Mammoth

This was kind of a laid back day. We worked on getting our stuff arranged in the house and figuring out how things worked: like the grind and brew coffee maker, a kiddie safety barrier for the stairs, and the cable modem internet connection.

We verified the cable modem was dead (although we were able to snitch from an open wireless router that was close enough). We couldn’t find any suitable baby gates either, so we called the owner. He came over willingly enough (from Bishop) and found a nice baby gate for us tucked away in a closet. And, he said he’d call the cable company in the morning.

As I was surfing the web, I realized I was hearing a lot of aircraft noise, so I went outside, saw the smoke, and recognized a borate bomber. I drove a little ways to get a clear view and realized the fire was close to Laurel Canyon, and way to close to Mammoth for comfort.

I got my PS3 hooked up to the 50″ big screen, and Dan did the same with his XBOX 2. My days were full enough that I never played a game or watched a blu-ray disk, though. I think Dan finally finished up Blinx: Tools of Destruction and Mark worked though Portal.

At dinner we found another deficiency of the house. There were only chairs for six around the table. I’d think with a 5 bedroom home, provision would be made to seat a larger number of people at the dinner table. We made do however, with a bar stool and a kiddie chair from the playroom.