AT LAST THE MCBARDS RETURN TO THE SANDS!!!

Vintage Sanders, Lee and Will McBard returned to The Sands this weekend much to the joy and relief of Ruby! It has been far too long since they were sighted here.
Tom Perry joins us in the rapture!

Desert Drive in October....

Ginny Ruffner, Ruby Montana and Cee Cee Ponicsan...Seattle August 2009

Having a grand time here in Seattle in August 2009...I plan on returning in September...I miss my other "hometown"...my family and all of the wonderful friends!

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Subject: A great deal

Unlimited flights for a month...if you buy your ticket by August 21, 2009...$599 for Sept. 8th - Oct. 8th.

http://www.facebook.com/l/;jetblue.com/deals/all-you-can-jet.

Me and Vicki Gray at The Four Seasons in Seattle...

Vicki is the Engineer of "Adventures of The Mind" ...a select group of "geniuses" that mentor High School youth...amazing work!

Vicki is a Sander and a horse woman.

Hey There All of you Fans of The Coral Sands...Get a load of this!!!

Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)
* Alaska Airlines increases to daily round-trips to Seattle-Tacoma starting August 23
* American Airlines launches its nonstop Chicago on August 25
* American Airlines adds its third Dallas-Ft. Worth flights on August 25
* United increases its San Francisco flights to three daily round trips on September 2
* WestJet is starting earlier this year. Flight service out of Calgary begins on September 8
* Allegiant Air is increasing their Bellingham, WA service on September 22

It's Practically a Rumble at The Sands Right Now We

The Summer Day/Mary Oliver

Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

Mary Oliver/from New and Selected Poems (1992)
Thanks to Kimberly Buchanan for sharing this with me...and with you.

Ruby Montana's Coral Sands Inn Presents...
"THREE DOG NIGHTS" SPECIAL!

TAKEOVER THE ENTIRE HOTEL FOR 3 DAYS AND 3 DOG NIGHTS!!!
•7 ROOMS
•ACCOMMODATES 14 PEOPLE
•3 OF YOUR ROOMS HAVE FULL KITCHENS!
•BBQ GRILL NESTLED AROUND THE LUSCIOUS KIDNEY SHAPED POOL (82˚ YEAR ROUND FOLKS!)
•RUBY'S FAMOUS LEMON PIE, SIMPLY KNOWN AS "LET THE SUNSHINE PIE"


SPECIAL BEGINS JULY 14, 2009
ENDS JULY 21, 2009 AT MIDNIGHT

NORMAL 1 NIGHT TAKEOVER RATE IS $1000 plus tax THAT'S $1115 PER NIGHT.
DIVIDED BY 14 PEOPLE THAT IS ONLY $79.00 PER NIGHT!

WITH THE 3 DOG NIGHT TAKEOVER SPECIAL

YOU GET AN EVEN FURTHER REDUCTION FOR THE THIRD NIGHT *(requires payment at time of reservation)
NOW FOR $2450 plus tax YOU CAN HAVE 3 NIGHTS AND 3 DAYS!!!
NOW THE PER PERSON RATE DROPS AGAIN!

SO THE TOTAL PRICE FOR 3 NIGHTS is $2450 plus tax $2731.75
THAT'S A WHOPPING SAVINGS OF $613.25!!!
(Normal 3 night takeover would be $3000 plus tax totaling $3345)


MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW!! AT THESE RATES THE ROOMS WILL BE GONE FAST!

TAKE OVER FOR YOUR BABY'S BIRTHDAY
YOUR CLASS REUNION
YOUR BACHELOR/BACHELORETTE PARTY
THAT LONG WEEKEND YOU'VE BEEN PROMISING YOURSELF
JUST SOME GOOD BUDS TAKEN SOME TIME TOGETHER

PETS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME! NO NEED TO LEAVE YOUR BEST FRIEND BEHIND, BRING 'EM ALONG.

GET ON IT FOLKS! CALL YOUR FRIENDS! GET THIS TO WORK FOR YOU!
3 NIGHTS, NO BLACK OUT DAYS *(subject to availability)
*Special valid for 5 years from date of purchase!

RUBY TAKES VISA, AM EX, MC, AM EX, CHECK, MONEY ORDER OR COLD HARD CASH.

CALL HER NOW TOLL FREE AT 1-866-820-8302!
Ruby is standing by.

My Boy Louie Lamour "Lookin' In"

I miss you today and everyday my littlest prince. "Walkies" anyone?
His favorite hour of any day.
RIP Lamour.