Sunday: Had an early breakfast. The day wasn’t supposed to be quite so hot, an expected high of 70. Alex, Sue, and I left before 9am for the parking lot at the hieroglyphic walk. We had an interesting walk up to the petroglyphs! About halfway up another hiker warned us that there was a rattlesnake ahead. He had put a few rocks in the path so we would know where it was. Alex wanted to turn right around and head back to the house. We insisted on continuing. When we got to the snake, another couple with a camera were already photographing it. The snake was right next to the path. It was at least 4 feet long, and quite a bit thicker than what I expected.


           


When we got back to the house it was time for the kids to pack their bags. We had lunch at 12 and then headed for the airport. Said goodbye. Their flight left at around 2:30. We went home and Sue started doing laundry. We watched golf on TV. I booked the final tee time for the day at Mountain Brook for 4:20. Sue and I were back to our routine. We walked nine holes. And our games were pretty good! I started off with a par on hole one. My tee shot on hole 2 made it almost to the green. Of course there were a couple of holes where I doubled par. But in the end, both Sue and I shot a 50. Not bad.
We went home and Sue started making supper. We skyped with Walter and Angie and sort of arranged a summer cycling trip to the east coast. After supper we watched a bit of news — I had some podcasts of Fareed and the CBC panel — and then some TV. I was once again falling asleep in my chair when we got a call from Alex. They were home, safe and sound, no hitches, no problems, no delays. All good. It was just after 9:00 our time. Went to bed not long after that!