Hockey with the Boys The guys and I went out to the Cedar Park center and checked out the hockey game. Z has done a pretty amazing job over the past 4 years of keeping our monthly guys night going so he really gets all of the credit here for this one.

American Dreamer at Farmer's Market Devin and I popped in at the Mueller farmer's market one Sunday morning and American Dreamer happened to be playing. I shot a bunch of pics and videos of them. The market is already lovely enough and all the better with some music that we wanted to see (a la Sasha and Courtney).

2016 TX NORML Speech with K-Devin I gave one of my annual speeches at the TX NORML monthly meeting. Devin came with me and provided some wonderful support. A guy with a parrot was also there and we got to spend some time with his little bird. The parrot climbed right up on top of Devin. She seemed to be pretty amused with it.

Selling My SV-650 It's a fairly long and personal story, but Devin has a strong aversion to motorcycles. During our time away from one another in November and December, I decided that I would sell the bike without her knowledge. While I really love my SV-650, I really love Devin not worrying about me owning a motorcycle a hell of a lot more.

Benny and his Boo Just a bunch of pictures that I happened to get from my good buddy, Ben. I think we were just sharing some pics from a recent trip to Morocco that we took and these ones got accidentally included. Never one to pass up an opportunity to archive good photos, I went ahead and gave them their own album.

Gibraltar Before crossing the Straight of Gibraltar from southern Spain into Morocco, Ben and I decided that we would go and explore the actual Rock of Gibraltar. The entire country (technically UK territory) could be explored in a number of hours. We walked about 2/3rd the way across the entire country in a matter of 20 - 30 minutes. There is a gondola station at the base of the rock and it was entirely empty. We paid for a ride to the top and had the entire gondola to ourselves (and the gondola operator). The top of the rock offers some of the most spectacular views you could imagine. There was a huge cloud that moved in from the north side and it was surreal actually walking through the cloud. To the south you can see the sun glistening far out into the Mediterranean Sea. Another surprise was that the top is full of apes. There are signs posted everywhere informing you that you'll be fined $2,000 for feeding them. It was pretty hard walking around up there without them crossing your path. We assumed that they were all peaceful apes, but it definitely makes one feel a little uneasy walking by an entire family of them.

Billy the Kid's Tomb On our way from Austin to visit Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, and after our first night of sleep already, Wan Shan and I passed a sign that pointed towards Billy the Kid's grave. I was a big fan of Billy the Kid when I was younger and though I had seen his gravesite (and the museum) advertised before, it was never really on my route. ...until this time. It was only about 3 miles out of our way and so we stopped at it. One interesting thing to note is that instead of people leaving flowers on his grave, there is an assortment of bullets. I'm not entirely sure how people manage to set them upright in there since there is a large steel cage around the gravesite to prevent vandalism and even grave robbers (evidently anyways).

Daytrip to Volubilis Located about 30 miles west of the ancient Moroccan city of Fes sits the even more ancient Roman city of Volubilis. Though Ben and I hadn't planned to visit this site, it was on the way to the main highway that would ultimately allow us to drive to Marrakech. So of course we stopped and spent an hour or two exploring the site. It was an amazingly well-preserved Roman site and even had heaps of ancient tile mosaics on many of the floors. Though virtually everyone there had arrived on a tour bus as part of some giant tour, Ben and I faithfully pulled up on our rented ride and explored the site on our own. I'm not sure how this happened, but Ben and I didn't wind up taking any pictures of one another at the site. So this is just a collection of ancient buildings and architecture. Comically enough, there was a McDonalds in the little town outside of the tourist site. Though neither of us really eat McDonalds, Ben always loves checking the place out in other countries just to see what they have on the menu. So of course we did just that. And again, I'm a little shocked and disappointed in myself that I didn't capture photos of the experience. An unusually epic fail for the both of us.

Exploring Gibraltar Before crossing the Straight of Gibraltar from southern Spain into Morocco, Ben and I decided that we would go and explore the actual Rock of Gibraltar. The entire country (technically UK territory) could be explored in a number of hours. We walked about 2/3rd the way across the entire country in a matter of 20 - 30 minutes. There is a gondola station at the base of the rock and it was entirely empty. We paid for a ride to the top and had the entire gondola to ourselves (and the gondola operator). The top of the rock offers some of the most spectacular views you could imagine. There was a huge cloud that moved in from the north side and it was surreal actually walking through the cloud. To the south you can see the sun glistening far out into the Mediterranean Sea. Another surprise was that the top is full of apes. There are signs posted everywhere informing you that you'll be fined $2,000 for feeding them. It was pretty hard walking around up there without them crossing your path. We assumed that they were all peaceful apes, but it definitely makes one feel a little uneasy walking by an entire family of them.

Horseshoe Bend Horseshoe Bend is one of the more famous curves in all of the Colorado River running through the Grand Canyon. The bend makes a full 180 degree turn and gives the appearance of a horseshoe from up high. We got to sit right on the edge of the cliff overlooking the edges several hundred feet below us. What was more amazing is that we started the day in a huge snowstorm. The roads on the way out there were covered in snow and ice, but by the time we actually hiked up to the top, the snowstorm had passed and the sun was starting to shine once again. It was a pretty spectacular view!