New Shiny BTC Rounds

JMBullion had a few of these in inventory the other day.  These sell out within minutes when they get a delivery.  You pay a few dollars more than bullion silver but cheaper than standard American Silver Eagles.  These look nice next to my ETH rounds I picked up last month.  Maybe I can tell somebody this is a real Bitcoin and sell it for 58,000.   I would not be surprised to see BTC hit 100K in the next year.  Or 10K – it’s a roller coaster ride.

BTC

Mead View AZ

Way over by Grand Canyon West is a small town Mead View.  I don’t think anyone in town actually has a view of Lake Mead but it is where the Grand Canyon opens up into the lake.  Nice Joshua Tree forest on the way there.

Joshua Trees
Top View
Drift Wood
Old storage room from the 30’s
Lake Mead

 

Precious

Good day to take Precious out to the Dam.  She’s a 2008 HD Sportster 1200.  Race tuned, V&H pipes, bobbed, wrapped pipes, custom paint, raised bars, new seat.  She is loud and will catch you on fire if you are too close to the exhaust.  Owner #1 named her and did most of the work.  I did the seat, suspension, air intake. I also had to replace the primary chain / clutch assembly a few years ago when chain tensioner broke into a thousand pieces.

Top Parking Lot
Checkerboard panel gives her an English look
Tourists at the dam

 

Henderson bike ride

Biked out to Black Mountain in Henderson to check out the new trail they are cutting in the hillside.  Turns out there are large earth moving Caterpillar trucks on that road and the laws of physics apply.  (The larger object has the right of way).  So I backtracked and found some trails behind the state college.  I need to explore that area more along with some of the smaller trails off of the McCullough Hills Trail at Mission.

Sunday Morning Bike Ride

No sheep today.  Just the usual carp, bass, ducks, seagulls, and tourists.  We should be in peak desert flower season now but there are hardly any.   11 months of the year all the plants and bushes look dead but they come to life in the spring to flower.  I think the dryness last year got to them all.  Even the prickly pear cactus are shriveled up.  Last year at this time we had pictures of the entire desert covered with white, yellow, lavender, red, and purple.  Maybe next year.

Bibim Kitchen

I am a big fan of bibimbap ever since i tried it in San Francisco at Surisan (along with their Millionaire’s bacon but that is another story).  There are a number of quick serve ‘build your own’ bibimbap places around the country now.  What caught my eye here is they have the option of putting it in a stone bowl.  They heat the bowl up to the temperature of magma and all your items caramelize in the bowl.  Never saw rice cake carbonara on a menu before and I would definitely get it again.

Bibimbap with kimchi, corn, egg, sprouts, broccoli, avocado, and spicy pork
Rice Cake Carbonara

 

Easter Bike Ride

Nice calm morning to bike to lake.  Not too hot in the morning yet.  Ducks and fish like the attention.  Saltine crackers are cheaper, more space effective, and you can fling them farther into the water than popcorn.  Desert flowers are not quite yet in bloom – maybe 2%.  Last year at this time it was full.  Maybe next weekend.

 

Still lake
Selfie of the day
Ducks and Fish