Yesterday was a lazy day. Donna went for a hike in the morning and climbed up a mountain towards Elden Lookout. She found another greater short horned lizard on the way up. She had a great view from up there. She posted pictures from her hike on Facebook, but I don’t have them to add to this post.

After lunch she took the car and went shopping. She bought clothing and a new suitcase. She also bought another external hard drive. I spent most of the day kicking back and reading books. I finished an Elmore Leonard novel and started reading Code Talker. I can already see that this tale is a winner. It’s a memoir of Chester Nez, one of the original World War II Navajo code talkers.

Last night, I connected the new hard drive to the Dish 211z HD receiver. It wouldn’t format. I had an error message telling me to call customer service. When I called, I found that I had to pay $40 for Dish to activate DVR functionality. Grrrr. They didn’t say that when I bought the service. Hopefully the Moto GP race recorded overnight and I can watch it today.

Last night, Donna prepared boneless chicken thighs with a dry rub. I grilled the chicken and basted them with a maple-chipotle barbeque sauce that Donna made. Delicious.

Grilled chicken with maple-chipotle barbeque sauce

I was up early this morning. I drove Donna to the airport at 5:45 AM. She’s flying to New York City to do a satellite media tour at a TV studio there. She’ll be back tomorrow night.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! May 5th is also our anniversary. I don’t have any trouble remembering when our anniversary is. We usually toast our anniversary with a margarita. That will have to wait until Wednesday this year.