Hi Everyone, Hope you are all well. How is the weather back in England? Well it's been pretty hot here, 36c the other day. Hahahaha. Sorry but I have to rub it in. So I have now completed 3 weeks of work - time is flying by! To fill you in... we have been working on the Tahoe Rim Trail re-route which is South Lake Tahoe in a place called Stateline. It's right on the border of Nevada and California. In the last 2 weeks weather has been very hot. The work is still hard but really enjoyable - I like [View Full Entry]

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On Monday I got to go to Piute Valley, another area of the desert where they are conducting the burn research. I hadn't been there yet so I was quite excited to go. Justin thought we'd only be out there a few hours, since there aren't many tortoises there and there were 5 of us going out. Within probably the first hour and a half we were nearly done. But then there were 3 tortoises that we could not find. And proceeded to spend the next like 3 hours looking for them. While looking for these guys, I saw some flowers! [View Full Entry]

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42hours after arriving at Perth Airport, we finally arrived... Viva Las Vegas! After one of the best flights both Chris and I have ever been on, was arrived in Auckland, our first stop on the trip to Vegas! 14hours was what we had in this city and after getting to our hotel and having a well deserved nap, we hit Aucklands main street, Queens Street, not a bad little place and while it gave us a taste of New Zealand we both left feeling like there was much much more of NZ we both wanted to check out. The flight to [View Full Entry]

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Following the wonderful adventures in Sequoia, we ended up back in Barstow. Met up with everyone else from work on Tuesday morning. Which meant I got to get up slightly later than if we had gone back to Henderson and had to drive back down with them. aka, got up around 5:30am. ha. Little did I know that would be the latest I would get up all week. Anywho, bleed week (or days, rather) went quite well. I was with Alison and Felicia for Tuesday morning. We bled some tortoises that I had never bled before so that was kinda cool. [View Full Entry]

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The Grand Canyon [View Full Entry]

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Las Vegas No 2 [View Full Entry]

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August, 10 - August, 15 As a fan of glitz, kitsch, bright lights and the odd bit of gambling Las Vegas has always been a destination on my must-see list. It didn't disappoint. From the first glimpse of the city miles away in the distance as we drove through the seemingly endless desert my excitement was soaring. Vegas is everything I expected - big, brash, bold and over the top. We met my parents at the airport (they had come out for 12 days to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary) and headed to the Stratosphere. This is the hotel with the [View Full Entry]

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The first stop is Fallon, Nevada which is not the entertainment or gaming center of Nevada. However, it is the home of Top Gun Naval Air Station. It is also the location of one of Betty's oldest and dearest friends - Judy Carlson. Judy is an artist of national repute and Betty's mentor. They started with mutual respect and admiration, but their relationship evolved into deep caring and love. Betty often talked of Judy's impact on her life and how painting and art taught her about herself. I believe they were both greater because of each. Now Fallon is not a [View Full Entry]

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We're on the next to last leg of our summer long adventure and it's hard to believe it's almost over. Wednesday, Sept 9 we spent a leisurely day the Izaak Walton Hotel in Essex, MT - thanks, Bob and Joanie Dehlendorf for recommending this unique place. The hotel is on the southern border of Glacier National Park and is an old railroad inn that is right on the railway line. A great old place - our room was paneled with wood, and looked like an old railroad car. The dining room is called...The Dining Car...what a surprise... and has big picture [View Full Entry]

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Aug 21 - Sept 13, 2009 Aug 21 - Sept 4, 2009 and Sept 12 - 13, 2009 San Jose Foster City San Mateo Burlingame Millbrae San Bruno So SF SF Oakland Sonoma Sept 5 - 8 & 11, 2009 Los Angeles, CA Sept 9 & 11, 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada Sept 10, 2009 Grand Canyon, Arizona [View Full Entry]

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