Musings of a Virgin

On the left we have the phone I've had since 2004 or 2005. On the right is my new phone (HTC Incredible) which arrived Friday 18th June.

I've loving it so far, especially the web browsing. And when I've confirmed that it can replace my land line, it will be my one and only phone. And of course the very first app I downloaded was a game, WHACK-A-MOLE. Fun and free :)

Here's to at least 2 years with this phone.

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A moment of silence for Boo. I came back on Thursday (17th June 2010) to find his food uneaten and him peaceful and stiff.

Guinea Pigs are supposed to live for 5+ years. I think Boo only made it past year 1. I really don't know what happened. He did have lots of food and water. But affection was in short supply because I started traveling for work again in March. Meaning he was left alone for 4-5 days at a time, perhaps more if it was a 2 week deal.

Sigh... I think I'll go back to hamsters. They are MUCH easier to care for and not so finicky in their diets even if they do tend to bite. But overall... I think I'll hold off pet purchases, at least till I stop traveling again.



PS. The Niece and Nephew are still with me and have not found out yet. Wonder if they check my blog.

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I had to return to work the next week but the folks cooked dinner and waited for me on Thursday night when I returned

We went to Alberville Outlet mall.

My dad outside the Calvin Klein store with a real CK bag. Who would have thought!


A final farewell to the folks


Hope they had lots of fun!

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Oh and here's the entrance to the Spotted Horse Ranch.



Picture moment after about 2+ hours on horseback.

Meet 3 of the wranglers who took us on the all day ride.


Some scenes from Jackson Hole.


This entire arch is made from deer antlers. Its not cruel, deers shed their antlers every year.

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Us, going to Yellowstone National Park which was the main reason I picked a ranch in Wyoming over those in Montana and other States. Also, the Spotted Horse was the only ranch which showcased cabins just beside a river.

Us, going to Yellowstone National Park which was the main reason I picked a ranch in Wyoming over those in Montana and other States. Also, the Spotted Horse was the only ranch which showcased cabins just beside a river.




We stopped for lunch at a perfect spot not far from Old Faithful. And we really were this close to the Bison. This isn't zoom.

A Bison strolled up to the picnic tables. The family sitting at this table ran into their cars in case the Bison got ... too friendly. But we're either brave or too stupid to know better and had to take this picture.
One of the many Geisers we saw at Yellowstone Park.


BTW, old faithfful? Not so impressive. At least not to this jaded city boy.

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Be warned, this entire post is photo filled so if that's not your thing, skip it.


I had this great idea to take the family for a real "american" vacation. Outdoors, horseback riding and all that kind of stuff. Hence, we spent a week in Jackson Hole Wyoming at the Spotted Horse Ranch.

This is the cabin we were in. 4 twin sized beds for the 6 of us, and there was only one other couple at the ranch so the 8 of us had the run of it. It was great!



Is this not gorgeous? This is the view from our cabin walking towards the main lodge house. It was awesome!



This is a picture of the main lodge house from across the river.



Dad feeding a house. And we learnt that horse really like fresh grass to the dried hay.

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