Not to be outdone,

Miss Bandita was also seen at the same bat time, same bat channel as Jr. Bird Man, and was profoundly jealous of the publicity the Bird Man was enjoying.

Bug eyed sleuth

Who is this masked man? Merlin Jr.? Jr. Bird Man? Jr. Merlin Bird?

Here he is seen with his sidekick... or perhaps he is the sidekick. Either way, it appears they are on a serious mission!

Yurt!

Apparently, we didn't do enough camping this summer, and just had to add one more trip in October. Some members of the family were READY TO GO! NOW!But! We camped in a yurt - a heated, well lit yurt. I've always thought it would be fun to camp in a yurt, and I was right. Really the only problem was getting the kids (we went with one other family) out of the yurt. They never want to loiter about the tents, but a yurt? A yurt has bunk beds to use as jungle gyms, chairs to build forts around, and parents to annoy. Yes, the moms seemed to have trouble leaving the yurts too. The weather was grand, but I was glad for the heater. It was also fun to have an entire campground to ourselves - other than the yurts, Pearl Lake was closed for camping. Probably good since the kids were altogether loud, and the adults stayed up way past "quite hours." Saturday, the Ladies drove in to Steamboat for a little window shopping. The last window was Fuzzywig's Candy Store, and we did a little more than window shop there. All of the kids got what I call sticky sticks - straight candy canes in fruity colors/flavors. I was wearing my political candidate of choice t-shirt, and the owners of Fuzzywig offered me a bumper sticker for the other candidate. Said someone had mailed it to them, but they didn't need it. A couple of goofy guys.

Sadly, the Space Station Gas and Liquor store is closed. Such a cool sign. The men folk went fishing, but on account of the men folk being photo adverse, there is no documentation (or proof). Heard a great long story about how it was they caught no fish; also heard a story about someone falling into the lake - oddly not one of the boys.

Architecture

http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

fabulous and fabulously ugly buildings around the world - a web site I think worth a visit.

Leaf Bug

conversation walking into morning SACC:

"Oh, I almost stepped on it!"

"It's just a leaf. Come on."

"Nu-uh! It's a leaf bug!"

Well, it certainly is a bug. A big bug. That looks exactly like a leaf - right down to the veins.