California McMillans

Eric Call took us out on his 2000 Nautique V-drive on Thursday.  They live in Discovery Bay, right on the water.  It's a sweet setup.  The boat sits on a pontoon and when you want to go out, you just lower it into the water.  Slick.   The V-drive has a significantly bigger wake than a direct drive boat and we dumped Scott and Tyler off the tube.  Eric said that when v-drives were first installed, all the waterskiers were selling prematurely those boats because the wake was enormous and the wakeboarders snatched them up.  Then Nautique capitalized on the notion and made the wake even bigger.  No one took any pictures of the wakeboarding but I had a good run with lots of big jumps, three failed flip attempts, and an injured knee.  Each of the kids got up and rode the wakeboard enough to say that they could do it.  The water was at least 78 degrees.  It was awesome.  Here's the island sans top.  The granite is coming in august.  Mister has made thi

School's out and swim season is in full swing.  Diamond Hills hosted Dana Hills and we smoked them.  Scott was happy to break some pool records.   Tyler isn't swimming this season.  Most of the time he's happy staying home with a book, but he came with me to this meet.  Kira likes hanging out with her friends.  Mr. Anger management himself.  This was one race before total hostile meltdown. Heidi in her element.  I'm glad she's wearing her glasses and hat.  Kira's all muscle and no fat.  She continually takes 1st. Scott did well at this particular meet. One of the perks of working in Walnut Creek is that there is a culinary oasis downtown.  Lately I've been favoring the Buckhorn Grill.  I was happy to run into our old neighbors, the Clark's.   This past weekend we vacationed to Lake Tahoe.  We splurged and stayed at the Hyatt Regency.  Since I had to work on Monday, I rode the VFR while Heidi took the kid