Last week, Toby won a radio contest by
being the tenth caller and knowing the name of the band that Natalie Merchant fronted
in the 1990’s. She won a pair of tickets to Six
Flags’ Hurricane Harbor. Since this is a water park, we need to use the tickets
before the summer ends.

Toby, being as organized as she is, determined that with an expected high of 81 degrees
(F), Saturday, 10 Sept would be a great day to go. She quickly coordinated some grandparent
babysitting with an assist from my sister, Jan, for Weezy, so that Max and Toby and
I could go to the park. We left Carpinteria immediately after Max’s AYSO team, the
Red Flies (0-1-1), lost to the Blue Sharks 12 to 4. It was typically cloudy and cool
in Carp, but we were confident it would be nice and warm in Valencia. When we got
to Jan’s house, it was very cloudy and breezy.

What?? Cold and cloudy in Santa Clarita in September? What can you do?

Jan and Jeff were very gracious on short notice, and grilled up some very tasty burgers
for lunch. We decided that it was too cold to go to the water park. We had some really
good ‘alone’ time with the Bernards, something we had not had in a while. It was great
to laugh with them.

We will try Hurricane Harbor again next Sunday, 18 Sept. As of today, the
forecast is for 85 degrees. We will see.