Cuidado Senor, Es Muy Caliente!

No Shit Sherlock! The Fajitas were sizzling hot before the waiter set them on fire!!!  But, I'm getting ahead of myself.

Vegas: Much Drunken-ness, and an unsuccessful negotiation to get a stripper to wash my motorcycle wearing a bikini, KA by Cirque Du Soleil isn't any better the second time around even if you stay awake through the whole thing, Mark rented a motorcycle that he would never buy, but he enjoyed his stately ride alongside Lake Mead while I got tired of waiting for him and ran ahead at a great rate of speed.

Ladybugs: I forgot that the plague of Ladybugs that had invaded Ottawa at the time I was shopping for a motor home were a rare strain of biting ladybugs. I was reminded of this at my campground on Echo Bay on Lake Mead shortly after my arrival. I had scooped up and released a couple dozen of the little spotted devils while I was setting up camp (I think the heat and motion of the motor home woke them up). Then there was a piercing shriek from the campsite next door followed by a stream of curses. I looked out the window and there was a blue haired lady at least a decade older than my mom looking at her arm in wonder as she proclaimed " I just got bitten by a ladybug! Have you ever heard of such a thing!" I quietly closed the blinds.

Which brings me to today. Yesterday I woke up in my quiet little campground, and as I drank my morning coffee my gaze fell upon a spread open map of northern Arizona. There are 3 things circled at the top of the map: Monument Valley, The Wave, and Antelope Canyon. I made it to Monument Valley 2 years ago

But I couldn't visit the other places on my list as I was chased back to Eloy by a blizzard that would have left me stranded for a week.
So with no more thought than I put into going there, I've come here, Antelope Canyon. I crossed 2 mountain ranges, a couple of deserts, passed through National Parks, half the Navaho Nation, and took over 600 photographs, to bring me to ........

Then at dinner tonight the waiter in my nice little Family Oriented Mexican Restaurant in Page Arizona walked over to my table, and Set Fire To My Dinner!!!! Everything was normal while the guy walked up, the cast iron plate covered with steak and chicken, onions and peppers, was doing just fine until he poured some kind of liquor over it and Set It On Fire!!! What was he thinking?!?! Everybody knows that setting alcohol on fire leaves the flavor behind, but burns off the alcohol! His warning was wasted, I was already crying over the lost alcohol.

But overall, it's been a good day.