Staying put in LA (when everyone else is away) isn't so bad.  Heck, I got to hike with my hon while our shadows held hands.  Just beware the dreaded devil's coach horse beetle - it behaves like a scorpion, smells like a stink bug if provoked, and apparently has a bite to remember.  We saw quite a few of these European invaders.  The one below was about one and a half inches long.  I'll work on getting a better photo...

Drinking Rainbows

The rain never let up but the sun came out today.  Really cool.  It was raining AND sunny, and a big rainbow appeared.  Ames got instantly thirsty.  But rainbows aren't really made for drinking, as everyone knows, and this one started coming back out his eyes in no time.  Trust me.  If you look closely, you'll see it.  Then Kevin had to have some.  It was a rainbow-drinking frenzy.  Kevin wasn't spared; it came out his eyes too (you don't believe me but enlarge the photo and you'll see the evidence).  I understand the urge -- all that color is a rush after days and days of non-stop gray rain.  But I know better than to step up and drink in a rainbow... or open my mouth in front of a camera.. either way.

Ohi-yo

It's taking me a while to post all the Ohio pics.  Still processing more than just photos.  What a wonderful trip.  Tapping my roots has opened a good Pandora's box, filled with intriguing history, remarkable people, new friends. 

 

Trying to keep up with Aunt Pauline.

One of many family habitats.  This one just above Brush Creek.

Musket ball evidence of the 1894 riot at Washington Court House.

Could Charles be right about my carnie roots?

The Great Serpent Mound

An overhead view of the mound using a real snake skeleton.

Tobacco is the new black (yes, I'm trespassing).