for real

We had a fun reunion of sorts last week as Jessie and Christi stayed with us during their annual midwest visit.    Wouldn't you know it, Alan was back in town from his wanderings in Japan.  We had dinner together at the newly refurbished Zorba's -- same great food, more updated interior, post-fire.  The plan is to see all of them along with many other friends during our upcoming New Mexico trip.

We found adventure on Saturday in nearby Monticello.  There is a train museum, and vintage trains run between the museum and 'downtown'.  We happened to pick the weekend when the steam train runs.  We ate lunch at the Brown Bag and then made our way back to the station for the return trip.

 Look at us feeling like we're were in the 1940s.  Leg room is slightly larger than modern airplanes, but the ceiling is about 9 ft tall.  Spacious!

 That's real, not simulated, coal smoke coming out of the steam engine.  Heaven knows how much time and effort and cash is needed to keep the engine running.  Surely more than the fares charged ($37 for the 4 of us).

 I only got to take 2 pictures before our memory card was filled.  We bought a new camera last week, but didn't get a new memory card to go with it.  75 pictures go by quickly.  Our old SD card was 256 MB.  New one is 16 GB!  What do we need a hard drive for again?

Clara amuses and frustrates us to no end.  A recent conversion with Jill:
J:  Clara, why did you take off your diaper?
C: I sleeping with no diaper.
J:  Why were you sleeping with no diaper?
C: For real.