Titus Canyon

After visiting Rhyolite we headed over to Titus Canyon Road, a steep, rugged, beautiful and fun to drive road. Unless it’s rained recently, the road should be entirely safe, even for passenger vehicles … Read more

Visions of the Past: Rhyolite, Nevada

Continuing coverage of Mike and Sheryl’s November Desert trip. 24 November 2003 After spending a restful night in Stovepipe Wells, we took off for another day of exploring the northern Death Valley area. … Read more

Minor Site Updates

I spent most of yesterday tweaking the site; twas the first in-depth technical work I’ve done since my recent illness! Among the minor updates was an improvement in the layout of the site … Read more

GI Joke

From BrettB. Click on the image to see a larger version; the captions on the box are hilarious!

Wichita Model Train Show Track Layouts

Tove’s Sirapskakor (Syrup Cookies)

Swedish syrupcookies/sirapskakor that are a little sweet and chewy. Tove sent me the recipe after enjoying our Peanut Butter Cookie recipe. The sirapskakor are very good; thanks Tove! 50-60 cookies, depending on how … Read more

Optimism

” I have great faith in optimism as a philosophy, if only because it offers us the opportunity of self-fulfilling prophecy.” -Sir Arthur C Clarke The featured image (which may only be displayed … Read more