The end of August in Bodie...

Friday afternoon we arrived around dusk.  The light was perfect as the sun set opposite some
stormy but non-threatening cloud formations.  We had no time to loose and snapped up as many
moments as we could.

Photos from the Virginia City Pet Parade

VS. Mode

I am still thinking in terms of “this vs. that” today.  Why, I don’t know.  Maybe it is because I have been feeling conflicted lately.  Or maybe it is because of Bionic Commando: ReArmed and all the Deathmatch play I have been uber-enjoying.  But anyway, today I have been wondering about drawing, and drawing from a subject vs. drawing from your imagination.  I am in no way a great sketch artist, but if you give me something to draw from, I can generally produce a decent likeness of said object on paper. Basically, I do possess the ability to “trace” things that I can see with my mind. That leaves me thinking. 

Markleeville

My pops was in town for the weekend and wanted to do some hiking.   So we went down
to Markleeville for the day (about an hour south west of Reno).  Its really pretty down
there, but it was a little hot and we all got pretty exhausted in the sun.  Either way, it was
a nice day and good to get outside.

Here is CeCe trying to NOT make friends...

Graffiti from long ago or yesterday?

I've been wanting to find the glyphs near Reno for a while now.  So yesterday we spent the
day out in the Nevada outback in search of what is thought to be one of the largest rock
art sites in the western United States.  Here me and my brother stand next to a large plate
of seemingly authentic petroglyphs.

B I G A S S C A R P

So we went fishin in the canal where I got stuck in the mud to see if anything
lurks in the water.  Most people consider carp "trash fish" but I think they are
extremely challenging fish to hook because they are not really aggresive and
don't care for most conventional baits. This was one of three we hooked but
I was only one who had skillz mad enough to land one.

Collards

As soon as we got out of the car, I spotted the first of several Great Basin Collard
Lizards we saw this afternoon.