Overnight Adventure with Lee - Day #2

With Lee staying over night, our plan for the morning was hike around Ancil Hoffman Park. With stops at the river and the Effie Yeaw Nature Center, we covered 3.4 miles in just under two hours.

As we were passing the par three 5th hole, a runner coming towards said that he had passed a couple of rattlesnakes. This caused quite a bit of discussion over the next mile.

I was very impressed with the Effie Yeaw Nature Center. They had a large room full of displays that I don't remember seeing before; a lot of stuffed animals displayed nicely.

Before and after lunch, Lee spent some time playing with the Thomas Trains.

I took him back to Pollack Pines about 1:00 pm and dropped him off at 2:00 pm. East of Placerville, there were a lot of people heading towards Tahoe. It was after 3:00 pm before I was home.

We had a great time with Lee! He is at a wonderful age. I feel blessed to have the kids and grandkids close by.

Overnight Adventure with Lee - Day #1

I picked Lee up after his swim lesson in Placerville.

The day included:

• lunch at the house;
• taking Tiber on a bridge walk;
• mini golf at Underground Mini Golf in Old Sacramento;
• swimming in the pool;
• playing with Thomas trains;
• pizza from Serritella's;
• watching the movie Paddington, and;
• taking Tiber on an end of day bridge walk.

Dinner Adventure with Lee, Clem and Dawson

With Dawson, Carmen and Drew in Placerville to visit Sugarloaf, Drew got everyone together for dinner at The Independent in Placerville.

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Sharon and I had dinner at this restaurant with Holly and Van last year after we played golf at the Cold Spring Golf and Country Club. For entrees, Sharon had a flank steak special, while I had Ahi Tuna.

Babysitting Adventure with Lee and Clem

Saturday evening, Sharon and I babysat Lee and Clem while Morgan and Daniel went out to dinner. We took them to dinner at Paco's Taquería. We had great time!

Basketball Adventure with Lee

Lee got this shirt at the Kings game on Sunday celebrating Slamson's birthday.

2026 Sacramento Kings versus Brooklyn Nets

Basketball Adventure with Lee

Lee, Sharon, Larkin and I went to the Sacramento Kings versus Brooklyn Nets NBA game. I bought four tickets in Section 103 [Seats 8, 9, 10 and 11].

It was a close game; the Nets led 62 to 57 at halftime. Thanks to Malik Monk's late scoring flurry, the Kings held off Nets by the score of 126 to 122. Monk scored 10 of his 32 points in the final five minutes.

Coming off the bench, Monk was the high scorer for the Kings. He had 32 points on 8 for 17 from the field, 7 for 13 from three and 9 for 9 from the free throw line. Maxime Raynaud added 22 points and 10 rebounds for his 16th double-double.

Ben Saraf was the high scorer for the high scorer for the Nets. He had 22 points on 10 for 20 from the field, 0 for 5 from three and 2 for 2 from the free throw line. Other than Terrance Mann, I have never heard of any of the Nets players!?!

Lee did really well. He made it through the whole game. We watched them Light the Beam at the end. The Kings were celebrating Slamson's birthday.

The Kings have 4 wins and 3 losses in games that I have seen in the 2025-2026 season..

Lee, Sharon and I finished the day getting burgers and a hotdog from Gami Burger.

Breakfast Adventure with Bacon Monsters

Sunday morning, I met Clem, Lee, Daniel and Morgan for breakfast at Sweetie Pie's in Placerville.

Dinner Adventure with Clem and Lee

I traveled to Morgan and Daniel's house in Pollack Pines for dinner.

Lunch Adventure with Clem and Lee

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Celebrating Lee's Sixth Birthday!

Morgan, Lee and Clem came over for a few hours in the morning. We had an early birthday celebration for Lee; his actual birthday is tomorrow. We got him a couple of LEGO sets: LEGO Classic Creative Pets and LEGO Creator 3 in 1 Wild Animals: Majestic Rhino with Birds.


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Overnight Adventure with Lee - Day #2

Lee, Sharon and I spent the morning at the California State Railroad Museum. We had a late lunch at Joe's Crab Shack.

Overnight Adventure with Lee - Day #1

I picked Lee up in Pollack Pines on Tuesday afternoon. The rest of the day included: walking Tiber; swimming in the pool; taking a dip in the hot tub; playing with the Thomas trains; a pasta dinner; a bath; an episode of Big Beasts about Polar Bears, and; a story at bedtime-The Curious Fish.

Sushi Adventure with Lee and Clem

Sharon and I had dinner with Lee, Clem, Morgan, Daniel and Drew at Shilla Teriyaki & Sushi Bar in Camino.

We finished the day watching Sisters. Although we had seen the movie before, Sharon saw it on a list and wanted to rewatch it...

Adventures with Lee

Brunch Adventure with Lee and Clem

Sharon and I took Clem, Lee, Daniel and Morgan to brunch at the Sportman's Hall.

Babysitting Adventures with Lee and Clem

Sharon and I spent the afternoon babysitting Lee and Clem. On his way back from Homewood and skiing a couple of days at Northstar, Drew stopped by with his friend Adam. Clem, Lee, Sharon and I had an early dinner of pizza from the Pizza Factory.

Lee & Clem

Dinosaur Adventure with Lee

Keeping Lee overnight, Sharon and I took him to Dinos Alive.

Lee Overnight

Friday afternoon, I picked Lee up from school. It was a surreal experience. Drew and Morgan went to this grammar school. I haven't been back on the campus since 2001, twenty-three years.

Lee and I had a nice afternoon. We took Tiber for almost a mile walk. Lee led Tiber the whole way. We played with the Thomas trains for over an hour. After picking up the trains, we watched an episode of Big Beasts on AppleTv about Elephant Seas.

When Sharon got home, the three of us went to dinner at Serritella's. I had Lasagna [Layers of beef, Italian sausage, Ricotta, Parmesan, and Mozzarella topped with meat sauce. Sharon and I split a pizza (half cheese and half vegetarian.

After giving Lee a bath, we finished the night watching more Big Beasts: giant South American River Otters and Gorillas. Reading him a couple of books, he crashed hard about 8:30 pm.