I can't believe a week has gone by since we arrived in Redmond. Seems like just moments ago. We had a great time golfing, dining, and otherwise recreating. And I believe Laura initialed a two-year contract - subject to golf club board approval - to return here for the next two years. The facility is really outstanding for our purposes. Folks who want to stay put can have all their needs met at the resort and for the more adventuresome types Bend and Sun River are just down the road.
On Friday we played a course in Bend called River's Edge. It was quite challenging - lots of up and down hills. Played OK. Yesterday we went into Bend and did some shopping and Alison and Dougie played 9 holes in the afternoon at the resort. I tweeked my knee on Friday and decided to take the day off...need to be in shape for the Carolina tour at the end of October.
Alison cooked steaks last night with all the trimmings. Yum.
Today we'll leg-it to PDX via Highway 97/197 to The Dalles and then I-84 to the airport. We'll fly to Seattle and then Alison and Doug will continue to Juneau while I make a detour for a colonoscopy at Virginia Mason on Tuesday. Can't say I've been missing the home town; but Juneau actually sounds good relative to the medical procedure... Sigh...
In other news I see that the federal takeover of the financial system continues apace. Just watched Secretary Paulson make the pitch on his rounds of the Sunday morning talk shows. He's probably right about the need for action; but where were the Bushies the past 8 years as the bubble expanded? Extolling the virtues of the unregulated marketplace and the sanctity of private property I guess. Their incompetence is truly breathtaking.
It is striking that it took a bipartisan succession of Presidents with the support of Congress over 40 years to bankrupt the Soviet Union. George Bush has come within a cat's whisker of accomplishing the same feat with our own economy in a mere 8 years! There's a legacy for you.
Morons. Assholes.
Next post: dateline Seattle from the friendly confines of Tully's Coffee House in beautiful downtown Ballard.
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