Catching up on the latest.....

I am going to go backwards in my updates. that way I don't have to reverse my pictures. I forgot to upload them in reverse order! Anyhow, today was President's Day and so we decided to Sand Mountain. It's about 30 miles south east of Fallon. It's quite the hot spot when the weather warms up as people come from all over the west to ride their ATV's and dirt bikes up and down these sand mountains. So we decided to take the kids our out there to have them run it! Those 3 little specks on top of the mountain were Kevin, Comptyn and Ryan. They made it all the way to the top.

As you can see it was a long way to get to the base of the mountain....about 1/2 mile. Then it was about 3/4 - 1 mile UP! The 5 of us only made it about half the way up. It was a good work out and quite fun! The wind was COLD and the dirt was blowing everywhere! But we all had fun! Ended with a picnic in the van.

We then drove just below Sand Mountain to the Pony Express Station that was there. It was neat! There were walls left. Apparently the riders would ride a horse hard for about 10 miles and then find a station and trade horses. This picture below is of the area where the telegraph room was. To the left of the picture was another room the same size that was the living quarters. To the right was a room that was the kitchen area.
This is where the stables were. The walls on the top of the pictures were the living quarters, telegraph room and kitchen area. The walls are made of lava rocks.
This is the extra stable area. It wasnt' a very big station all together. But it was really fun to see.
We then went to Grime's Point. There were petroplyphs on some rocks there. Comptyn is here standing by one.
Here are all the boyz by another rock of petroglyphs.
This is Nathan with his Monster hat that slipped down over his eyes. It was funny because he'd walk with his head stipped WAY back so he could see.
Saturday we decided to take a bike ride. Ryan planned it all. (Passed off 2 things for his Bear badge in Cub Scouts!) So here are Nathn and then Daniel & Sammy in the tot carrier.
The bike-a-van is ready to move! Ryan, Comptyn, Bryce and I all rode our bikes.
Ryan's 9th birthday. He got an iPod Shuffle. He was VERY excited! With money he got from grandparents he got small camera (watch for his personal blog coming soon!) and then also a few craft things to make a replica model of his favorite planet....Uranus.
Picture of Nathan and Daniel waiting for the birthday party. Aren't they cute?!
Nathan, Sammy & Daniel singing Happy Birthday to Ryan while he gets ready to blow out the candles on his cake.