Announcement

My friends, I do not joke when I tell you that I travel with a baby blue neck pillow clipped to a belt loop.

Bear Video

Here is the link to the short video Abby shot of the bear visiting us the other day. It's very short, but if you can see the final screenshot, he stops with both paws up on the windows! (BTW, Hallie is still scared at night, while the boys think this is all amazingly cool. :))



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdyvHKaZ8Ro

Check out this crowd

This much I can say

And I am *proud* to be an American!

(Lee Greenwood is on the left singing in American flag jacket.)

The view from up high

Las Vegas, Nevada

Notes from the Road

One of my favorite things about this job is getting to walk onto the tarmac of airports all over the country and look at planes. I like taking interesting pictures of them. The attached photo is of a small private jet at Lunken Air Field in Cinci. Another photo is of sunset at Las Vegas International Airport.

On that note, I am in Vegas this week. We started our stay here by overnighting at the Luxor (the big pyramid on the strip), which was an absolute dump. Nappy carpet, decades-old bedding, no wireless internet, reeked of smoke, etc. Disgusting.

We switched to a Hampton Inn in nearby Henderson and I have been very pleased. The carpet feels new (no squishy liquid underfoot), the bedding is *white*, clean, and high quality. And the room doesn't smell like the Las Vegas girl scout troop held their most recent weenie roast in it.

Here are the pics (still working on the mobile posting)...