Warm sunshine

After a cold night of viewing the night sky with our cool 18" UC
Obsession telescope, we were greeted with some warm sunshine Monday
morning. Here i am with our campsite in the background. We saw all
kinds of cool things - my favorite was Saturn with it's rings edge on.
We called it a night at 3 am and slept in our cool tent. I like
telescopes and camping - even if it is 30 degrees out!

Santa rosa plateau

Hi - went to Santa rosa plateau with anne today for a run and some
observing. It rained a lot earlier this week, so the vernal pools have
filled up. There are all kinds of birds and creatures hanging out
there. Neat high clouds around, too. Kinda reminds me of Wisconsin. I
like this place.

Snow on Box Springs!

Hi world! Here I am on our balcony where I usually do my daily
observing. Would you believe there is snow all over the top of the
mountain? What a beautiful sight! It is so nice outside! Reminds me of
wisconsin....I like mountains and I love snow!

Yuma, AZ

Hi everyone - we went to Yuma today to talk to a gentleman about
purchasing some property he owns in Wisconsin. Here I am at an
inspection stop coming back in to California. We were there for about
five hours... It was a nice cloudy day. It even rained for a little
while. I like rain in the desert.

back to socal

here I am on the plane heading back to California. there was a cool
bunny on the advertisement on the airplane and I thought it was cool.

REI - midwest style

hi all - here I am in Minnesota. we just landed and uncle al, joe, anne, and I went to the REI store here in Minneapolis. it is one of the largest stores in the country - puts the ones in socal to shame! joe made a cool, old fashioned picture of me outside of the store. there were also some squirrel creatures hanging out outside the store. i like squirrel creatures.

bunnies!

Here I am in the Denver airport. As we were walking down the terminal,
we came across a bunch of bunnies representing frontier airlines. What
a nice surprise!

Denver

Going on a quick trip to Wisconsin. Here I am flying into Denver. It
is so white and bright with the mountains in the background you can
hardly see me. You can still see my ears, though.

Mt. Rubidoux

Hi everyone! Got up this morning and went to Mt. Rubidoux with Anne.
It was pretty hot for a November morning - almost 85! It is nice in
the car in the filtered sunlight.

1,600 miles!

That's a long way to go in a few days. Back home after quite a quick
trip. I don't know what it is about riding in a car all day that makes
me so tired. It sure is nice to kick back in my favorite place and
watch the weather channel all day!

Hoover dam!

Here I am on the last day of our mini-vacation/drive around the
southwest USA. We are driving over the Hoover dam on our way to las
vegas. The water level is pretty low right now. They are building a
HUGE high road to the south of the dam right now. It is almost as
impressive as the dam itself! I like dams.

London bridge is not falling down

hi everyone - we stayed in lake havasu last night. here I am in
downtown lake havasu at the big attraction, the London bridge. it was
originally built in England in 1831 and moved block by block here in
1968. it was about $2.4 million and another $4.5 mil to transport and
rebuilt it. there are cool fishes, minnows, and ducks in the Colorado
river. the town is kinda odd, but bridges are always neat.

bunny cave

here I am, still at the palm springs aerial tramway. here is a cool
bunny cave at the base of a large tree that therese noticed. I wonder
if any other bunnies have lived here?

Palm springs aerial tramway

here I am at the palm springs aerial tramway visitor center. this is a
very neat place! the rocks are large and interesting. the buildings
were built a long time ago, but still look cool and modern. I really
like the font on the sign, too.

do not feed the wildlife

here I am at the top of the palm springs aerial tramway. you are not
supposed to feed the wildlife. you can feed me, though! I'm a
domesticated bunny!

wawona tunnel

here I am going through the wawona tunnel. yosemite just ahead! I
can't imagine how they built tunnels - especially many years ago. I
like tunnels.

yosemite!

here I am in yosemite! it is very Halloween-like here today. it is
rainy and foggy. this is the entrance to the valley after wawona
tunnel. it is raining on me right now, but it is ok - we got back in
the car very fast. I like it here.

boo!!!

happy Halloweenie everyone! just got my costume for this year. I'm
hanging out with a few other ghosts - can you tell which one is me? I
love Halloweenie!

cookin supper

here I am in the kitchen helping Anne cook supper. it is fun to hang
out in our kitchen. you can see the reflection of our cool crystal
chandelier in the cabinet.

nice midwestern day

here I am in Orland Hills, enjoying a little sunshine and fresh air
(there isn't much of the fresh air in CA:-). it is another beautiful
day here - 69 degrees with big puffy clouds in the sky. here i am with
cool scatteted sunlight shining on me on the picnic table. clouds are
building and we should have a rain shower tonight. we leave to fly
back to CA tomorrow morning, so I am going to enjoy the weather while
I still can.

lion

don't worry - he is a friendly lion! he is the Merrillan lions club's
drinking fountion downtown. it is raining outside today, which is cool
because it never rains in California. it helps things grow so the
bunnies here has lots of food to eat. heading to Chicago this morning.

parade!

here I am at the parade for the Merrillan Labor Day celebration. behind me is a cool American flag and the Merrillan branch of the Jackson County Bank. it is very hot today, but it is still fun to hang out with family and enjoy some candy!

new friend

here I am in Merrillan with my new friend, buster. he is uncle al's doggie. here we are chillin together in grandpa al's easy chair.

anna banana

on a trip to the Midwest to see family and work on a home planning for
our family. just arrived at midway airport in Chicago. here I am by an
advertisement for new m&ms. it is neat because they used to call Anne
"anna banana" when she was little. cool.

waffles and a cool breeze

it is very hot today in riverside! anne and I decided to go up to lake
arrowhead where it was cooler. we also got to drive the A3 on the
curvy mountain roads. but it was still warm...we got a nice spot in
the shade and had some waffles at the Belgium waffle works - yummy!
here is a good picture of me with lake arrowhead in the background.
you can also see some boats. it is nice up here. I like waffles!

torrey pines state reserve

came down to san diego with anne today. I did some observing while she
went for a run. here I am, with the ocean and some clouds moving in,
in the background. nice day.

our tent

thought you'd like to see my home away from home for the last few
nights. it is quite comfortable, warm, and cozy! I'm glad anne and
joe shared this fun experience with me.

campsite

here I am chillin with our telescope in our campsite. you can see our
car and our tent in the background. it is nice out here in nature - I
like camping.

one lane road

stayed at grandview campground to use our telescope last night. we are
heading down to bishop for some grub. check out the crazy one lane
road with steep roadsides we are on.

Cottonwood sunset

here I am in our new Audi A3 @ cottonwood springs campground in Joshua
tree national park. we came out to use our new obsession telescope for
the first time. cool shot of me in the setting sun!

fireworks!

here I am in riverside looking to the northwest on independence day.
you can see about 12 different shows at any one time from here! just
to the side of my ear you can see a cool red firework. I like
fireworks! and I'm proud to be an American bunny!

hot, hot, hot!

it is very hot in southern California today! after the long trip, a
took a cool and refreshing bath today. here I am drying off. i have
regained my pink and white coloration and match the pink towel. it is
nice and cool in our condo.

we made it!

made it back to riverside Wednesday night. here I am resting after all
the fun hours and days of observing! I was so tried, I did not have
time to post this until just now. what a great trip! I hope we do it
again someday!

sedona

here I am on the south side of Sedona with some neat red rocks in the
background. there are several interesting rock formations in the
vicinity. I like it here, but it is extremely hot! there could be some
hardy bunnies that live around here.

spaz juice

we are leaving the meteor crater now and on the way to Sedona. found a
cool beverage called spaz juice with a cool bunny on the can. it is
pretty good - blue raspberry.

Philip Johnson window

here I am outside of the meteor crater visitor center. if you look up
above my ears, you will see a "window" that was specifically designed
by the architect, Philip Johnson. it frames a great view of the
mountain north of flagstaff from the other side. I'll post a picture
from the other side later. Philip Johnson designed a bunch of cool
modern buildings - check out his glass house if you have time. I like
Philip Johnson.

meteor crater!

here I am above meteor crater! it is so large! almost 2.5 miles around
the top, .75 miles across, and 550 feet deep. this is just as cool, if
not cooler than the grand canyon! everyone should check this out! I
like meteor crater.

breakfast

we stayed in flagataff last night. here I am at the campus coffee bean
in flagstaff to get some breakfast. the pancakes are the best I've
ever had! this place also has a really cool copper covered table that
we sat at. anne and joe have been coming to this coffee place for
years. I am glad they brought me here! next stop, meteor crater...

hold on tight, joe!

need I say more? here I am at the grand canyon! it is so large! the
picture doesn't do it justice. it looks fake - like a picture of me
was taken in front of a picture. everyone should take a trip here to
see how neat it is!

red rocks

took a quick break and some pictures near a small place called
dennehotso in northeast arizona. here I am with some cool rocks and
our car in the background. the sunshine is nice on my fur. it sure is
warm out!

four corners

decided to take the five mile detour to check out the exact location
of the four corners. when we got there, it looked like it was a few
shops, an overlook, and a stake in the ground denoting the location.
we decided we didn't want to pay $12 to go in ans spend some more
money. here I am in front of the entrance sign. flipped a u-turn and
hit the road again to the grand canyon.

shiprock!

so we decided to travel off the beaten path to go on an adventure to
see shiprock, a cool rock in northwest new mexico. it is near monument
valley, where all kinds of cool rocks from an old volcanic period
remain today. we usually see shiprock from the airplane when we fly.
it is neat to see it from the ground. you can really see the dikes of
straight-line rock that radiate outward from the main rock. the
largest dike is above and to the left on the picture. shiprock is on
the right of me as you look at the picture. I am happy we came to see
it.

day #14 - durango

stayed in Durango last night. here I am outside on the patio of our
hotel room. the animas river is right outside our window! it is neat
to listen to the water flowing down the stream. we drove through towns
named ouray and silverton on Colorado 550 last night. the roads were
very skinny, steep, and scary! the mountains all around us were very
beautiful! it is a good thing the moon was out to help guide our way.
we will have to come back here someday for sure!

dillon pinnacles

the sun is behind a cloud, allowing us to capture this awesome picture
of the dillon pinnacles above the blue mesa reservoir on the gunnison
river. I thought I saw a prairie dog looking creature around here so
I'm sure there are bunnies around, too. I like this place.

gunnison

here I am with a cool bridge and the gunnison river behind me just
outside of gunnison, colorado. I like bridges and water.

two miles high!

here I am in a town called leadville, co. it is an old mining town.
the town is at 10,200' in elevation - that is almost two miles high!
we've gone through mountain passes that are over 11,000' high. some of
the mountain peaks you see behind me are higher than 14,000' high. we
are on top of the world! super cool!

THX 1138

here I am going through the Eisenhower tunnel. very cool and modern
looking. reminds me of crazy sci fi movies.

I like ike

here I am at the highest tunnel in the US - the eisenhower tunnel just
west of Denver. it was made in the 60's and 70's as part of the
interstate highway system. president eisenhower was an engineer and
got the project going. it is amazing that there are such wonderful
roads in the USA. we rock!