Well here it is the end of August and we are still in Quincy. Normally we would be getting ready to leave and go to our winter hide out but we told the park's owners we would stay until the end of October. This month has been a little slow for us but we have done a few things. Lassen Volcanic National Park had a night program and it was fun.
We were able to look through some telescopes at the moon when we first arrived and they had a program about the Earth by a researcher from NASA, it was very interesting. Then after it got dark they had a telescope hooked up to a large TV and they showed us different star formations.
The county fair was in town and since we are right next to the fair grounds we did visit a couple of times. They had a medicine show with the peddler and his snake oil. Why anyone would want to oil a snake I'll never know (sorry, just had to).
They also had pig races. There were four heats and then the main feature race. The first day we went we were in the cheering section for Bob for the big race. At the starting bell Bob was out of the gate like a rocket, in the lead around turns one and two and pulled up five feet from the finish line and came in last. I think he was paid off.
Meet Bob, day two. Yep in Bob's cheering section again. Out of the gate like a rocket in the lead around turns one and two and across the finish line two pig lengths ahead of everyone else. When I found out we were in his cheering section again I went and had a little talk with him... something about a ham dinner later may have helped.
They also had a rodeo on Saturday evening. There were bull riders, bareback and saddle bronc riders, barrel races and a clown. The bull riders are crazy. the bronc riders with and without saddles are just nuts and the clown needs to look for another occupation. Just not as funny as he thought he was.
This one here looks like some of the old ladies we see going over the speed bumps at Wal-mart.
This one just need new shocks.
We took a couple of days and stayed in Reno. We did a little shopping went to a couple of buffets, of course they were in casinos so we did play a little and just relaxed from our hard jobs. That's it for now. I guess I'll just shove all of my chips in and wait for the flop and see what next month brings, See ya.
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