Oh, Hail!

Mom in what looked like snow, but all hail anyway.



Hail on the mountain.
Mom and I took a ride to the Jemez to see the aspens, which were not in full color yet. However, we saw piles of hail from last night. Apparently the Hailacious storm caused the cancellation of the stargazing in the Valle Calderas. They are trying again next weekend for the conclusion of the Elk Celebration. We saw a bunch of elk in the distance, got to hear a guy show and tell us about making arrows from scratch.

Bean Day 2010 100 year celebration

Mom the girls and I went to help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Bean Day in Wagon Mound
the highlight of the day is the Parade, which of course, is so nice you see it twice. It was also twice as long as usual due to the upcoming elections.

Wish I could vote in this one.

Low Rider rides. very cool bikes.
A nice crowd. We were lucky to get there before the parade, the cars were backed up into the freeway at the Wagon Mound exit. Lots of people missed the beginning of the parade, but fortunately....It's so nice, you see it twice!


Nice to hear Rancheros sung by guys on horses. will try to get the movie to load some other time.

After eating, we went home through Ocate, stopped at the Salman Ranch, got some Rockyford melons by the side of the road where we turned to go through Truchas.

Reel Time

After another fun pancake breakfast, I noticed the clouds casting shadows on the mountain. So, I grabbed the camera and took a movie in real time. I caught a hawk flying into a bush and then out again .

Big Sky!

This is the beginning of the rainstorm over Glacier National Park. We were at St. Mary's. The lightning strikes never got out of the clouds.

mandala cake

We were inspired by the upcoming visit of the sand mandala talk, so made this cake. It is a spice cake with a butter cream icing, then "sanded" with brown and colored sugar. Very tasty!


Ms M did some fabulous design work.

Lovely girls with an inspired cake.

More Glacier-Yellowstone

Yellowstone had some beautiful flowers, too. This was in a pond that no one but us were visiting
A big guy cooling off before he took a dust bath.

A cute bear, digging on a rotten log. S/He caused a bear jam.
This black bear caused a bear jam in Glacier. S/He was frolicking in a field of flowers.

This is the meadow that actually caused a Flower Jam on the road. As many cars stopped to look and take pictures as the above bear.

Road Trip

Yes, we did camp at Glacier. No bears in our campground


But we did visit a Grizzly rescue in southern Montana. Above are Jake and Maggie.

On the shortened hike to Iceberg Lake. Grizzly sightings cut the hike short.