Sun at Last
The Big Guy wanted Crab Louis Salad for his birthday dinner so we drove the 15 miles to the city hoping crab was still on sale. Got four big crab legs, one pound, for 10 bucks. I make the dressing and Jim cracks the crab and digs out the meat. The dressing is a version of Green Goddess and the salad is lettuce, cuke, tomato and optionally, black olives and hard boiled egg. It's a real feast! Then phone calls, text messages, emails and gifts from family made it a real nice day for Jim.
We had two more days socked in with rain then yesterday the sun really broke through. Still we had 2 booming thunderstorms with hail that came and went quickly. The next week looks to be nice days with lots of sun and the usual forecast of an afternoon thundershower. Typical mountain weather. You might not think of the Black Hills as mountains but they sure generate wild weather. Folklore says that Paul Bunyan buried his ox, Babe, here and that formed the hills. Actually, I think they are just worn down, upthrusts of earth.
We've managed to squeeze in a few bike rides when the wind and rain died down. Hart Ranch is a great place for riding. From here we could go on a pretty long ride but I don't know if I'm ready for that. Riding all around the park takes about 30 mintues and gives me a good workout.
I have taken advantage of the rainy weather by scanning the old slides. Currently I'm working on pix from 1989 when Jim and I took a 30th Anniversary trip to several National Parks. Yesterday the slides were of the drive from Banff to Jasper Parks in Canada, a truly beautiful drive. We have really seen some spectacular scenery over the years and had wonderful times in our travels.
Now...time for the last cup of coffee and...What will we do today?