Historic April 2003 Pictures
April 01, 2003. A group from our field office spent the day at Red Rock Canyon NCA. Mojave Max was out sunning himself.
April 02, 2003. The next day we toured the BLM Desert Tortoise facility where adult tortoises that have contacted Mycoplasma are kept. There were also some baby tortoises at the facility. (Not open to the public.)
April 03, 2002. Some Arizona friends that Linda worked with were in town, so we stopped by the Bellagio, Venetian, and viewed the Mirage Volcano.
April 04, 2003. For years Helen Berry volunteered time every day at an elementary school because she liked to help children learn. In 2003, Kristin nominated her for a Jefferson Award and she was selected as one of the winners. Unfortunately, she passed away before the award ceremony. The award was presented posthumously to her husband Jerry in Washington, D.C. Kristin was able to attend the ceremony and we took Jerry to dinner in Las Vegas when he returned.
April 05, 2003 - From our house it is only about an hours drive to Mojave National Preserve where there are lots of off-road trails to follow. Mitchell Caverns is located in the Preserve, so we stopped for a tour. The cave contains some unique cave formations. On the way into Baker we drove by Kelso Sand Dunes and then had dinner at the Mad Greek Restaurant. We typically stop to eat at "Bun Boy," but this time we just stopped for a picture. (See RonnieAdventure March 29, 2013, Blog #0048 for more information on Mojave Desert National Preserve and RonnieAdventure March 8, 2013, Blog #0045 for more information on Baker, CA.)
April 06, 2003. One afternoon I worked at an excavation site, but that is another story that I will tell about in more detail at a later date.
April 11, 2003. Nik was in town on his way to a work assignment in northern Nevada, so we met with him and his friends at the Bellagio.
April 12, 2003. The desert wildflowers were great in the spring of 2003, so went on a desert wildflower trip to Buffington Pocket. After going through a dry wash I came to a "T" in the road and did not have a map to indicate which direction I should go. I went right when I should have gone left, but I made back to a paved road before dark.
April 17-20, 2003. The grandkids were in town for Easter weekend, so we shot model rockets, spent some time hiking at Red Rock Canyon NCA, played in the hot tub, found Easter eggs at the park, and then found more Easter eggs in our house. On Sunday morning, the grandkids took a bath, put on clean clothes for church, and had their picture taken with Grandpa and Grandma.
Over the next few days I also found time to take a few pictures of flowers in our yard
June 24, 2003. The Ernst family was in town, so we went down to the Strip to visit with them.
April 26, 2003. Followed an off-road trail that led up to the historic Christmas Mine. There were a lot of wildflowers along the trail.
April 28, 2003. Performed a site inspection on the proposed Ivanpah International Airport location, which is on the south side of Interstate 15 near Prim. There was a large hole on the site that was loosely fenced. Not something that a person would accidently want to drive into if not watching where they were going.
April 26, 2003. Held the annual Cub Scout Pack Pinewood Derby that was always exciting.
