THE RAFT

 My neighbor had gotten remarried and discovered the stepdaughter loved to swim.   So, he had made a raft and put it several feet away from the pier.   He placed some barrels under a wooden square and tied it in real good with metal straps.   Then added an anchor to the raft so it would not go anywhere.

There was allot of seaweed near my area of swimming to the right to the parked boats.   So, I was a bit sacred to swim over that to get to the raft.

However, all her friends loved swimming and jumping off the raft into the lake until she graduated and went to college.

Sneaking the dogs Green Beans under the table

 My mom liked cooking green beans whenever she made casserole.   I did not like casserole that much let alone the meatloaf with Heinz ketchup on it.   However, I at it regardless, I owned a dog and the dog always sat near my lap under the table.   I wanted dessert; however, I had to eat all my green beans.  I would ask for seconds, and my mother would go into the kitchen and get more out of the pan.  While her back was turned, I immediately snuck some green beans off my plate and to my lap.   The dog really enjoyed the treat.   So, this is how I got dessert from our table.

Ordering Desk at OSH

 There was a position at OSH hardware store called the ordering desk.   Many contractors came to my register and did not know about it.  I told them about it when they applied for a OSH Commercial credit card verses the other one.

I told them they could have a credit commercial card and then have additional credit cards with the same number on it, to match the name of their company.  So, they can keep track of their workers spending.  While they filled out the application and I rang up their sale I told them about the Ordering desk.

The ordering desk at OSH hardware is where a special order takes place.  So, instead of purchasing only three of one product that is found on the shelf, they could go to the Ordering desk at OSH hardware and special order more of the same items.   So, they could purchase 100 boxes of the certain product that they needed.  The ordering desk would quote them a price for that amount of one item.  Then it would take about 1 week to 2 weeks for it to show up at the store.   Then they would hand a ticket to the cashier who would ring them up for the item.   OSH had a back door for heavy pick-ups.   So, then the contactor would go to the back door of the warehouse (warehouse was located in back of store) and drive around with the pick-up / trailer /truck and the OSH warehouse personnel would put the merchandise into the contactors pick up/ trailer/truck for them only after the warehouse crew member or manager took a look at the receipt.

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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...

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.

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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.