Happy Birthday Lar!

I'm sending you a message through GW. I hope you have a great day!

Adding my best wishes for a Happy Birthday!!! Celebrate the rest of the month!!!
Smiles,
Sooz

I truly hope you have a great day filled with love and happiness!! Happy Birthday, Lars!!!!

Happy birthday! Enjoy!

Happy birthday! Hope you have something nice planned this weekend.

Happy birthday! Hope you have something nice planned this weekend.

(I guess you get double wishes!)

This post was edited by foodonastump on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 7:09

Happy birthday, Lars!

Eileen

Lars, enjoy a beautiful Birthday Day!

Silvia

Happy Birthday Lars. I hope this is a better year for you.

~Ann

Happy Birthday, Lars! I hope you've rescheduled your Death Valley trip. Enjoy your special day.

/tricia

Happy Birthday! How convenient to have a birthday on a Saturday. I hope you have a great day.

Happy, happy Birthday, Lars! I hope it's a fun day for you.

Sally

You deserve a great day, have fun !!

Happy Birthday

Enjoy another warm, sunny day!

Wishing you a very happy birthday, Lars!

Linda

Thanks, all!! We are in Death Valley, and there is only spotty internet connection here and no cell phone service. I'll be surprised if I can send this message. Weather is nice - in the mid 70s during the day, but it was 50 degrees early this morning. Some friends are supposed to meet us here today, but they don't know that their cell phones won't work yet.

Yesterday on the drive here we drove close to China Lake Naval Testing Area and were chased by 3-4 fighter jets as we approached DV on hwy 190. They swooped down on top of us from behind, and the noise was so loud, I though the car was exploding - or that we were at least having a very loud blowout. Then we could see the planes close up right in front of us. It was very scary, but at least dramatic and exciting.

Ann, this year cannot help but better than last! Thanks for that thought!!

I will probably not be able to post much or even read much on line until we get back. We are here for five days.

Today is also my parents' wedding anniversary, and this is why I wanted to get out of town. I think this was a good idea, and I am not sad or depressed as I expected to be. I am using my laptop, and it is a bit awkward for me, as I almost never use it.

Lars

This post was edited by publickman on Sat, Feb 23, 13 at 10:35

Enjoy Death Valley. It is lovely there at this time of year.

Have a happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Lars. Have fun in Death Valley!

Nancy

Happy birthday, Lars!

Happy Birthday, Lars!!! Hope you have a wonderful day - no, I hope you have a wonderful year, not just a day. Make every day a special one.

Madonna

Happy Birthday, Lars, my dear, and hugs to you and to Kevin.

I'm glad you had a chance to get away and spend time with friends and I'm sending lots of good positive thoughts that this year will be much better than last year.

Annie

Happy Birthday Lars. Sounds like you have a great birthday weekend planned. Enjoy! NancyLouise

Happy birthday Lars!!!!

Enjoy your little getaway , you've earned it.

Sharon

Happy Birthday Lars!

Tami

Happy Birthday, Lars!

Raising my cup of tea to celebrate your birthday and to honor your and Kevin's parents memory and anniversary.

Have a great celebration trip and a wonderful year.

Lee

Lars, I was hoping the Fly Over was on time for your birthday, it was a struggle getting them scheduled just as you were approaching the DV on Hwy 190. Glad it worked out...oh, I ordered 5 jets but whatever.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Cathy

Best wishes to you, Lars! Party all weekend.

(lol, Cathy)

Best wishes for many happy returns of the day!

Happy Birthday Lars! I'm glad you were able to take your trip and I hope we get pictures soon.

Seize the weekend and celebrate!! Have a wonderful trip and and a great birthday! Wishing you many more happy birthdays!
Ellen

Seize the weekend and celebrate!! Have a wonderful trip and and a great birthday! Wishing you many more happy birthdays!
Ellen

Funny, Cathy. Lars, I'm glad you got to get away. I never thought of Death Valley as a vacation getaway type of place, but I bet it's beautiful.

Sally

Happy belated Lars! Enjoy yourself to the max!!!

Sorry to be late to the party, but I hope you had a lovely birthday. Stay safe and enjoy the rest of your trip!

Teresa

Death Valley is a very good vacation place, and so far we've seen lots of French, German, and Japanese tourists, as well as a few Canadians. Saturday we went to Zabriskie Point, Golden Canyon (drive through), and Dante's view - all before lunch. Then we met my friends from Utah, who had to wait to get into their room, and after lunch we went to Rhyolyte and Beatty NV with Mark and Greg. Yesterday we got an early start to go to Ubehebe Crater and decided to stop by Scotty's Castle on the way. We could not get a tour for the inside for an hour an a half, and so we only did the outside self-guided tour, which I felt was enough. Then we went on to the craters, which Kevin and I had explored before, but Mark and Greg made quick work of hiking down and back up the 500 feet of elevation change in the crater. Kevin and I went toward the smaller craters. Next we went to the racetrack on a very bad gravel road that took three times as long as it should have, but we got some great photos there of the "floating" rocks. After that, we decided to make a loop across Hunter Mountain to have dinner in Panamint Springs, instead of turning around and going back the way we came. The six mile road from Teakettle Junction (where we had lunch) was a dead end, but we decided to take the other road, which Kevin and I had taken 12 years ago and almost got stranded in mud from melting snow at the top of the mountain - and we got lost along the way at a "Y" in the road that went to a dead-end at a cliff where there was a dilapidated building and a rusted out 1920s car.

To be continued - computer and internet service acting up!

Lars

ETA: The road we chose to cross Hunter Mountain was closed due to damage from rock slides, floods, and landslides, which removed or covered parts of the road. There was no warning of this from the Teakettle Junction end of this road.

Thanks for the warning to stay safe, but it came perhaps a bit too late!

Here is a link that might be useful: Typical road in DV

This post was edited by publickman on Mon, Feb 25, 13 at 13:01

Lars, sounds like you've been having a wonderful time! Please, carry on.

Happy Belated Birthday!

Sol

That sounds like a lot of fun, my kind of adventure.

Be safe.

Happy Birthday...Mine is today..