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Ten Degrees and Getting Colder

  Cold Sunrise   That's just the name of the song written by Gordon Lightfoot.  It was actually -13 F when I got up this morning (wind chill -24).  Tucson may have pulled back into the lead!  There's a lot of weighing pros and cons of Colorado vs Arizona by the wood stove.  Not much else to report. I did enjoy a few games of pool and a beer with my brother this week.  We don't get together very often, so it's good to try to keep the lines of communication open, especially with my mother celebrating her 86th birthday next month.  He lives in Milwaukee and just started semi-retirement.  Our opposing politics and lifestyles keep things very casual and surface-level.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.   It's important to find common ground.  He and his wife have started going to concerts and recently saw the Steve Miller Band.  Music is one of our common interests.      
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 Well, I didn't exactly win the Madtown Pickleball Open.  We won some games but we also lost enough to get eliminated before advancing very far. My foot has been bothering me, so that gives me a good excuse to take a break from pickleball and get hitched up.

Last week, we drove to Shady Creek COE, one of our favorite Mississippi River campgrounds and just north of Muscatine, Iowa.


The new sign is a gift from Julia’s brother Scott.

We didn’t have any big plans. I spent some time reading. Callie kept an eye on things.


We made it to our favorite happy hour at Muscatine's Contrary Brewing, where Monday beers are $4.


Julia had a hazy IPA.  I had a half pour of imperial stout, which I savored for just as long as Julia's larger beer.  I'm not a huge imperial fan, but this was probably the best that I've ever had. 

We made it back in plenty of time to enjoy an evening camped next the the big river.


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Bill said…
Yup, Callie is ready to pounce.
Agree on the Imperial Stouts. A little goes a long way. I pass on the ones that are "whiskey barrel" aged. They taste like lighter fluid to me. Our local art gallery had imperial stout in 16 oz cans at half price Friday. I made the mistake of drinking two. For the life of me I can't remember the name of the brewery.
July 24, 2023 at 9:48 AM
John said…
I'm having one 12 ounce bottle of an imperial stout from Central Waters Brewery tonight. I have to remind myself that it's the equivalent of two 6% beers. One will be more than enough.
July 24, 2023 at 7:50 PM
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