The annual Monster March at Ball-and-Chain Elementary - behold Mr. Sikkink, err, Principal Sikkink in his suit!

Behold Miss Bee, err, Chrysanthemum the Mouse in her sunniest dress!

Behold mi estudiante L.S. in his (overly tight) Wolverine costume:

And behold I.I. in his awesome headgear:

The climbers, L to R: Joe, Carlye, Bret, Leslie. Note the outstanding sartorial choices from the flat-landers.

Our intrepid leader, Alex.

This is more or less where Miss Bee and I called it quits for lack of breath. While we were sitting right where she is in the picture, a gentleman came climbing up over that jagged rock that Joe's leaning on. That was quite a surprise.

Flatiron 2: that's it behind us. The Boulderians got to the top of that peak in the middle of the picture.

Sorry. My computer had to take a trip to Apple last week to fix the screen, and I'm quite busy these days. But here are some of the photos from our CO trip to visit Alex, Carlye, and Joe.

Walking to breakfast:

The gnome outside Alex's house. What a great landmark. Nice shot by Leslie with the cat.

At breakfast:

H/t to MR again.

Headline: Arizona driver dons monkey masks to elude tickets

Read the whole thing here.

Tyler sez: "Monkey masks I can see. But giraffe masks? That's good enough for a markets in everything. Who, other than this guy, buys a giraffe mask?"

Has anyone seen Arizona in the news for anything positive lately?