Thursday

Well it was just beautiful here this morning with temps into the 60's with bright sunshine and no humidity, Yikes it will be hard to leave here weather wise for the chilly hills. After our usual quiet times and lite breakfast I rode out to the rec on the bike for some pickle ball. Wow we only had 7 players today but what a workout as there was little time for breaks and the play was great. We had a new fellow for the first time and he was very good of course he is a tennis player which makes all the difference in this game as they both require good eye hand coordination and racket head control.

I headed home to water the few surviving plants and take a few pot shots at the squirrels. Amy and the grand kids came for lunch and afterwards they took off for the mall. Ava stayed with me and watched her new movies she checked out from the local library. I got the rib roast ready to put on the smoker at 2 PM. Well did that ever turn out delicious at media rare and along with oven taters, green beans and a salad we had a feast. The meat was fantastic at just 3 hours in the smoker with some apple wood and just a touch of mesquite. Perfect and the flavor was great as well with the olive oil rub in fresh garlic, rosemary, red pepper flakes, cracked pepper, sea salt and Worcester sauce. Wow I let these ingredients blend for about an hour before applying it to the fat side of the roast which I had crisscrossed with a sharp knife. Superb!!! Let the roast set for about 20-30 minutes after taking it from the smoker.

Well GG, Pap, Amy came for supper and little Ava had 4 serving of the meat which we usually have a hard time getting her to eat, but she liked this meat as well as did everyone else. I have just enough from the 3 rib bone roast(5-6 lbs) for sandwiches tomorrow for lunch.

Well the Rays got blown away again by the Rangers so it a must win the next 3 in a row to advance in the playoffs. They are not alone as the Yankees beat the Twins for their second loss as well. LATER