Above average flower bloom in the desert this year as we had some good soaking rains last winter. In fact, it is the second year we have seen green grass on the hills after a rain. 3 years ago it was very dry and there were few plants on these trails.
We finally made it to Kiyoshi’s Katsu House in Anthem. It is very similar to Ton Ton which we have been a few times before. The pork is super thick and tender so if you are craving Katsu, this is the place to go. This location has a great atmosphere and worth the drive.
I remember in the 90’s the very first web cam was in a UK computer lab over their coffee pot so the users knew if the coffee was ready.
Boulder city just added a web cam over Hemenway Park to watch the Sheep that tend to hang out there frequently. The sheep are usually behind the tennis courts at the other end so I am not sure how often they will be close to this camera.
Kevin graduated Navy Nuclear Power School and will be stationed on a ship in January. Quite an impressive journey getting to this point in life. Congrats.
Mr Tofu is a very different Korean restaurant. They are known for their Hot Pot (soup) but have a lot of other interesting menu selections. They bring 16 banchan dished to your table which is the most I have ever seen. I had to try the bibimbap as that is my go to dish. Next time I would stick with the pork or try one of the hot pots. Well worth a visit if you want to break away from the Korean BBQ scene.
BTW, the original Hwaro that burned down last year just reopened on Spring Mountain Rd.
We were really excited to try Fugetsu. They have Okonomiyaki on the menu. This is not seen often in the US. We had some wonderful Hiroshima style okonomiyaki in Nara last year. They have an ‘All you can eat’ option but that is the last thing I need. They have a ton of things on the menu but we kept it simple for a change. The atmosphere is nice but the music was horrible. They had a loud Kpop/rap thing going which made us leave as soon as possible.
The Okonomiyaki + noodles = Modanyaki looked really good but was burned on the bottom and soggy in the middle. I think this location just opened and they are probably still have some kinks to work out. Hope to see progress someday in the next visit.
Sorry for not posting for a few months – had some technical difficulties. I could ping the server and ssh into the little guy, but could not get any html to generate. It uses a little SD card as a hard drive so I guessed that was corrupted and reimaged to the latest backup. That didnt work so I thought there was something wrong with the NIC on the raspberry pi itself so replaced that unit with a new one. That didn’t work so I rebuilt from scratch using backup files. Thanks to stackexchange.com for the search forums.
We snuck out of the 100+ degree heat to go up to chilly Canada. Flew to Vancouver and drove up to Whistler the first night. I have always wanted to go to Whistler after watching hundreds of mountain bike videos filmed there. We did not have time to bike this trip but need to go back and spend a week at the lower village.
We took the ferry to Victoria island from Horseshoe bay to Nanaimo and drove 2 hours down to the city center. We had a few nights at the Pendray Inn. It is an old mansion on the water that is famous for their traditional afternoon tea service. We took a 4 hour whale watching tour and were successful in seeing Orcas, Humpbacks, Sea Lions, a deer and thousands of birds.
We then took the ferry back to the mainland and drove around Stanley park before flying out. All in all, Vancouver is like a clean expensive Seattle before drug culture took over.
Slideshow and video of whales are here over on bitchute.
Shutterfly album is here.
