I really need a new car battery (the Tucson barely started after work yesterday), but am going to throw caution to the wind and take off to the high desert today.

Why risk it? Because inversion is a beautiful thing. It’s supposed to be 71  (update) 69 degrees in Bend!!!! Yes— in January!

If all goes well, I’ll be hiking in the desert…. in shorts! This is going to be amazing!

What do you have planned for the weekend?

We celebrated a family birthday tonight by doing something that hasn’t been done (at least with this crowd) in over three decades. We went bowling. The last time I went bowling with my parents was sometime before I was five years old. Mom sat out, but Dad and my brother Kris came ready to play.

Everyone had such a great time that it wasn’t until the very last frame that I realized I hadn’t shot at all during the evening. Since I needed to get a photo of the day in (and I recognized this as being such a rare event, worthy of documenting), I grabbed the camera, crouched down behind lane #2 and started firing as Sami let go of the ball. Fortunately, the previous aperture, shutter, and ISO settings were OK for this shot. Focus, on the other hand- it could have been better. woops.

We talked about making this a monthly event. I hope so. Dad beat my score on that last game and I’m ready for a rematch.

I’ve been waiting for this for a while now… Just another month or so and we can finally go see it!