Mina....great Off Road Vehicle place

Half way between Vegas and Minden, Nevada, we stayed here for a night...cool place to stay...lots of friendly off-road folks. I talked to a number of them...they just love to get out and drive in the desert exploring...finding old ghost towns...dusty trails....

http://www.sunrisevalley.com/off_road_adventure_destination.html

Went for run out into the desert in the morning...way out in the middle of nowhere....loved it.

On the way from Vegas to Mina....here's what we saw for 200 miles !

Along the way, we went through Goldfield...a town that had a lot of gold taken from it's nearby hills....interestingly enough....in the early 1900's...not in the gold rush days of the 1850's

and LOTS of Joshua Trees

...a few odd photos....

...not really a Brothel...a tease to get you to look

World's largest firecracker

bad hair day

...and our Katie photo of her travelling...

We love this sort of travelling...funky place to stay....vistas everywhere....nice folks.....

Steve and Kim and Katie

Our Katie's life

Well, you knew this was coming....we have to post photos and movies of our Havanese puppy, Katie. Her full "official" registered name is Kathryn Elizabeth. We got to take her home at 8 weeks but got three visits before that. Sooo....get ready for some real cutsie-wootsie photos from two proud folks....

Here's the four of them together at about 6 weeks. Katie is the one in the far back corner.

The first time Kim got to hold her. "Are you going to be my Forever Mommy"?

...and here she is today !

First visit still

Those eyes !

...and today !

Second visit....at about 4 weeks

Nose to nose

Third visit....6 weeks.

We finally got to bring her home with us at 8 weeks after she had her first set of vaccinations. Here's a movie of a very happy Kim bringing her to the car...

Then, when she got home....she wanted to do nothing but rest...

Of course, Kim went out and bought a few toys and supplies !

So then she started to settle in...

...must....rest....

Someone found the TP

She could not touch the ground until she had all of her inoculations so we bought this rug and fence so she could be outside with us.

First visit to the vet for a checkup

What a fur ball

She LOVED this paper

We let her on the bed at first but now only to sleep with us...no playing.

Took her to Lowes with us

At the vet in Topeka for her last set of shots.

After her last set of shots, she had to wait two weeks until she could go outside for good but that day finally came in Grand Junction, Colorado.

"I never knew there were so many dogs out there!"

She travels great. Either in Kim's lap sleeping or in her "house".

"I wanna go out too !"

We take her to all kinds of walks...loves all the smells and sights...

Colorado

Grand Junction

Colorado National Monument

Utah 

Selfie in Green River, Utah

Grand Canyon

Family portrait

Nevada

...and a shoe-eating movie...

Of course, we have hundreds more photos but.....

Hope you enjoy her as much as we do.

Katie and Steve and Kim