End of the work week; it’s time for the Friday Five!!

1. Can you share a tale of a favorite summer cookout/get together?
My favorite summer event occurred about 10 years ago. We went with our friends, Bob and Norma, to Bob’s dad’s place on Clear Lake. All of us thoroughly enjoyed ourselves for pretty much the entire time. Even Bobbo had a good time! It happened around the 4th of July because I remember we stopped in Cedar Rapids and watched the fireworks there; man, do they know how put on a fireworks display! It was a great time swimming and boating on Clear Lake.

2. What is a favorite summer ritual of yours?
I don’t know that we have any “summer rituals”. Well, maybe going down to the ball park. We started going when I was playing slow pitch softball for Steve’s Dugout (a local bar that is no longer in business - heck, the building is razed!) and later when ZDog began the Minors in the Little League here; he was 8 years old then. I’ve been coming down ever since. I now watch my nephews play and I also still play slow pitch softball in the church league.

3. After a long hot summer day, what is your favorite way to quench your thirst?
A nice cold Killian’s. No matter what they said on the Old Milwaukee commercial, it doesn’t get any better than a cold Killian’s when it’s hot.

4. The 4th of July is coming up, what plans, if any, do you have?
Looks like ZDog and J are coming to visit; well at least they are coming to visit Breezomatic. Maybe we’ll get together for a cookout and the fireworks at Cedar Rapids. As I said before, they really DO know how to put on a fireworks display!

5. What are you looking forward to doing most before the summer ends?
I plan to celebrate my 49th birthday. I plan to celebrate our (KC’s and mine) 27th wedding anniversary. I hope to make a trip to see at least one major league baseball game this summer - we usually do each year. I also hope to visit my brother in Colorado some time this summer; maybe we can even see my uncle’s summer cabin in Rocky Mountain National Park - it’s been closed every other time we’ve been there. But what I’m looking forward to the most this summer has already occurred - ZDog and J’s wedding.