Some Las Vegas pics

Friday we went out to Red Rock Canyon and got snowed on. Its a really cool place to visit, but I prefer it without the snow.






Lone Mountain is a good sized hill and popular hike at the Northwest edge of Las Vegas. (It may actually be in the city limits now.) On Saturday, Chris guided his decrepit old grandfather to the top. He's a brave young man.

Lone Mountain from Lone Mountain Park.

Starting out.

Half way up.

Lone Mountain national forest.

Zoomed in on the strip from the top of Lone Mountain.

The Layton house. (It's there...right next to the church.)

The trail down.

Monday we went to the Bellagio and to the Mirage but I forgot my camera. You'll have to check with Becky for those pictures.

Spring is coming

Its time to get ready so I ordered the garden stuff from Territorial Seed Co. today. Corn, beans, peas, peppers, and tomatoes to be delivered in May. The other stuff I'll pick up around here when planting time gets closer.
Late last fall or early last winter I collected some seeds from my favorite rose bush, Precious Platinum. I've kept the seeds in the refrigerator since then and I'm going to plant them in little peat pots tomorrow. I dont know what I'll get, if anything, since I dont know who the male parent was (The scoundrel!), but if anyone is interested and I have several plants, I'll share them. Get your orders in soon.

L&L Visit

Lyle & Linda were here over the weekend so of course we had to play Solo. I had a pretty good run of cards and won several hands in a row. At one point I had so many chips I thought Sam must be playing. One of the reasons we all love her is because she's so generous. I've heard that she'll even try to make a call without the 10 of trump. lol
We went to the Trailblazer game Saturday night. (Thanks Chris & Amy.) Max lost power in the tunnel (Fortunately, before we got there.) So, they put us on a bus at the Sunset transit center an took us downtown. There we got back on Max and went on to the Rose Garden. Then we reversed the procedure on the way home. Lyle tried to make the best of it by saying it added flavor to the evening. I said I didn't care for that flavor. (Kinda like fish icecream.)
It was a great game! Portland kicked Jazz butt big time,

Job benies

There's something wrong with the rear sight on my old .22 rifle. I just cant get it in focus. What's up with that? So, since there was an employee's sale on blemished products last week I got a 2-7x rimfire scope.
Anyway, since I just happen to know someone in the custom shop, I had a prairie dog laser etched on both sides of the bell and my initials on the elevation adjustment cap. I may not shoot any better, but I've got a cool looking scope at least.

Ice crystals

Yesterday morning we had a little snow and the temperature was right at the freezing point. Ice was just forming on the little pond out front, so of course I had to take some pictures.

WOO HOO!!!

Vegas air fare finally went down.

3 round trip tickets for $481.50.

So we're going down for Valentine's Day.

WOO HOO.

Snow update

It's warmed up and is thawing! YEA!! The roads were passable yesterday, but really, really rough. I've driven mountain 4-wheel drive tracks that were better.

Here's something from Homes & Gardens of the Northwest I thought you would-be gardeners would enjoy. I sure did.
"Gardening is all about who's in charge and it ain't us."
CSA farmer Will Newman