I pulled over for this next shot.
Like I said. I like cacti.
I guess, being from the North,
I'm not used to seeing them,
so there's a certain... fascination.
Omg, me too! This would be so cool!
#Canadians
I guess it's the same way I facepalm whenever someone excitedly asks me if I've ever seen a real-live moose. ...um...yes, and you don't want to. They're huge, and if Mama has a baby then you'd better be viewing from AFAR... But I get giddy for palms and cacti. Grass (or succulent) is always greener!
(I'm sure she had a knife
in her boot, though,
just in case.)
Oh, naturally.
(It's a western. You mosey in westerns.
Sashaying is for them city-folk.)
Ahh yes, of course.
Bo knows horse riding.
(Bonus if you get the reference.
Or not. Just let me know.)
I don't want to comment on this and give it away or anything...but was this not from an old Nike ad? Did I make that up?
I was impressed with how
she rode side saddle so she
could talk to us.
WOAH! Obviously a real cowgirl...or secret royalty.
Riding side saddle is suuuuper hard.
Her horse knew where to go
and every now and then
he would just stop.
She'd look around and say
"Oh, right, we're supposed
to stop here so I can tell you about..."
This is so cool! I remember riding an old and stubborn horse for my lessons for a couple years before switching horses, and she had been ridden for lessons for so long that she could predict exactly the patterns that the teacher would ask you to do, so she would do them without you actually asking her to. It made it super easy to look like you knew what you were doing...until you had to ask her to do something unexpected and were met with an adamant NO.
Not like one unfortunate tourist.
(From an earlier ride.)
There's a cactus called a
Teddy Bear cactus.
It looks soft.
But that's because it's covered
in thousands of needles.
This tourist decided that
'Teddy Bear' sounded nice.
So she petted a branch.
It took Tammy over an hour
to get all the needles out.
NO! Dumb tourist!
We had a tiny tiny one of these in my grandmother's house and I was terrified of it. It looked so soft. It was not.
Sorry about your eyes.
They'll grow back.
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...Sorry. I had trouble responding to that without my eyes for a minute.
I noticed a plaque
on the church...
I grew up in the church—looks about right to me!
We stopped at a Harley Davidson
so I could grab a poker chip
and possibly a T-shirt.
And....
It was closed.
Hmmmm....
Open Sunday until 4pm.
It's... 4:15.
Dang it! Goldfield cost me a chip!
Guess that gives me an excuse
to go back.
NO!! I was so sure I had this one in the bag! Tricky!
And what an organ!
The organ sits in a large hall.
The entire hall is one big
musical instrument.
Oh. My. Gosh.
I'd luuurrrve this. #MusicMajor
There's a player piano to the right,
Did you get to meet the player piano player...piano...player...piano...player?
He told an interesting story
of when he was a sophomore
(That's grade ten apparently,
for my non US readers.)
he met and had lunch with...
Duke Ellington!
Holy crap!
I was pretty impressed.
NO. No way! Woah!
Did they also hang with Ella on the weekends? Meet Bird Parker for coffee? Ya know, nbd.
We walked out with
me humming
"Pinball Wizard".
(And if you don't recognize
that...
I feel sorry for you.
)
Well you obviously much be either deafer, dumber, or blinder than Kay. Hmm...I wonder which one...
1. We have an early flight.
So.... what time do we get up?
2. Security.
Fast? Slow? Average?
3. Flight.
On time? Delayed?
4. LA. Harley Davidson attempt #2.
Nothing? Poker chip? Chip & T-shirt?
5. Which way to the beach?
We go to one.
Santa Monica? Venice? Hermosa?
6. Which Marvel character
(that Kay's in love with)
do we see?
Iron man? Thor? Wolverine?
7. We go for burgers. Where?
In-N-Out? Shake shack? Slater's 50/50?
8. We see the Hollywood sign.
How long do we spend looking?
about: (pick the closest)
1-5 seconds? 1-5 minutes? 1-5 hours?
9. What's for dinner?
Mexican? Burgers? Chinese?
10. We told Kay we'd pay for
one souvenir. What does she get?
Clothes? Books? Candy?
1. 4:30am
2. Fast
3. Delayed
4. Chip and T-shirt (in over-compensation for the previous HD attempt)
5. Venice
6. Wolverine
7. Shake Shack
8. Seconds
9. Chinese
10. Books