So… sticking with the theme of the trip thus far… Today I find out that the vagabond that Anthony lent me has a bad battery. It charged all night long but didn't take a charge. Its not nearly as bad as having the inverter go bad as I'll be able to use his inverter with my battery so were still in the clear. We went exploring this afternoon and found some pretty cool spots. Joyce took me down a long dirt road in the desert and we came across a herd of open range cows. Nevada has a lot of land designated for open range cattle. Your cow and my cow and so and so's cow can all socialize and freely roam the desert. Its cool because you can just be bombing through the desert and all the sudden come across a giant herd of cows. We came across one of those herds and decided to do a little cow stalking. We pulled over and quietly exited the Jeep. With camera in hand and Joyce recording video we stalked the cows. I got down low to the ground and in true Bear Grills style I moved through the short brush like a ninja. The path was littered with Cow patty bombs, but I was skilled enough to dodge each and every one! Unfortunately a "look out" cow caught sight of me, We locked eyes and for a split second communicated. I knew then that I had lost this round. The Cow let out a long moo and the herd took off! We hopped back in the car and made are way down the road to where the herd was crossing the road. The Monarch of the herd was guarding the road as the rest of the cows crossed. She appeared to be communicating with the Alpha male who was just fucking HUGE! He was off about 50 yards out just chilling under a tree. I crept a little closer until I realized his penis was bigger than my leg and his testicles were like bowling balls. I can admit when I'm out matched. He looked at me with burning eyes, peering right into my soul. I slowly backed up and high tailed it to the safety of the jeep! The cows have won this round.. but i'll be back! From the wild cow encounter we made our way to the abandoned school. Built in 1915 it had two rooms, a small auditorium and in the basement was the cafeteria. I found it odd that there was brand new steel doors on the outside yet the door was open. The electric was on and the place looked to be in pretty good condition. We explored a bit, snapped a bunch of shots before leaving this creepy building. I'd love to use this as a location before I leave! The shot of the day led me back to the alley way that I had shot at yesterday. I had the pleasure of working with the cute Brooklyn and little Lily. Two young girls who were more than enthusiastic about participating and were very well behaved. Of course kids will be kids and attention spans are only slightly shorter than mine. I understand this and work around it. You have to reaffirm them that they are doing a great job. I also get on their level but don't talk down to them. I've always talked to kids like I'm talking to an adult. I even try really hard to censor the foul mouth that sometimes I can have. I get yelled at all the time when talking to Rylan. Too many times have I looked at him after he farts and say "you shittin your pants?" Half the time he isn't paying attention to me so the profanity just flows right past his closed ears. However, when he does catch me swearing he too yells at me. "you don't say that, You say fiddlesticks!" that kid cracks me up! We met up with the girls at their home around 6pm to pick out wardrobe and solidify a theme. The running away theme just evolved after I saw they had full footy pajamas. I loved those type of pajamas as a kid. I would wear them until I wore the bottoms right out. After the bottoms were gone I refused to wear them! I recently found out that Target sells adult footy pajamas! If I didn't live in a tropical rain forest with 300% humidity, I'd consider getting a pair. After we decided on a theme we decided to meet at 7:15pm. We were to shoot at the alley way that Joyce and I shot textures and backgrounds at yesterday. We arrived early and quickly busted out 2 of my brand new 5lb stands. 2 soft boxes and two Vagabonds and we were quickly ready to shoot. While we were setting up this little boy was skateboarding in the alley. He wasn't very good but wasn't about to let that stop him. That is until he busted ass and limped back into the store where I'm guessing his mother worked. I just shook my head and reminisce briefly about the 1000's of times I busted my ass as a kid! I hurt myself on a daily basis! I was at the hospital so much that they started to suspect my mom of child abuse. Nope… I was just accident prone! I once bit my tongue clean off while acting like super man. I had a wool winter boot insert on one foot and a sock on the other. I was standing on a table in the basement. Contrary to popular family belief I actually slipped off the table and fell to the floor hitting my chin. I didn't try to fly and knew full well that I couldn't fly! I

Why, yes... yes I did get a set of red penguin footy pajamas. One of the infrequent moments when I'm pleased that my shoulders still fit into boys' clothing.