Thursday, July 31, 2008

Estes

We took a day trip this week to Estes Park with our friends Heather and Pete

It was a long haul to the top, but worth the effort.

Views from the top.   Lack of Oxygen makes you smile goofy, but the cool weather was much better than the 95F Denver was experiencing.  Still a little bit of snow up there.


We also got to see the yellow bellied Marmot and some Pika.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Americana

So, I haven't gotten ahold of the Bahamas photos yet.. and I really wanted to share one last batch from the honeymoon. One of our missions was to see all the kitschy Americana we could... and I think we did well. If you click on any of the pics, you should see the Picasa album, which also has a couple of other shots.

Monterey provided our first shot- Rappa's seafood came with this old salt:
And the closest we could find to fitting Ray into a John Deere tire (ala the MN state fair) - penguin egg at the aquarium.
Along with the drive-through tree, the Shrine Tree had a "three little bears house".

Our absolute favorite - the Treehouse of Mystery (or some equally crazed name) was all about "The life and adventures of Paul Bunyan and his friends and dog". For those CU fans - Babe bears a certain resemblance to the Ralphie on Baseline....For the Minnesotans, I will note that Ray was pretty offended by the crazy Californians' hubris.
And of course, what would it all be without a T. Rex?

Beyond all that - I guess I have to table the appliance debate for a while, as Ray finally let me demo our weird hallway-closet thing and is helping me build a walk-through closet. So I'm using my home depot allowance for the month, I think..but I still think the stove needs a pretty friend. Not avocado green - geez! :)  And I'll be baking my first bread on the new stove tomorrow.