Following Thanksgiving's flurry of activity, things have been pretty quiet around here. For Turkey Day, we travelled to my sister's house in Davis, California. My mom flew out, and we had a big Thanksgiving feast that included J., me, Elizabeth, Mother and Elizabeth's friends Jonathan and Jim. Much food was consumed, and we visited approximately six foreign countries via various bottles of wine. Fun times. 
<p class="photo"><img alt="feast.jpg" src="http://www.lunagraph.com/blog/images/feast.jpg" width="350" height="263" /><p class="caption">Thanksgiving food (note three different dressing/stuffing type dishes)</p></p>
While we were in Cali (is it appropriate to refer to northern California as "Cali"?), Elizabeth indulged our wish to see the Pacific and drove us to Stinson Beach. A dead whale had washed up on the beach near some rocks and was emitting a mighty stench. One kid who was exploring some rocks near us exclaimed, "It smells like poop." Indeed. But it made the seagulls happy.
<p class="photo"><img alt="libuh_stinky.jpg" src="http://www.lunagraph.com/blog/images/libuh_stinky.jpg" width="350" height="263" /><p class="caption">Dead whales are stinky! (Elizabeth at Stinson Beach)</p>
<img alt="happygulls.jpg" src="http://www.lunagraph.com/blog/images/happygulls.jpg" width="350" height="237" /><p class="caption">Gulls feasting on dead whale (just to the left of the smaller rock).</p></p>
To get to and from Stinson Beach, we traversed a piece of that marvelous highway known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_1" target="_blank">"the One,"</a> with its frightening twists and turns and magnificent ocean views. 

On the way home, we were treated some spectacular skies over Nevada, thanks to the changing weather. The snow had finally come, and it fell from the most weird and wonderful cloud formations.
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<img alt="nevadasky02.jpg" src="http://www.lunagraph.com/blog/images/nevadasky02.jpg" width="350" height="263" /></p>