Sunday

What a gorgeous day.  Started out sunny and never quit.
  Got up early and went for a long bike ride.  It was perfect conditions for riding.  Went up to Idaho then down to Warner and some roads in between.  That's a long ride for yours truly.  The new bike sure works great whether it be up or down hill and it's a pretty comfortable seat, not like the brick on my old one.
  Mostly hung around the park today, never even started the car.  We both went for a walk around the park, inside the park fence.  For a serious walk you go outside the fence, for a visit you go inside.  I can't even recall the number of times we stopped to chat with various folks.  Marg was promoting the ice cream social tonight.  Our attendance has been way down, probably something to do with the weather, it was chillier than usual much of January.  Then Kenny & Doris went by pulling a wagon with a cabinet on it that they got from Bingers.  Thought it best to spell Doris, so I pulled it over for him and helped him unload it.
  Made it to happy hour & exchanged wisdom with the group gathered there.  Small group today, seems like lots of people had stuff going on with the nice weather.  Some tried to go to Tortilla Flats today, but gave up in frustration.  When it gets nice like this, that road is full of vehicles with the same idea.  A shame really because it's a nice drive.
  After supper it was ice cream social and we had a family band today.  The Wilson family band, I think they have a web site if you are curious.  They were really good: father, mother, 3 boys and a little girl.  The father has won many fiddle contests & placed in the top 10 nationally.  The 9 yr old son was 3rd in a state fiddle contest & a good singer.  The 12 yr son was a great guitar player and singer.  The 13 yr old son was an amazing musician, playing mandolin, violin, bass, guitar.  The one who stole the show was the 5 yr old daughter.  She could sing and was hilarious, I laughed at her until I had tears in my eyes a couple of times.  We had so many out for ice cream social that we pretty much ran out of ice cream and cake.  We made a record number of banana splits, ran out of root beer for floats, it was pretty wild for those of us working it.  Did I say earlier that crowds are down this year, well we may have made up for it tonight.