Kearney, Nebraska
Featured picture – beautiful downtown Kearney, Nebraska It was a fairly short drive from Laramie, Wyoming to Kearney, Nebraska. The road remained pretty straight, and we lost about 6,000 feet of elevation during today’s drive. The surroundings changed from mountainous to high plains, with lots of cattle, short grasses, and irrigated land to grow hay, […]
Laramie, Wyoming
Featured picture – the historic section of downtown Laramie. We got on the road around eight this morning and started off towards Laramie, Wyoming. The road was pretty flat with surrounding buttes, mountains, and areas of plains where we saw cattle and multiple snow fences, designed to keep winter precipitation off the highways. The historic […]
Salt Lake City, Utah
Featured Picture – In downtown Salt Lake City, the architects of the Wells Fargo building created a very cool optical illusion by making it look like the entire building was as thin as a credit card. (that’s Tom in the bottom right) From South Lake Tahoe, our first stop on the way home was Elko, […]
2022 – Week 8
Well, our last week at Tahoe was another fun and eventful one, enhanced by the presence of Glenny and Kyle from Friday evening to our last day, today. Friday night, Glenny and Kyle treated us to dinner at Evans, South Lake Tahoe’s petite gourmet restaurant, family run. The appetizers and entrees ran the gamut from […]
2022 – Week 7
We had a great weekend with Glennis & Kyle. Friday night Paula made Cornish hens with green beans and sweet potatoes. We reminisced about the week prior and talked about happily about Glennis and Kyle’s newly engaged status. On Saturday, all four of us took a walk to the park where Kyle had proposed to […]
2022 – Week 6
In the featured picture from left to right – Dick, Laura, Kyle, Glennis, Dacia, Miller, Makai, Tom, Paula After the champagne and excitement that followed Glenny and Kyle’s engagement announcement, we set about making Friday night’s dinner. Kyle prepared rosemary marinated sous vide steaks, finished on the flat top grill. Tommy made his classic Caesar […]
2022 – Week 5
Last week’s post is late because our week was super full and busy. The regular gang arrived on Friday fully prepared for more conversation, great grilled food, games and activities. We believe that Makai is starting to consider the cabin his second home for the summer and he had a wonderful time playing in the […]
2022 – Week 4
(As always, click on any of the pictures for a larger version) This week we concentrated on physical activity, for fun and to also try (vainly) to keep ahead of all the great food and snacks the kids have provided. Fortunately, it’s so beautiful here that it distracts from any fatigue or effort when hiking […]
2022 – Week 3
This was a week full of family and friends. Everyone converged on Glenny and Kyle’s house on Saturday as Margeaux and Nestor and Freya flew in to Sacramento. Next day we had a get together and meal including Dacia and Miller and Makai. Makai got to met Freya, and we had delicious food: amazingly tender […]
2022 – Week 2
This was another perfect weather week. We enjoyed several outdoor activities: the first was a kayaking trip. Paula was spoiled from having a foot-peddle kayak at home and got an arm workout in the traditional paddle kayaks available at the beach. The lake is remarkable for its rocky bottom and totally clear waters. We had […]