Brrrrrrrrrrrrr. It is bloody cold up here. These are the last 2 projects I worked on in the studio. Picnic table at Cariboo rv. Just noticed I have not put on the eyes yet. Any way I will do that this evening. I have started Spectrum glass "s project of the month and am about 1/2 way thru. That is going to be a nice one. I will post that when it is done. Production will slow as I start work tommorow.

The pup is doing well and keeping us all hopping. She sleeps right thru the nite and has such a sweet personality. She will fit in well with this motely crew.

Thw warm weather will be arriving soon as I packed away my shorts and short sleeve shirts that I was into last week down south. I may bring them out in July.

Anyway cheerio and all that rot. Jim

Bryce Canyon National Park became our fifth and final National Park of this trip. This park is so beautiful. In contrast to Zion, where you drive at the bottom of huge red cliffs, at Bryce, all the lookouts are from the rim of the canyon looking down. The canyon is all spires and hoodoos of red sandstone. As you can see, there's quite a lot of snow there still. We were up as high as 9,000 feet above sea level today, so it was pretty cool. Just a few days ago, the entire area got a dose of new snow. Yvonne was in her glory, though. She spent the entire day making snow stuff. She had a hoot blasting us with snowballs when we weren't looking.
One of the highlights of the day is we got to witness two ravens mating. Considering how quickly it happens, it's quite something to be right there at the right time. Spring is in the air........

Here are my latest creations from my stained glass studio lol. Picnic table outside the rv. This is called the St. George Collection. The 2 roses on the left are the newest ones and I am moving on to humming bird next. I know everyone can hardly wait. I really am enjoying this craft and can hardly find enough time to dabble at it. Can't stay awake all day. Rats. See you all soon Jim

Enjoy the pix of Zion and I just had to show off the stained glass horse I made for Yvonne. It is a small scale and I have one 4x larger than this one. I should have done the larger one. Some pieces in this are only a 1/4 of an inch in size. Hard to cut, grind, and solder but I persevered and got it finished. The next few projects will be easy in comparison. Take care all . Jim

Zion. Means a peaceful place or a sanctuary. Zion Nat. Park is all of those things. As well as breathtaking, awe inspiring, beautiful and colourful.

As you can tell we spent the day at Zion again and we brought lots of batteries this time. We took tons of photos but none of them capture the true colour , size and majesty this place offers. It is amazing the amount of people that are here at this time of year. Makes sense to me though why would you want to be here in the summer when it is 90 to 100f, and the traffic bumper to bumper.

When you look at those huge mountains carved out they remind me of castles or huge fortresses in the sky. I never really get tired of beautiful places.

On the personal side Yvonne lost her other wiggly tooth and the tooth fairy made her visit and she completed another Jr. Ranger program at Zion. She is a vetran now. I think she has 4 or 5 completed now with more to come. Leslie is busy as uasual with year end and month ends for most of her clients as well getting ready for the 2nd printing of her cookbook. Lori and Michelle are holding things together for us as usual while we are on the road. Thanks you two. As for me I received my stained glass kit yesterday and cut the pattern and pasted it on the glass last night. It was almost painful to have to go to Zion but I couldn't miss that. We got home and I managed to cut some of the glass out and will finish cutting and hopefully get it all ground and ready for soldering tomorow. Hopefully I can get a project done every 2 or 3 days. I even started painting, if thats what you want to call it but it is good and I finally have the time.

We will see you all last week of March sometime so take care all. Jim

The first pic is just before we enter Zion Nat. Park. We spent Sunday there but we ran out of batteries so it is a good thing we are going again tomorrow. It is spectacular and we will post more photos later in the week.

The last 2 pics are right in front of our RV Resort and is a terrible view to have to look at all day. lol . The scenery around here is beautiful and we are looking forward to seeing more as we still have 10 days left here. Bryce Nat. Park will be next week and Kolob canyons as well.

We are meeting Dave and Leanne on the 20th and then are heading for home on the 21st.

See ya'll later. Jim

Viva Las Vegas.....Kickin' It Old School! We took off for a night drive tonight. There's no place like Vegas as far as we've seen. Where else can you get married, get out of jail and divorced all in one building? (last picture). The lights, signs, decorative fountains, statues, etc are really spectacular. The "Wynn" sign has to be the best. It is so cool. It slides new screens in a progressive movement that reveals lifelike 3D images of the attractions. The nice thing about travelling around at night, is you can't see the spots of construction that make it a bit ugly by daylight. It's really a place to come with wads of cash you had no idea you had. They can't be operating this place by people leaving with more than they came with!! The entertainment is amazing. They've got Rascal Flats, Cher, Bette Midler, Elton John, Cirque d'Soleil, etc, etc going on all at once. Unfortunately, with a little one and a limited budget, we aren't going to any shows on this trip. The casinos are like any other anywhere else. Filled with fat, sad, smoking, drunk people. There's very little glamour to be seen when it comes to the patrons. How can you tell I'm not a gambler!! We had fun going bowling and the kiddie arcade. Yvonne is thrilled to have so much excitement around her.

It is hard to believe that you could find enough things to make up 4 floors of M&M's but if there is any place than can manage it is Las Vegas. The city where just about anything goes. You can see any kind of show gamble your hard earned cash away as Vegas has come up with more ways to fleece the flock than the catholic church. Last weekend they had a Nascar race here. Imagine one weekend and they estimate this city generated 210 million dollars. Not a typo it was that much. The last time I was here Vegas was a little town but it has now a BIGGG city.

There were gaps in between the hotels and casino's back in 91. Not anymore. Wall to wall grid lock and offering any type of booze, entertainment or perversion one can imagine. Still it has a certain charm and appeal that one has the chance at making it big with just pull of a handle. lol The fact remains that most people that are here cannot even afford this place. But the lure is set and millions of suckers are here to take the hook.

To me Ceasar Palace is still the class of the strip if there is such a thing here anymore. The extreme fighting championship is being held here soon. Too bad I am going to miss that> Of course I am really sad I have missed the bullfights in Spain the cockfights in Mexica and Micheal Virks fight to the death dog fights. Yum yum. They have done the place up well though it is pretty spectacular.

If you want to see a place where real estate has fallen further than the US green back it is here, only behind Florida. Stay tuned it is coming to your town. We have only seen the tip of this iceberg.

We ran into our friend Dorda and Anne here and we were out today getting some M&Ms as well taking in the sites. They are redoing the Mirage and Siegfried and Roy are going to be the headline act when it is done and reopens. Who would have guessed. We have 2 more days here then we are off to St. Georges Utah to tale in Bryce and Zion National Parks. More our speed.

Take care all. Jim