Rick's Daily Journal

+65 PM....215....Another day in smoke valley.....visibility maybe 300 feet.....smoke really burns my eyes....bought a bike yesterday at Walmart, it was a return for whatever reason, but I got it for $20....went for a bike ride with Kealey around the development....it was her first ride out of the yard and she enjoyed it emmensely.....she took to riding a bike like the famous duck to water.....all I can say is she is a natural......first day of school tomorrow...... Kealey will be in first and Autumn will be in Kindergarten.....calling for smoke through all of next week...ugh.....no getting away from it as we are surrounded by fires.....can you say Bizzaro Summer

+75 PM....218......and the heat and smoke just keeping going on and on and on.....visibility is about 300 feet......breathability is nil....such a bizarre summer here.....no rain and 80 to 90 everyday....fires have now consumed over 5 million acres and growing.....Burnie passed away this morning about 9:30 am with Tacey beside her.....she went peacefully.....

San Francisco.....came down for Tatianas birthday party....and once again I have not posted for a very long time so I am having those blank spots to deal with...went to the Talkeetna Bluegrass last weekend and had a great time....temps were in the 90s and the only bad thing was Big John Portman was killed in a single rv accident on the festival grounds.....took the camper to Anchorage and dropped it off at Kayles till the Palmer Fair....Rainee and John bought a new SUV a Toyota and are loving it.....heading back to Fairbanks sunday night.....got a sleep lab appointment on monday....we are commited to China....Jon got the tickets yesterday.....Jon took me to two fantastic eating places today and they were everything he promised them to be.....one was a Ramen noodle soup place that was about as big as my bedroom but man was the soup good.....the second place was an ice cream shop that made their own ice cream that just rocked...mmmmmmmmmmm.....satiated