The Wide Open...

Here are just a few shots of the wide open from when my dad was here...

The little black thing in the middle is the VehiCROSS.

We Made It...

...the drive sucked ass.  I ended up having to rent an additional trailer to fit all of our shit.  Weak.  But its over.  Thanks to Tom and Ryan for helping out. 

Here are photos of the animals in the middle of Wyoming or Utah I think.  CeCe was laying on Linda who was trying to sleep.

OK

So I am leaving in about 30 minutes for the airport. I fly to Phoenix, then to Chicago. ETA 3:00am. Then I have to load up and drive one of these to Reno:



NOT looking forward to the next 24 hours.

I guess being a slob runs in the family...

Now you know where I get it from...this is my dad's mess:

Hike

Today I went hiking around the northern end of Lake Tahoe with my dad.  This is seriously about 30-45 minutes away from where I live.

Meet my new friends...

Since moving to Reno, I have made a couple new friends...

This one, was identified as a Western Black Widow.  I found her UNDER MY PILLOW about a week after I got here.

Welcome to MBREALLY?

MB stands for "Mister Bart" which is one of Linda's nicknames for me.  Over time she has shortened Mister Bart down to just "MB".  And REALLY just means "Really?"  So, "MB, Really?" is something that Linda says to me when I am being ridiculous, which seems to be pretty often.

So, I decided to call my blog MBREALLY.

Also, this blog has been ported over from LiveJournal (as of Sept 2012) where it used to live.  I moved it over to Blogger for a few different reasons, but mainly because the interface is much easier and better in general.

This blog started when my wife and I made the life changing decision to leave the rat race of Chicago for the Western United States, where the quality of life is quite different.  MBREALLY consists mainly of photos and ramblings about the things I do, the places we go, and the stuff I like.

Enjoy.