CAG's house

A few more photos from Ginny's house.

a day in the life of Prof. Virginia Anderson

Today, I followed CAG around on her Monday.  We went to school, went to lunch, went to office hours, went to the barn, and went to dinner mostly in the rain.  And I took a ton of pictures at the barn while Ginny took care of Paddy and took him for a ride.  We met up with Bill the person, not Bill the dog, at La Roserita for dinner and $0.99 margaritas.

Controlled chaos

Note, this picture comes from the passenger side--I was not driving today.

Dirty Harry, Barn Cat Esq.

This is Paddy!

Saphire

Geoffrey

"I think she really captured my essence."--Dirty Harry

Pumpkin

Lulu

Lulu and Pumpkin

Cuz everyone needs a boat in a cornfield

Pumpkin

CAG's hairstylist

Dirty Harry approved

Lulu

Saphire

Paddy

 

Dinner with Bill

Omaha to Indiana

Day 9--
Rain, rain, and rain.  Oh, and rain.  Hwy 29 was closed for some reason so I took a detour through Iowa.  A 70mi detour on 2-lane roads in the rain.  Fortunately, the rain let up a little so I took this picture.

That's my image of Iowa before this started again.

I started driving in Omaha at 9am CST and got to Ginny's house at 10:30pm EST.  And my windshield wipers were on about 80% of the time.  The stretch through Illinois was the scariest.  And I truly mean scary.  There was no place to pull over to wait out the storm so I just had to keep driving.  At 40 mph.  The rain was so heavy that I could only see a few feet in front of my car and nothing ahead to know what was coming up.  The sun was just setting so that didn't help matters either.  Once finally clear of the storm, I stopped to finally use the restroom and talk to the clerk.  Turns out, there were 2 storm fronts and I was in the middle.  So I tried to stay in between them for the rest of the 100mi I had to go.

But I made it!  700+ miles and 11.5 hours of driving.  That was my "long" day of the trip.  The good parts...
1.  I took about an hour break to say hi to a blast from the past-- Leigh Josey (now Leigh Bills)!  I stopped in Columbia, MO and Leigh introduced me to her 1-year-old son, Elijah.  It was great to catch up and I wish I had had more time.  Last time I saw her was 2000 in Venice as I was going into the Guggenheim Museum and she was leaving.  I hope we can see each other more often than that now...
2.  Averil burn 4 cds of music for me which kept me entertained for hours.  Great music!  And no playlist so I had to keep "Shazaming" songs.  I'll write them all down some day.
3.  The detour through Iowa was annoying in that it added time and mileage to my trip.  BUT, I love driving the little roads and I got to see the Iowa countryside.  Very beautiful farm country and some fantastic looking farmhouses.  I want some of those front porches!!
4.  McDonald's at a truck stop was hosting a baby shower.  ???
5.  Showing up at CAG's to dinner, wine, and dogs.  And this one, Alice...

Nebraska

The entire state of Nebraska was foggy today.  I drove through 6 hours of fog.  Straight, flat and foggy.  And my cd player stopped working.  But I did start my day at Chick-fil-A with Greg and Karen.  And an excellent dinner at the Mattress Factory in Old Market Omaha.  So the day wasn't all bad.  Here's some pictures from the road.

Prudence telling me that there are no turns coming

This one is for my Dad

Denver

Averil and I cruised over Loveland Pass this morning.  12,000 feet.  And I thought I had problems breathing at 10,000.  Now, I have some idea of how an asthmatic feels now.  We saw some test cars/minivans doing their altitude testing--strangely wrapped car that looking slightly menacing.  Averil turned back and I headed toward the city.

I stopped by to check out Red Rocks Amphitheatre and saw a bunch of people doing step training.  Crazy people running up and down the stairs--don't they know it's a music venue?!?  I strolled the 16th Ave Mall in Denver and managed not to buy anything.  I even went into the Tattered Cover Bookstore and didn't buy anything.  I think the altitude is affecting my brain.

Union Station was not running any trains in preparation for the new light-rail going in.  But I checked out the interior and I can picture it bustling with people.  Too dark for pictures.