Week 4

Last weekend of skiing at Meissner. There is still a lot of snow in some spots,

but not so much in others:

I had three days off from school this week for conferences, so Papa came for a visit. Can you believe he had never been to the High Desert Museum? He has now. They had a Sasquatch exhibit:

And we went to a Mammal Encounter show to see a porcupine. He is a rodent, which, as we all know, means he has ever-growing teeth.

My wingspan is about the same. I’m still a turkey vulture,

but my crutches get me closer to condor range:

Mom saw the tortoises’ lunch and decided her spirit animal must be the desert tortoise.

We went out to dinner at Jia. I had chicken pho:

Dad had the Saigon bowl:

Mom had the spicy eggplant:

and Papa had the tuna poke bowl:

On Sunday, Dad made us buckwheat galettes with Swiss cheese, prosciutto, and an egg for lunch:

Papa made a loaf of golden flax bread. It was delicious:

Sunday afternoon we visited Peterson Rock Garden:

They have a lot of peacocks:

I brought a camera with me and made everyone pose like they always do to me.

Papa’s stay is coming to an end, so I threw him one of my famous going away parties, complete with a bar: