It’s another beautiful day here on Jean Lake:

Part of homeschool today was practicing camera control manipulation outdoors.  The kids are using their cameras in “M” mode, manually adjusting ISO, shutter speed, and aperture to get the correct exposure:

Next up was an introduction to Stencyl:

Meanwhile, in the distance, something was going on involving trucks with colored smoke and a circling helicopter, seen here on the left:

In Geography Through Art, the kids painted the Taj Mahal:

In Writing, B completed the cover for her short story, which was written on circular sheets of paper:

The kids worked through the first exercise in Stencyl:

B painted a series of desert plants as an extension of her writing work:

All in a day’s work!

Trish received an early Chanukah gift from Bubbe:

Trish and B made a dress for B’s American Girl doll:

As part of homeschool, we did a refresher on photography:

Trish and B went with Bubbe and Grandma DiAnn to a cowboy products expo that was a part of the rodeo that’s in town:

Micha brought his trailer back to Jean Lake and parked it within eyeshot:

While waiting for the ladies to return, M and I played with long exposures as night.  The “sunrise” is city glow from Boulder City:

Grandma DiAnn dropped off Tricia and B after dark, but drove off the lake bed on a dirt road that didn’t lead back to the paved road.  It took a while, but we finally met up and drove back to the lake bed and out to the paved road together.  High adventure!

We had a great Shabbos in Las Vegas.  This morning, we took advantage of being in town by emptying our sewer tanks and filling up our propane:

We then went to my parents’ house where we filled up our water and washed off the mud that had been sprayed onto the RV by trucks circling us on Jean Lake last week:

Before heading back out to Jean Lake, we attended the synagogue’s first annual dinner.  It was exciting to see how far the congregation has come since its founding just three years ago:

We drove back to Jean Lake after dark, arriving around 11pm.  We picked a spot closer to the edge of the lake bed, so hopefully we will be more likely to not be used as a pylon for late night drivers.