Saturday, October 16, 2010

FAQ

How is the Land Rover?
Well, I'd say it was about as dependable as a weather report. Although, Brian has done an awful lot of work on it. In fact, last year we took it to a Land Rover specialist, who gave "Cannibal" (he eats Land Rover parts, and Brian won't let me call it "Campbell") a once over, and then presented us with a list of "things to be done". Brian has finished everything on the list. Strangely, the photo I took of Brian doing all these things has disappeared... so I'll make due with a photo of a part he fixed. I'm pretty sure Cannibal doesn't even leak now, which you know is impossible in a Land Rover unless it is out of oil. So maybe Brian has worked some magic. I really wouldn't want this to get spread around, but I am softening toward Cannibal. He's got heated seats.

While Brian was delving into Cannibals innards, he came across a date stamp. We know that Cannibal's birthday is September 28.

A month or so ago, we took Cannibal off roading. Nothing major, apparently he's not set up for hard core off roading, so Brian didn't go anywhere crazy. It was still fun. At the top of these dirt roads is a wooded oasis. The views were spectacular, although now that the leaves have changed I bet it is even more beautiful.

So, Happy Belated Birthday Cannibal.
'til next post.
ei

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Image This is how Britt looks in ALL our recent photos.
Image Ooops. We entered this road from the other direction.... which did not have a "do not enter" sign.
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Saturday, October 02, 2010

Oh, what glorious Autumn weather we are enjoying. This weekend we headed out to our local Ohme Gardens to explore and celebrate a friends 13th birthday. The Garden was a cool refuge on a hot day, an entire hillside of cool slate paths, ponds, and waterfalls - not to mention 5,000,000,000 stone steps. :-) There were also many rock benches and tables along the way. The Garden was first started by Herman and Ruth Ohme in 1929 as a refuge from the dry desert sagebrush and heat. To water the evergreens they had transplanted from the Cascades they had to hand carry 5 gallon buckets of water from the river valley below! They also carried in all the rock. (Brian agreed that this was a much bigger project than our measly rock wall in which rock was delivered to us.) On our visit a stretch Humvee was awaiting a wedding party, and the driver let the kids look around and take their photos. I would definitely want to see this garden in the spring.