Fourth of July weekend and America's pastime, what a way to spend it!  I was tapped to take the 15 year old to Reno, Nevada for a baseball tournament, and it was a nearly non stop baseball extravaganza.  Here Mr. 15 keeps a close eye on the opposing team's pitcher.

Below he is at the plate, getting ready to swing the big black lumber.

During some free time, we took a drive out to Pyramid Lake, north and east of Reno out in the great basin desert.  Pyramid Lake is one of the few remaining "puddles" left over from the gigantic ancient Lake Lahontan, which once covered most of what is now central Nevada.  After the melt from the glaciers petered out after the last ice age, the lake dried up slowly, over millennia, and now Pyramid is the largest survivor. Supposedly, there are still huge Lahontan cutthroat trout living in it's depths, up to 40 or 50 pounds.  In this picture, you can actually see the pyramid shaped rock on the right in the distance, which gave the lake its name.

The sage was swarming with these little lizard guys, and the 15 year old captured this picture of one.

Below is a common sight in central Nevada, a road disappearing into the hazy distance, seemingly going on forever.