rider run. I guess it was his way of being friendly and was really hoping they would think he was also...

Anyway, we watched the bird do its paper into feathers trick again. And, it is really amazing to see what he actually does. He grabs the paper and runs down the side he is cutting with his beak tip making holes in the paper. He uses his tongue to move the paper into position for the cuts. Then, when he is at the end of his new 'feather', he goes back and cuts out all the spots that he didn't get the first pass. It is amazing how well he can do the cutting without missing a spot.

After a good dinner, Pam and I went to the concert. The facilities were awesome and reeked of big money. The bathrooms were like the ones in a LV Casino - very impressive. The stage was the only hard roofed part of the facility. From there, was a soft roof suspended by cables. It sorta looked like a circus tent roof, only much nicer. It covered the 'expensive' seats. Then after the tent roofed section was a lawn where folks to sit on the grass and bring their own chairs and stuff. We were in the nice seats under the tent roof about 20 rows from the stage. There were two sections of the good seating that were almost empty. I would assume that they were being sold by some ticket seller, like Ticketron, and they didn't do very well with it.

Anyway, the concert started and it was sort of ok at first. Then, a couple of the women that were up front, started coming up and grabbing people to come down to the front and dance and soon there where a lot of people down there, including Pam. Then Kenny Loggins got in the middle if it all and Pam got a hug and short dance with Kenny. She was very impressed with it all as he was one of her idols from long ago. From there, the concert got a lot crazier and everybody had a great time. About 1/2 of the way through, all the folks from the cheap seats were allowed down and the place filled up. All in all, it was a great concert and we all had a good time.

As I wrote before, the weekly handicap 8-ball tournament is now going on on Wednesday nights. So, I went last week with Storm for his birthday. I didn't do well and was out midway through it but Storm ended up getting 2nd place. Then, last night, I went and played again. There ended up being 16 people in the tournament and the bar added in $25 to the pot - something that doesn't happen too often.

Anyway, I was playing sorta OK, but luckily, during the first few matches, I was playing better than they were and won all my matches. They went fast and I was at the only unbeaten left level at about 9:30. I didn't play again until two hours later for the finals. I was pretty tired by then and lost my first match with the player that was the only beaten one left. She and her husband are friends and she plays very well. I had to give her 6 points which makes it tough to do. On her way up, she had to play her husband, who is very good also, and beat him. So, during the first match, she tore me up as I was just not quite up to speed yet. I was thinking about splitting up the first and second pots and calling it an evening, but by them I was irritated in how I was planying. So, I had to play and hopefully win by then. Then, on the final match, we had a very tough match and in ended up winning by a couple of points. So, I won $45 for the nights work, which is not too bad around here. It was my first win of the year and I was very pleased with how I was playing after being sick for so long. Now, my handicap goes up and makes it harder to play against the other folks from now on.

We now have a gardener and he comes and does the lawn every week. This morning he work me up about 7:30... But, he does good work and I just cannot do all the lawn maintenance work this year.

The business is going along. We will be getting our first shipment of our new BIG needles in next week. They are for 300# to 500# lines - Very BIG stuff used for catching Marlin, large Tuna and such things.

Well, that is all that is print to fit here in DaHo...