Vegas Strip Food and Photos
During our stay we’ve had a variety of interesting meals; returning to sentimental favorites for the buffet at Ballys and the 10.99$ steak and lobster at the Stardust, plus a nice dinner at … Read more
Hobbies
More Fall Fun on 395
On Saturday we continued our journey, leaving Bishop after an always pleasing stop at Schat’s Bakery. The variety of baked goods there is amazing and the quality is top-notch. North of Lone Pine … Read more
Eastern Sierra Autumn
We’re spending a couple of days on the eastern side of the Sierras before heading over to Las Vegas for the Apachecon conference. We spent a nice day on the road between Bishop … Read more
Happy Halloween!
Lisa and Moneka had some fun and did a great job carving jack-o-lanterns from the pumpkins we grew this year:
Carola’s Chocolate Coconut Bars
Ingredients 1 C sugar 1/2 C butter 2-3 eggs* (original recipe calls for 2) 1 tsp vanilla 1.3 C shredded coconut 1.5 C flour 2-3 tsp baking powder* (original recipe calls for 3) … Read more
Green Chile
Perhaps not quite as good as that served by the El Rancho Motel in Gallup New Mexico, this green chile recipe is quite tasty in its own right. This fairly mild chile (the … Read more
Seafoam Lodge Redux
In what may become an annual tradition, we spent our second Labor Day weekend up at the Seafoam Lodge on the Mendocino coast. As noted last year, Seafoam is a great place to … Read more
Mike’s Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
What a treat; today I used only carrots from our garden to make this cake! This recipe is my synthesis of many recipes, none of which quite pleased me. Sources included Betty Crocker, … Read more
Endings and Beginnings
Three weeks, 5000 miles and 1200 photos later, we’re back from our visit to Kansas, where we had a great time! As reflected in this journal, we took our time both coming and … Read more