Romy

Romy's working on Bubbles again. Almost done!

Romy

We went to the Turquoise Trail Bakery for breakfast today! It was good!

Jenn

The marker drawing of my tattoo that is about to get outlined next!

Romy

We finally opened and ate the 16 year old chocolate rose that I got Romy when he graduated from high school (in the year 2000)!!! It wasn't even that bad!

Romy

Woo hoo! The windows are done being stained, varnished, and trimmed!

Jenn

One of the double doors is all finished being painted!

Jenn

This paint is super thick and its made for road signs. We had to let it dry for three days!

Romy

Getting ready to put the wallpaper up.

Romy

Working on Bubbles.

Romy

So Mammoth Brewing in Mammoth Lakes, CA expanded big time. We were coming over to their tasting room for so long, since grad school. They were always in a small warehouse garage type place. Now they have their own corner spot in the center of the Mammoth Lakes touristy area where they serve full beers and food and have a beer garden!!! Go Mammoth!

Romy

On the crazy California State Route 4, from 89 heading west towards Bear Valley, where our fellow Dingo is getting married today at high noon!

Jenn

BENTON HOT SPRINGS!!!! In Benton, California!!! Where every campsite has a hot tub (this one was ours for the night). Happy 10 year anniversary!

Jenn

We had lunch at Twister's today, which is surprisingly really good. I had the green chile stew.

Romy

Romy, furiously internetting with all his internetting ability.

Jenn

The mini sunflowers are exploding all over the place now. We have a huge bunch by the greenhouse.

Romy

Romy's working in the garage.

Romy

Today we are varnishing and painting the new double doors.

Jenn

We went to La Salida for lunch today in Albuquerque (it's Friday!) and for dessert, sopapillas were included (fried dough that you pour honey and cinnamon sugar on). Mmmmmmm. I don't remember why I was holding up the water, except that it was a gigantic cup.

Romy

Its a new dramatic style of eating raisins.

Jenn

Do I look fat? Romy told me to suck in and it made me laugh a lot!

Romy

Romy got a root beer float in Monticello, Utah, on our way home!

Jenn

Its the whole group! Crusty, me, Eric, Mo, and Cody. We are waiting and watching the return runs in the morning before Eric goes for his first run.

Romy

Romy and Crusty are watching the long course from our pit on the salt flats at the Bonneville Speedway.

Romy

They guys are going gaga over a motorcycle in the back of that pick-up. This is at the nightly car show at the Nugget Casino in Wendover, NV during Bonneville Speed Week.

Jenn

These are the awesome brick tiles inside the women's bathroom at the rest stop along I-80 at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Jenn

I really like these headphones and I am going to get them for work to block out the sound of the really loud fat guy in the office next door. But I am ordering them on Amazon because they're cheaper there and you don't have to pay tax.

Romy

Romy put the timing belt on backwards, so now he is fixing it.

Romy

Romy is working on Bubble's engine connections.

Jenn

I have little solar powered LEDs in the tree now. Kind of fairy stuff but I like it!

Jenn

The greenhouse exploded! I need to keep it trimmed just to walk in between the planter boxes.

Romy

Romy is working on the Toyota engine.

Romy

Romy in the kitchen probably eating cheese, if I had to guess.

Romy

I guess Romy is disgusted at all the packaging pillows?

Jenn

We are getting a new double door put in the workshop room and the inside is about finished except for mudding and re-wallpapering.

Jenn

Today the contractors took the old windows out, re-framed the wall, and put the windows back in with the double door!

Jenn

We are rolling steel fence posts for the big shade structure because the PVC pieces weren't strong enough to withstand desert winds.

Jenn

I went shopping for some summer clothes! I found teal pants!

Jenn

We hiked to a natural arch (which is what I'm looking at) while Romy's parents were visiting. The arch was in the Malpais National Monument, an area of volcanic flows (but the arch was in sandstone formed by ancient dunes).

Jenn

While Romy's parents were visiting, we stopped at a cafe in Pie Town, NM. We had pie of course! I had a coconut custard pie that was the best pie I ever ate! (with ice cream)

Jenn & Romy

We went on a hot air balloon ride with Cloud Walker out of a field near Belen, NM. It was sooooooo cool! This was taken as we were lifting off.

Jenn

We are grilling on the back deck for the first time ever while Romy's parents are visiting.

Jenn

We set up the yurt at the South Ruby Marsh Campground in the Ruby Valley in the National Wildlife Conservation Area. Now with the new windows and floor, the yurt is so much more awesome! Plus the campground was nice and quiet and had a perfectly flat gravel area for the yurt.

Romy & Jenn

We took a long hike in the Ruby Mountains today on the Crest Trail. It was sooooo nice and so much better than I expected! We were over 10k feet!

Jenn

We ate at the Star Hotel, an old Basque restaurant in Elko, NV. The Basque people are originally from the French and Spanish mountainous region and were traditionally shepherds. Many moved to Nevada where they were also shepherds.

Romy

Romy is sitting on a lawn chair, ratchet strapped to the roof, and shooting a huge propane blow torch! This is my National Geographic picture which shows what 4th of JuPlaya is all about!

Romy

So, Romy and Toby got this crazy idea to ratchet strap a chair to the roof of Toby's car and add some LEDs! The second night, we perfected it.

Romy

This is our beautiful camp at 4th of JuPlaya this year. Thats Crusty by the motorcycle, and Romy is in the white shirt helping Eric cook burgers. The American flag is on a 20 foot pole of conduit.

Romy

Romy is fixing something under the Subaru before we drive it all the way to Gerlach, NV! Almost vacation time!!!

Jenn

I am in there somewhere! This is the group photo for the International Conference on Permafrost in Potsdam, Germany! We had a big BBQ dinner after for all those people!