About Me
These are the adventures of Flat Bobby. Flat Bobby is a close cousin of Flat Stanley. Flat Bobby has been sent out to several people all around the world. He will be back home safely with me by February 2nd and will be on display for my school's Open House in the Spring.
If you would like to invite Flat Bobby into your home, please read the Bobby's letter and let me know. This is my school project.
If you would like to participate by downloading a Flat Bobby clone and taking him on a jouney, please feel free to do so. I got the offical rule that Flat Bobby is allowed to travel through the internet.
Thank you!
BREAKING NEWS!!
Flat Bobby's visa has been extended. He is still free to travel the world!! We are currently seeking hosts in Africa and South America. If you are willing to host Flat Bobby, please let us know.
Thank you!
Friday, January 06, 2006
Flat Bobby visits the Court House
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??
Flat Bobby visits the Courthouse2
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
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
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
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 visits the culvert, YES he is there
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 visits the culvert2
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!!"
Looking up at the cave from the road our Parting Shot of the Lovelock Cave
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.