Tropical Storm Debbie

The new Patio...Bonnie just loves it!!!

 We had a new patio put in at the house as the one that was there was pavers and was in very poor shape. Bonnie was very excited to get this as she loves sitting on the patio and relaxing. She is making the house very homey and it looks great. I feel bad as I am traveling and working quite a bit so the major part of the work is left up to her. Although she enjoys it so, and I am basically lazy, so it works out ok in the long run.

where is the furniture???

I had to go to Tampa for a show and it happened to be in the Tropicana Dome, which is home to the Tampa Bay Rays major league baseball team. It was pretty cool being in the dome and walking to the infield where they play.

Tropicana Dome in Tampa

where is my booth?

put me in coach!

The show was just 4 days long, however on my last day there Tropical storm Debbie blew in. that was not fun, and I was just hoping my flight would not get delayed or cancelled.



this is my normal drive to the show

TS debbie making the drive interesting

I like the water coming over the barriers! Not!

I don't think the sewer system is handling the 11 inches of rain.

After returning home I had been wanting to find somewhere close to Knoxville where I could shoot my handguns. I was told about the sportsman's club. I was told they had a shooting range just out of town. I had to go to the Fairway store and ask for "shooter" or something like that. So I did and found out he was  the store manager, and a very nice guy. He told me the annual cost to join was 50 bucks, which I quickly paid, and drew me a map to where the club was located. I grabbed a couple of handguns, some Ammo and took my Buddie Terry out with me to locate it. It was fairly easy to find as it was just on the outskirts of town. I was expecting to find a dirt lot with a large bank at the back to stop the slug. What a nice surprise to find a locked gate, which I had been given the combination to,  and a very nice park like area with a pond, a nice clubhouse and a couple of nice areas to skeet shoot. the gun range was at the very back of the place. it was quite nice with a covered area to shoot from with marked banks of ranges from 25 ft to 300 yards.

The sportsman's club in Knoxville

Terry at the range

members can rent the clubhouse for 10 bucks...really!

My daughter Sarah called and wanted to see if I would like to ride with her to Kansas City to take the kids to see their dad, and I hadn't seen the kids much , so I agreed. It was a nice trip and gave us time to catch up on what had been going on. I enjoyed the trip a great deal.

my little babycakes!!!

Batman ready to go..

I had to run to Sioux City for my nephews reception and I was going to have my brother David fix the brakes on Bonnie's car.

My granddaughter Katelyn and my brother Dan rode with me.

It was actually a very fun trip as we took some back roads , went through elk horn, or as Katelyn called it "Velkomen".

We stopped and saw some sights and a couple of garage sales.

A signed Ernie Banks card. My brother kinda found at a garage sale

and it is real as this certificate testifies!

After arriving in Sioux City and playing some bags on Friday night (and a trip to the casino of course) we slept for our customary 3 hours then it was off to my brother Dave's house to get the brakes fixed.

my old rotor...

Dave getting ready to put the new one on.

After the brakes were done we went back to moms for the reception. It was quite a nice time.

The loved ones trying to find some shade...and avoid the inlaws.

Then Sunday my brothers and I and a Friend went to the old golf course to try our luck. Of course we were golfing with severe sleep deprivation, but it was a blast anyways! and I beat the tar out of Dan. so overall a good day. We had a great time in Sioux City but had to head for home so off we went. I had a 3 week show I had to go to in Sacramento. It is the California State Fair. I need to make some money to pay for the slab we got poured. we also had gutters put up. Yikes....new old houses are expensive.

Bonnie's daughter DeNae lives in Sacramento so I stopped over to say hi. I found out a few houses down from where she lives, there was a female mass murderer used to live. I guess she would take in boarders that were on SSI and then poison them and bury them in her garden and continue to get their checks.

 

DeNae and I out to get some healthy hot dogs for lunch.

The mass murderers house



they had another sign that said "trespassers will be poisoned and buried in the garden" My phone camera didn't get the Pic.

Our booth at the State Fair! I know...it looks just like the rest of our Boothe's...

I got to go to sleep...need to sell some beds.....