My dad (who just got a blog, btw -- YAY!! -- Be sure to go see it and learn what my dad is like, hee hee. Click here.) is always riding his bike in the mountains surrounding our home. Ahem. That is, he was UNTIL he tore his leg open (okay, okay, it wasn't that bad. But it makes for a better story, don't you think?). Now he is healing and regaining use of his leg. But, as I was saying -- one of the places he has ridden is Sitgreaves Pass. Sitgreaves Pass used to be THE route if you were traveling from Chicago to LA. Now it is more or less abandoned (although people still travel it. I'm not sure why... Do they just want to see it?). Anyway, Dad wanted the rest of the family to see this famous road, so we all piled in the van at 8:30 a.m. yesterday (gotta beat the heat, of course!!). After traveling through Oatman (a Ghost town of sorts) we came to Sitgreaves Pass. One of the first things we saw was a wreck:
Beware. Going too fast will send you off the road!!
Here's the "super highway." That skinny, winding, two-lane road looks impressive, huh? LOL!
Cemetery out in the middle of nowhere. What I want to know is how in the world they dug that many graves in that hard dirt? And were there really that many people dying out there????
A mine shaft! Wouldn't it be fun to go exploring? Oh, wait. That sign says DANGER! KEEP OUT! Oh, well. *sigh* |
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Scenery. Some people would call it beautiful.Field Trip #2:
This one was today's adventure. My BFF (aka sister Amy) loves cooking. She loves to watch cooking. Last time we were at Wal*Mart together, we were walking through the store by ourselves. She glanced at one of the many TV's they have throughout the store and immediately stopped and said, "I HAVE to watch this!!" It was the cooking program (we don't have TV at our house). I was in a hurry, so I pulled her along and said, "You can watch it on the TV closer to where we're going." But that's beside the point.
Recently she said she wanted to go to the Community College to watch the cooking class through the big windows around the kitchen. So Mom got the schedule for the cooking class, and she took Amy and me over there this morning. Sure enough, there were people in the kitchen making donuts, rice, soup, and fresh bread.
Almost immediately after we got there, we were offered some fresh donuts. At first my mom tried to turn it down, but how can you say no to warm donuts??? So we hesitantly took some. 
After that, we talked to the instructor, and he told us about their classes and schedule, etc. The instructor called to one of the students and asked if the soup was done yet. The man replied, "Yep, it's done." Can you guess? Yep, the instructor forced some soup and bread on us too! Free lunch.
Me in pink, Amy in orange (who actually did not want the soup -- she was just posing. Hee hee).
Recently she said she wanted to go to the Community College to watch the cooking class through the big windows around the kitchen. So Mom got the schedule for the cooking class, and she took Amy and me over there this morning. Sure enough, there were people in the kitchen making donuts, rice, soup, and fresh bread.
After that, we talked to the instructor, and he told us about their classes and schedule, etc. The instructor called to one of the students and asked if the soup was done yet. The man replied, "Yep, it's done." Can you guess? Yep, the instructor forced some soup and bread on us too! Free lunch.Me in pink, Amy in orange (who actually did not want the soup -- she was just posing. Hee hee).Soon after, quite a few people showed up and just walked right into the kitchen for their free lunch, too. The president of the college came by just as we were finishing, and since we kind of know him in "real life" (LOL!) he stopped and said hi and talked for a few minutes, trying to sell us on college classes early. When the cook came out, we asked him for six donuts, one for each person in our family, but he hollered into the kitchen, "Hey, wrap up a dozen donuts for these ladies!" So we ended up bringing home thirteen donuts (baker's dozen, you know) instead of just six. Nice guy!
So... what did we learn on this field trip? Well, we learned that the cook, G. Michael Harris, is a really nice man. We learned that if we show up at about 11:30 at the college, we can get a free meal. Oh, you want to know if we learned something about cooking? Of course we did! We learned that you can thicken glaze by adding corn starch. So there.
Stay tuned to find out what other exciting things we do for school around here.
So... what did we learn on this field trip? Well, we learned that the cook, G. Michael Harris, is a really nice man. We learned that if we show up at about 11:30 at the college, we can get a free meal. Oh, you want to know if we learned something about cooking? Of course we did! We learned that you can thicken glaze by adding corn starch. So there.
Stay tuned to find out what other exciting things we do for school around here.
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