Razring With Dad!

Soon after my in-laws came and went, Dad popped by too! So glad we are a pit stop for all these busy retirees!!

You wouldn't think this set-up would work, would you. It's quite the precise operation.

Off to off-road adventuring!

BIG fan of the ramps.

Just like driving lessons of so long ago!

With only room for two, one person was left to reflect by the brook.

Next up, the boys went out!

SNOW! GAH!!!! Rough terrain like this? No prob for the Razr.

 Then we went out! Yee haw!

Giraffe!

Here we observe the giraffe in its native setting: Julia Davis Park.

Scratching his giraffe-self?

Nope. Pulling a Shawshank. Trying to eat his way out of the place pole by pole.

They really are fancifully designed.

The antenna-like noggin projections are actually bony horn-like appendages that are actually part of their skulls. Who knew!?

Sir, your head looks like a flying saucer.

 Hmph.

Happy Spring!

Hooray for spring!

We had guests for Easter, though we don't really celebrate Easter per se, so I'm saying we celebrated spring's arrival!

We used the gloriously sunny day to walk downtown and to the park.

And to visit with the giraffes at the zoo.

The secret is the giraffes are so tall, you can visit them without going into the zoo. Not that i would be averse to going to the zoo necessarily, but not on a sunny Easter Sunday. No thank you.

Carolyn and her youngest.

Triumvirate of Gooses. Name of my new band.

And then, a walk back to the Chicken Ranch.

 For a lovely turkey dinner. Cheers!

Mexico 2013: So Long Mexico

And then, back to reality. No more tiny turtles for us.

Make grousy faces all the way to the airport...

Grrr

These people expect me to carry money?! And pay for things?! Money? Coins? Legacy technology? What are we, animals? 

So long, Mexico! We'll see you again soon! xoxo

Mexico 2013: So Long, Resort!

But alas, week two had to come to an end too. Regretfully. No more palm trees.

Cutting up my own breakfast fruits? The horror.

Calculate how much additional tip to leave housekeeping...as our coinage amounted to the equivalent of about 43 cents.

Repack our (new!) matching luggage.

Make sad faces until the bellhop arrives...

Take one last golf cart ride through the resort...

And watch that security gate go up one last time. :(

Mexico 2013: Not Germane to Anything

These are a few pix that were taken that weren't really germane to much, but that make me giggle when I see them. I couldn't let them just fade away in hidden folders.

Our Kristin isn't a big snorkeler. Clearly.

I think he was just directing me to have a server get him something, but when I look at it I wonder if maybe there's a tsunami or a Bengal tiger behind me.

I love the action in this one. Such a cool dinner date.

This looks like one of those fake picture settings, like maybe it was done on a green screen.

FOOT! Hahah. I think it's CR's, or maybe Tim's.

Hee hee.

GAH! No filter has been applied here, this was how the camera took the pic. GAH!!

Who is that mysterious man, lurking about?

Just a swingin'.

Best shot of palm tree detritus ever.

Mexico 2013: Ron Swanson Goes to Mexico

Just sayin'.

Mexico 2013: Hilarity Ensues

Mexico is hilarious. They have those bugs that have evolved faces to scare off their enemies. This guy actually has evolved two.

Decorated with a pirate purpose ambiance. Yes, yes. Pirate Assault of the English language. 

Dear Mexico, 
This is not a Duster.
Love, the Chicken Ranch.

WHAT!?! You sell Tupperware? Lemme in!!

In case of emergency, get funky wichyerbadself.

We were both smitten with the Waffleria. We were full up or we would have stopped in.

Cashola is hilarious. "Say hello to you your money!" And then likely, good-bye.

This seems perfectly reasonable to me.