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[First Robin]

Just got home from picking up my RX at Walgreens, had the top down, hot and muggy for Colorado. We are now getting our afternoon rains and hail.

 

[Lola's Mom]

There was one in Streator and one in St Anne. Both towns are pretty close to us.

They are prediciting more storms tomorrow.

OMG .... we were talking about how unusual the location of the tornados have been the last couple of years, heading up there Chicago way ..... remember right after R3 LinSue's old house was destroyed and didn't the Tofolo's see the remenants of one near theirs too? Seems like the normal pattern of the tornadoes used to be much more south.
Seems the weather is so different these past few years - no predictability.

First Robin, if you are having humidity then I am delighted that we were there when we were .... for the most part (except for the wind) we were able to enjoy wonderful weather while we were there ... I loved that Chad and Rogene had their top down every chance they got.

 

[Photo Girl]

Just returned from a late lunch; my car says it is 91 degrees outside. Add to that humidity, maybe 80%. Living in the Midwest you get used to the humidity, but after being in CO Springs where it was around 90 degrees with little or no humidity - this blows!

 

[Little Woman]

Sick of rain!!!!! It appears so far every weekend we get rain.

 

[Lola's Mom]

We've been taking advantage of the June sunshine and been piling the miles on Lola. Ray has been off of work for a couple of weeks so we have had a lot of time to just get out for the day .... We start out at the beginning of the PCH and always think that we will get farther than we do ... but there is so many little beach towns to pull off and visit that we never make it very far .... Sunday we got as far as Encinitas .... the lure of the bikers, hikers, runners, walkers, kiter's, kyaker's, surfers, campers and those like us that liked to sit on the seawalls and enjoy it all was just too much to pass up ..... so we stopped and shopped in some of their little shops ..... Only in coastal towns do you see so much activity on the streets, sidewalks, paths, sand and shore .... there is nothing as pretty as that blue, blue sky and the blue, blue Pacific.

At the end of the month we will be piling on even more .... going UP the coast and will spend an evening on Flamingo Flats visiting the Mswaims (and his Snake - Lola heard the mating call ... ) .... after that making the run over San Jose way - I think I can pack so that this can be a top-down trip DOWN the PCH

 

[WB6BBZ]

Hi RA & Ray,

To bad you're not coming up the coast before the end of the month cause if you were to arrive in the Manhattan Beach area, we could meet at my favorate Bistro here in Lawndale, CA.

I'll be in Wisconsin Dells, WI. about then but if you would like to try some REALLY GOOD Persian Cuisine, enter the address below into Lola's nav. system and if the owner, Resa, is there tell him I sent you and if he ask "Jack who?" tell him "Jack, the one that owns Lola's younger brother." Then show him Lola, then he'll know who I am.
The name and address is as follows:

Hank's Bistro
14406 S. Hawthorne Blvd.
Lawndale, CA. 90260
Phone: 310-679-2222
(They also have Italian Cuisiane if you prefer)

Have fun on your trip up PCH and here is another place you might want to stop for lunch or dinner, it's an old stagecoach relay station. You really want to go there during the day-light hours so you can take some nice pictures. The name and address is as follows:

Cold Spring Tavern (Original name was "Cold Spring Relay Station" back in the 1800s I think)
5995 Stagecoach Road
Santa Barbara, CA. 93105
Phone: 805-967-0066

Have a safe trip and have fun!
Jack

 

[Lola's Mom]

Jack ... we have heard about the Cold Spring dozens of times, but have not yet been there ... believe it or not, in all of the decades that we have lived here we have not explored Santa Barbara or Catalina or heck, dozens of the little coastal towns ... we always say we're going to ... and then get side-tracked ... I can't tell you how many times we've headed that way and never made it. Thanks for the reminders though - we have to put it on our priority list

 

[mtrocket]

Hey Ruthie...
How did you fare during the recent SD earthquake??? Just curious...

 

[Lola's Mom]

Rod ... have you ever felt one? They're kind of like fire .... sort of facinating as long as you don't get burned .... we have had more than a few since the one out there in the desert on Easter - they call them 'after-shocks' ... don't know how to describe the feeling ... suspensful, kind of fun ... probably sort of like lightning strikes .... ?????

 

[mtrocket]

Rod ... have you ever felt one? They're kind of like fire .... sort of facinating as long as you don't get burned .... we have had more than a few since the one out there in the desert on Easter - they call them 'after-shocks' ... don't know how to describe the feeling ... suspensful, kind of fun ... probably sort of like lightning strikes .... ?????

Funny you should ask... this past March/April when the one happened in the Baja, we were in Bakerfield and felt it (our first). Rather disconserting... sitting in a friend's house and the lights start moving and the floor feels like it's moving. The real strange part is when I looked and the wall - the pictures on the wall weren't moving at all... the ENTIRE wall looked as though it was moving ever so slightly back and forth. Looked at my friend and he said, "Earthquake... wow, that was a long one." All I could think was, "Sure glad I don't live here!!!"

 

[Lola's Mom]

Funny you should ask... this past March/April when the one happened in the Baja, we were in Bakerfield and felt it (our first). Rather disconserting... sitting in a friend's house and the lights start moving and the floor feels like it's moving. The real strange part is when I looked and the wall - the pictures on the wall weren't moving at all... the ENTIRE wall looked as though it was moving ever so slightly back and forth. Looked at my friend and he said, "Earthquake... wow, that was a long one." All I could think was, "Sure glad I don't live here!!!"

Hmmmm, I think that's what everyone says when they're out of their coping element ... every part of the country has it's own freaky things happen ... my fear is tornados ... they do so much destruction and they happen so quickly everywhere and so frequently .... when we travel in May and June through the States I keep my eyes peeled for weird cloud formations. I don't know why ... I don't think I'd know what I was really looking for anyway ... and then I wouldn't know what to do if I saw one coming down the road. I'm sure that sounds pretty irrational, but it's the fear of the unknown and I'm also sure it's a control issue ...


BTW .... in 2009 there was a bunch of earthquakes in MT .... something to do with Yellow Stone and was there going to be some volcanic activity? or they were thinking there might be? .... I think I remember there was a couple that were pretty good .... you never felt them???

Diamond Del: I just remembered a song I should have had you play under the stars .... it's our new theme song ..."I felt the Earth ... move.. under my feet ...." lol

 

[Popbigguy]

... every part of the country has it's own freaky things happen ... my fear is tornados ... they do so much destruction and they happen so quickly everywhere and so frequently .... when we travel in May and June through the States I keep my eyes peeled for weird cloud formations. I don't know why ... I don't think I'd know what I was really looking for anyway ... and then I wouldn't know what to do if I saw one coming down the road. I'm sure that sounds pretty irrational, but it's the fear of the unknown and I'm also sure it's a control issue ...

I think the opposite of ya' RA,,,, I fear earthquakes!! They can come any time, all year long! At least with our tornados, You can look to the sky and tell if we might be in harms way, also they in "season" for about 7 months out of the year here, (I've nver heard of a tornado during a snow storm!! ) Earthquakes don't care if there's snow, rain, sunshine, or night!

 

[Lola's Mom]

I wish half of California would think like that and leave .... ....

 

[mtrocket]

BTW .... in 2009 there was a bunch of earthquakes in MT .... something to do with Yellow Stone and was there going to be some volcanic activity? or they were thinking there might be? .... I think I remember there was a couple that were pretty good .... you never felt them???

No... never felt them at all in Billings. Heard about them though. Apparently, Yellowstone Park continually has earthquakes. Some, I guess are pretty good; but we don't feel them here at all.

 

[Little Woman]

Rain again. On the bright side this weekend was nice. No rain on Saturday or Sunday so at least the weekend wasn't a waste. I'm sick of the rain and thunderstorms. We have been cutting grass like crazy from all this rain.

 

[Lola's Mom]

Marion ... Ray LOVES cutting grass! Okay, we only have lawns in the city, but ever since I've known him he's always wanted one of those little riding tractors they sell in Sear's ... He loves yardwork .... I hate it .... You know those homes that they built catty-corner from your gas station ... the brick homes with those wide green lawns? .... that would be our dream home .... mine the house, his the yard. Oh, and with Lola in one of the garages ....

The rain will soon go away for you ... today is the first day of summer

 

[Little Woman]

Marion ... Ray LOVES cutting grass! Okay, we only have lawns in the city, but ever since I've known him he's always wanted one of those little riding tractors they sell in Sear's ... He loves yardwork .... I hate it .... You know those homes that they built catty-corner from your gas station ... the brick homes with those wide green lawns? .... that would be our dream home .... mine the house, his the yard. Oh, and with Lola in one of the garages ....

The rain will soon go away for you ... today is the first day of summer

It doesn't bother me to cut grass good exercise. I hope the rain does go away soon. We have chance of rain all week up till the weekend.

 

[First Robin]

Marion, you have to have RAIN so the corn will be knee high by the 4th of July. For those that don't like to cut grass, buy a couple of Billy Goats, Nanny Goats, they will eat the grass, make nice pets and if you get the Nanny Goats you can milk them, drink the milk or make Goat Cheese. You will be helping by not having to use a gas mower, no fumes, no buying gas, no noise. Everyone is supposed to go green.

 

[cubby558]

Robert,

When we head home tonight, I'll take a few pics of the cornfields back here--the corn is already 4 foot tall. That is how much rain we have had. Last Tuesday we received 3.50 inches in 2 hours; followed on last Friday evening with 2.25 inches in less than an hour. We are having our landscaping redone at the house; (they actually started while we were in Colorado) and it is so wet they can't finish the job until it drys out. They are already praying for August to come--our really hot dry time of year.

As for the goats--my neighbor needs them, they don't know what mowing is.

Marion, you have to have RAIN so the corn will be knee high by the 4th of July. For those that don't like to cut grass, buy a couple of Billy Goats, Nanny Goats, they will eat the grass, make nice pets and if you get the Nanny Goats you can milk them, drink the milk or make Goat Cheese. You will be helping by not having to use a gas mower, no fumes, no buying gas, no noise. Everyone is supposed to go green.

 

[First Robin]

Good Grief, I didn't know you had that much rain, that is way too much, I can imagine the fields with standing water unless they have drainage tile in them. After a while even the tile won't work because the streams are overflowing. Where the water stands the crops die. Now you know why I don't own farmland, farmers are the biggest gamblers in the world, even with crop insurance. That is one of the reasons all the little farms are being bought up by the big corporations. I wish you could see the checks this big outfits get from the government for not planting. All farm subsidies should be done away with. Talk about bailouts and this has been going on for decades. Hope you dry out soon or the crops will rot in the fields.