Sunday, July 5, 2009

Went for a nice bike ride near the condo here in Reno. There's a large park near the condo, and behind the park is a small pile of rocks to climb. This shot shows Lemmon Valley:

This shot is looking towards the North Valley Regional Park and our Condo is just on the other side of it. In the background, you can see 395 that runs North of Reno. It's about 6 miles to downtown on Hwy 395.

Later, I found some great flowers to snap some shots of:

I'm still having a little trouble getting shots from my camera to my phone. I did buy a 4 gig micro-chip that I can transfer directly from my camera to my phone, but it turns out that most pictures on my camera are t00 big for my phone to process. I can view them, but if I try to send them or use my phone to post here to blogspot, it just doesn't work. I still have to get on a computer, like I'm doing right now.

By the way, if you are trying to send me mail, the best way to do it is to send mail to my Post Office Box in Sisters. The full address is:

Stephen Fosdick, P.O. Box 1596, Sisters, Oregon 97759

I have someone checking my mail about every two weeks and sending it to me where ever I might be. I'm expecting to receive a bundle of mail tomorrow. Of course, if you just want to send me a text or e-mail, those go straight to my phone so I get them right away.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The sunsets here in Reno have been amazing. I was on a short bike ride near our condo, when I stopped to snap this shot.

It's been warm here, but not too warm to take a nice bike ride.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Went to a nice concert in a park by the river in Reno. Richie Havens played his guitar and sang songs.



In the background, there was an awesome sunset behind the stage:

It was a nice evening for a concert. I'm guessing about 3,000 people came to hear him sing.

The weather has been great here in Reno, but everyone is getting bored and it will be good to be out in the field working.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Today was a great day in Reno. Beautiful sunshine, the Truckee River bike trail that runs from Sparks through downtown Reno, and a nice lake and marina at Ledgend's Casino.

Then it happened ... my camera slipped out of my pocket while I was riding my bike.

A woman walking along the river saw it fall out of my pocket and tried to catch me, but I didn't hear her calling for me.

I spent most of the day on Friday trying to track down where someone would go if they found a camera and wanted to turn it in. I stopped at the Reno Police Department, the Parks Department, the Street Department, and the Bus Central Office. I left my name and phone number with all of them.

I called the local newspaper to place a "LOST" ad, but they wanted almost $40. That seemed like a lot, so I didn't place the ad.

Craig's List is a good place to put a "Lost and Found" ad, and it turned out to be the ticket. The woman that was looking for me had just called the newspaper. The clerk told here that I had just called to place an ad.

Barbara is a local resident of Reno, and she's a wonderful representative of her community! We met at Meadow Wood Mall. I tried to pay her for all her trouble, but she would not accept any money. Thanks again for returning my camera!

This is the bike path that goes along the Truckee River near Downtown Reno.

This is the marina near the Legend's Casino in Sparks.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

It took two days, but we finally arrived in Reno, Nevada. This will be our new base of operations. Now, we are just waiting for the fire season to start and that first call from the forest service saying that they have hungry fire fighters out there waiting for us to come and fix them dinner!

Word around the house is that we might have a few days off. Some of the crew has been talking about going up to Oregon, and I might go with them. Otherwise, I might try to go to LA for a few days. When I went through LA at the end of the Aids Life Cycle a few weeks ago, I really didn't get to stop and see anyone there, and I really wanted to. This might be the perfect time to take a quick trip there. We'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Meanwhile, I'll explore Reno some and post some pictures of the place.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

I went for another hike to Pima Canyon today. This time, I went in the late afternoon. It was very hot, but I took lots of water, so it wasn't so bad. These were very unusual red flowers:

As the sun started to set, the view was awesome! You can see some of the city lights as the sky grew darker.

Remember, you can find out the lastest about me by going to my twitter site: http://twitter.com/stephen_fosdick . I've been trying to send up-dates via my cell phone with the lastest information about what's going on with me!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

After working for a few hours making lunches with some of the other crew members, I met a friend here from Tucson and went for a hike at Sabino Canyon, on the East side of town.

We hiked about 8 miles, then it was a 10 mile bike ride back to the house. It was a warm day to be hiking, but that helped to keep the crowds away. As long as you have plenty of water, the heat is not too bad.