Since Becky did not play pickleball on Sunday, the focus of the day was washing our rig. Becky, of course, was the primary worker; I was mostly a hose connector and ladder mover. The rig looks really good when it's clean.
Our movie watching binge continued. The Sunday redbox movie was Love Is Strange, with John Lithgow and Alfred Molina. It's a nice portrayal of the tribulations of an aging gay couple, but doesn't seem to have a point.
Monday was the second day in a row Becky did not play pickleball, so she went on a 13-mile bike ride instead.
The Monday night redbox movie was The Guest, a cheapo indie that turned out to be pretty good.
Becky returned to pickleball on Tuesday, while I started Sail, another James Patterson novel. Ramsey was a pain in the butt all morning. When we went out for a walk, he didn't want to go where I wanted to go, and several times refused to move in the direction I indicated. Within minutes after returning from a walk, he would start signaling that he wanted to go out again. As soon as Becky returned at noon, Ramsey hopped up on the bed and slept for a couple of hours. I spent most of the afternoon engrossed in my book. We took the night off from our movie binge.
We went on a 65-mile field trip to the Furnace Creek area of Death Valley on Wednesday. Ramsey and Kelsey went with us. We saw Jerry Smith at the Inn. He and Becky worked together at the El Tovar Hotel at the South Rim some years ago. We had a nice chat with him.
We had sandwiches from the general store for lunch, then headed back. We had a little drizzle off and on, but it was a nice trip.
Immediately after returning, I finished Sail.
The Wednesday redbox movie was Nightcrawler, with Jake Guyllenhaal and Rene Russo. He was his usual creepy self (typecasting?) and the movie was very entertaining,
Becky played pickleball again on Thursday while I started reading The Fourth K by Mario Puzo (and shepherded the dogs). The Thursday night redbox movie was Kill The Messenger, with Jeremy Renner. It was so uninteresting that we had it on but didn't really watch it. I don't remember what it was about. I took Friday off from reading and watched (in addition to the dogs) a bunch of old Frasier reruns on the Hallmark Channel. That was a terrific show. It's still funny 20 years later, the sign of great writing. The Friday night redbox movie was John Wick, with Keanu Reeves. It was a way-over-the-top shoot-'em-up, but quite entertaining nonetheless.
Saturday was a pickleball day off for Becky, so she wore out the dogs with extensive walks, while I read and did some chores. Pretty normal. The redbox movie was Rosewater, the film written and directed by Jon Stewart. Becky liked it more than I did; I thought it was too slow.
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