Awake: 7:02am Temp 48 sleep 6+35 overcast overnight @ West Sacramento, CA.
K & I drive over to the Randy & Mary Ann residence @ 1:20pm. Before going inside, they take us on a tour of their work-in-progress AMC motorhome. When I say: meticulous, exacting, etc of Randy, seeing the renovation of this unit is proof enough for his reputation. I can hardly wait to see this AMC motor home in Nicktown next yr. Hint-hint! But wait, there’s more; Randy is also raising the Phoenix, a (190 diesel) Mercedes, from the ashes in the garage. Trust me, there are too many things happening inside this work station to accurately describe his progress.
Next, R & I go upstairs to their computer room where R shows me the video of comedian Stephen Colbert roasting Pres Bush. A comment taken from You Tube: Stunned laughter seemed to be the general consensus. Can you really get away with saying stuff like that to the president? Oh yes!
Many of Colbert's jokes were directed at President Bush, while other jokes lampooned the journalists and other figures present at the dinner. Although most of the speech was prepared specifically for the event, several segments were lifted, largely unchanged, from The Colbert Report, particularly from the opening "truthiness" monologue on the first episode of the show, where Colbert advocated speaking from "the gut" rather than the brain and denounced books as "all fact, no heart." I had not seen this blunt roasting of pres George W. Bush on April 29, 2006, but obviously it was a real eye & ear opener & continues to live on.
@ 3:30pm Randy drives us to downtown Davis, parks the car & we walk the streets of this University town; students everywhere, riding their bicycles, walking, driving, etc. 40,000 of them from many different states & countries. Davis downtown is really unique & the many students help keep it alive & well. We walked the area of their daughter Ann’s apt & stopped at her abode but she was not there, so we continued our evening walk, past sections of the University campus & then return to the car.
Back @ their residence, K & I talk with Jan, their youngest son, while both Mary Ann & Randy prepare a homemade dinner for (6). Youngest daughter Ann soon joins us for the occasion & we enjoy a dinner of: City chicken (pork on a skewer), mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans almondine, & a mixed salad plus cheese cake with mixed fruit compote for dessert. Wow! Delicious indeed! These guys know how to make a couple of strangers feel most comfortable & well fed. After some good conversation & stories plus sketchy plans for tomorrow’s adventures, Ann leaves to return to her apt; we follow her lead & return to our bus. It was another great day.
Late movie: “The Lady Vanishes” with Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, etc. An old woman’s disappearance during a train ride leads baffled young woman into a dizzying web of intrigue. Delicious mystery-comedy with Hitchcock @ his best. 1938. No question about it, it is not predictable.
High temp=66 Lights out: 12:21am
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