Wow...What a trip.

April and I just got off a five-day-fury out west and back. In doing so, we added three new states to the places we have visited: Colorado, Wyoming, and Montanna. We inadvertently went to Colorado because the flight out of New Orleans was delayed for over an hour. We spent that time sitting on a run way in New Orleans. Fortunately, the AC was working on the plane.  We were rerouted from Dallas to Denver, then from Denver to Jackson Hole, Wyoming were we met my parents.

We spend the next few days being "tourons" (a portmonteau of tourist and moron) in and around Yellowstone National Park. We had a lot of "firsts" there. We saw coyotes, bison, elk, grizzlys and black bears. We hiked up and down hills and valleys, all the while taking pictures. It was undoubtedly beautiful. I guess the biggest shock was snow in June. I do not suppose I have seen 3 foot drifts of snow on the ground when it is 78 degrees outside, nor do I suppose I ever will again, unless of course I return to that area.

I will be posting pictures as soon as I am done processing them. Stay tune for these. I am also going to use some of them in my daily devotions as inspirational photos.

Well, back to life and back to reality.

Ashley, one of my cousins, got married to Frank last Saturday right here in New Orleans at the Hotel Provencial. I had the privildege of photographing the wedding. They have an elegant courtyard-garden at the hotel used for weddings. The Friday night before, we tooled around the French Quarter taking some picture. Here are some shots from the wedding and Friday night photo-op.

So, I just went and had my wisdom teeth pulled about an hour ago. They used nitrous gas on me, which really had no effect at at all on my demeanor, as I did not feel any more giddy than I did before the gas. I thought about that Rocky and Bulwinkle episode were the antogonist Boris Badenov develops goof gas, and procedes to make spray everyone with it, saying "one poof and you're a goof." The only one it does not effect is Bullwinkle who, according to Rocky, is already a goof. Maybe I am like Bullwinkle, and I am already a goof, so goof gas has little to no effect on me.