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There are a couple more photos from our hike around the red rocks of Sedona that I really needed to post. . .</div>
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Nate and I show what we're made of from the top of the hill.</div>
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Water was scarce, and we didn't bring any on this hot, dry day. I barely made it to this fetid hole.</div>
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Not really. It was a nice day, and we even got some rain before we were through. We have plenty of cold water in our packs, and snacks. It was great fun, an I can't wait to go there again. </div>
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Nate and Kim took us up to Sedona to do a little hiking and site seeing. First we stopped at the ranger station, where Mom got cozy with Smokey.</div>
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We did a loop around several really cool red rock formations.</div>
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Beautiful scenery.</div>
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Nate and I made a quick trip up the big rock in the background. </div>
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The view from the top. Very cute girls.</div>
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The back side of the rock with caves and holes.</div>
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This was a groups of rocks we walked past in the afternoon (after paying $20 for frozen yogurt : p) on our way to Oak Creek. The water was very nice, but we didn't have our swim suits so we stayed dry.</div>
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Sedona is an interesting place, with trendy shops and food places (that charge too much for yogurt - did I mention that?) But over all the trip was <i>VERY</i> fun. After getting home and cleaning up, we went to an Italian place and had the best garlic bread, meatballs, and pizza I've probably ever had. It was a great day.</div>
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One of the great things we did was visit the butterfly museum in Phoenix. Henry, Molly, Lucy, and Grant had a great time chasing, looking at, and learning about butterflies.</div>
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The room where they keep the live butterflies is like a jungle and very wet, due to the misters. But the butterflies would land on people, and they were eating nectar out of the flowers and out of bowls of fruit that were placed around the room. It was pretty fun for the grand kids - and us.</div>
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On our way to Arizona to help with Olive's blessing, and to play around with our fun kids and grand kids there, we stopped at the George S. Patton Memorial Museum. It sits way out in the middle of desert along Hwy 10. I always thought Patton was an interesting character, and the museum is situated on the military training base he established there in 1942 to prepare GI's for war in the deserts of Africa. Melody's Dad was stationed on the 18,000 sq. mile base before leaving for Europe. She has letters of his written from there where he complains about the 100+ degree heat. (He didn't get much relief when he left - he went straight to fight in the Battle of the Bulge in sub-zero winter weather.)</div>
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A cool jeep, almost as cool as mine.</div>
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A couple of the tanks had a port hole cover removed and was able to get some pictures of the insides.</div>
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<br />P&M Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10407144415955948521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370968530405729307.post-13808703571756010202014-07-28T20:04:00.000-07:002014-07-28T20:04:10.291-07:00Bodega Dunes 2014<div style="text-align: justify;">
We were able to get away for a few days last week and camp over at our favorite spot north of Bodega Bay. The first day ended up having periods of heavy mist turning to light rain, especially in the evening. but the second and third days were very nice and quite warm. Mom likes the campsites closest to the bathrooms/showers (which were free that day) so we usually pick one of the sites like this one or those on either side. The great new EasyUp shelter gave us protection from both the rain and the sun.</div>
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The tent was big and comfortable, as were the sleeping arrangements. But then, I always sleep well when camping. And the Jeep (hey, how did that get in the picture?!?) was perfect for hauling all the stuff we took.</div>
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This photo was taken the second day, but actually, it was nice like this early on the first day as well. I got in two good days of boogie boarding, and could have made it on the third day, but didn't want to push it since we were packing up to leave. This view is from Bodega Head, which is out past the Spud Point Crab Shack. The <i>BEST</i> clam chowder <i>ANYWHERE</i>! Bar none. We shared a pint of that and a fresh shrimp sandwich on a toasted roll. Manalive!</div>
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Warm water, warm weather, good food, good sleep, good traveling. What's not to love?</div>
P&M Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10407144415955948521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370968530405729307.post-9955682835191523352014-07-16T20:53:00.001-07:002014-07-16T20:53:17.415-07:00State Fair 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
We don't too many pictures (that we haven't already Instagramed), but we did have a real good time at the fair. I think it was a good day for Melody in spite of the heat - mostly because before we even started to the fair we stopped at Hobby Lobby. It was enough to keep her going throughout the day.</div>
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I always like seeing the artwork, especially the big mechanical jobs that some guy does. The one this year was very good. But I really liked this very cool sculpture of a rock splashing into a pond, only it's wood.</div>
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As for food (the main reason for going to the fair), the day included a Jumbo Corn Dog, walnuts, three Hawaiian Shaved Ices (sour blue raspberry, sour green apple and root beer), we shared a very nice cinnamon roll, and later on a big bratwurst on roll with onions and peppers. Mel had a <i>HUGE</i> turkey and avocado grinder, and before we left we wrapped things up with a chocolate dipped cone and a Very Berry Gelato. What a Day!</div>
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This year's 4th Level Girls Hike was to the top of Castle Peak (9,100'). Castle Peak is just north of Boreal Ski Resort. It was a beautiful day, and a fairly difficult hike for the girls. In fact, only 3 actually made it to the very top. Rich and Peter and I went up with them. Here are a few scenes from the trip.</div>
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The view from a distance</div>
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Getting closer. We took the trail through the green just to the right of the ridge.</div>
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Yes, that's a bacon-cinnamon muffin sandwich. Almost as good as a bacon crusted maple bar. Yum!</div>
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Here are a few photos from my phone that I haven't gotten around to posting anywhere yet. The first is of a cool looking tornado kind of thing that Rich and I saw on our way out Hwy 20 to Zion's Camp for the Fathers and Sons outing. The farmers were disking and leveling the rice fields, and the wind picked up the dust. It was pretty fun to see.</div>
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The next night, we took grandma out for dinner (for Mother's Day) at Mimi's in Natomas. Good food in the form of burgers, french toast, salads, egg sandwiches - Yum! Mom and I even took a few minutes afterward over in World Imports looking for fun stuff. I love going in there, they have great ginger ale. Very strong stuff.</div>
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And finally, this last week has been beautiful weather! I'm so happy to finally be getting some warm afternoons. The thermometer on my bike computer shows what I've been enjoying. Someone at work asked me if I was from AZ because I was saying I'm most comfortable in 90+ degrees. Nope, just love hot weather.</div>
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Trevor and Michelle brought their kids and came down for a visit over our Easter vacation. (Easter and Melody's birthday being the same day this year.) The other kids decided to make her 60th a birthday one to remember by coming as well. It was all very "hush, hush and hoosh, hoosh."</div>
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The airline gods were smiling on us, because Pam and Lucy. Kim, and Davis were all on the same flight. I said I was going to run some errands, and drove down to pick them up after returning from Fairytale Town with Michelle's family. We had Lucy knock on the door and ask grandma to come out, she had something to show her. I haven't been able to get the video to load, but you can view it at:</div>
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The plan was to have Chris bring his family up Saturday too, as a surprise. But it was too hard to keep the cat contained once it had been partially let out of the bag. So when they got here we took all of the children over to the Church for the ward Easter Egg Hunt and lunch while the adults took Mom out to lunch. All, that is, except Trevor. He took the duty of staying with the kids who were having a little separation anxiety (and maybe a few other anxieties as well). We owe him a lot.</div>
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The food was good, and the company was great! The girls had a book made for their Mom with lots of fun photos from the past, and a list of "60 Reasons Why We Love You" scattered throughout it's pages. Something she will treasure the rest of her life.</div>
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Last night Uncle Richie and I stayed up "way past our bed-time" to watch the lunar eclipse. Below are some photos from the event. No, we didn't take these, though Rich did make a valiant effort to do so with his really nice digital camera. I tried too, with my ordinary cell phone camera. Both were about equally bad.</div>
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We have a bunch a squirrels living in the trees in the field beyond our back fence. I really don't like having them running through our yard and trees. They are often noisy, and they leave their walnuts in the lawn (and I step on them when I mow it). I have issues with rats who have furry tails, as well as those with bare tails.</div>
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We were out running a couple of errands this morning and I noticed the signs were up on the new Squeeze-Inn here. They're Open! Well, they weren't open right then (it was 10:30 and they open daily at 11:00), but everything is looking good.</div>
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It was the best of times and more of the best of times... No kidding. We had nothing but fun with Nate and Kim since their arrival three days ago until their departure today. They played with Mom while I finished the week at work Friday. We watched some Olympics, read Valentines Day cards, and eat some GREAT steaks cooked by Nate that evening. The master chef and the table setting (complete with Martinelli's already in the glasses) will give you some idea of the event, but not of the fantastic taste! And it was nearly as good as left-overs.</div>
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Saturday we all drove up to Malakoff Diggins and did some hiking. I was worried that we might find a lot of mud (the red, permanent staining kind), but the trails were just dry enough to keep us clean, and damp enough to keep the dust away. We parked the car at Hillar tunnel (the entrance of which is shown below) and hiked over the hill because there was too much water to hike through it. Usually, that's the highlight of the trip.</div>
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We walked along the rim trail and saw the massive hole carved out by years of hydraulic mining from different perspectives. I remember being told by a college professor back in the early 70's that this "moonscape" would never heal. but here we are only 40 year later, and you can hardly see </div>
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This was the best shot of the day. Hiking back along the road from No. Bloomfield (where we had hiked and looked around at the buildings, abandoned facilities, and museums). The reflection in the pond is really nice.</div>
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Sunday was Ward Conference in Loma Rica, and since Mom and I both had assignments there, we dragged Kim and Nate along - and they went willingly even though it meant hearing me speak.</div>
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Monday we had to put Nate & Kim on the plane back to AZ, so we spent the day tromping around the Crocker Art Gallery (free admission, and really fun to see the old section), and Old Sacramento. I didn't take any pictures (except of a couple of turtles sunning themselves on a log in the Sacramento River), but Mom got this one of us in front of the Capital building.</div>
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This photo is actually from Saturday, but it seemed a good way to wrap this up. The name of the game the whole time Nate & Kim were with us was "how can we out-do the last meal." Everything we ate (with the exception of a very poor sandwich sop in Old Sac) was outstanding, with the winner being the stakes Nate cooked Friday night. But a close runner-up was the burgers at Squeeze-Inn. Just look at that happy man!</div>
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We can't wait to visit with them again.</div>
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After our state-wide fast for rain last Sunday, we've had three days of it this week. Wednesday there was light rain off and on all day. Friday was good and rainy all day. But today has been wet, wet, wet! Hard rain much of the day, never completely stopping, and windy too. A real storm.</div>
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So after sitting around the house all day watching a little bit of the Olympics and thinking about what to say tomorrow in the two Ward Conferences I have scheduled, I went for a walk. I donned my foul-weather gear and real leather Indiana Jones hat, and ventured out into the storm. It was lots of fun walking around the neighborhood and stepping in puddles (does anyone remember the "Muddy Mouse" story?).</div>
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We are ever so grateful for the rain. It is only the beginning of what is needed to make up for the extremely dry few years we've had recently. This kind of weather usually starts at least a month ago (well, a month and three years ago), but we're happy it's here now.</div>
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After a fun week visiting with Chris and Lorna and their family for Christmas, and a few more days with David, we had a quiet News Year's Eve - then a big day at the temple (our annul Stake Temple Day) on January 1st. By the time all that was over, Mom and I were ready for a few days to ourselves. So she went her way and I went mine... just kidding.</div>
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We took a trip to Fort Bragg (together), where we hadn't been since the Christmas vacation debacle of 2003. You all well remember the brief visit (in the pouring rain) to Wages Creek., but this time was quite different. We had absolutely gorgeous weather the whole three days. (There are some advantages to being in the middle of a drought.) Melody even got to see some whales breach as she stood on the shore watching through the binoculars. </div>
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On one of our forays out of town we visited the Cabrillo Point Light House, which is still operational. The picture below the lighthouse is actually from the lighthouse keeper's home. It was pretty interesting how they had restored everything.</div>
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The hotel we stayed at gave us a free round of miniature golf at the place next door. It really wasn't as chilly as Melody looks, but this was the end of the game and the sun was going down. She did really well, beating me on several holes. But I did get a hole in one (the 8th). We had a blast!</div>
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Believe it or not, some of the best food we ate was from the local Harvest supermarket. They had a great salad and soup bar with daily themed offerings of other food (Indian, Fish, Italian, etc.) The soups were fantastic. The fish was great. The salads were wonderful. And we supplemented each meal with bread and treats from the store's bakery. Okay, maybe the food tasted better because we were hungry, and at the end of the day we didn't feel like being out any more. So we'd pick out our meals and take them home to eat in our room `while we watched movies on TV. All this, and being together, was like heaven. </div>
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The sunset from our first night there. We really ought to do this kind of thing more often.</div>
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My good friend Joe Harrison is the Teachers Quorum Adviser in his ward. All four of his YM are former students of mine. Whenever he has cool activities planned (he does this with the specific goal of getting one of the YM more actively involved) he invites me along. I like it not only for the activities, but because I get to be with some of my favorite students again.</div>
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The activity this time was riding bikes from the north foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, over the bridge and then along the sea past the Presidio, Crissy Field, the Marina, and on to the Wharf. </div>
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This is where we stopped to buy clam chowder bowls and relax. The weather was absolutely gorgeous! On the way in I wore a light, long sleeved, high neck pull-over. After sitting in the sun for a hour or so, I rode back in just a t-shirt (well, and pants). But I really could have worn my bike shorts and been comfortable.</div>
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We stopped here for a brief breather after the long climb up from sea level on the way back. Actually, I've taken a lot of pictures from this point in the last few years. You can see how beautiful it was outside today</div>
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<span class="chunk">For</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">unto</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">you</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">is</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">born</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">this</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">day</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">city</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">David</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="chunk">Saviour,</span></div>
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P&M Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10407144415955948521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370968530405729307.post-2002826625575787702013-11-29T19:05:00.000-08:002013-11-29T19:05:57.247-08:00Thanksgiving Is Over - Here Comes Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Chris helped me, and I spent several hours today getting the Christmas lights up on the house. It really doesn't take more than an hour and a half or so - if all the lights are working. But that rarely happens, so most of my time is spent fixing light strands and going to the store to replace irreparable ones. And this is not quite complete. I still need to get the white icicles up across the bottom of the bedroom windows, and for the first time ever, I'd like to put a strand around the front room window. </div>
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Of course, some other things have to take place before before the fun starts. I have the annual Christmas Concert with the Barry & Tierra Buena Bands on the 5th. I have HUGE groups this year totaling nearly 200 students between the two schools. And they are doing pretty well.</div>
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Then there's Stake Conference on the 7th and 8th. Things are looking good for that too. Though my comments for the leadership and adult sessions are set, I'm not sure just what I'll say in the general session yet. I'm sure the right thing will come.</div>
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I've started playing my Christmas play lists in my car and I'll probably be able to do some Christmas shopping before too long. This is the SOP for this time of year.P&M Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10407144415955948521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370968530405729307.post-59337657345945095252013-11-23T15:00:00.000-08:002013-11-23T15:00:08.125-08:00It's In His Genes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
I was watching a video of this orchestral group in Europe who used a kind of "flash mob" approach to performing in public. They did the 4th movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony - with a flash mob chorus and everything. There was a great crowd of people gathered to listen, mostly families. What was really funny though was that part way through the event the camera panned over to street lamp which had a little girl shinnying up it. She stayed there the entire time.</div>
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That made me think of Pam's kids, who climb anything, at any time, without provocation. So it's no surprise that Henry follows the family traits. Here he is at the top of a ladder. He stayed there for some time, and was not happy about being lifted down. He wasn't trying to find a way down. He was happy to be up there.<br />
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P&M Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10407144415955948521noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370968530405729307.post-85095637716042795912013-11-16T14:19:00.000-08:002013-11-16T14:19:02.333-08:00Odds and Ends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Just a few pictures that I have on my phone and thought might be worth sharing. These two grand kids are no cuter than the other 9 (in my humble opinion). But then I think <i>ALL</i> of my grand kids are <i>WAY</i> cuter than anyone else's! My standard response when viewing pictures of other people's kids/grand kids is: "wow, he/she is almost a cute as my grand kids."</div>
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And to show you where our grand kids get it, here's a photo of their grandma's family circa 1958. I had never really seen too much of Melody in any of our grand kids - until I saw this. Then man.! Several of them were blessed with her good looks.</div>
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And finally, this is just a fun little video of grant being Grant. What more can I say? It's so just typical of him.</div>
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2013 marks the 100th year of the partnership between the LDS Church and the Boy Scouts of America. In October the Church produced an extravaganza honoring that long relationship. The event was broadcast and is an hour and a half long. Lots of music and a little acting, mostly from boy actors. <a href="http://scouts100.lds.org/">Click here to watch it</a>. You won't be disappointed.</div>
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To commemorate the anniversary in our stake, we decided to have an old-time Scout-O-Rama. The troops in the stake came together Friday night on our ball fields for a low-key campfire and dutch oven desert contest. The next morning the stake presidency cooked and served pancakes & sausage for everyone for breakfast. Then we all watched the broadcast before delving into scouting activities for the rest of the time.</div>
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My own set up was spartan, just the way I like it. Oh, I have all the necessities and amenities, but I like to have everything condensed and easily packed up for moving on to the next evening's stopping place, because backpacking in infinitely more appealing to me than camping. So I got this little backpacker's tent after seeing one of our high councilors with one. And that's my big <i>85L</i> backpack lying next to it. I was snug with my headlamp and Reader's Digest to help me doze off.</div>
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Of course, I had planned on waking up early anyway to help with breakfast, but when the trash truck (that reference especially for Atticus and Emmett) came at 4:30 am, it was more than I bargained for. And really, the biggest reason you never want to camp in town is all the noise - All. Night. Long.</div>
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Since it was forecast to be cold that night (and it <i>was</i> a lot chillier than most people expected), I decided to make a rare appearance dressed in my buffalo robe and head dress. My good friend Cliff Johnson gave it to me when he moved to Utah. The thing weighs about 25 pounds, but <i>man</i> is it warm! I'm going to have to do some fixin' on the head dress, because it's starting to fall apart. But it was fun to walk around in it.</div>
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Over 50 years ago my Dad was Assistant Resident Engineer on the I-80 project that cut a new path and laid concrete over the summit past Lake Tahoe. He stayed in a cabin in Blue Canyon. I remember it was very small (even to a small boy). Two rooms, and a toilet in a closet. He would drive up early Monday morning, come home Wed. evening, drive back up early Thursday morning, then home for he weekend Friday night.</div>
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His office was in Emigrant Gap and was the coolest cabin I had ever seen. It was an A-Frame style, and during the winter they dug a tunnel through the snow from the outside door upstairs to the front door downstairs. It made a neat slide.</div>
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My good friend Stan Richins works for CalTrans, as Dad did. Stan is in charge of highway maintenance in northern California, including I-80 over the summit. He's kind of a big-wig. He bears the main responsibility for keeping the road open during winter storms, and making the decision to close it needs be.<br />
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He was at a ceremony the other day where they were handing out these commemorative medallions honoring the upcoming 50th anniversary of the highway's opening. He brought me one. Like I said, he's a good friend.P&M Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10407144415955948521noreply@blogger.com1