Archive for June, 2009

Poker Run

Today Chuck, Shadow, and I went on a Bicycle Poker Run in Fallon, NV. Shadow and I rode 12 miles before stopping as the temperatures were just too hot for her. The weather here in Fallon has been in the high 90s for the past week, and will continue for the next. Chuck continued and [...]

Hail? Yes!

“I think that’s hail!” Chuck said as he jumped out of bed around 11:30 tonight. I was still on the couch, enjoying watching television for the first time in about a month (“Fight Club” was the movie on my screen at the time) and just thought we were getting some really heavy rain with some [...]

Arriving in Fallon, NV

Currently we are in Fallon, NV – specifically Fallon Naval Air Station – and have plans to stay for about 2 weeks. Fallon is high desert (about 4,000’) and is warmer, dryer, and has less vegetation than we’ve had in the past month. It also doesn’t have much in the way of ‘tourist attractions’, though [...]

Native Americans given citizenship!

Today in 1924, the US granted citizenship to all native Americans. Now wasn’t that generous of ‘em? Sarcasm intended. The Original Founding Fathers