Mom Arrives

Mom successfully completed her trip across the continent today. Although it was somewhat easier than Lewis & Clark's 1804-1806 expedition and a lot faster than the pioneers that crossed the rugged terrain in covered wagons it was still a long and tiring trip. So almost immediately after Mom arrived and unpacked I took her to Discovery Park in Green Valley, Nev., where we ran (me) and walked (mom) along a scenic path. She commented on how lush the green lawns were. I stopped to smell some roses (literally) while I was running and enjoyed the spacious vista where you could see mountains in every direction surrounding the Las Vegas valley.

After a brief stop at Albertson's for supplies it was a quiet evening at home watching a couple of History Channel specials. One about how President McKinley's assassination in Buffalo, N.Y., paved the way for Teddy Roosevelt's presidency and another one about how the 1848 Gold Rush helped to populate California which had only 12,000 residents at the time.

"Recreation park land builds part of the real sinew of the American people, it enhances the quality of our national life."-- Senator Mark Hatfield