I can't decide if the best part of this trip is the fact our house we rented in Costa Mesa, Calif. had a teepee in the back yard or a seven foot basketball hoop. That teepee made us feel close to mother earth. The hoop made us feel taller, bigger and better at basketball. I could almost dunk. My vertical is like two inches because of a ruined ankle. I played a Fred Brown outside game and sort of mailed it in. I think I was 4-19 from the floor but those were all key baskets.

The other fools played barefoot and in the 80 degree sun they walked away with blisters on their feet. After that we all decided we should do something even dumber. It was time to prepare for Motorhome Demolition Derby at the Orange County Fair. That alone is pretty stupid. I thought Orange County was for ironing money ... Full blog »