Back from California
Got back on Wednesday night. On last Thursday we left for California. We stopped at El Aguila Real Mexican Restaurant in Lakeview for lunch, some of blandest "Mexican" food I have ever tasted. Maybe they don't want to upset the local populace, most of which have a gun in their pickup trucks. We stayed Thursday night at Super-8 motel in Red Bluff, not bad for a Super-8. I dropped off my mother at her friends house Friday night and proceeded to the Best Western in Camarillo. The price has gone up quite a bit since 4 years ago but I noticed they now have RJ-45 jacks in the walls for internet access. Too bad I didn't bring my laptop.
Saw a number of friends in Camarillo area during the weekend, including a barbecue by Ken Church and dinner at a very good Chinese restaurant called "Chesters". On Monday I picked my mother up at her friends house and we went up to Santa Barbara. I had lunch with a friend from Lompoc who works in Goleta and then dinner with friends in Santa Barbara at the "Elephant Bar" which was very nice. On Tuesday we drove up to Pleasanton, stayed at a very dumpy Ramada Inn, and had a good dinner with friends from San Ramon. On Wednesday we did the long drive back to my house, arriving about 8:30PM. My mother left Thursday and stayed overnight with her cousin in Prineville and then drove home on Friday.
There are some uncomfortable situations visiting various friends. I consider myself "middle of the road", but by European standards. By most of my conservative friends viewpoint, that makes me some sort of socialist. One of my friends said that "California has gone liberal" and it was pretty hard to avoid laughing. I suspect that many of these people get their news from "Faux" News which is basically a propaganda channel for the bush regime. I did my best not to start a fight. The other issue involves my mother and religion. Over the 5 days of driving it's amazing how many times she can mention "church". I'm an agnostic and find it amazing that people can take this shit so seriously. I wonder which will come first, our species destroying itself, or growing out of primitive superstition.
Glad to be home and back to the middle of nowhere. Dino managed to escape under the fence where it had come loose from the posts, so I have some fence work to do. Today I dug out some "thistle" weeds and mowed the front yard. Picked up some pressure treated 2x4's to be able to staple the fence fabric at the bottom and hope to auger some new holes for fence posts to expand the boy's paddocks.
Saw a number of friends in Camarillo area during the weekend, including a barbecue by Ken Church and dinner at a very good Chinese restaurant called "Chesters". On Monday I picked my mother up at her friends house and we went up to Santa Barbara. I had lunch with a friend from Lompoc who works in Goleta and then dinner with friends in Santa Barbara at the "Elephant Bar" which was very nice. On Tuesday we drove up to Pleasanton, stayed at a very dumpy Ramada Inn, and had a good dinner with friends from San Ramon. On Wednesday we did the long drive back to my house, arriving about 8:30PM. My mother left Thursday and stayed overnight with her cousin in Prineville and then drove home on Friday.
There are some uncomfortable situations visiting various friends. I consider myself "middle of the road", but by European standards. By most of my conservative friends viewpoint, that makes me some sort of socialist. One of my friends said that "California has gone liberal" and it was pretty hard to avoid laughing. I suspect that many of these people get their news from "Faux" News which is basically a propaganda channel for the bush regime. I did my best not to start a fight. The other issue involves my mother and religion. Over the 5 days of driving it's amazing how many times she can mention "church". I'm an agnostic and find it amazing that people can take this shit so seriously. I wonder which will come first, our species destroying itself, or growing out of primitive superstition.
Glad to be home and back to the middle of nowhere. Dino managed to escape under the fence where it had come loose from the posts, so I have some fence work to do. Today I dug out some "thistle" weeds and mowed the front yard. Picked up some pressure treated 2x4's to be able to staple the fence fabric at the bottom and hope to auger some new holes for fence posts to expand the boy's paddocks.
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