Snow Day

Well, it's been threatening for a week or so and overnight it was supposed to snow and by golly, the people at the weather office got it right this time, good stuff, kids and dogs are bounding through it and the plow is making it's rounds, we'll have to go out and shovel the driveway later, shake off some of the shrubs and have some fun, but for now, hot toast and coffee in a nice warm house, yes, Christmas is definitely coming.

It's beginning to look a losh like chrishmoos...

Yes, here on the ranch, the turkey has been rustled and some of the fixings have been fixed, today we went out and spent some eBay money and bought some booze, a week or so to go, starting to look good, you know, we wouldn't normally bother, it's just for the kids...

Another Happy Anniversary

Twenty Six years and counting, seemed like a reason to get our boots on and do the Cliff Gilker Park route, bear and cayote warnings aside, we had a good, brisk walk through the forest and could not resist going off to Robert's Creek afterwards to have some decent food at the Gumboot Restaurant.

Yard House

We discovered two new things in Vegas, Chipotle Mexican Grill and the Yard House. Two American food and beverage chains that we had never heard of, Chipotle was indeed impressive, serving self assembled burritos and bowls, after an inexpensive meal there we didn't have to eat again all day. The other chain, the Yard House, well, they had one hundred and thirty-eight beers on tap and as they say, regardless of how full you are, there's always room for beer...

The Strip at Tropicana

This was what that Gray Jay was looking at, over the road, New York, New York, the MGM Grand and lazy afternoon traffic at Tropicana and Las Vegas Blvd. A quiet November day in sin city.

Birding - Vegas Style

There really is no shortage of little birds throughout Las Vegas, what was once desert is a thriving environment for the little scavengers, we saw eagles in the desert, several ducks in a fake Casino lake, numerous opportunist white crowned sparrows, grackles, cowbirds and this little fella, sat on a wire outside of the Tropicana casino on the strip, a gray jay. The last time we saw one of these we were staying up at Whistler with Karen's mum Pat, celebrating her seventieth birthday.