Sunday

This is getting an early start to a Sunday.  If my pal Pete were around, it would be take-off time for DeWitt.  That trek will have to wait a week.

Our extended fff with the Dornies came to an end yesterday with their return to Harvest Path.  The days kind of merged together watching 1.01 and 1.02 keeping us entertained.  I'm sure that @srh4 will need a few days to get used to the quiet at her house.  A good time was had by all.

The PGA tour comes to town this week for the John Deere Classic played at a course on the Illinois side called the TPC at Deere Run.  It looks like they will have a pretty good field including recent Deere winners Zack Johnson and Steve Stricker.  The tournament is probably the biggest sporting event of the year in our area (although the Bix road race next month gets big local participation too).  Since Deere jumped on board as the title sponsor 10 years or so ago, the once iffy event became one of the most successful tournaments on the PGA schedule.

I have tickets to go out to the course on Thursday afternoon.  A local bank from Muskie that I do some business with hosts clients and referral sources in a hospitality tent that day.  If the weather remains favorable, it can be a fun day.  If it rains, I'm a no-show.  #fairweatherfan.

I was envious of 3 and 3.1 yesterday with their visit to Wrigleyville.  (Cubs win!  Cubs win!  Cubs win!)  Actually, I probably still enjoy the general "feel" of the Wrigleyville experience more than game attendance.  A cold one and a dog at the Sports Corner is always a trip worth making, game or no game.  3's picture-message to me let me know that she understands.

The pictures from the Tour show lots of snow in the sheltered areas of the mountain passes in the Pyrenees.  (Channel 220 on DirecTV.)  The favorite layed down the law yesterday and put more than a minute on other contenders.  With several climbs today, we'll see if the other guys can keep pace.  If not, the winner could be decided today...with two more weeks of him just staying out of trouble to get the Yellow Jersey.

Its interesting that the same announcers that cheered Lance for all those years now just ignore that history (at least as far as I have heard).  Not sure what they could say, but it is a bit odd.  When will an American get back to the head of the peloton?

I'm headed down to Muskie for golf.  Looks like it will be a decent day.

Maybe more later.

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