Spent this evening playing softball at Columbia Park Annex.

Portland actually has a pretty vibrant softball scene. Currently, I’m a member of 2 teams, both of which play at a wide variety of parks against a wide variety of people.

Softball’s a great release. A way to get some exercise, hang out with friends, and try to develop bragging rights for something other than your ability to make friends laugh hard enough to squirt milk out of their nose.

Anyway, my team bested our competition tonight, thanks to a walk-off home-run by one of the chaps on my squad at the bottom of the 7th (and final) inning. We hoisted him up onto our shoulders and carried him around in glee, which my friend C-Mac pointed out (quite accurately) as an exceptionally rare thing to see in the context of semi-competitive softball.

So, that’s what I do in the summer to help me enjoy the weather. What are some ways that you spend your fun summer nights?

p.s. Lo and behold, The Missus and I have a peach tree in our back yard. Just picked our first bushel (or whatever) tonight. Ate one, and MAN! was it good. Mmmmmm, peach…