weekends in Monterey

 Are you a tourist?!   Monterey is very picturesque on the weekends.

I used to drive to Monterey and and photograph the ocean.   I never met anyone there.

I did talk to someone in a booth for directions.   They had a tourist booth located on the side of the road in Monterey and I stopped there to ask question.    They gave me a tourist book, and I used it until I knew Monterey locations and didn't need the Monterey book anymore.

I photographed the shops, there merry go round, the scenic route on High Way 1,  and sometimes I used different filters.

The funny thing is I never stopped for food there I always brought in my car Genola bars.

I also bought some really neat items from there.

These weekends are the days I lugged around all my camera gear and hand held notebook to make notations...

NEW CAR

I have a copy on my email of this topic.

 I was searching for a NEW car.  My Toyota Matrix was on it's last and needed too many repairs.   So, I saw and told their was a list for several of the Toyota cars.  This ment I would have to look else where.

I tried allot of uncomfortable cars.

Then I went to HONDA on Stevens creek.

I tried a HONDA Truck.   It at the time was called a CR-V Truck now they have CR-V SUV's which do not look the same.   Mine was a HYBRID.    It did not run on Oil.

It was electric but it also ran on gas.   I did not plug it  in like the Hybrids they have now.

I like the Hybrids they have now.   I think it is a really good idea.

I do believe they also have Hybrid Motorcycles however I do not know who sells them.

I believe this all started with a Hybrid lawn mower that someone made a question about on YOUTUBE.

Just before the church bells toll

 Just before the church bell tolls, I was at the Chicago Ohara Airport.   My family was going to JKF to visit a family friend.  There was a new invention at the O'Hara Airport it was a moving floor escalator.   You stand on it and it moved while everyone raced you on the floor.   It was neat.   While my parents were talking I could of sworn I saw John Belushi with a overcoat in hand and suit case rasing us on the moving elevator.

On our trip back from JFK we heard that John Belushi had tried of an drug overdoes.

I was the only person who saw him when He raced passed us.

Happy Birthday too You! And Many More.........

 Happy Birthday too you!!!!  And many more is what I used to sing to someone who birthday it was.

I as a Child never sang Happy Birthday like this until I reached the age of 13.

When I was younger, we had a Clown come to my birthday party.   The clown took ballons and made balloon animals from them.   There was even a magic show that the Clown performed.

My friends had birthday parties, but they never occurred.   My friends were always going away on their birthdays to visit their grandparents.

The only party I ever went to was Kris H.  It was in December and all her friends were there.

The boys came across the lake and accused me of something, and Kris H. stood up for me.  Then (we) went inside Kris's H. House to get away from them.    That was age 13.

When I just turned 13 in February, I had invited Kris H. and several of her friends to my Birthday,

As I did when I was 9 years old.  I believe this is why I got invited to Kris's H. Birthday Party.

In my birthday Party there was a rule if you eat your birthday cake and talked, they made you sit under the table to finish it.  That happened to me allot.  My Grandma knew this rule (she was Irish-German).

However, I never heard anyone else talk about this old wife tale.

It was after my brother moved to France to go to college and when he returned home for a visit, we sang Happy Birthday to him, and that's when I added "And Many More........"

After my brother came back from France, we never had to sit under the table ever again if we talked while eating the birthday cake.

Birthday Cakes are supposed to be safe.   There not safe anymore.

If I ever have a birthday ever again, I suggest Pies or Cupcakes for children and adults.

Lake Tahoe

 Lake Tahoe they recently had an avalanche.

Did they have workers you check on snow conditions before anyone should ski on this mountain?!

According to the UNLV Avalanche Safety Guidelines a pdf file.

5 questions to ask about the terrain.

and

6 questions to ask about the Snow.

The Terrain 5 questions are=

1. Can the terrain produce avalanches

2. Is the slope steeper than 25-30 degrees

3.  Are there any visible signs of recent releases.

4. Are there any run outs areas on your route.

5. Is there an absence of any natural anchors .

6 Questions about the snowpack=

1. Is the snowpack unstable.

2. Are there any recognizable patterns.

4.Is there weak bonding layer.

5. Has there been any recent avalanches recently.

6. Is there a force man-made or natural for this release to occur.

If you can answer YES to any of these questions it is not safe to ski in this area.

Ski Lifts were always a fright

 Ski Lifts were always a fright for me.  Until I went to Tahoe ski resort.   This ski resort has a gongala which you climb into like a boat that hangs from wheels on leather ropes.    It has a viewing room and when you get out of it you get onto the actual ski lift.   This ski lift might be a little scary but it takes you all the way to the top with a very good view.