Risks

Hi,

We've been having wonderful weather here in Chiang Rai. We ate by the river, roamed 'Walking Street' and spent a lot of time in the pool.

Well, it would seem that you all were totally stumped by the weekend song. It was "Have Mercy" by The Rolling Stones. Hmm. Let's see if 'Easy Monday' brings a better response. The song was released in 1968. Sing it.
"Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway, lookin' for adventure and whatever comes our way..." Hint: This could be called a 'Road song' I suppose. It's about the obvious, letting it all hang out and going for it. Hmm.

Saturday we had dinner on the Mae Kok river at a beautiful restaurant with our house guests and Jen and two of her sons. There was a lot of food tasting, laughter and catching up. After dinner we all went to 'Walking Street'. Last Saturday it rained so this weekend the street was very crowded with what seemed like the whole town. I think we saw about half of it and called it a night. There were the usual vendors selling everything from food to furniture. We also got to see part of an elaborate traditional dance presentation of the story of Chiang Rai. The costuming was incredible. Blue made the observation that he had not noticed one policeman the whole time we were there. Amazing Thailand.

On Sunday, Blue, Ming and Andi drove up north to the mixed Hill Tribe village in the mountains. They spent the day on the road. We went to Black Canyon for lunch and swam in the afternoon.

Daku is finally able to get back to being his lovable self. Since the cone came off his head he's been busy visiting and making friends with our guests. Both dogs are in heaven, getting lots of attention and love.

Over the weekend I did some updating of my computer. I went from being a Tiger to a Leopard. (Ha) That's Apple operating system talk. At one point my mail program was totally blank, all my messages were not present. After doing some searching on the subject I did another update and everything was fine. You can imagine the panic that set in initially. This week Blue and Ming will share their knowledge of the new music program I got and share some software.

Late this afternoon, right after we got out of the pool, we had a big storm that blew tons of leaves and palm branches into the yard. The dogs loved it, so much to bite and play with. Tomorrow Kek and his crew will come and clean up the mess. We'll also discuss the remodel concept for the waterfall. More on that later.

Have a Great Week.

Peace,
Danny

"He who is not courageous enough to take
risks will accomplish nothing in life."
~Muhammad Ali

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