Sunday

Happy Father's Day to all of the Dad's out there.  It's OK to give Dad the day off today.  He'll show up for duty tomorrow.

My day started early with a 0615 departure to meet my pal Pete for our ride to DeWitt.  Really a good morning for the trip: little wind, cool and the regular light traffic-count out on the roads.  45+ miles, which was my longest ride thus far for the year.  Breakfast at the Sunrise Cafe is always worth the trip.

I was fortunate enough to get back in time to see RevKev at the coffee shop before he took off for California.  Where else would we meet?  2 was a little concerned that the exciting life that she leads here in the QCA was going to be too much for a West Coast guy to handle.  I'm guessing that RevKev got just the right amount of entertainment.

Sounds like his travel home has been another "Delta" story similar to my return from Charleston last Monday.

My other chunk of time today was a 90-minute one-way trip over to Oregon, Illinois to attend the funeral service for a gentleman who passed away last month at age 89.  I had done tax and consulting work for him for the last twenty-five years, and he was definitely worth the trip.  He flew B-24's in WWII, had two successful business careers in agriculture equipment sales, and then started a new company once he retired!  So I was only around for the last quarter of his life.  He lived a full one.

My route over to Oregon took me passed Grand Detour, Illinois, original home of John Deere (the man).  While the historical aspects of Grand Detour are noteworthy, my connection comes from a bike ride that I did a couple of times in the early 90's called Le Tour of Grand Detour, sponsored by John Deere's corporate Home Office.  I think they ceased the ride after it became apparent that we ran most of the taverns along the way out of product each year.  Maybe not the image JD was looking for.  Hmmmm.

Didn't even see a minute of the golf tournament today.  The winner was too good for the field this year.  The amazing thing about golf is that next week, he could be off his game and miss the cut.  A wise man once said, "When you hit a horrible shot, and say that it is the worst shot you've ever made, remember that it will likely not be your worst shot for long."

Many thanks for the thoughtful Father's Day gift.  2 delivered the goods earlier this evening.  Now we just have to figure out how to spool it up to operational status.  I've included the card in the pic as it was a really nice card!  It's making it's way to the wall of memories tonight.

Just a short note also to recognize a pseudo-fff last night with RevKev and srh4 on Maplecrest Road.  The stars of the evening were on the grill.  Makes me look forward to KC.

So hope everyone has a good week. 

BCOT