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atstack

600 miles down.....

Jul 30, 2006 00:38

Well today has been a really long day on the road. We left Amarillo on route 40 and have just driven west. I have to admit I was kinda happy to get out of Texas ( Read more... )

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Drained anonymous July 30 2006, 10:55:39 UTC

Nothing like a good indian fry bread and charizo egg dish to prep you for VEGAS baby! (Ft Tuthill diner)

Take a quick look at the park before you leave, it is a hidden secret of the DoD recreation areas. You can sign up for all the best tours of the Grand Canyon at the front desk.

Don't forget to stop in Bullhead City and Laughlin the river is an oasis.

Mike

Re: Drained atstack August 3 2006, 05:45:22 UTC

Sadly, no fry bread. Although I am very fond of it with cinnimon and sugar, we didn't have any.

The park itself really was nice, once the rain had gone and we could see in daylight.

Beware of asking a librarian a question... anonymous July 31 2006, 03:07:41 UTC

"In the United States, the last urban plague epidemic occurred in Los Angeles in 1924-25. Since then, human plague in the United States has occurred as mostly scattered cases in rural areas (an average of 10 to 15 persons each year). Globally, the World Health Organization reports 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague every year. In North America, plague is found in certain animals and their fleas from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains, and from southwestern Canada to Mexico. Most human cases in the United States occur in two regions: 1) northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, and southern Colorado; and 2) California, southern Oregon, and far western Nevada." So - the answer currently is 10 to 15 persons per year. This information is from the CDC website. Southwestern areas post warnings about plague because it comes from fleas of infected animals (rodents) and these rodents are also the "vehicle" from which hanta virus spreads. Hanta virus is very rare but very deadly and has been recognized in the U.S. since 1993. Now, you would ( ... )

Re: Beware of asking a librarian a question... atstack August 3 2006, 05:48:24 UTC

Bored at work? That was very interesting, but a lot more info that I needed. But I learned something.....thanks Mom!

phoning Nana anonymous July 31 2006, 03:11:11 UTC

Nana phoned to tell me that she was so happy that Alex remembered to phone her and left a phone message. She's always thrilled when you think of her without prodding or someone else initiating the contact. She hadn't, however, opened the blog quite yet to know your current whereabouts and didn't understand where you were spending Sunday night. It's been so uncomfortably warm here, and the room with her computer is not the most comfortable one in the house. She'll sign on tomorrow early, early in the morning and read your adventures then. Love, Mom

learning to blog anonymous July 31 2006, 03:16:26 UTC

So, I also meant to tell you that I talked to Aunt Gail who is having a hard time learning to blog. This particular one is totally familiar to me because it's so much like Blackboard (the system the community colleges and universities use for online courses.) Unfortunately, the software people haven't worked out the kinks for spell check and preview enough for the beginning user like Aunt Gail who had four paragraphs disappear yesterday. I don't like the fact that when I tacked on a reply to Vicki's message the continuation of the thread doesn't show up as part of the count for comments. So, Alex, bear with us as we continue to try to learn new systems. And, note that I am not contiuing any threads. Each thing is getting its own comment. Still your mom, the library lady.

Apple doesn't fall far from the tree anonymous July 31 2006, 03:24:28 UTC

Alex, your father was a professional navigator who really does understand longitude, but never cared enough to figure out how that related to time zones. Therefore, this marital partner ended up learning how to talk to him Zulu. Your comments about AZ time tells me that you are equally clueless. AZ is never in the Pacific time zone, but in Mountain time. Unfortunately, it is one of those states that don't go to daylight savings time. Since I suspect that this is an issue that you have inherited, please just ask a local what the time is, particularly before making late evening phone calls. Love, Mom (where it's 10:24 PM central daylight savings time and this is going to post as 3:24 AM UTC which is 3:24 Coordinated Universal Time (I know, the order of the initials is different than the order of the first letter of the words) or Greenwich mean time, or ZULU!!!)