Prescott and Bry-guy

We went camping in Prescott a few weeks ago and Shyam got creative with the camera. these were my favorites!

tree bark

thistle

He is really this happy with his son...Bryson, on the other hand looks a little nervous:) We visited with the family and got to see their new apartment. It's real cute and Bryson is getting sooo big its amazing!

Awww, Uncle Shyam and his nephew:)

I really like this picture. I made Bryson this onesie-it reads, Pirate in Training:)...of course, i wanted to get him the one that said 'future treehugger'

Kohl and Bryson

Bilis and I

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It was really fn hilarious actually all these pictures were taken w/n a two block radius on and around whiskey row in Prescottt. Apparently, it is the worlds oldest rodeo (that's the word you were supposed to guess-i crack myself up :p) It takes place over 4th of July weekend and so when we learned this we decided to go up a weekend before. We also took a drive around the countryside in Prescott where we got to see American pronghorn-they look the same as the endangered Sonoran pronghorn that i monitor but more healthy and they are in abundance wandering the green hills:)...no pictures though, they were real far away!
I am glad that you guys had a good trip! super bummed about not getting to climb hood:( but atleast you got a visit with one another:)

the next time we are up there i will follow up with this picture...pretty fn ridiculous!?

...talk soon....more posts to come!

new ink!!!!

Hola, como estas?
This is my new ink!! It is my species of salamander I studied in grad school. Ambystoma macrodactylum (long-toed salamander). i could decide where i wanted him and then the artist (same guy that did the cat face on the back of my neck) was like why dont you put him on your inner arm so that when you bend your arm his tail moves. I also like the idea that it is a different place to put a tatt. :)

i love him!!!

combo post: camping-critters-cali.

And here begins another blog in the sphere. This, as stated in the title, is a combo blog of some events that have taken place over the last few weeks. Below is Bear Canyon Lake in the Apache Sitgreaves NF. Unfortunately this park will be closed by the time you read this-GD bullshit!
This is our happy dog's smile:)

You'd think i got her high but she just loves camping so much, she always looks like this.

This is our built up camping karma. Gale force winds came upon us Sat. after only being there 20 hours so our camping trip was cut short:( we spent all day gathering wood to have a phenomenal fire on our last night:( camping karma......check

Double click to see the panoramic image of the ASNF. This was taken on the Mogollon rim.

Switching modes to work critters; this scorpion showed up on the OP with me one morning and just scurried by. in all the years that i lived in Phoenix previously i never saw one and this one scared the shit outta me. i literally hollered out 'holy shit' as he went by. he was huge and moved wayyyyyy faster than i imagined!

Winner of critter of the year!!!! the elusive Gila Monster. these guys are critically listed and they spend like 90% of their lives underground. he was just walking along one of the buildings on base-sooooo awesome!!!

He had to be about a foot and a half long and ~6 inches wide-gorgeous!!

these guys are adorable too when they run they hold their black and white striped tail curled up behind them-zebra tailed lizard.

Bilis, with a big smile in the PRevia on our way to Cali. She just loves road trips, a new adventure every time!

This is Justin's backyard basically. he lives in the high desert, at the foothills of the mountains in Yukaipa, CA. this is the stream that Bilis tried to cross-mind you, she does not like water but because dad was sooo convincing she tried and the current knocked her down and dragged her atleast 6 ft before she was up and back by the side.

Back bay-Newport, CA. black Phoebe

Some succulent in the back bay that was just beautifully in bloom.

Justin took us to Huntington (dog) beach. again, not a water dog, she was super afraid of the ocean and didnt even acknowledge the million other dogs around her. she just wanted away from the water. she was the only dog on a leash. all the other dogs were having a blast with their owners; playing frisbee, fetch, swimming, etc. our dog looked miserable as we dragged her down the beach-we looked & were looked at like abusive parents:(

..see how she is keeping a very close eye on that wave of water....

i actually had a real cute picture of B here all wet and smiling to be outta the water and on the sand but in the process of trying to delete all the MF open space b/n pics i erased it:(

You will have to click on the above picture to read both very hateful bumper sticker/decals. we stopped by a doghnut shop in the morning before we headed back to Phoenix from Yucaipa and this is what we ran into. i cannot believe one could have this much hate towards others but apparently their are people out there that are very angry about alot stuff that has gone on over this passed year. this was definately our cue to get the fuck out!

Baltimore and more!

Sooo Sorry it took me so long to post on the site. It has been quite a grind here and when I finally get some time off, I just want to sleep it away. If I can't just sleep it away, I end up doing more work around the house or for my job. But none-the-less, I'm back on the blog :-)

I forgot my camera in Baltimore, so I had to use my phone's camera, not the best quality. I was up in Md. in early April and the day started out nice.










That is Russ on the far left, Marigot on the far right, Taj in the, well you know him. At the other guy is Russ and Marigot's GM at their bar. On the right is a pic of Marigot and Taj a little later on in the night. I guess it is a foreshadowing picture.

But then there was a storm warning, that the sky was going to fall. We were scrambling to get my car out of the over-priced garage when a wall of wind came barreling down the avenue at us. It hit Taj like a freight train and his Virginia Tech hat went flying into the street. As we watched the hat hurtle down the street it looked like it would easily make the hundred yards to the harbor and then float away. But alas, it got stuck under a car tire, the rest of the story is told in pictures.


The End (of the hat story). The night continued, a storm came and went, and we bar-hopped the rest of the way home.













On the left is the Abbey, it is the bar that Russ and Marigot own together. It is a beautiful two story bar that my phone could not apparently take any good pictures of inside. Anyway, I tried one of their "voted best in Baltimore" burgers and it was awesome. We soon made our way over to No Way Jose, literally twenty feet away from The Abbey. I love it.











Gotta have some pics of the Inner Harbor. To the left is a ship that I grew up seeing in the harbor, I think I have even been on it. I think it is the USS Constellation if I am not mistaken. It looks like a pirate ship and I hear piracy is on the rise. I'm just saying we should be careful. On the right is the Baltimore Aquarium. That pointy part of the building is an atrium for birds, thought you'd like that one Auntie Amanda.

And I found some pictures I forgot about on my phone. They are reminiscent of past times, some of which I remember...













Some I do not.
Mad love guys, so sorry I had not posted in a while. It definitely feels good to do it. And I leave for PDX on the 10th of June, so I will have tons of pics for ya, and a hangover or two.

Take Care MoFo's
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