Editor’s Note: Land warfare in Europe is in progress. There is a Chinese proposal to talk about peace on the table unacceptable to two of the participants. In response to tension, our Navy has eliminated fitness standards. The ground in Ukraine is thawing, making movement a challenge for the next few weeks. The crisis grinds on.

– Vic

May 2001
Detour Version 1.0

Day 16

Departed Monterey – ☹
More Senas – 😊
Steve’s final 50th birthday 3-alarm fire – 🔥

Met another cousin, Tom McFall, and the final Sena sibling, Pat, in San Jose.

Pat threw Steve’s final b-day festival celebration with all the house’s fire alarms going off in unison. Acted like kids that we are — hung spoons.

In response to an open-ended request from Pat to talk about his older brother, Tent Stake, I told a few stories. Many were seemingly first heards. Pat had a different view of his brother. Have seen the same thing with my younger siblings who think I, as the oldest, was adopted or part of an alien invasion advance force.

Pat had an out of commission GoldWing he was wrenching on to get road ready again. He rode a great deal in the ’80s and ’90s to include several cross-country trips. Tom just bought a cream puff ‘91 GoldWing with< 20K miles. Perhaps we’ll ride with them out west or back our way somewhere in the years to come.

Spent the night at Tom’s in San Jose.

Daily Windshield Bug Smash Bingo Game winners: none

Query count as of the end of Day 16:

Where’re you going? – 17
What’s that? (Steve’s Valkyrie) – 7
Damsels in distress? – 7

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