America's Favorite Pastime

When we were young, baseball was America’s pastime. Now it’s TV, video games and I-Pod downloads of strange music! But baseball is big in the life of Lincoln, our eight-year-old Texas grandson. Lincoln is named after Jerry’s grandfather, who was born during the Civil War. Young Lincoln is third baseman for the Reds in the local Pony League. Each game is limited to five innings or to one hour and 15 minutes; whichever comes first. We have had the privilege of seeing him play four games. He gets better with each game. Now he is fielding well, and he is consistently hitting some good line drives. His team is winning most of their games. They even beat a previously undefeated team.

We had planned to go camping with our family, but the area is getting twice as much rain as usual. Rivers and streams are running over, and there is an abundance of mud holes. Therefore, we continue to stay in the RV park located across from the Airstream dealer. It has concrete pads and WiFi; its location next to Cabela's makes it a desirable place to stay. We see our daughter’s family everyday and have at least one meal with them. The other night we drove to Austin to see “Mummies” at the I-MAX. We also play table games and were privileged to watch Ohio State thump Georgetown in the NCAA semi-finals. Did we watch the finals with Florida? ….Naaah