It has been almost forever since we were able to go to 2 movies in one day! Well, since Karma loves her new day care and we had to get up early for an eye appointment for Boots. So, we saw “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and “Men In Black III”.
“The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” – is really great for the more mature audience. We saw it with a practically filled theater with only senior ticket holders. The only thing missing was a big Ballywood dance number at the end. Unless there was one after the the credits – we had to hurry to the bathroom so may have missed it!
“Men In Black III” – Very good, really like the first 2 movies, lots of weird aliens and Josh Brolin does a great young K. You might want to see MIB I again before seeing III. There was too much gap between the movies to remember some of the details.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Weather - Reno, NV
We woke to a little rain and cooler temperatures. As the day progressed, we got snow and sleet. Enough to cover the pavement and slow down traffic a little. Locals shared that it is not unusual for Reno’s Memorial Day weather to get cold enough for snow. Kind of a surprise but bearable had we worn long pants and maybe socks. We were running around town in flip-flops and shorts! We just didn’t believe it would get that cold!
Monday, May 21, 2012
Family – Reno, NV
Well, the kids (grand-daughter-Kashmere, boyfriend-Sonny, their 15 MO baby boy-Gaven) flew back to Alaska today. Boots’ son-John and his family (wife-Melody, 7 YO boy-Bodhi and 3 YO girl-Tara) were also here in Reno for this past week-end. We are exhausted!!! I know the kids (big and small) all had a lot more energy than us. Being retired means being in no rush to see everything TODAY!
Luckily, the kids all stayed in the hotel associated with our RV Park. The Grand Sierra Resort has a lot to activities to entertain the families - bowling alley (50 lanes), arcade, movie theater, besides the casino for the older kid in us all.
We loved getting to know Gaven and he us. He’s just a little dynamo of energy and exploration. We had baby-proofed the RV – Or so we thought. He is almost like a monkey with prehensile feet/toes. He wants to climb everything in sight and see what’s on the other side or top or just because it’s there!!! At the same time he is gentle and loves his stuffed bear and easily provides kisses and hugs all around.
We had all three of them for a while on Friday night and Gaven just stared at Bodhi for the longest time. He was intrigued by this bigger version of himself. He wasn’t very interested in Tara except for the chair she was sitting in. She was barely able to keep possession.
One of the RV slide-outs has a small ledge that runs down the middle of the living room area. While Gaven has walking, tiptoeing, and running down pretty good – his visit here really introduced him to steps – sometimes with abrupt tumbles. By the end of his visit, all of the adults could relax a bit and he was up and down the ledge over and over again – whew!
Bodhi and Tara spent most of their time in the hotel pool. Bodhi can now swim pretty well. He was doing some diving, somersaulting, etc. in the water with the help of a snorkel mask until a 5 YO boy came to our side of the pool and started doing similar activities with no mask nor holding his nose at all. It was interesting to watch the “real” effect of peer pressure. Within minutes of the second boy’s arrival, Bodhi gave up the mask and started doing his underwater activities without that added aid.
Tara is the more serious of the two and takes a while to get into a teasing mode. Ruthi complimented her on the very pretty pull-over she was wearing after swimming. It was a design in various shades of “pink” that Ruthi insisted was “green”. Tara was appalled that anyone would call it “green”! 3YO is a very serious age. Tara finally got the joke but was having no patience with Ruthi.
Karma ended up having to share space with Gaven and John’s dog-Sunny. Talk about confusion of names!!! The dogs had met before so staying together inside the air-conditioned RV while everyone went to dinner was better than taking a chance on the vehicle interiors with outside temperatures in the high eighty’s. Sunny is submissive to Karma but did want to take over her crate when all of the kids were roaming the small small living room floor.
Luckily, the kids all stayed in the hotel associated with our RV Park. The Grand Sierra Resort has a lot to activities to entertain the families - bowling alley (50 lanes), arcade, movie theater, besides the casino for the older kid in us all.
We loved getting to know Gaven and he us. He’s just a little dynamo of energy and exploration. We had baby-proofed the RV – Or so we thought. He is almost like a monkey with prehensile feet/toes. He wants to climb everything in sight and see what’s on the other side or top or just because it’s there!!! At the same time he is gentle and loves his stuffed bear and easily provides kisses and hugs all around.
We had all three of them for a while on Friday night and Gaven just stared at Bodhi for the longest time. He was intrigued by this bigger version of himself. He wasn’t very interested in Tara except for the chair she was sitting in. She was barely able to keep possession.
One of the RV slide-outs has a small ledge that runs down the middle of the living room area. While Gaven has walking, tiptoeing, and running down pretty good – his visit here really introduced him to steps – sometimes with abrupt tumbles. By the end of his visit, all of the adults could relax a bit and he was up and down the ledge over and over again – whew!
Bodhi and Tara spent most of their time in the hotel pool. Bodhi can now swim pretty well. He was doing some diving, somersaulting, etc. in the water with the help of a snorkel mask until a 5 YO boy came to our side of the pool and started doing similar activities with no mask nor holding his nose at all. It was interesting to watch the “real” effect of peer pressure. Within minutes of the second boy’s arrival, Bodhi gave up the mask and started doing his underwater activities without that added aid.
Tara is the more serious of the two and takes a while to get into a teasing mode. Ruthi complimented her on the very pretty pull-over she was wearing after swimming. It was a design in various shades of “pink” that Ruthi insisted was “green”. Tara was appalled that anyone would call it “green”! 3YO is a very serious age. Tara finally got the joke but was having no patience with Ruthi.
Karma ended up having to share space with Gaven and John’s dog-Sunny. Talk about confusion of names!!! The dogs had met before so staying together inside the air-conditioned RV while everyone went to dinner was better than taking a chance on the vehicle interiors with outside temperatures in the high eighty’s. Sunny is submissive to Karma but did want to take over her crate when all of the kids were roaming the small small living room floor.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Karma’s Day Care - Reno, NV
Karma has gone to the same day care in Reno since we first stopped here in 2009. Each time we returned and pulled into the parking lot, she would begin her squelling/kealling because she was so excited to be back. Her favorite care giver no longer works at this particular day care and recently Karma has refused to get out of the truck to go into the facility. So, we are trying another local day care that is just across the street from the RV park. So far, she is excited to go there.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Karma & Chickens – Quincy, CA
Since we are going to be in Reno for a month before we go to Boots’ son/his family in Quincy, CA, we decided to drive up there for the day today. It’s a pretty drive of about 90 miles up into the high Sierra Mountains. They have a nice fenced yard for Karma to chase her ball in. There are also their dog (Sunny - beagle and German short hair mix), a neighbor’s dog (June Bug – Heinz 57 variety), 3 cats (Marley, Po, and Tigress) and now 7 chickens (none seem to be named) that all roam the space in harmony.
The adults wondered how Karma would react to the new comers – chickens. She had previously played keep the ball away from Sunny and attempted to introduce herself to the cats – unsuccessfully, we might add. She has been exposed to birds of various ilks in the campgrounds, dog parks and rest stops along the way. Mostly, she ignores them – having figured out that she can’t fly and they seem to do that whenever she would get anywhere close to them. Sometimes, she just leaps in their direction (always on the leash, so the birds are safe) and they take off.
Back to the chickens, who were everywhere Karma wanted to chase the ball. She barely registered that they were pecking in her vicinity. As long as she could chase her ball, that’s all she wanted to do. The chickens also ignored her. So, peace reigned until we lost her ball behind the chick enclosures and there was absolutely no way to get that ball back. Karma wanted to crawl over the chicken wire roof of the enclosure or go through the blackberry thorns to get to the other side and the ball.
We never travel with only one ball. In fact, we buy them by the dozen from WalMart. Now all we had to do was get dirt and dog smells on a ball for her to give up on the search for an unreachable ball and continue the chase with a "new" ball.
The adults wondered how Karma would react to the new comers – chickens. She had previously played keep the ball away from Sunny and attempted to introduce herself to the cats – unsuccessfully, we might add. She has been exposed to birds of various ilks in the campgrounds, dog parks and rest stops along the way. Mostly, she ignores them – having figured out that she can’t fly and they seem to do that whenever she would get anywhere close to them. Sometimes, she just leaps in their direction (always on the leash, so the birds are safe) and they take off.
Back to the chickens, who were everywhere Karma wanted to chase the ball. She barely registered that they were pecking in her vicinity. As long as she could chase her ball, that’s all she wanted to do. The chickens also ignored her. So, peace reigned until we lost her ball behind the chick enclosures and there was absolutely no way to get that ball back. Karma wanted to crawl over the chicken wire roof of the enclosure or go through the blackberry thorns to get to the other side and the ball.
We never travel with only one ball. In fact, we buy them by the dozen from WalMart. Now all we had to do was get dirt and dog smells on a ball for her to give up on the search for an unreachable ball and continue the chase with a "new" ball.
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