The world as I  see it: 

Welcome aboard

Personal Page: information about me and where I live, including Death Valley links, and links to southern California earthquake information. Updated 10/2009

Travel & Adventures: This is a directory of URL locations containing travelogues of our adventures. Currently includes stories and related links to Baja, the Grand Canyon, and Alaska.

 Photo Gallery: Here is a collection of pictures we have taken of "the Valley" and other points of interest

Humor: Just a spot to enjoy some funny stuff that people have sent along. Includes archives to all past humor pages.

Archives: Anything and everything you might have missed, or might like to see again from the Monthly Specials included on this page.

 ^{Anything and everything that's anywhere near current  - This is where to look for current events and recent happs}

 ^{Saline Valley Art}

What's New on the Ranch

^{I'm giving up on regular updates, so please be happy to see new postings of various pages listed here}

^{Anything and everything that's anywhere near current  - This is where to look for current events and recent happs}

Glacier Bay - 2001 - A pictorial of our first trip to Alaska/Canada's World Heritage Wilderness, where we float a bunch of desert rats around in some chilly ice water.

 Building in Alaska - Summer 2002, we built a little carriage house on our property up in Alaska, where we can enjoy the property while we build La Casa Mejor. This is a little (?) pictorial of four weeks worth of progress.

Building in Alaska 2003 - finishing up the "Garage-mahal"

Building in Alaska 2005-2006 - Having completed the guest house (su casa), we have moved down the hill to work on the main house. This is a photoshop complied show illustrating the progress on "Mi Casa," from lot to roof.

The Chilkat Dancers - Pictorial of a local dance troupe in Haines, Alaska, choreographed by Tresham Gregg,      who also designed and carved the masks.

Dave's 50th Birthday Party - A collection of pictures of a wild night celebrating our good friend's good life.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake

HUMOR:

All kidding aside, if you've had enough of this serious stuff, this site might put that smile back on your face with some humor.

This season's laugh: YOU KNOW YOU LIVE WHERE WHEN...

Home of the Funny Bone!

BRAIN TEASER

No pencil or paper allowed for this one -- and no calculators either! See if you can do this multiplication in your head. You have two minutes. Ready? Go!

2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 1/2 x 10 x 0 x 7 = ?

Last month's teaser: 

Dyslexic Dilemma: Can you select five letters and arrange them so that they spell words that are the opposite of one another? (Hint: the words both begin with "U")