What's In This Blog

I created this blog for my journal. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In this blog I keep many of the things I come across as a member of the church. I also share my experiences on the ACE Train and getting to work, my experiences in Manteca where we have lived for three years, and other things I think are noticeable.
Showing posts with label rocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rocks. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Welcome to Kingman Nine: Outdoor Decor Stores

 Kingman is located in the Mohave or Mojave desert.  Lawns are very rare in Kingman.  Instead of grass people have gravel.  This creates less upkeep.  However the gravel is decorated with wide range of yard items from rocks to statues to wind mills and old farm implements.  

As such, I have been visiting some of this stores gathering ideas for when we actually do move.

Import Corner LLC is a very interesting store.  They tell you everything in the store is half price.  They might do better just pricing everything half less.  They have large animals, windmills, wall hangings, fountains and bird baths.  They have the largest lawn turtle I have seen.  They also have bears and horses.  Located by the airport.

Willow Street Bargains and Metal Art has some very interesting items.  They seem to have good prices as well.  They have many western decor items, dinosaurs, and turtles.  They also have outside flowers (not real) and a fashioned mine and western wagons.  Located on the corner of Willow and Gordon.


Rose Nursery has mostly artistic rocks including paving stones and large stones.  They also have fruit trees and decorative trees.  This is located on north Stockton Hill Road.

Tractor Supple Co. on Stockton Hill and I-40 offers a nursery with trees and gardening supplies.  They also have a very good selection of wind chimes.  They also offer chickens.  

Walmart as an adequate selection of outdoor furniture and a good price.

C-A-L Ranch is located on Andy Devine North of the I-40.  It is a new store in the old K-Mart.  I didn't see much in terms of outdoor decor other then they sell chicken coops which may be good for the back yard; they are cute.  The did have a table with metallic painted chickens and such which could be laced outside.  This store is geared to ranchers and pet owner.  They have a large selection of guns.  



Friday, November 18, 2016

Henry Coe Sate Park: Veterans Day Weekend 2016

We did something different and went camping this Veterans day, and we went someplace we had never camped before.  This was a bit problematic getting there, as the map took Charity to a day-use area of the park, and not the camp ground.  This is the largest state park in Northern California, second largest in all of California.  It is about twelve miles east of Morgan Hill in the Diablo range.  As such it is still pretty rustic, and the camping area is rather small.
We arrived Thursday at dusk, and Charity a bit later.  Tinfoil dinners is our usual first day of camping meal.  Then marshmallows and s'mores.  Breakfast was pancakes and breakfast, then a morning hike.  We were doing well until we hit a steep hill, and after a bit of that we turned around.  There is an old ranch where the camping area is located, and we explored the visitor center which talked of this.  I also got some pictures of some old farm equipment.  Charity and Anthony headed home after lunch, which lift Tony, Sheri and I.  Nummy chicken for dinner, and then cold cereal for breakfast, with chocolate left over from s'mores for me.
Tony by the metal barn
Big oak
wood pecker on the tree
tree at night
crazy manzanita

crazy rocks
old farm equipment
the view
cooling shed
barbed wire
wild turkeys
the moon
In the other barn




A modern relic but necessary with bad phone reception
sunset day 1
Sunset day 2

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Craters of the Moon National Monument: Crazy Rocks and Volcanic Mounds



Below: Crazy Witch Lady Rock  At least I could see it live.



blobs of lava that hardened

 Some of the rocks were really ai ai rocks, meaning it hurt to walk on them.  Below is some kind of hardened lava flows.

The last volcanic activity was about 2000 years ago, with activity about every 2000 years startijg 15000 years ago.