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Sunday, January 16, 2022

Secialized

Drove by this building in Santa Monica.

Didn't know that Specialized had a single brand store like this.

Maybe I'll go in one day and look around.

I'm pretty sure that most things will be too expensive for my taste but based on the website, looks like an interesting store...

Next to Last Batch...

Made the next to last batch of miso ramen.

The fresh ramen noodle business (near San Diego) closed up shop.

Have one last batch of noodles left in the freezer...

The eggs turned out perfect.

9 minutes in boiling water then cool immediately.

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Tuesday, December 28, 2021 -- Trip Summary

Drove about 1,800 miles over 8 days.

Averaged 21.9 MPG.

Pretty poor gas mileage for a modern car driven mostly on the highway.

The lowest gas price was $3,25 @ Costco near Provo, UT...

Friday, January 14, 2022

Crumbs...

The crumb tray from the toaster.

Pretty crummy.

Can't recall the last time it was cleaned...

Tuesday, December 28, 2021 -- Spring Moutain Ranch State Park, NV

Intended to visit Red Rock State Park but it was on a reservation basis and was sold out so no "non-reservation" visitors were allowed in...

Just a few miles down the road is this small state park so we made a short visit.

It's an old ranch property with connections to Hollywood and was at one time owned by Howard Hughes...

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Christmas package from Michigan...

Part of what was in the box.

Five Dinky (4 old and 1 new one made in China) & the rest are Matchbox/Hotwheels...

Saturday, December 25, 2021 -- Christmas Day -- Bell Canyon Granite Trail & Temple Square

Tried to hike the Bell Canyon Granite Trail.

The trail was very icy!

Went just a short distance and had to turn around. Just a narrow sheet of ice! Can't go on without crampons...

The Mormon Temple is going through structural reinforcement...

Pretty much nothing was going on or open in the temple area...

Very little open on Christmas day...

We found an all you can eat Korean BBQ restaurant on the way back to the Air b-n-b.

The place was packed!

We got some takeout and ate back at the Air BnB.

The restaurant was staffed with young Chinese speaking people (Taiwanese?). The "Korean" food we ordered (bul-go-gi, bi-bin-bap, gal-bi & kim-chee chi-gae) was good but not very Korean. Almost as if an "American" had made a version that would match American tastes...

Strange but on Christmas day, beggars can't be...

The other surprise was how inexpensive it was. Cheaper than a lot of the fast-food style places we got food from during the trip.

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Product of Thailand

All the way from Thailand...

The contents include a fruit called Acerola.

Reading about it, seems to be a fruit similar in appearance to cherries but also called a "super-fruit" due to high ascorbic acid content...

Been to Thailand once.

So far away and so different...

Amazing that this package came from so far away.

Got it at the breakfast bar at the Fairfield Inn, in Virgin, Utah.

The logistics of where these fruits were grown, processed, packaged, sent to a warehouse, transported through trucks, ocean crossing ship to more trucks warehouse to more trucks to end up at the Fairfield Inn, in Virgin Utah, is kinda mindboggling...