Where the Neanderthals Went

While unloading the latest half-yard of bare-dirt covering landscaping rock at the yurt, Mrs. Attila asked me how it was going. I had a flash of insight and told her that it could be worse. She could have sent me out for a couple hundred pounds of mastodon on sale in the next valley over. I can just picture Og muttering to himself as he headed out on a mastodon run for the little woman.

Lost Worlds

We had a film crew at the plant today working on an episode of the History Channel's Lost Worlds series. I had the opportunity to be an escort for these folks and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. They found a very entertaining Hanford retiree to be their on-screen subject matter expert, and it was great fun listening to him talk about the old days. He signed on in, I believe, 1947, so he saw the plant as an operating chemical separation facility. Interestingly, the on-screen host is an American History professor at Yale, where our retiree received his wartime commission. The remainder of the crew were all brits and interesting too, although I didn't get much time for conversation. The episode should air sometime in the late summer or early fall. I'm looking forward to it.

And More Plants

It never ends! There's still more dirt to cover.

Must...Have...Plants

The lovely lady must have plants! There is bare dirt to be covered back at the yurt. My friends, take Attila's advice. Kill the lawn and leave the yard bare. Lawns and gardens will rob you of all your time and the money you would have used to buy weapons and a faster steed. Worse, there is no end to them.

A Great Afternoon

Went out for a nice ride up in the Horse Heavens and snapped this on Nile-Mile Canyon Road.