Festival Time
Well another Coast Guard Festival week has come and gone. It was a relatively quiet week from where I was standing….Wednesday night me and Mercury went for a walk and ended up walking downtown, hanging out on the steps of the power plant for awhile watching the parade of humanity and wheeled conveyances roll by before heading back home. Friday night me and the little lady went down to the carnival and ended up running into Tony and Gigi and hanging out with them for a bit.
Saturday arrived and I did what I’ve usually been doing in recent years passed…..hiked on down to the parade route, found myself a spot and watched the parade go by, all by my little
ole self, no wife, no kids, no grandkids, no dogs….well, you get the point. By the time the parade was done it was almost 2 so I hiked back home and had some lunch, rested my eyes for a little while and then about 5 headed back downtown for the evenings festivities. After getting a hoagie from one of the booths downtown for supper I ended up hiking out to the end of the pier and sat out there for awhile just soaking up the cool air and the view. About 8 or so I headed back up towards town and found myself a spot on the government basin to watch the fireworks from and just hung out there for the remainder of the evening, watching the goings on around me. The firework display this year was about average compared to recent years passed….at least they didn’t burn half the hill down this year, even with it being as dry as it’s been around here. After the last burst of color faded away I pulled myself up and headed for home along with thousands of other folks. It’s quite a sight to see the wave of humanity all get up and flow off in all directions. It was midnight by the time I got home. I didn’t stay up long after arriving.
Sunday I got up and made us breakfast before Wanda took off for band camp for the week to act as a chaperone. After she’d left I wandered around the house for a bit and then decided I’d head up to camp, paint the cooking cabinet and kill some ferns and most of the day. Bailey and Mercury went along for the ride. We got there about noon and I set about putting the first of two coats of dark green paint on the cabinet. Once the first coat was on I got out the weed whacker and leveled another generations worth of them pesky, resilient plants. With the dryness we’ve had this summer the grass hadn’t grown an inch since we last mowed but them damn ferns just don’t know when to quit. By the time I finished putting on the second coat of paint and cleaning up my mess it was almost 5 so I locked things up, looked around once more and then headed for home.
So far this week it’s been real quiet. Work all day, come home and eat, walk dogs, watch a little TV or play on the computer and then go to bed. This coming weekend is the Coopersville Friday Cruise and Saturday car show. I’m planning on doing both as long as the weather cooperates. Wanda will be back home Saturday afternoon by the time I get back from the show.
That’s about it for now. Still can’t report on plans or things that may happen, looks like it’s gonna be awhile before I can say anything too so that’s the last word on it until it’s past tense. Time to call it a day.
Night.
Saturday arrived and I did what I’ve usually been doing in recent years passed…..hiked on down to the parade route, found myself a spot and watched the parade go by, all by my little
ole self, no wife, no kids, no grandkids, no dogs….well, you get the point. By the time the parade was done it was almost 2 so I hiked back home and had some lunch, rested my eyes for a little while and then about 5 headed back downtown for the evenings festivities. After getting a hoagie from one of the booths downtown for supper I ended up hiking out to the end of the pier and sat out there for awhile just soaking up the cool air and the view. About 8 or so I headed back up towards town and found myself a spot on the government basin to watch the fireworks from and just hung out there for the remainder of the evening, watching the goings on around me. The firework display this year was about average compared to recent years passed….at least they didn’t burn half the hill down this year, even with it being as dry as it’s been around here. After the last burst of color faded away I pulled myself up and headed for home along with thousands of other folks. It’s quite a sight to see the wave of humanity all get up and flow off in all directions. It was midnight by the time I got home. I didn’t stay up long after arriving.Sunday I got up and made us breakfast before Wanda took off for band camp for the week to act as a chaperone. After she’d left I wandered around the house for a bit and then decided I’d head up to camp, paint the cooking cabinet and kill some ferns and most of the day. Bailey and Mercury went along for the ride. We got there about noon and I set about putting the first of two coats of dark green paint on the cabinet. Once the first coat was on I got out the weed whacker and leveled another generations worth of them pesky, resilient plants. With the dryness we’ve had this summer the grass hadn’t grown an inch since we last mowed but them damn ferns just don’t know when to quit. By the time I finished putting on the second coat of paint and cleaning up my mess it was almost 5 so I locked things up, looked around once more and then headed for home.
So far this week it’s been real quiet. Work all day, come home and eat, walk dogs, watch a little TV or play on the computer and then go to bed. This coming weekend is the Coopersville Friday Cruise and Saturday car show. I’m planning on doing both as long as the weather cooperates. Wanda will be back home Saturday afternoon by the time I get back from the show.
That’s about it for now. Still can’t report on plans or things that may happen, looks like it’s gonna be awhile before I can say anything too so that’s the last word on it until it’s past tense. Time to call it a day.
Night.
posted by Tom Eckels at 11:40 PM
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