Salt Flats

Here's one more piece of Great Art from our Thanksgiving trip to Utah - the salt flats. Taken during a rest stop at a ... umm ... rest stop. The interesting thing about that rest stop is that they have a foot washing station, which is somewhat unusual for such a place. Presumably, they expect people to walk out on the salt and need to clean up. Too cold for us, though. Picture courtesy of the exclusive iPhone-cam.

Extreme Short Shrift. It's already 10:30 and I need to get to bed. Gave minor help to LRN4 to get some Christmas gifts ordered this evening and ... umm ... rested. Lots going on at work, though, so it's nice to rest a bit.

Busy weekend coming up, though. LRN2 has an organ performance Friday evening. Saturday, we're putting up our Christmas lights in the morning, going to see a creche exhibit (either the beautiful one in Palo Alto or the slightly more convenient one in Modesto - we're leaning towards Modesto right now) mid-day, and going to the ward Christmas dinner in the evening, where LRN2 is playing the piano in a piano-harmonica duet, among other things. I'm looking forward to it all.

I'm very sorry to announce the death this afternoon of my friend Dave Allen. He was a truly nice person who survived cancer for a year or two, but deteriorated quite rapidly lately and finally lost the battle today. I'll miss him.

I've located an important holiday job opportunity for my Loyal Readers: caveman. It's temporary, but looks like it might be very lucrative, what with visitors handing out treats all the time.

Tonight's food violence news comes courtesy of LRN5: police candy theft. Fortunately, our Boys in Blue were able to thwart the heinous misdeed.

See you tomorrow.