Thank you!

Gave me a chuckle. Thanks!

Come visit! Escape the snow, enjoy the sunshine. :-)

I enjoy being out and about too!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Hi! Yep, Toyotas have one heck of a reputation. You can truly drive them forever and into the ground. If the risk of fire is truly that bad, I'd have heard of at least one around here. You can't go through a major intersection without seeing three or four others. I belong to a local Tesla group and we discuss a lot of the issues that do come up and feed info back to the company.

Australia's Department of Defence researched the same question and found that “there was a 0.0012% chance of a passenger electric vehicle battery catching fire, compared with a 0.1% chance for internal combustion engine cars.” So, as far as I am concerned the possibility of fire is immaterial to the purchase of an EV.

Basically I see Teslas as very nice alternative to ICE vehicles. Someone came along (the dreadful but brilliant Musk) and pushed the envelope of cars out a bit. I've always been a bit of an early adopter of techie stuff and this fit my profile :-) Still, the rest of the car companies are following along, on the slow side right now.

I have been exploring wetlands around Southern California to find birds. I found these two white-faced ibis in among the wild flowers in the San Jacinto Wildlife Area.

:-)

I love my Tesla Y. I've had it for almost three years and have taken it all over the Western states with no problem finding superchargers (well, there are patches of Nevada that are a bit of a supercharger-desert). Actually, the car's software finds them, not me. All I've done with regard service is rotate the tires a few times. I charge it mostly at home, using the sunshine that comes free here in southern California. Self-driving (under my supervision) is really helpful for us oldies (I am 81) as is the nice big screen with all the information I need. Just parallel parking by itself in city locations is very useful. I rented an ICE vehicle recently. It was like going back into the dark ages. I mean where do I put the key fob? I gave up carrying a purse years ago. Why does it take so long to get up to speed? I have no use for gas stations. When this one wears out, I'll definitely get another. Presuming I live that long :-)

Each year several orioles return to live in my garden, usually arriving with a late storm at the end of March. This fellow returned right on time last week.

The third of the cranes in flight is gorgeous. I need to go there next year.

Beautiful shots of beautiful critters.

Don't you just love migration time?!
Gorgeous birds.

Whoa! Beautiful!