Baseball and Flooding

Well, I would like to report about the reason I am in Overall Land, but I didn't fly this past week. I was lucky enough to get a class on tactics and intelligence...I flunked the latter...and that was it. My class is waiting on the class ahead of us to get through with their night flights, so we can start our night flights. We are hoping they will get finished up this week in order that we can start. It rained a good part of the week and it is supposed to resume again this coming week. We need more rain, like a fat kid needs ice cream. When it rains here, it puts it down. Our lawn looks like a pond. The gutters are completely clean, but they still over flow from the roof because there is simply too much water. Here is a picture to show you the amount of rain coming down the gutter on to the driveway.

With doing nothing most of the week, I got several rounds of golf in and then went on a little trip at the end of the week. Candi, Peaches, and I went to Memphis to watch a Triple A baseball game and to show Peaches the town.

The Memphis Redbirds lost, but it was a very nice ballpark in the heart of the city. It had rained earlier in the day and they were on a big losing streak, hence the lack of fans in the stadium. We stayed on the other side of the road from the stadium and checked out Beale Street after the game. It is supposed to be a hot spot for local musicians, but we didn't check out that many spots. The next day we left Memphis to come home, but we went through Mississippi in order that Candi could say she had been in the state. It turned out to be a cool little trip because we found a Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Tunica, MS. I found out that I never want to swim in that river because the monsters below live there (and my zoom was completely out).

I did, however, get my feet wet in the mighty Mississippi, but not where those man-eating catfish could nibble on my toes. Notice the sign behind Peaches- the water was up about ten to twelve feet from normal.

Tunica is known for its gambling since it is supposedly the third gambling destination behind Las Vegas and Atlantic City. We took advantage of the casino buffet and the museum. The only gambling we did was deciding which road to take with all the flooding. Most of Arkansas and parts of Mississippi are under water from the weeks of rain. The trip across the state seriously looked like we were passing through lakes most of the time since the road was always higher and out of the water. We saw many homes, vehicles, and land under several feet of water.

Once we got home, Candi couldn't get enough baseball, so we went to see the local Little Rock Double A team (Arkansas Travelers) play. They have a brand new stadium and it was a real good experience as well.

I wish I had more substance than baseball and flooding, but that is the extent of it. I have a flight tomorrow morning because I didn't get two landings logged off during day flights. I will basically get up tomorrow at 4:00 AM for a 5:20 show time and then wait around all day for two landings then go home...I am so jazzed about that! I love getting up real early to wait around and it seems to be the Air Force's motto.

Happy Birthday to my grandmother...er...mother this week. I will send some denture cream to the nursing home for your present, mom!