South of Lone Pine
The last day of our trip found us taking it pretty easy. We drove south a ways to see the Cottonwood charcoal kilns (charcoal was used in the smelters, which were used to … Read more
Month: December 2003
Titus Canyon
After visiting Rhyolite we headed over to Titus Canyon Road, a steep, rugged, beautiful and fun to drive road. Unless it’s rained recently, the road should be entirely safe, even for passenger vehicles … Read more
Visions of the Past: Rhyolite, Nevada
Continuing coverage of Mike and Sheryl’s November Desert trip. 24 November 2003 After spending a restful night in Stovepipe Wells, we took off for another day of exploring the northern Death Valley area. … Read more
Minor Site Updates
I spent most of yesterday tweaking the site; twas the first in-depth technical work I’ve done since my recent illness! Among the minor updates was an improvement in the layout of the site … Read more
GI Joke
From BrettB. Click on the image to see a larger version; the captions on the box are hilarious!
Tove’s Sirapskakor (Syrup Cookies)
Swedish syrupcookies/sirapskakor that are a little sweet and chewy. Tove sent me the recipe after enjoying our Peanut Butter Cookie recipe. The sirapskakor are very good; thanks Tove! 50-60 cookies, depending on how … Read more
Optimism
” I have great faith in optimism as a philosophy, if only because it offers us the opportunity of self-fulfilling prophecy.” -Sir Arthur C Clarke
A Day of Firsts
handwritten yesterday; posted today Read my first newspaper since Nov. 25th. Ate first real food since breakfast on Thanksgiving. (green curry chicken from Krungthai; heavenly!) First day of my temperature not rising above … Read more