Flat Bobby Wishes You Happy Furry Friday!

Flat Bobby Wishes You Happy Furry Friday!, originally uploaded by Foxicat.

With the help of modern science Flat Bobby has cloned himself and is here in Arizona for a few short weeks to see the sights, such as they may be! The first thing he did was meet the queen of the house, Fiona. I think she liked the little scratch on the back :-)

chris is thrilled to meet flat bobby

chris is thrilled to meet flat bobby, originally uploaded by bunchofpants.

Chris is also known as natmaconjr.

flat bobby climbs a tree

flat bobby climbs a tree, originally uploaded by bunchofpants.

Well, OK, he didn't actually climb it. I put him there.

Oh NO Bobby, you only get a teaser that is MY place

Oh NO Bobby, you only get a teaser that is MY place, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

........and so Kristy the Stress Reliever, gave Flat Bobby a teaser massage, and then it was my turn!!!!

We will be back in an hour!!!

Chair with hat rack for Cowboys

Chair with hat rack, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

I did find one of the chairs with the hat rack and cropped it out of the larger pic. I don't think the chair they have as wittness chair now has the rack, and I guess the jury could leave their hats in the jury room.

We had a big day now it is time to relax

We had a big day now it is time to relax, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby and Judy had a very busy day, we looked at the mountains, got down in the culvert, herded cows, met the Watusi girls, and visited the new courtroom.

Flat Bobby visits the Court House

Flat Bobby visits the Court House, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Even the front doors got a face lift, and if you go back to the fotos I did from November 2003, you will see it is a different font also.

Now Amber, I want you and your class to tell me one very great difference I noticed from the pictures of November 2003, and the recent pictures of the courtroom. And then post what you find different, and see if we saw the same thing, OK??

Silver trim

Silver trim3, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Gold has turned to Silver

Flat Bobby approaches the bench

Flat Bobby approaches the bench, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby with the Great Seal of the State of Nevada

Flat Bobby with the Great Seal of the State of Nevada, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Nevada Facts

Flat Bobby tries out the wittness chair

Flat Bobby tries out the wittness chair, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse8, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse4, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse6, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse5, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse2

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse2, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

A complete history and series on the Pershing County Historic Round Courthouse may be visited here. Showing the courtroom before all the murals etc were done, they are very recent. All the trim that was previously gold is now silver, including the radiator.
When you go to fotolog, click the next link at top right and you can go thru the whole series of pix on the courthouse.

Pink Pepper's Fotolog

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse3

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse3, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

A complete history and series on the Pershing County Historic Round Courthouse may be visited here. Showing the courtroom before all the murals etc were done, they are very recent. All the trim that was previously gold is now silver, including the radiator.
When you go to fotolog, click the next link at top right and you can go thru the whole series of pix on the courthouse.

Pink Pepper's Fotolog

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse

Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

A complete history and series on the Pershing County Historic Round Courthouse may be visited here. Showing the courtroom before all the murals etc were done, they are very recent. All the trim that was previously gold is now silver, including the radiator.

When you go to fotolog, click the next link at top right and you can go thru the whole series of pix on the courthouse.

Pink Pepper's Fotolog

Flat Bobby visits the Watusi Girls at the Duncan Ranch

Flat Bobby visits the Watusi Girls at the Duncan Ranch, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Yes, they are girls, and they are mother and daughter. Don't know which is which though, they both however are over 10 years old, and are the Grand Ladies of the ranch. Always kept close to the ranch house so they can be watched and cared for. This day they were soaking up all the sun possible.

Bobby says "Judy, you got me in another prickly situation!!"

Texas Longhorn History

Landar Farm

Flat Bobby did a good job, now we can pass the cows.

Flat Bobby did a good job, now we can pass the cows., originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby says "herding cows is kind of bounch work, so I am kind of blurry here!"

Flat Bobby is a good Cowboy!!

Flat Bobby visits the culvert, YES he is there

Flat Bobby visits the culvert, YES he is there, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Instead of going the usual way to town we took the scenic route, and to see if the huge culvert was still there. Yes, it is!! Bobby wondered about this huge culvert, so Judy told him there were at one time 3 of these very large culverts. At first Judy didn’t think there was much history here, but on second thought there is. These 3 large culverts were the crossing at the river for many. many years until 10 years ago or so some engineers deemed them not safe for that use. So a new concrete bridge was built to cross the river. The three culverts have been a lot of fun for Judy, she has taken many pictures here, and even drove her pickup in one of them to show how big they are. So Bobby decided that the huge culvert does have a history!!

sooooooooooo we herded them back so we could pass

sooooooooooo we herded them back so we could pass, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby waited for the cows to come across but they just looked at us

Flat Bobby waited for the cows to come across but they just looked at us, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby visits the culvert2

Flat Bobby visits the culvert2, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Instead of going the usual way to town we took the scenic route, and to see if the huge culvert was still there. Yes, it is!! Bobby wondered about this huge culvert, so Judy told him there were at one time 3 of these very large culverts. At first Judy didn’t think there was much history here, but on second thought there is. These 3 large culverts were the crossing at the river for many. many years until 10 years ago or so some engineers deemed them not safe for that use. So a new concrete bridge was built to cross the river. The three culverts have been a lot of fun for Judy, she has taken many pictures here, and even drove her pickup in one of them to show how big they are. So Bobby decided that the huge culvert does have a history!!

Flat Bobby says "Judy you get me into some pretty prickly situations!!"

Flat Bobby views the Humboldt Range

Flat Bobby views the Humboldt Range, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Thursday December 29, Flat Bobby and Judy took a wild trip to the town of Lovelock, Nevada. Bobby wanted to stop and take a look at the Humboldt Range of mountains, which Judy lives close to.

Some lichen at the Lovelock Cave

Some lichen at the Lovelock Cave, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Flat Bobby and Judy take a rest after hiking up to the Lovelock Cave

Flat Bobby and Judy take a rest after hiking up to the Lovelock Cave, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

This concludes the trip to the Lovelock Cave

Behind us is the Humboldt Sink and the Trinity Mountians

Lovelock Cave from I-802

Lovelock Cave from I-802, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Amber, coming home from Reno, New Year's Day I shot a coupl pictures from the interstate of the Lovelock Cave. Even from I-80 the Lovelock cave is very distinctive on the desert landscape. Can you find it and put a note on it??

Lovelock Cave from I-80

Lovelock Cave from I-80, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Amber, coming home from Reno, New Year's Day I shot a couple pictures from the interstate of the Lovelock Cave.

Looking up at the cave from the road our Parting Shot of the Lovelock Cave

Looking up at the cave from the road our Parting Shot of the Lovelock Cave, originally uploaded by Pink Pepper Photo.

Amber I sure don't know how long it is going to rain, only God knows the answer to that question.

So far here at our house we are not concerned with flooding. However in Reno about 120 miles south west of us the Truckee River is flooding. There are several bridges closed in downtown Reno. It flooded in Reno, New Years 9 years ago.

There is no way we would be going to the Lovelock Cave today either, as we are getting a lot of rain also, and the road may be getting pretty muddy in some places. It is a good thing we went on Christmas Day, and didn't wait until New Year's Day.

Thank you for telling me what grad you are in Amber, so I am guessing you are 7 or 8 years old.

I don't know how many birds there are on the sink, however due to it being a pretty good little lake this winter there are possibly several hundred.

I love Nevada, a lot of people don't. When they look out across my beautiful landscape all they see is nothing, and I see something and a beauty all it's own, that is the difference.

Yes, this is one of the openings that goes into the Lovelock Cave.
Flat Bobby wasn't scared at all, he is a very brave young man, and a good hiker.
Bobby and I would liked to have gone into the cave, but I didn't want Nickey my dog to get in there and get down somewhere we could not get him back out. So we will try to do that another day.

Amber, the cave is no longer very far into the mountain. You can only go right in a very small area behind Bobby. To you and me it would probably seem big, but it is no longer the large size it once was.
You had also asked what kind of rock it is at the cave, I believe it is mostly limestone.

Amber where I live is called the high desert, as it is most times as dry as the desert of the south west United States, however we are much higher. Our house is at 4400 feet above sea level, so we are much colder in the winter than the SW desert is, and we do have snow.

Amber I hope I have addressed all your questions.

Lovelock Cave is a very distinctive feature on the mountain side and can be seen very well from Interstate 80 way across the sink, when you know where to look.