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My dad was out here just two weeks ago for a visit. I had to do some errands at first on Friday. But, after that, I took him to Baker California for lunch at Big Boy and to see the worlds tallest thermometer and Alien Jerky. Alien Jerky is an odd store. They're draw is jerky, different kinds of jerky, pricey jerky. It's good stuff, I bought some a few months earlier, but it's not worth the drive and the $8.00 for a few strips. They also have in their store an entire wall of hot sauces. Now I'm pretty sure there are not that many types or versions of hot sauce out there. But, there certainly are a lot of different labels for it. There are very few duplicates on the shelf. Names like "Colon Cleaner", "Searing Sphincter", and "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" were some of my favorites. The list goes on and on. The wall is covered. I really don't know how many people actually buy them. They are fun to read though.

We came back to Vegas then, picked up Michele and showed him our top choices from the homes we have been looking at. Our favorites so far are a three story about 2 miles east of us and a town house just about 500 feet away in the community they have been building right next to our neighborhood.

My dad said that he had never been to a national park so on Saturday we took him to Zion National Park in Utah. It was a bout three hours each way, with stops, so we spent a lot of time in the car but it was worth it to show him the park and to show him just how much nothing there is in Nevada as we headed there.

On the way to the park we also stopped in Virgin Utah at a trading post where they had a petting zoo and a small mock-up of a town.

Michele had sown him an add for flights on warbirds, planes from WW II where, for a time-based fee, you can take a ride in one of them. Well my dad chose 30 minutes in a T6 trainer. We went to the Boulder airport on Sunday and my dad hopped in to the cockpit and took off with the owner of the plane. While he was up there he got to fly it for a while. It is really the happiest I think I have seen him in some time. I'm glad he got to do it.

Monday was a slow day with just some putt'n around. We went to a camera store to get some prints of his flight and for me to look at some lenses. We went back home and got to watch some of Transformers before it was time to go to the airport. I look forward to my dad's visits here. I can't wait till the next one.