DAY 9 - Saturday July
9th
Managed to get up
at 6am and we were teeing off at 6:30. As it gets light
at 4:30 we had plenty of time. Matt and I
had some good shots
and some not so good shots but it was fun and now we have
scores to try and beat. Nils 41 Matt 43. Still getting
used to the greens.
We are at Alice's brother's now
and we are getting ready to go to the mobile produce guy. As
fruit and Veg. are very expensive in the grocery store, we are going
to the mobile guy who is only at a certain place on Saturday
for a few hours. The stuff is very fresh and very good and
much less expensive than the grocery store. After a wild goose
chase through this little Japanese village ( felt like I was in a
James Bond movie vroom-vrooom) the produce guy had moved and we got
different directions from several different people and we had to get
there before all the good stuff was gone or he had
left.
We found him and bought some of the most
beautiful tomatos and Shitaki mushrooms, sweet nectarines and a
couple dozen big brown eggs for super cheap. We got a big White
raddish and it looked like a big carrot. In fact the little
girls asked just that. Is that a big white carrot?
The yolks of the eggs were very orange. Maybe due to no
stress.
Got all the food home and as the sun was
shining we decided to go to the lake. Before we did that we went to
the bakery so Nick could put in his bread order. And of course
I went into the grocery store and got some sushi for lunch.
They had a sample plate of raw fish to try and I did and it was
good so I U-know---------bought some.
Went home, had
lunch, took a quick nap and then off to the lake with all the
kids. (pic1 pic2 pic3). The water
was a bit chilly but the kids didn't mind and went right in.
The adults just sat and talked. The kids found some cold black
mud and painted themselves up pretty good. They looked
like they had long gloves and stockings on. Then they washed
themselves off and did it again.
The rain came around
3ish or so and we packed up and headed back to the cabin.
Matt, Steven and Z (11yr nephew) went to play golf. The girls all
stayed at Alice's brother's wife's and I went home to get the BBQ started and
work on dinner and relax. I managed to do a little explore
trip to see how far I could get on my own and did all right.
Picked up some ice-cream and drinks and went back home before I got
lost.
Just heard the news about the bombings in
ENGLAND. Why do people have to do things like that.
I am sitting on the front porch right now listining to Jack Johnson
from inside the house and the rain gently falling on the
outside. I am watching my charcoal made of wood get started
and it is so peaceful.
I have a fire hydrant right in
front of my house and it is not your average hydrant. It is a
pipe about 41/2 ft tall sticking out of the ground and next to it is
a cabinet with 3 rolls of hose and a nozzle. apparently these
are everywhere and when a fire happens the fire department has
volunteers all around and they are trained to use the little systems
all over. I hope to get to the local fire station soon.
Put together a dinner of cheeseburgers, noodles, wontons, mushroom,
onion and green pepper saute. We had Z (11yr nephew) stay
for dinner. After that it was work on the puzzle and I checked
out early around 8:30.
DAY 10
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