Magic Mountains

Way out west - just a few miles south of Las Vegas along the interstate headed toward (or from) Los Angeles is a pretty weird sight.  Seven Magic Mountains.



They are huge concrete boulders - check it out - those are people walking around the bases of the artwork.

You gotta see this - it's better than the fountains at the Bellagio!

Oh, and there are other signs all around about snakes.  

Rattle Rattle Rattle

Trump Sweden

This is something I took off the internet that shows "Sweden".

Donald Trump has been saying something about trouble in Sweden.

About 130 years ago, my grandmother Swanson along with her parents and sisters left Sweden for the United States of America.

My grandmother then denounced Oscar II the King of Sweden so she could become a citizen of the United States.

I wonder if that would happen today?

Cross Country Throwback

Once in a while the mind wanders...and I was wandering the other day - and came up with the following list - all of the 50 states - and where I visited.  At some point I might elaborate about why I was there, and when.

• Alabama
• Mobile and toured submarine
• Alaska
• Anchorage, Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay
• Arizona
• Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Page, Navajo Reservation et.al.
• Arkansas
• Little Rock
• California
• LA, San Diego, Mendocino, Sacramento, San Francisco, et.al
• Colorado
• Cortez, Durango, Denver, Colorado Springs, Trinidad, Walsenburg, et.al
• Connecticut
• New Haven, Ridgefield
• Delaware
• President’s Bar in Wilmington
• Florida
• Marco Island – Stan’s Idle Hour Bar, et. al
• Georgia
• Atlanta Olympics, Macon for Thanksgiving Dinner
• Hawaii
• Kona, Kamuela, Hanalei, Hana, Honolulu, Lahaina, Kilahuea National Park
• Idaho
• Boise, Idaho Falls, West Yellowstone
• Illinois
• Chicago, Medinah
• Indiana
• Indianapolis around the Brickyard with Bobby Unser
• Iowa
• Des Moines, Council Bluffs
• Kansas
• Kansas City
• Kentucky
• Paducah, Lexington, Louisville,
• Louisiana
• New Orleans
• Maine
• Bath, Freeport to LL Bean
• Maryland
• Baltimore
• Massachusetts
• Boston, Bedford,
• Michigan
• Detroit
• Minnesota
• Minneapolis
• Mississippi
• Gulfport
• Missouri
• St. Louis, Joplin the night of 9/11
• Montana
• Billings, Gardiner
• Nebraska
• Omaha, Lincoln, Weeping Water
• Nevada
• Las Vegas, Reno, Lake Tahoe,
• New Hampshire
• Keene,
• New Jersey
• Atlantic City, Galloway
• New Mexico
• I’ve been everywhere
• New York
• New York City, Albany
• North Carolina
• Cashiers, Charlotte
• North Dakota
• Bismarck
• Ohio
• Columbus, Akron
• Oklahoma
• Oklahoma City, Tulsa,
• Oregon
• Portland, Tillamook, Newport, Corvallis
• Pennsylvania
• Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Latrobe, Lititz, Hershey
• Rhode Island
• Passing through on the Amtrak
• South Carolina
• Myrtle Beach, Columbia
• South Dakota
• Rapid City, Mount Rushmore
• Tennessee
• Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis
• Texas
• I’ve been everywhere, even to Post, the home of Post Toasties founder
• Utah
• Salt Lake City, Moab, Halls Crossing at Lake Powell
• Vermont
• Burlington, Brattleboro
• Virginia
• Richmond, Williamsburg
• Washington
• Seattle, Puyallup, Chambers Bay, Yakima, Spokane
• West Virginia
• Morgantown
• Wisconsin
• Milwaukee
• Wyoming
• Cheyenne, Jackson, Guernsey