It was the year 1989 . . . the year the Berlin Wall fell, the first Bush became President, Exxon tried to turn Prince William Sound into an oil storage facility, students protested in Tiananman Square, Seinfeld, Baywatch, and Saved by the Bell premiered on TV . . . and it was the last year Chevrolet made the Camaro IROC-Z. What can you say about this car? A few select words come to mind, words like pile of crap and trailer park racer. Here's a fine example in its shining "glory" or something like that.
And here's the one at the house around the corner from me after a wise, old cherry tree colluded with some crazy winds and tried to put it in its place (on blocks, in a junkyard, wherever).
It is hard to tell from this angle, but the wind took that huge branch down from the tree and blew it east about 12 feet before it hit the ground, er IROC-Z. Another couple of feet and the car would have had more than just mere trunk damage.
This tree has taken an absolute beating this year with some major limbs coming down in not so delicate fashion. It was pretty to look at in the spring with all of the blossoms, but the fruit that is starting to fall (along with branches) are a bit of a nuisance. Saturday, around noon, a storm blew through town very quickly, lowering the temperature briefly along with limbs. Out at the Fed Center, race barriers got blown over, the bouncy castle had to be deflated, it was quite a scene. Our race was not too terribly exciting, just very hot. When I got the chills riding in 100 degree weather with 10 minutes to go, I knew it wouldn't be doing very much at the end.
Sunday, Dempsey got himself a taste of Pert Plus this weekend and decidedly didn't enjoy the experience. You'd think with it being as hot as it is, he wouldn't mind a good soaking, but bath time as usual involved him trying to shove all 72 lbs. of himself into the corner of the shower. Post bath, he looked a little like a drowned rat, but fluffed back up nicely with the conditioning action of the Pert Plus.
Bath time isn't really that bad except for the amount of hair that comes off after. All gussied up, we headed out to watch the Bannock Street Crit and got there just in time to watch Joey Brenner bridge to the move in the Cat 3 race and then take the sprint with ease. This is the second year in a row he has won at Bannock. If you are going to pick a race to win, Bannock is a good one with a nice, rich prize purse. The P/1/2 race looked nice and fast until the break got established with some serious horsepower and opened a gap of almost two minutes on the field.
I spent most of the day being lazy around the house, cleaning, moving some stuff around, and dinking around in the kitchen. I made a batch of pear sorbet which came out pretty well, but looks like frozen apple sauce. Note to self, add the lemon juice to the pear right away to keep it from turning brown. Weekends go by too quickly these days.
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