Thursday, July 26th, 2018…… Today was play day.
No - we were going to see a play! We got up early and I went out and got
breakfast and then settled in for a while to watch the Tour de France. Only
four more stages left. Later, I got out my pressure washer and started in
cleaning the rain gutters. It worked pretty well and I got the west side
(garage side) cleaned up and then moved on to the front. I did the porch and
then a portion of the walkway. The
gutters on the front side of the house had more staining to them. They didn’t
come clean that easily. I think I will buy some bulk 409 or Mr. Clean and
pre-spray them with my Hudson sprayer before the next wash.
Later, we fed Rylee
and headed off to meet Penny and Marlyn at the local high school. It was not a
high school play, but rather a local group (Lebanon Association for the
Performing Arts or LAFTA) production. They had a 30-piece orchestra and a huge
cast and did The Music Man. It was very well done. We’ll have to keep track of
their future productions. After all, it’s only about a mile and a half from our
house!
Friday, July 27th, 2018…… We had a few errands
to run today. We decided to go into Albany and take the car and get it washed
and waxed, like we did to the truck last week. Since we had left Rylee home
yesterday when we went to the play, we decided to take her with us. I first
dropped Lydia off at Lowe’s and then Rylee and I took the car in and got the
wash set up. They were going to call us when it was ready. We then left to walk
the block and a half to Lowe’s. Rylee liked Lowe’s! Or rather, everyone liked her! We walked around in the store just killing
time and just about when we were ready to head back, they called and said the
car was done. We drove back home and Rylee slept the rest of the day! Later, we
fed her and left again. This time we were headed to Corvallis to go see the
Corvallis Knights play baseball. They are a local league team and they play in
and around the Corvallis area. Their home field is on the campus of Oregon
State. Their field is nice and the seats
I reserved were behind home plate. Not bad but we were behind the stairs coming
up and they were always busy. Next time I’ll look for seats in another section.
We got there early because it was cap night! The first 750 people in attendance
got free Corvallis Knight baseball caps.
We found free
parking and waited until the gates opened. We got our caps, found our seats
(not too hard – place seats maybe 3500), and then walked to the Block 15
pavilion to get something to eat and a beer and ice tea. We went back to eat
and waited for the game to start. It was super hot but we were seated where the
sun went behind a building so after about 35 minutes it was nice. The Knights
played the Hayesville Hammers (yeah, I know) and won 6 to 1. The game only lasted 2 hours so that made for
a nice outing. We got back home and played with Rylee until bedtime.
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