Sunday Randomness #245 : a little leap to Las Vegas for a few days part 3

Coca-Cola!

Samples of Coca-cola products served around the world.

 The store where we had our picture taken with the Coca-cola polar bear.

Sunday Randomness #245 : a little leap to Las Vegas for a few days part 2

We did the Polar Journey as an extension to the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay.

They had a realistic interactive chunk of iceberg and other exhibits from the polar region.

And in the aquarium there were, of course,

 lots of fish and other creatures like cephalopods!  There was also a scuba diver cleaning and I did ask if I could take his picture-he gave me a thumbs up that it was okay.

 Turtle

Sunday Randomness #245 : a little leap to Las Vegas for a few days part 1

We drove to Las Vegas, NV for a short trip back in 2018 and I realized I never posted anything about it. So this Sunday randomness post is going to be primarily a memory post of some of the trip for me. 

There's definitely beauty in the desert.

We stayed at a fancy hotel, the Elara.  

 Washer/Dryer-in-one machine in the bathroom

The kids checking out the view from the living room window.

Sunday Randomness #68 Weather Science Data and straws

This is a favorite link about the weather data for Salt Lake City:    https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=CAR&issuedby=SLC&product=CF6&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0

It's searchable for the last few years-just click on the versions numbers at the top to see the information for a previous month in a past year.  If you go back through the years, it's easy to calculate that we are still in drought mode.  We have not been catching up that much to the levels we really need to sustain our great Utah outdoors, no less all the water consumption we use on both residential and business levels.  Reduce, reuse, recycle.  Water deep and water less often.   Even in the summer months, I try to water just once a week with a deep soaking during the cooler hours.

We've been taking our own containers for leftovers to restaurants for a number of years now and we all use reusable water bottles.   I just got our rain straws from the Kickstarter we supported last year.  If you're interested in a fully washable straw here's the link to their new website: https://rainhydration.com/    We'll have to do a review of the straws on a different Sunday Randomness.

Sunday Randomness #290 : Inconsistencies Emerge

(The picture of Jack sunning himself by peaches from the farmer's market and Daisy's little clay pumpkin to the left of the peaches is yet another inconsistency.)

Mica: "How will I know when the hamburger is thawed?"
Hedgehog: "When it's no longer frozen."
Mica: "How will I know when that is?"

Bribery does work.  I bribed Mica by letting her use my library card in exchange for her participation in a book club.

Mica wondering where all the drinking glasses had gone and Daisy responding: "They're probably all in the dishwasher.  Look, it says clean."  (They only figured that out because I put a note on the dishwasher thinking (foolishly) that someone (other than me) would actually empty it.)

Hedgehog tried to save a spider in the tub by catching it in a cup but it crawled back into the overflow and when she plunged the tub to get it back out it landed on the side of the tub and was dead from all the trauma of trying to save it.  "I tried really hard to save its little life but it wasn't meant to be."

Daisy in the senior year in high school: "There are no big trends happening at school right now so it's really sad because I can't make fun of them or decide to join them."

Hedgehog on more little creatures: "We must have hundreds of worms and I feel so bad that I'm killing some of them."  She had to remove some sod to plant some herbs in its place and unintentionally was digging up some of the worms.

We saw a truck filled with bags of onions that was pulled over by the police on a family vacation.  Mica remarked: "That's a real tearjerker."

Daisy on a summer day: "Why are there so many people out today?"  Me: "Because it's cooled down and it's a nice day."  Daisy: "Well, why are they out having fun and enjoying life?"

Sunday Randomness #249: Local locales as part of a photography art show at our library

Daisy and I put on a joint photography art show during the month of October at our local library.  I took the pictures and she helped me pick, edit, and frame the final selections.  All the pictures where taken between State Street and 2700 East and on 3300, 3900, and 4500 South.