It was really nice to watch a UK game last night and not get stressed out. The game was the way it used to be, where UK pulls away gradually and wins comfortably. Sure, there were tense moments (particularly with this group of players, capable of extreme highs and lows), but in general you felt confident that UK would prevail. And we did. We need a few more of those, though i don’t believe Saturday’s game against Rocky Top will be the relaxing kind. That’ll be a bar fight. I’ve sold my seats for the TN game, but I’ll be glued to the screen Saturday night.

The next morning we head off for our annual Cabo trip. Seven days of whale watching, tequila sipping, a little time in the pool, epic sunsets, one day ocean fishing, and a good evening meal or two. Maybe some weight training. It should be relaxing. I’ve invested in some new tech for the trip, a pair of high-end gyroscope-stabilized binoculars from Fujinon. We have some nice 10×36 power stabilized Canon binocs, but the Fujinon are more powerful (20×40 magnification) and the latest tech. Got them yesterday and they’re very cool. We’ll be able to see the whales up close and personal.

Here’s an old classic Cabo pic I took in 2003 aboard the pirate ship. Epic sunsets.

I keep checking the weather in Louisville, and it’s brutal. Ten degrees again last night. Brrrr. My decision to stay in Socal (and other tropical locales) during most of January and all of February looks pretty smart at this point. I miss the grandsons, but…it would be a tough time to be there. I’ll be back there the last week of February, and hopefully the Arctic cold will have moved on.

I hope that Convict Donny doesn’t finish tearing down US democracy while we’re away. Would be nice to have a functional country to return to. If not, there’s always Loreto.