The girl who waits and watches I got back on Wednesday after three weeks in Oregon visiting family. We unloaded the car and then I pu...

Day One - G'ville to Flagstaff - 664 mi Are you ready? There are two types of travelers in the world; which one are you?      S...

Well we're home and, as per, Maggie the 7 o'clock Magpie just dropped in for breakfast. First day, as usual. That's my girl. So ...

Friday's wild storm had gusts up to 90 miles an hour and, between the valley and Lake Tahoe, left 21,000 people without power, some unt...

Nobody's at the Bird Park at the moment. A hawk scared everybody off so it's just an empty gray day here in Nevada, this after Tue...

back in the valley We got back to Nevada this afternoon, we meaning yellow Swami, coral Swami, Andy, Minerva, M. Lee and I. We're ...

It's smoky in Susanville. There's a forest fire somewhere nearby but, so far, no indication of road closures. Burning Man, Blac...

Elko, Nevada and the sweet smell of desert sage after the rain. Elko is a friendly town. The billboard about 50 north of town welcomes v...

Before leaving Oregon, Hwy. 140 makes one last perilous climb then enters Nevada in the middle of the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge. Th...

Cliven Bundy. This guy is an embarrassment to the great state of Nevada. I live in Nevada and, contrary to what FOX News would you believe, ...

Headed east, looking back.  When Life magazine named Nevada's Hwy. 50 the " Loneliest Road in America "  back in 1986 its...

Spring evening Spring is a crazy time. Last night's ominous sky brought this morning's snow and a hungry morning in the Bird P...

M. Lee sent me this hilarious link to the Beast's annual 50 Most Loathsome Americans list. I am not on it. Monster-size casino bli...

Cirque du Soleil's O turned out to be every bit as spectacular and amazing as it's claimed to be. Dazzling. Impossible. Thrilling. ...

 Plaza hotel parking lot, Las Vegas. So tomorrow we go to Vegas. It's been awhile. M. Lee's mom is taking us to see the Cirque d...

The Shipping Squirrel enjoying Squirrel Appreciation Day. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day for the President...

Even as the days grow colder, Michigan H. Frog, aka Henry , is still alive outside my window croaking. I'm amazed. God, I wish I could f...

Mayan calendar Happy 12.12.12. The inter-tubes are strangely quiet these days about the upcoming End of the Mayan Calendar a.k.a. En...

Most of Tonopah is below ground. Outhouse behind Mizpah Hotel. Note the TP still on the roll. On the surface, streets and buildings...

It's that time in Tonopah again. I assume the small chairs in the lobby are for the ghost children who are said to haunt the hotel...