Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

Welcome to Father's Day. I already got my gift on Friday morning, when I awoke and my children, Stephanie and Adam, had come to visit the night before. They will be leaving today. Every time a man gets the chance to see his kids is Father's Day, at least to me.

Friday morning, Adam took me for a short ride in their Jeep™, Otto, and that is a terrific ride when Adam drives. On Saturday, I walked to the library for the latest initials on my Beachcomber's Book Bingo tally card, where Adam picked my up and we were off.

We took a longer trip that found us near Silver Lake State Park, where we saw the lighthouse at Little Sable Point, one of many lighthouses that surround the shores of  the "Big Lake." I've included the website address to "Visit Luddington", one of the towns that is nearby, which contains a nice description and history of this over 100 year old structure.

http://www.visitludington.com/stories/little_sable_point_lighthouse_silver_lake_sand_dunes_lake_michigan

To get there, we discovered a "seasonal road" that the Oceana County Highway Department does not plow in the winter time. Naturally, Adam being a true Jeep™ driver, saw this road as nothing more than a route that most cars could not traverse, but one that was made for a visit in a Jeep™. We saw things that most people never see en-route to the lighthouse. As Adam and the commercials say, "Only in a Jeep!"

We meandered our way back to GH via the same route, and added some additional Jeep™ roads to our route. What a trip.

Later in the day, Mary and I took a walk downtown for dinner, while Adam and Steph walked to another location for theirs. We got home, I got tired and went to the media room and then to my bed. Mary stayed up to welcome our children, and then she too came up to the media room to watch some TV or a movie.

Sports yesterday was mostly good news. The Cubs eked out a win over the Pirates @ The Beautiful Confines, 5 - 4. They play again tonight. With a record of 46 - 20 in the N. L. Central, they have both the best record in baseball, and a solid 11.5 game lead over the Cardinals, and 14.0 games over the Pirates.

The Tigers were crushed in Kansas City by the Royals, 5 - 16. That drops the Tigers back to .500 in the A. L. Central, but still in 3rd place, 3.5 games behind the Indians and .5 games behind the Royals.

My beloved Red Sox fared much better, as they defeated the Mariners in Seattle, 6 - 2, behind a great pitching performance by former Tiger Rick Porcello, accompanied by home-runs from Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr. They are now in 2nd place, 1.0 game in back of the Orioles in the A. L. East.

The Caps were once again victorious over the Lansing Lugnuts, 4 - 0. That still leaves them in a statistical tie with the South Bend Cubs in the Midwest League East, with a record of 39 - 27.

Not much on tap for today. More watering of the lawns on the PE, which Adam helped me with yesterday, and reading a new book on my Beachcomber's quest. Adam suggested that I need a new hose and reel to make watering easier, so I may get those today. His theory, and it is a good one, is that you should enjoy the small things in life, whatever it takes to do them.

The current temperature is 63° as we head for another beautiful day here in GH, under sunny skies and a high of 84°. We'll bid adieu to our children and then take the morning safari with STWD. I'll finish my highlighting and then settle in for more of less after watering. We also have to do some transplanting in the gardens, but that should not take too long.

The sun will rise at 6:05 a.m. on one of the the longest days of the year, as we near the summer solstice. It will set later this evening at 9:27 p.m. after a great Father's Day. Ciao.