Big Weed Grower Discovered

Not much going on here. There is a burn pile next to our trailer and a plant started to grow out of it. With a little care from me I am now the largest weed grower in Gridley. Hope the " Man " isn't reading is blog or I could be in trouble. The area we are parked in is behind the daughters house. A while back I was going to plant a couple flowers and she said don't be suprised it I find something burined out here. They have over the years buried many cats etc. here. I was a little concerned when I found the three fingers of a glove reaching out of the ground. We attended our Granddaughters high school concert. She is in the school band and plays the flute. The band and choir is about an hour long concert. Our oldest granddaughter and great granddaughter were also there, the little one had fun watching the band. A update on the David Allen Coe show. After the show the business that put the show on approached the band and said how good they did. They were upset at Coe for his lousy show and that he only did about 45 minutes. The club was so impressed with the band that they doubled the bands pay and said they want them back. Also there were people who attended the Coe show that wants them to play for them. One is a big car show and concert and they want their band to headline it. This would be the 1st show they would headline. Weather turned bad last night, lighting and rain. My old bones are complaining but not much we can do. Scotch and vicodin, just what the Doctor ordered.

David Allen Coe

Went to see David Allen Coe on Wednesday, lets just say seeing him in parking lot was the best part of his show. He is 71 and walks with a cane and has lost his showmanship. They had 2 opening bands before him, the 1st was Dry County Drinkers, then Colonel Jimmy and the Blackfish (our son Clint plays in it). The 2 groups play alot around Sacramento and due shows together. Dry County Drinkers were scheduled to play 2nd but don't like to follow Colonel Jimmy, so they switched lineup. Dry County Drinkers are a traditional country band and play well but don't get the crowd excited. Colonel Jimmy and the Blackfish fire up the room. People yell, dance and party when they play. The crowd Wednesday did exactly that. When they came on 2nd the crowd went crazy, as my neice says they are hillbilly headbangers. Clint has self taught himself to play the mandelin and his grandfathers whould have been pround. Jackies dad gave him his 1st guitar and my dad taught him how to play guitar. Both granddad's wanted someone in the family with some musical talent. As for David Allen Coe, he came out and sat in a chair so he was hard to see. He sang alot of Waylon and Willie songs and a few of his. The main reason to see this old fart is the song "You Never Call Me By My Name"!! He sang for about an hour, got up and left without singing that song, he never even sang it, I wonder why he didn't sing, why he didn't sing that damn song. Sorry for that. But he did just get up and leave and the crowd stood there waiting for his to come back and encore or something. That was a $30 ripoff. David Allen Coe you old bastard. But we did have fun. Staying up past midnite though is not something I can get use to again...........Eye surgery went well, now have 20-20 vision in each eye and looks like I don't need glasses. The Doctor said just wait a few weeks and get a eye exam if I want then go from there. Not much else going on. Still plan on leaving here on the 6th of June and head to Oregon.

Hanging with the Grandkids

As I have said, not much going on. We are enjoying spending time with the kids and grandkids. I get the cataract removed Wednesday and I will be able to see again. I didn't know how bad your vision could get them. We still have a few more doctor appointments to get done, get a clean bill of health and head north to Oregon. Took our son's two daughters, Bella and Maya, out for the afternoon. MacDonalds for burgers, then to the park. Then went on a shopping spree at the Dallor store. $5.00 each and almost an hour of shopping, I didn't know they would look at everything in the store!

Be patient with this blog. I know I have not posted as much lately and I will keep trying to find things to post until we get back on the road. We plan on leaving here around June 8th. Mean time up coming blogs with include Frankentraveler part two, David Allen Coe and other misadventures. The weather here is perfect. Mid 70's. Pepper is enjoying tormenting a few cats that live outside. She is having a lot of problems with her back legs, she has to have help getting up the stairs. She turns 13 in July.

The World's Worst Spectator Sport

As much as we enjoy doing things with the grandchildren, diving is not one of them! We went to watch her last dive with the instructor. Sitting and watching bubbles in the hot sun isn't what one would call a exciting way to spend a Saturday afternoon. The good news she in now a certified diver. She starts college in August and wants to be a marine biologist, so the diving is something that she can use in school. They went to Collins Lake instead of the ocean, after the 2 kids from Carson City that died while taking their last diving lesson, the instructor decided until they found out what caused the accident he would go to the lake. We took Pepper with us and she likes to wade, not swim. While we were there a fishing derby was happening, I walked over to see when the weight in would be and the person holding the fish turned out to be an old friend of mine. We worked together on several jobs and he was working the derby. Small world. The fish he is holding weighed 7 1/2 pounds and was caught by the little girl behind the fish. Not much else happening, I go to the eye doctor Thursday, they keep rescheduling it. Jackie has a sleep study on May 10th, hooray! I get a quiet nights sleep. Weather cloudy, cool and possible showers. Have a nice Easter.

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Kelly's Birthday

We had a virus in our computer and were down for a while. Had to send it in to the Computer Doctor to get fixed. Should be virus free now but you should cover your mouth and wash your hands after reading this blog, just in case. We haven't been doing much, a few doctor visits, got an appraisal on the trailer fender area. $2100 to fix it. Insurance company has alread approved it and we are getting it fixed before we move again. We had a little party for Kelly over the weekend. As you can see the girls were sitting and watching my amazing baseball skills. Heck, I almost hit the ball. We don't have much planned for the next month or so. The biggest thing is band that Clint (our son) is in will be one of the lead in bands for David Allen Coe. We haven't seen his band for years so a bunch of us are going to go. I have been a fan of Coe for a long time but he can get very raunchy. Don't know how bad he will get now that he is getting older. Had rain here yesterday

Back to California

We arrived back at the daughters this week, which is north of Sacramento. Drove a little over 1000 miles from Benson to here. Had a blow out on a trailer tire and did some damage to fender well area. We were about 50 miles south of Kingman Az on a 2 lane road but got lucky and were able to get pulled over in a safe place. AAA came on got us back on the road. Trailer tires usually never wear out, they rot out. They should be replaced every 5 years max not matter how good the tread is. Ours were 51/2 yrs old. We will be here until the 1st week of June. Kayla our #2 granddaughter graduates from High School. We have doctor appointments set up. I go see the eye doc on the 15th, hope to get left eye catract removed. I will try and keep the blog interesting while we sit here. It gets a little difficult to post something when you are just doing doctor stuff. But I find something. We are going to see David Allen Coe on May 11th. The band that Clint our son is in will be one of the opening groups for him. Weather nice but a little windy, at lease not dusty like Arizona.