Lunar Crater Lunar Crater is a little east of Tonopah, NV. It is a large volcanic crater. We saw a long gopher snake There's a long unpaved, dusty, sandy road that leads to Lunar Crater - it was necessary to have 4-wheel drive. The Sequoia got very dusty.
Stokes Castle Stokes Castle is near Austin, Nevada. It was built in the 1897. There is also an old mining structure down the hill from the castle. This was one of the first things we saw on our trip to Utah for Phil's wedding. Stokes Castle is up on a
Main Street, Visalia Standing near El Tarasco, looking at a building project Looking from Main Street at the Darling Hotel One of the old drug stores on the corner across from Starbucks An old sign was removed near Link's Menswear, can't really read what it used to say. Maybe
Sequoia National Park lots of fire damage as we drove up to the Giant Forest area It's not clear why the Crystal Caves were closed when we got to the General Sherman area, we saw a deer, which was surprising, usually there is no sign of animal life up there. the
High Adventure camping trip in Santa Cruz Carson and Tucker went with their church young men's group to Santa Cruz for a high adventure camping trip. They went mountain biking - the yellow line shows their trail. and they spent some fun time on the beach. example of the racks on the back of the
Spring Formal Dance The Rasmussen Family had a gathering at their house before the dance. Kaitlyn and Carson Carson and Ashton
Wizard Hat Beach House near Bandon, Oregon, part 1 When you pull up to the house, there is a little parking lot with a few spaces and it overlooks the beach. Views from the top of the house and parking lot. you can see Wizard Hat and Face Rock The drive was about 8 hours from Reno, but we
Wizard Hat Beach House, part 2 The lower level had another kitchen and bedroom, sitting room and bathroom. That rock in the water is called Face Rock. Tucker's room with a cool loft. The game room. Goose family The kids and Keith went out walking north of our house and found lots of tide
Stopping in Mt. Shasta, CA, on the way to Oregon On our way up to Bandon, Oregon, we stopped in Mt. Shasta, CA to spend the night and check out the town. The clouds finally blew away so we could see the top of the mountain, so we took some photos. Cool 'benches' in a sitting area near
Myrtle Creek and Myrtle Point and Coos Bay We stopped in Myrtle Creek after leaving Mt. Shasta. We got out of the car and walked around a nice park and a really cool covered bridge. Next stop - Myrtle Point. This is the Logging Museum that had been built in 1910. It wasn't open that day.
Carson's Pinewood Derby Carson's young men's group in church had a 'no rules' pinewood derby, where they could race cars down the track without worrying about weight and other regulations. Carson worked on his car for a few weeks before the event. He added a large fan
Tucker's electronics Tucker's Arduino projects He is turning a stepper motor with his circuit. Working on Carson's electronic Pinewood Derby Car
Day trip to San Luis Obispo, CA It's been about 15 years since we've been to San Luis Obispo, there are a lot of new shops downtown and a lot of new stuff built up outside of town. This is the mission, it was beautiful inside. The stream by the mission yucky gum
Day trip to Avila Beach We went with Andrea to the coast for the day. It was neat to be on the beach again. It was a beautiful day - the air was fresh and smelled salty.
Wilbur D. May Museum - Sweet: A Tasty Journey We went to the Wilbur D. May Museum in Sparks to see the Sweet: A Tasty Journey exhibit, which is all about candy production and its history. This picture is made out of jelly beans. This was cool; you push a button to hear about different candies from other countries.
Carson's pictures from Visalia Flicker hummingbirds dove Flicker (one that is from Nevada) Flickers ruby throated hummingbird
Reno Ice Christmas Show Savannah has been taking ice skating lessons since August. She has been gradually advancing in skill level, learning how to stop and do spins. They announced they would be doing a Christmas Show a couple of months ago, so Savannah signed up and started going to rehearsals 3 times a
Bodie, California - Walking through a Ghost town Bodie was founded in the 1860s, after W.S. Bodey discovered gold here. It became a booming mining town through the late 1870s, but that quickly died down by the early 1880s. The town didn't instantly become a ghost town though; people continued to live there through the
Bodie, California This was probably taken in 1989. We tried to replicate the 1989 picture (it was not easy sitting perched on those spokes!) ....and it was not easy getting up there .....nor was it easy getting down
Day trip on the Northern California Coast - Hendy Woods Our first stop was the Hendy Woods. It was mostly empty, so it was a nice way to get out and walk some easy trails and see some huge redwoods. ...and then we walked back out of the forest. This was the first beach we saw after driving through the
Day trip on the Northern California Coast - Fort Bragg, Glass Beach and Point Cabrillo Light Station We were starving, so we had some lunch, fried fish and shrimp and clam chowder. Then we went to Glass Beach, where part of the beach has sand made up of pieces of glass. The other part of Glass Beach is all tide pools. lots of jellyfish pieces and a
Savannah turns the BIG 11 We had a family birthday dinner the Friday before Savannah's birthday - Nan, Teresa and Rogan came over to have Thai food and strawberry cake to help us celebrate. Savannah got some presents from Grandma Bea and Grandpa Gene and some lights for her bedroom (see Snowball?) she
Reno Air Races We went to the Reno Air Races today. We saw these planes flying around the valley when we got there. and we saw these planes being rolled out onto the runway and some other planes parked There were many different military planes this one is a huge cargo plane built
