Thanks, everyone! Paul, that plant was very bizarre. I had to touch the fat part to see if it was a healthy part of the plant or some weird growth....it was totally normal and firm. If you look closely at the picture, you can just see tiny yellow flowers. Unfortunately, I didn't think to get a close up of them. Ryan, I'm learning that May is a particularly good time to head west, and my husband is thinking about camping at Arches the next time we head out that way. I will be sure to add Bryce Canyon to the list, and maybe we'll actually get to see a little more of Moab, other than the main street! The drive on I-70 from Denver to Moab is especially scenic with the mountains gradually giving way to the canyon lands. There's even a rest stop along the Colorado river where you can get your feet wet! Nancy

I haven't heard of that one, who manufactures it? It does sound like it could be one of those designed for a particular crop, but that stuff works just as well with a lot of other plants. For example, those guys often refer to their plants as "tomatoes" - they use that "code" for their plants because tomatoes are legal and have very similar nutritional demands. So I'd expect if it's good for that, it'll be good for your tomatoes as well. Though to be perfectly honest, I think a lot of the "designed for weed" stuff is perpetuated to get more of those growers to buy that stuff. Those guys just tend to have the most money to part with, so they get marketed to a bit more. There just isn't as much money in home-grown tomatoes, so we're not as likely to spend as much to grow them. On the other hand, a lot of those high-end nutrients are packing a lot extra cool stuff (buffers, chelates, etc) that you won't find in the cheap stuff. I'm going to be getting some of the best stuff I can find just to see how it does.

Moab is in Utah. The photo was taken in Arches National Park. There were many Germans there that day and when they saw me taking a picture of the sunset, everyone ran to get a quick photo, however, I was already in the best spot, since there were rocks and bushes hiding the sunset from the walk area. It also had rained earlier in the day making it a difficult or at least a muddy walk off the trail. Kt

I plan all my trips as I enjoy scouring over maps and looking for interesting things to see. We were in most of these places in 1998 when Bobby was 5. Actually there are a few rest days and some days we will only be out for half the day. Also some of the places we will be seeing such as Canyonlands and Arches can be quite warm so we won't be missing all of our Arizona heat. Actually our temps a lot of the time are cooler compared to folks back East with their high temps and high humidity. It was only 75 here yesterday. We have been getting quite a bit of rain so our desert is very green right now.