We got to R3 a little late for trivia night, but still had a good time hanging out with Shea’s cool friends from San Francisco.
I’m so glad we brought the dogs. I really wanted some quality time with Bonnie before her surgery, although I feel guilty that she has to be uncomfortable with the eye pressure that the medications can no longer completely control.
Turtle spotting, duck invading, country-music-playing float with a bunch of queers down the Russian River only to finish off with someone on a paddleboard moving forward with a dog onboard!
Shea commentated on his video with director mode:
I guess I get some credit for the enforcement of long-standing unincorporated Sonoma County Department of Health ordinances on smoking in resorts and bars. Much more signage and compliance so that those of us who wish to enjoy our expensive vacations in a forest can experience smoke-free air. Until I said something last year, the rules about smoking in Guerneville were completely unenforced. I’m so happy to have the conversation going about this and lots of people have thanked me for my activism in this area. However, for some reason, the brochure did not have the free ad for LGBTQ Minus Tobacco that they were supposed to keep in there again this year. I’m going around documenting the smoking areas that are away from pools and even in the covered area of the bar which was full of smoke with no rules for the staff or patrons who wished to be outside and to be able to breathe fresh air.
We’re getting ready to float down the Russian River next week at Lazybear! I’m so pleased these two floaties survived the fire in January and seem to be intact and retaining air. We wouldn’t want to have them deflate when we’re an hour or two downriver!
We weren’t planning to drive through the Santa Ynez Mountains, but there was a detour on the way back, so we made sure to check out a few of the vistas that we had never seen before on the way home.
We worked from the Palm Springs area this week and I got to have lunch with a dear old friend, Jim Fagelson, who was on the Board of a gay parenting organization with me in the late 1990’s/early 2000’s. It is now called Family Equality!
Shea really wanted a coffee (iced) on a very hot day in Palm Springs. We went to Koffi, which has a brilliant garden and view behind it at this location. Thereafter, in 104 degrees Fahrenheit, we strolled down the very “deserted” streets of Palm Springs. On the Walk of Fame, we took a picture with Ross Matthews, who is a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, a show that Shea enjoys.
These pictures are actually in Cathedral City, by the Palm Springs border.
Today was apparently the first really hot day of the year here. At 110 degrees Fahrenheit, the dogs did not go outside much during the day, of course. We had a lovely warm evening outside to make sure they remained comfortable.
