A day in the life in the North

[Norton]

St Helena along with several other small towns in Napa Valley my old stomping grounds. Not far from my hometown, Santa Rosa. Looks you on your pops had a great time.

[Stumpy]

Glad to hear he is doing better. Hard to beat a nice steak and some dungie, the best crab in the world.

Yeah, Good food and Pops on the right track.

I always dream of what it would be like to have one last Christmas dinner with all of my family again, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and inlaws. We had some real magical holidays and I dearly miss those times.

I am glad to be here. Staying through Thanksgiving. Planning on trying to pull a bunch of family this way to do a big fat bird and Ham,

St Helena along with several other small towns in Napa Valley my old stomping grounds. Not far from my hometown, Santa Rosa. Looks you on your pops had a great time.

Wife, Pops and I enjoyed the Italian Day. Good food and nice weather.

Almost Cal vs Miami game.

[aging one]

Almost Cal vs Miami game.

Cant believe Cal are in the ACC now and play so many east coast games. Go Bears.

Good preseason game for the Dubs, loved seeing that 3 for the win.

[Stumpy]

Cant believe Cal are in the ACC now and play so many east coast games. Go Bears.

Good preseason game for the Dubs, loved seeing that 3 for the win.

I know. That shift is interesting. The Cal game was great but they gave it away in the 4th.

Going to be an interesting season with the Dubs. Was fun to watch that game winning shot. My Dad and I jumped up and laughed.

Niners today in scorching heat and Cowboys on the evening game. Going to pick up the necessary eating and drinking supplies this morning.

[Stumpy]

Well Pops is all good after the heart procedure but they did not have to repair what they originally thought was the issue. As they began the process they found that the wire going from the pacemaker generator as it's called had developed intermittent contact with his heart which was causing his heart run away like an AFIB issue. They replaced the pacemaker and connected a new wire to his heart and all back to normal.

Crazy med technology nowadays. I admitted him at 11:30am and picked him up at 4 and we were sitting watching the Monday Night Football game at 5.

[malmomike77]

Glad to hear it all went well. Steve Austin wasn't so far fetched looking back

[Stumpy]

While my Pop rests I did some shopping.



Total Wine and spirits has the best selection of Bourbon and Rye Whiskeys I have come across.



I gotta say, being limited on what I can bring back, it makes the decision tough. I went with 3 of my favorite Ryes and 1 Bourbon that I picked up the other day at another bottle shop.

The WP is a single barrel, small batch 10 year. Clyde Mays is a cask strength 9 year, Minor Case is a 6 year finished in sherry casks.

[bsnub]

Top-notch choices!

[Stumpy]

Top-notch choices!

Cheers Snubs. Those will work by the pool bar when I get back home.

[Stumpy]

This mornings walk to town was a very crisp 43f ( 6c ).



Beauty morning in the vineyards



Picking the last of the Cabernet grapes



Picked me up a 12 pack of some mix of IPA's.

[Norton]

This mornings walk to town was a very crisp 43f ( 6c ).

The Napa and Sonoma valleys aka god's country are imo one of the most beautiful in the world. Good to hear your pops is doing well. Give him my best..one old git to another.

[Stumpy]

Cheers Norts. I passed along your regards. Temp cycles around here are all over the place. went from 104 a few days ago to 78 today. Marine layer dropped in. I saw a few Coyotes with 3 pups this morning running the Vineyards.

Friday it is. Warriors on soon. Wife making up some Nam Prik Ong to wrap in cabbage for dinner. My dads favorite dish.

[Stumpy]

Few random pictures walking to town through the vineyards



Downtown Saint Helena heading to the bakery/coffee shop





Marine layer in today

[Stumpy]

Beauty morning. 8c Fog through the vineyards. I take a 4 to 5 mile walk every morning and pick up a coffee.

[DrWilly]

8°? But blue and sunny, I love that kind of weather. How’s your pops doing?

[Stumpy]

8°? But blue and sunny, I love that kind of weather. How’s your pops doing?

Yeah. Crisp morning. I love it too. Air so nice.

Pops is doing well. Still recovering few weeks follow ups and look at the data being collected about his new pace maker. Thanks for asking.

[malmomike77]

^ its shame he needs to recover in front of a TV with footie on and his lad to change the channels, oh and a barbie and a beer if thats allowed.

[Stumpy]

^ its shame he needs to recover in front of a TV with footie on and his lad to change the channels, oh and a barbie and a beer if thats allowed.

Yeah...what a shame huh.... . We barbie every few days and every day is "Bevvy" day. No restriction on that. Just can't lift his left arm over his shoulder for a few weeks but he drinks with his right so no problem.

[cyrille]

^^Odd post that numpt, even by your standards.

[Stumpy]

As I walk through the vineyards to town every morning, I have picked up a few new friends that watch me closely. The first 2 pics are the female. the 3rd pic is the big male with his mate camouflaged behind him. Every day the fear of me is less and less. Very good looking Coyotes. Typically you are supposed to report if you see them and the DFG ( Department of Fish & Game) comes and eradicates them but I never do. This is their area to live, I can share. I see Foxes from time to time as well. The Coyotes are around as there are a lot of Jack Rabbits which is their primary source of food.






Love this area. Full moon coming tonight. I can still see the moon at 8am. Right now there are red flag fire warnings out for high winds and extremely low humidity (4% humidity this morning). Crazy wild fires start and cause significant damage. Had one start in the Oakland hills yesterday and devastated the area in minutes along with 20 homes.

[Norton]

Crazy wild fires start and cause significant damage.

Tis the season. Back in the day, fought some big ones in Russian River area as a volunteer. Probably one of the hardest things I ever did.

[Stumpy]

Tis the season. Back in the day, fought some big ones in Russian River area as a volunteer. Probably one of the hardest things I ever did.

Indeed it is. Russian River always got dry and up by Folsom lake area

I was a volunteer fireman for Fresno county up by Shaver lake. We owned a cabin up by the lake and when up there I checked in to be available. Many times fought fires and sadly many fatal accidents during winter and snow season.

[DrWilly]

Greens owed to the heroes who fight/fought fires. Thank you gentlemen.

[bsnub]

A small mountain town I sent a lot of time in growing up as a kid, they used to say "Everyone is a firefighter up here". I always remembered that.

[BLD]

Many parts of Australia regularly go up in smoke in summer. Fire-fighters really got there work cut out to try nip that in the bud. Gotta take my hat of to them. Especially the volunteers