tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166953892024-03-12T20:38:20.852-06:00Ride along with the Chang GangMarthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.comBlogger1323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-79275689203868963432024-03-03T15:25:00.001-07:002024-03-03T15:25:24.754-07:00February Recap<p style="text-align: center;"><b> RIGHT NOW-Monthly recap</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening </b>to an audio book for our book club. Our February theme is Colorado-whether it is a book set in Colorado or an author who calls CO home. This year, we've decided to travel way back in time and are reading (or in my case listening to) a book called <u>A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. </u> It's a travel diary written by Isabella Bird- a woman far ahead of her time- who in the 1850s, made a solo trip to the Estes Park area of Colorado. Originally- I had thought I'd still be out of town when we met- but alas, plans change and so now I am hurrying to play catch up in order to enjoy our group discussion next week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRQc9bwN2Y1ag0MAmyw3dcw4KPNLW5DyvW_kbGjdShY0Uq9hrvGPaiv-tLC8u0dZj6eSQVNZYwKkY5DgQqdbgzT8X12289oj9ux15UIZVHkf7kblmvJbj_QvDq_jHxPuGQsJNet4_catGhkdtkfRz7bI-w34ZJYQy0UP_9VJu14-gaWS8s4W-2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="250" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRQc9bwN2Y1ag0MAmyw3dcw4KPNLW5DyvW_kbGjdShY0Uq9hrvGPaiv-tLC8u0dZj6eSQVNZYwKkY5DgQqdbgzT8X12289oj9ux15UIZVHkf7kblmvJbj_QvDq_jHxPuGQsJNet4_catGhkdtkfRz7bI-w34ZJYQy0UP_9VJu14-gaWS8s4W-2" width="150" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">But first- I shall hit pause on the listening, dust off the keyboard and try to capture the highlights of what was indeed a very busy month spent mostly Deep in the Heart of Texas...</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving </b>that instead of pouting, I decided to join my Hubby on this trip. Backing up a bit- I had decided I wasn't interested in winter camping. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZwfTqNqam-4Rcjk4Qhzk6h-ZxITcz2CwQ2TDx1LI6EhyjVLgjnsSq3Jjpk9k9sYBcqfXL1IwGK6eazRcPASK00b_vtRowuMtZ_zH471ZJDU3fyZJOo23_EFpubI0KfLoaJFux_mvfwL9oJxI1J_StZGvKpP3WbOvAHMTXt_y6U7D-FiAtI9K/s4032/IMG_1061.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZwfTqNqam-4Rcjk4Qhzk6h-ZxITcz2CwQ2TDx1LI6EhyjVLgjnsSq3Jjpk9k9sYBcqfXL1IwGK6eazRcPASK00b_vtRowuMtZ_zH471ZJDU3fyZJOo23_EFpubI0KfLoaJFux_mvfwL9oJxI1J_StZGvKpP3WbOvAHMTXt_y6U7D-FiAtI9K/w320-h240/IMG_1061.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lake Whitney-slightly north of Waco</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I've been to the desert in the cold and wind- it's just not my jam. So in early January- Hubby headed south and I stayed put. </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEYvVHP3y2mMzgSJjAccVJyoUeDmkRJNhnzJRvTIoHja4wsvY8pFeGlPoYXurkxf2rjUFdM4EQX2Te9V7bi01uWkwBTCV5ukk6N4GYAZTHCNSEc4SqIcVimFz7LW0uhTnQZcrA9MLYrdM8N8q5SWllRFXKvnX7xLfM2IR86SEcNVEWfYkU_Nd/s4032/IMG_1003.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEYvVHP3y2mMzgSJjAccVJyoUeDmkRJNhnzJRvTIoHja4wsvY8pFeGlPoYXurkxf2rjUFdM4EQX2Te9V7bi01uWkwBTCV5ukk6N4GYAZTHCNSEc4SqIcVimFz7LW0uhTnQZcrA9MLYrdM8N8q5SWllRFXKvnX7xLfM2IR86SEcNVEWfYkU_Nd/s320/IMG_1003.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Spring starts early-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Cane River Creole National Historic Park</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Until that is, he decided to check out Texas- in hopes of finding slightly warmer weather than what he was finding in southern New Mexico. I started to pout- because well- I wanted to see the friends and family that would be part of the trip. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEGFYjbGn9E2NU7GmBddcLTjqHpjftw9o4xjD4DIe39b3RP5Ds_v0BUcXQ86rFYwLTKcb4IlBSNzaw_e4pMnB70kcNI32IVju4P0NhNajeFocFx7j0tbRLANavd1NGDzHtAeYnSNV0h1OAoQiiBqLjmETHPQ0LD7nz7G5djuJ886gVGgOWIiP/s4032/IMG_1048.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEGFYjbGn9E2NU7GmBddcLTjqHpjftw9o4xjD4DIe39b3RP5Ds_v0BUcXQ86rFYwLTKcb4IlBSNzaw_e4pMnB70kcNI32IVju4P0NhNajeFocFx7j0tbRLANavd1NGDzHtAeYnSNV0h1OAoQiiBqLjmETHPQ0LD7nz7G5djuJ886gVGgOWIiP/s320/IMG_1048.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Not the original friends we set out to meet-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">but ya get the idea...Roadside America Museum-Hillsboro TX</span></div> And then it dawned on me- I'm retired- I can change my mind and join him on a winter road trip.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Krnv2JqqmV9GShvfnvbivqTN7JEHUxJ3v38fD0aOOvvR-pCdbzBl8vO1OogJ2AfLlyGn7T4rWuc028f38_xVu7znXty2elQOxQpZtnEdwclRqjJaS29OFESJww5ZfTswh19hy9qeLprNphJKWhcILQvOOxNksqBnwIzTioiGhWoV8_4Elee0/s1280/DSC02266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Krnv2JqqmV9GShvfnvbivqTN7JEHUxJ3v38fD0aOOvvR-pCdbzBl8vO1OogJ2AfLlyGn7T4rWuc028f38_xVu7znXty2elQOxQpZtnEdwclRqjJaS29OFESJww5ZfTswh19hy9qeLprNphJKWhcILQvOOxNksqBnwIzTioiGhWoV8_4Elee0/s320/DSC02266.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">And so it was that Hubby flew home so we could complete some necessary tasks of adulting together, and once that was finished- we loaded up the car and headed south- planning to connect up with the Rv that had been left with our friends, just outside of San Antonio.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>While in Texas...</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">There were plenty of sights to check out..</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSAEqe-yvc9aDLucEWVq_PPjq1FamtSMqIUroVajxcqP993SQXbFzRvhAMh-Bebrr9XxHM8kfjicBVj5K9icPSkBh-iNWc73wnMS9_3s747d8E2HnMDg_fKeiKYOyuMdlb8PzXl5wK21zFZHVG7tCzrrSfGmzQac5SvswTB0R_Atvk7c_mCHw/s4032/IMG_0772.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSAEqe-yvc9aDLucEWVq_PPjq1FamtSMqIUroVajxcqP993SQXbFzRvhAMh-Bebrr9XxHM8kfjicBVj5K9icPSkBh-iNWc73wnMS9_3s747d8E2HnMDg_fKeiKYOyuMdlb8PzXl5wK21zFZHVG7tCzrrSfGmzQac5SvswTB0R_Atvk7c_mCHw/s320/IMG_0772.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from graffiti-ridden Cadillacs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ssf9gEoxmIh1taIzPOj9nqiuyOrmAEUUchGE5xPMCwX3KrO5QfM056ZYQ7I5bX-IBPkQY1jSwCD5DGkJKSzfWBOTOShbpMTqHEPypYsqeQN2A0RGoybnYRoSD5ATEAaHebh2ke9SCyuFMhlN8GXsEZdb38ys0SbpGTvd6yBBi3xqv_fS89dS/s4032/IMG_0877.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ssf9gEoxmIh1taIzPOj9nqiuyOrmAEUUchGE5xPMCwX3KrO5QfM056ZYQ7I5bX-IBPkQY1jSwCD5DGkJKSzfWBOTOShbpMTqHEPypYsqeQN2A0RGoybnYRoSD5ATEAaHebh2ke9SCyuFMhlN8GXsEZdb38ys0SbpGTvd6yBBi3xqv_fS89dS/s320/IMG_0877.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to historic Spanish Missions..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the 3+ weeks we wandered around Texas...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We would take a stroll along the river..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSG35blGPDJChNHBOeMYnoRBmNPy8km_ZH-ApPhffhSmStMh469QrBN4Zv0z_XPaNKAm6wBi2H9VigcFbHKbDS_f2QRw5S5D0ZIlX6xYZNd5hB0kVKdLy5IOCwJ8UHvj5ocWeLBfLOJkEW6jw32jx7c0d3hzgMYVaG2lRaPuun-uvzX3eZcub/s4032/IMG_0865.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSG35blGPDJChNHBOeMYnoRBmNPy8km_ZH-ApPhffhSmStMh469QrBN4Zv0z_XPaNKAm6wBi2H9VigcFbHKbDS_f2QRw5S5D0ZIlX6xYZNd5hB0kVKdLy5IOCwJ8UHvj5ocWeLBfLOJkEW6jw32jx7c0d3hzgMYVaG2lRaPuun-uvzX3eZcub/s320/IMG_0865.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a walk along the beach</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj092gqRsjvzwtuuvf3uXZ3SEaEJnt5Jbjbmm7w9aWUo-f1cnK7QAjmyMzZOgfEK5oPREzGgAYz6m3U1j4jrJTFgH9ohzcCKGYFkNgLU1miZMMpq6YnMo0aa114NzCHvPw_4drX351hGENXx-1R5nQk57j4JjCxoU1JGYPbwwm2EVAoMxAVort0/s4032/IMG_0961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj092gqRsjvzwtuuvf3uXZ3SEaEJnt5Jbjbmm7w9aWUo-f1cnK7QAjmyMzZOgfEK5oPREzGgAYz6m3U1j4jrJTFgH9ohzcCKGYFkNgLU1miZMMpq6YnMo0aa114NzCHvPw_4drX351hGENXx-1R5nQk57j4JjCxoU1JGYPbwwm2EVAoMxAVort0/s320/IMG_0961.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'd remember the Alamo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2HozgRIvMe7W2I5axa2P-3ikj87pbHSwVjRj3YFU3WsY-7_xifT6ZemWtBEeB9utloQeubkSpVY3q65khgXkRpOIrTsRUiOquVsoNqZiyOr8sGJ4FNOLfcPl5HXiJb9DC2XZRkT-XCus-drqLo8jN7dZee1ryXjyLpP5OatUBPqDf28OQguZ/s4032/IMG_0849.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2HozgRIvMe7W2I5axa2P-3ikj87pbHSwVjRj3YFU3WsY-7_xifT6ZemWtBEeB9utloQeubkSpVY3q65khgXkRpOIrTsRUiOquVsoNqZiyOr8sGJ4FNOLfcPl5HXiJb9DC2XZRkT-XCus-drqLo8jN7dZee1ryXjyLpP5OatUBPqDf28OQguZ/s320/IMG_0849.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and all say Cheese!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPQJlMlMuoc_5MpcapGPzuIf7KKkaNMKYzfYTJuVWXmMQpxf8xlFdInxU7c4SZJ5X2zYm-plGJWXdxkECOgVf7iDXWIjOzs1YabqOycgTsve4QFg7ggHwiTr3y8aARICJzq_7ExSpM2BA6w259kYJQsK_i1UipGXD_w5lUinKJK48WFqMXnk4/s1280/Alamo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1280" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPQJlMlMuoc_5MpcapGPzuIf7KKkaNMKYzfYTJuVWXmMQpxf8xlFdInxU7c4SZJ5X2zYm-plGJWXdxkECOgVf7iDXWIjOzs1YabqOycgTsve4QFg7ggHwiTr3y8aARICJzq_7ExSpM2BA6w259kYJQsK_i1UipGXD_w5lUinKJK48WFqMXnk4/s320/Alamo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would test the limits of my hubby's love..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydSZ1c2j5OclMrEArbP8iLMLsPXoQ-I7QA-1y9aqrDj3GH-ToXXvk1DWPl6zl818H7NDtTEhmLxUl0CD_YwB1R2FKQCpwDEfRqslf3HEVYLbIi0_MLOGf0fIPl7PInhg-6ptmoB-KtVCpaPWkbHEQl-ySbul-iQ5bB0D4sDSMsAfu_opcgzpl/s4032/IMG_1087.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydSZ1c2j5OclMrEArbP8iLMLsPXoQ-I7QA-1y9aqrDj3GH-ToXXvk1DWPl6zl818H7NDtTEhmLxUl0CD_YwB1R2FKQCpwDEfRqslf3HEVYLbIi0_MLOGf0fIPl7PInhg-6ptmoB-KtVCpaPWkbHEQl-ySbul-iQ5bB0D4sDSMsAfu_opcgzpl/s320/IMG_1087.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from being HGTV fan girl<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXKCHTjb_MWFeulTaU7M33xBtqey9LcTC0xgm8KkLOi38HF2PuBXCc1uUoEV7gWJJBThYbfSGCv6PcEDw4GY0nE_KcEzEgnyCVxEvjWlx4e_iT90-g65yb_MVSLOhzfLw6mlz96dW9jMOHpRbvjuFrpGso97-sswmmxVecxl0zY1bgOsbAIa5/s4024/IMG_1088.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2645" data-original-width="4024" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXKCHTjb_MWFeulTaU7M33xBtqey9LcTC0xgm8KkLOi38HF2PuBXCc1uUoEV7gWJJBThYbfSGCv6PcEDw4GY0nE_KcEzEgnyCVxEvjWlx4e_iT90-g65yb_MVSLOhzfLw6mlz96dW9jMOHpRbvjuFrpGso97-sswmmxVecxl0zY1bgOsbAIa5/s320/IMG_1088.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in Waco</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To suggesting we camp at a Goat Yoga Ranch near Tomball, TX</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3ltprzuwMd6wfDvbWPjfMhyphenhyphenry7AnhAKpttzMAta3X_QRnKypmpvLVuWJtCk1oUhUXgMWb4zoguD7B7Q3Kv5fGal7mYCjypC5wqjvAEx2qT4oBpbmCWZAL8e-zPYEKIK2iYOdnDmhSVjfvlXqroB2j1YvGUizFXm0obg_2Mx_XDg0TOCebwQc/s3069/IMG_0931.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3069" data-original-width="2330" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3ltprzuwMd6wfDvbWPjfMhyphenhyphenry7AnhAKpttzMAta3X_QRnKypmpvLVuWJtCk1oUhUXgMWb4zoguD7B7Q3Kv5fGal7mYCjypC5wqjvAEx2qT4oBpbmCWZAL8e-zPYEKIK2iYOdnDmhSVjfvlXqroB2j1YvGUizFXm0obg_2Mx_XDg0TOCebwQc/s320/IMG_0931.jpeg" width="243" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The goats proved to be good camp hosts..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguudCLy1TYy5QDXw2B_6CW6QdRx6rTYYB_YgzfQ3NssShTotb7I7uyQw0JZbq3J25X0pr1TVZbjrFd8BG_zkuAXi-IHoMUaImnT-_DphV1bBHbL_Mcb9mjWe2vDJkIVktAZeNoJkFCjV0MInEWl0lyCh-DX0D161dV90SPAf9dsediQq-K8yAG/s2547/IMG_0929.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="1838" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguudCLy1TYy5QDXw2B_6CW6QdRx6rTYYB_YgzfQ3NssShTotb7I7uyQw0JZbq3J25X0pr1TVZbjrFd8BG_zkuAXi-IHoMUaImnT-_DphV1bBHbL_Mcb9mjWe2vDJkIVktAZeNoJkFCjV0MInEWl0lyCh-DX0D161dV90SPAf9dsediQq-K8yAG/s320/IMG_0929.jpeg" width="231" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And their humans explained that </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">being weary of the need to constantly onboard new baby goats </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they were in the midst of introducing a new business..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qdJMQoNe8PYRXqu98S-Pr_HTBr5BDjp_HZLx6vGbM6sVnmfwGxr6nyakMoo6uKpbmkLsEL6ykNxUTUP7RygYPJMjuYTKtAZDqKq9jKhYn07yF0mUwyCSa60LP7kEZl9bSc1mwYl2tnOnzjHm98iZm8pMEVr-11CQ0IFu-FeA0zESwvqNwbOn/s4032/IMG_0928.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qdJMQoNe8PYRXqu98S-Pr_HTBr5BDjp_HZLx6vGbM6sVnmfwGxr6nyakMoo6uKpbmkLsEL6ykNxUTUP7RygYPJMjuYTKtAZDqKq9jKhYn07yF0mUwyCSa60LP7kEZl9bSc1mwYl2tnOnzjHm98iZm8pMEVr-11CQ0IFu-FeA0zESwvqNwbOn/s320/IMG_0928.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by providing tours via a rather unique party bus option..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">I guess if you've done yoga with goats-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">driving a 1963 Route-master London Double Decker doesn't seem so odd after all</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hubby would graciously allow me to continue to suggest activities..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWianrKlNEAkYxgY4_3up3lra-8WIMGveE8X-AZ6J4_lVinX_L59Sj0dujrGDw2MLBmD1nKjSYdVY-2U9CH2lxANH6ckU-49Elm_Gkqu-qQOsjPK239N9jP5QBG7xFYsASA1yCwTz31E1pmhUq0ldc2Wb-wK4TANPfGozGr3fvD_CgCtERvqq/s4032/IMG_1098.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWianrKlNEAkYxgY4_3up3lra-8WIMGveE8X-AZ6J4_lVinX_L59Sj0dujrGDw2MLBmD1nKjSYdVY-2U9CH2lxANH6ckU-49Elm_Gkqu-qQOsjPK239N9jP5QBG7xFYsASA1yCwTz31E1pmhUq0ldc2Wb-wK4TANPfGozGr3fvD_CgCtERvqq/s320/IMG_1098.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Waco Mammoth Site</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where there were a few hits...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1znyZgNt6AbgQVMdZxpeO-ILpG9ImDX-TbfBMbhudFRojbJaKg1crGaHW9_IwkSvotYo6Fg6x2VWAPEAr-g77KrUjy_GyaYGKuxnfHEQ3gUjiwEQwTMkk49MB1NViRCqt3AEYOKn9WCRCFJxXabXOs7zxXmB0dfprWUYuYgzEbcjX2U_Uvz61/s4032/IMG_1012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1znyZgNt6AbgQVMdZxpeO-ILpG9ImDX-TbfBMbhudFRojbJaKg1crGaHW9_IwkSvotYo6Fg6x2VWAPEAr-g77KrUjy_GyaYGKuxnfHEQ3gUjiwEQwTMkk49MB1NViRCqt3AEYOKn9WCRCFJxXabXOs7zxXmB0dfprWUYuYgzEbcjX2U_Uvz61/s320/IMG_1012.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Cane River Creole National Historic Park</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(ok- truth in blogging- this was just across the border into Louisiana)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRlL_EF_9qSxQ0tThNvugpTDyUoYfmFdFit_uEz2MKd74nWnLNdNbBMdW61QRy6BLg3Owe1MM8jwVoMdi52XYikz-mFwDT0KqlwA5Z8NMyK0ST2afSozQf-12jGrVZ1G86E60WAEYCrlN_24DAkO7RH6TtRZKquBWTEBB6JsIaj6ECIcncaav/s4032/IMG_1007.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiRlL_EF_9qSxQ0tThNvugpTDyUoYfmFdFit_uEz2MKd74nWnLNdNbBMdW61QRy6BLg3Owe1MM8jwVoMdi52XYikz-mFwDT0KqlwA5Z8NMyK0ST2afSozQf-12jGrVZ1G86E60WAEYCrlN_24DAkO7RH6TtRZKquBWTEBB6JsIaj6ECIcncaav/s320/IMG_1007.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and sadly..quite a few misses..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggls2zrFI0uk6TZI-4SNSOOxZegvLjndv8TSPS3DTyCqZRmlMkseIFm7S3tjpYaPZwZS386S1XTDNaHG-8o7Mc3_QegUI9KDrYK5r1nFjM3GcunUVOqsSGLmFHlguSsM7f_Ri098EGzkDFm7awMyW51Wnuyj5_WCDtzRYwbYRjQ4QwBIBoZjPG/s4032/IMG_0923.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Dr. Pepper Museum-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">they really needed a better historian to curate the collection</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had a chance to do a little shopping..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxGySaZUoxklb0hjyvcm-0eiyMXMlFDbKshCc622ns1z9Mo6f60KsjNjhijv5udRh3XG_muaIZvy1NBdPcDtDELVkuRogDQAwiWN6VTpOYBP8-rPmMCMEKdpUicnRhjO68gl19dbchhpnEa6dr4RGT9SwPAhaoCveZTABK-vYary7sp9Uc9iG/s4032/IMG_1016.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxGySaZUoxklb0hjyvcm-0eiyMXMlFDbKshCc622ns1z9Mo6f60KsjNjhijv5udRh3XG_muaIZvy1NBdPcDtDELVkuRogDQAwiWN6VTpOYBP8-rPmMCMEKdpUicnRhjO68gl19dbchhpnEa6dr4RGT9SwPAhaoCveZTABK-vYary7sp9Uc9iG/s320/IMG_1016.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where the only thing I brought home</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as a serious bruise- as I was too busy taking in the sights..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to see that bench jump out and jab me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFoVNFRQYiu8IhjcFT7fi6j1C6HkCp2vlrSrGyR7YUmmNV3niUYIOcffeJdRKj_aM0mUhhjEdlcxSklACy5lw01JpihtMfXMGr3VizMearxrpLlqFNqeAYNCg7w6N9jcM6w_EtimW5RTSdd_yqjpxiFpZrAqjiqqQYellMD7dWtu9QkaeORKA/s4032/IMG_1017.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFoVNFRQYiu8IhjcFT7fi6j1C6HkCp2vlrSrGyR7YUmmNV3niUYIOcffeJdRKj_aM0mUhhjEdlcxSklACy5lw01JpihtMfXMGr3VizMearxrpLlqFNqeAYNCg7w6N9jcM6w_EtimW5RTSdd_yqjpxiFpZrAqjiqqQYellMD7dWtu9QkaeORKA/s320/IMG_1017.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In Texas we would see that <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqvz1mZxBAeRHHtDPIIjjPA_UtD1H0N96pz9EVPZhxGLuVGSk-BLbIQ2XRjhNp4IKdYmgW53ElwNCp50KUWdcOHHRA4cglJ3ZTOxGUNLpB3oXFc3FtjfaEVXN0RULtgTAYLlVWV2MolzCKQSkBgIMVmjZi8Tk8l0hz6sh4stUZN_DjV-J9TM9/s4032/IMG_0819.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqvz1mZxBAeRHHtDPIIjjPA_UtD1H0N96pz9EVPZhxGLuVGSk-BLbIQ2XRjhNp4IKdYmgW53ElwNCp50KUWdcOHHRA4cglJ3ZTOxGUNLpB3oXFc3FtjfaEVXN0RULtgTAYLlVWV2MolzCKQSkBgIMVmjZi8Tk8l0hz6sh4stUZN_DjV-J9TM9/s320/IMG_0819.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pride in the party is alive and well..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCYwYiXhdaP68ZUuj_Q7mwwspan883q75eX7WCPIsnGOvc1SCGa03t4rtrNiNAaKm0PNpblho9GviYhfo6kqKcwgJbntybJ1U_IzoBSB5VDajuCtNVkwTtBwqkEg9OvrdcvKxfJNVcV3TWxLpd2eHamwW_F5lryIWNqLzmcDsIXMnLm6M6FqO/s320/IMG_0836.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would discover my childhood memories are</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">now for sale at the antique store?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(wondering what gems we just handed over to the estate agent?)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZbsvqISebVypUs50QZFMXekch9FXUcbtaDoHR1NDrZ4wIRFO4r-psP4wBCT6W8qigSg_RDv63gTTPVfQZ2FMA_FsvCpkvNJMN7H7jcYoPPDDRudQ00hK5PIc9kvKUaURmwJw5EpcfFQIvxOT3LbtIo029aLjBd-t_GQogYfRnGIe1prdefYt/s4032/IMG_1112.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZbsvqISebVypUs50QZFMXekch9FXUcbtaDoHR1NDrZ4wIRFO4r-psP4wBCT6W8qigSg_RDv63gTTPVfQZ2FMA_FsvCpkvNJMN7H7jcYoPPDDRudQ00hK5PIc9kvKUaURmwJw5EpcfFQIvxOT3LbtIo029aLjBd-t_GQogYfRnGIe1prdefYt/s320/IMG_1112.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that my Grandma Irene's kitchen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">would be near identical to one that Barbara Bush once baked beans..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(or whatever her growing family requested)- Midland Texas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would discover</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">is left out of the glitz and the glam that is Texas boutiques..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l8by4CDYrzbJ9bO23pnGqOQu89I9MrBs5nBPCHJD3GdeZSQQtmxEqoesNFRwns3eFfxlkrUCjDR2SSsE4SdvXFCqHijpkPwShLSNlfQKHwpjAHkiBv3iymED-nv87NmIUxRpN0-MojXYZAAcLpTJ-PFvR2ZlRAbF77nf8GGDHnqEwzjb2n_7/s4032/IMG_0977.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8l8by4CDYrzbJ9bO23pnGqOQu89I9MrBs5nBPCHJD3GdeZSQQtmxEqoesNFRwns3eFfxlkrUCjDR2SSsE4SdvXFCqHijpkPwShLSNlfQKHwpjAHkiBv3iymED-nv87NmIUxRpN0-MojXYZAAcLpTJ-PFvR2ZlRAbF77nf8GGDHnqEwzjb2n_7/s320/IMG_0977.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taking beach found trash-and turning it into art..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Does that count as recycling?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course there was BBQ</div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwd2LwyYmcg71inHBiHLwiC75yYILrV8tTZwBLdB3ank4baZ2QD0BESqZROsYhnJYeAFMULwYPXQnako0hzLXwnKx5PIcO43ZFPVvqQFukSX5RGNiQGWlI8cKolz4_IYknuAiKamcI9eR4SjPvlXFAW-9ULzX5NIrZAsisnsrSrYJrD1y_c73/s4032/IMG_0915.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwd2LwyYmcg71inHBiHLwiC75yYILrV8tTZwBLdB3ank4baZ2QD0BESqZROsYhnJYeAFMULwYPXQnako0hzLXwnKx5PIcO43ZFPVvqQFukSX5RGNiQGWlI8cKolz4_IYknuAiKamcI9eR4SjPvlXFAW-9ULzX5NIrZAsisnsrSrYJrD1y_c73/s320/IMG_0915.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And sunsets</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQwxk4ZxC22ZAAbk5mA3wvgfXU-1ZIaFN5q_6TXGVmxK7zfAr4-t2dEid-KiV2i32x98QRd8EHIxhvJ29zoGZT57l6JI94b-AVr69Hlux_xnFN8iaMycOiRu0YtzWsXA0-cqLgfGFEJkb6srPozMZxthSD7tYC0qMb2qZcfkzhVh057bu48Oj/s4032/IMG_1313.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQwxk4ZxC22ZAAbk5mA3wvgfXU-1ZIaFN5q_6TXGVmxK7zfAr4-t2dEid-KiV2i32x98QRd8EHIxhvJ29zoGZT57l6JI94b-AVr69Hlux_xnFN8iaMycOiRu0YtzWsXA0-cqLgfGFEJkb6srPozMZxthSD7tYC0qMb2qZcfkzhVh057bu48Oj/s320/IMG_1313.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> to be savored....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_1AwatuNhjrzgKK_txykMyY-Tl7W2gfjdFFp-HnvxtI8XmqqHmQjRL3r1mhpE8MkSTtYl9Jz5FypBbUBihrkeDpEfkcBHZOhmzNz7X4qBgwdhIiT13KfYvZJeRwnRdlX-FkvzMjXovIkYPQHUimVTKGN8oLS7hXWITe8xO9rzoEDcsnY4pbR/s4032/IMG_0982.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_1AwatuNhjrzgKK_txykMyY-Tl7W2gfjdFFp-HnvxtI8XmqqHmQjRL3r1mhpE8MkSTtYl9Jz5FypBbUBihrkeDpEfkcBHZOhmzNz7X4qBgwdhIiT13KfYvZJeRwnRdlX-FkvzMjXovIkYPQHUimVTKGN8oLS7hXWITe8xO9rzoEDcsnY4pbR/s320/IMG_0982.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but the real reason for traveling throughout the state...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Was to connect with family...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaGy2cZO9YSGRkCJy8jfiryQPp8qCFAT9u1EDghN7afLpH4bkyKve3tZRYKD8dLO_sY7TJkwcenjkICakJRWDZAdGIQb6A6MTGviLc2Km_itbfCslpQvSGvnQj28id-E6vRgf16G9hOy13QYcq_hZuf5RVQb-ISttCKvBNaYQ0a4gzRpbpN0J/s1150/image000000.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">friends who kept Hubby sane during </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">trying times in the desert...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXhHyIZQE3-1vdskCPiUP5glP1yqMvIfrdus0Ml9Z10-Io5w-ScHLzuntPr0d_nPT1nGeepzihyphenhyphenzSZ-lJ9aPs4xGNzfE3CEZudcM4ZPQnKWEhuaBwIDLKQ2hdtkWXeQLhvXYUmUOzwE2nmscAIn4Q7WDvD72VrgzBjMrqhvpO0d2D7TSkgjm0/s4032/IMG_0794.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXhHyIZQE3-1vdskCPiUP5glP1yqMvIfrdus0Ml9Z10-Io5w-ScHLzuntPr0d_nPT1nGeepzihyphenhyphenzSZ-lJ9aPs4xGNzfE3CEZudcM4ZPQnKWEhuaBwIDLKQ2hdtkWXeQLhvXYUmUOzwE2nmscAIn4Q7WDvD72VrgzBjMrqhvpO0d2D7TSkgjm0/s320/IMG_0794.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to friends that cheerfully share their expertise </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4gl765wiuqIiELIYno2gcp_l33gOaOr4Uq0nmCPhukf1X3-vZidj09W1Vk34opub0L-qIkiBA7tXolKjP1i9mHbHs36AS1r3cDVnFC9P31_vKuUILE9kKAK7RZizdLieDvcFyU5pTALRxXihH0eMCjQVjusph6RhmUx4O5AwTmWuIcVRw7T8/s4032/IMG_0793.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4gl765wiuqIiELIYno2gcp_l33gOaOr4Uq0nmCPhukf1X3-vZidj09W1Vk34opub0L-qIkiBA7tXolKjP1i9mHbHs36AS1r3cDVnFC9P31_vKuUILE9kKAK7RZizdLieDvcFyU5pTALRxXihH0eMCjQVjusph6RhmUx4O5AwTmWuIcVRw7T8/s320/IMG_0793.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in areas we are still learning..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vaGuNm3DN8iig08iTEH8c-g7Qc4Rl2cYLQAXjia3FTvmw4JKSBzdcnQ9MMfdRohyXDg8vmxVmEY-78vrwPPTHV8a-8D-zfLHxafEBt23pbsog4Tm9PcyO2hWV_lf4qvwIjlKUPjulKhq6q8vNWpJKvme45Sn5liD2_LZEDKgIFGfrq8Znaqh/s4032/IMG_0872.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">and meet his lovely bride of 50+ years..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSoO9ihHzxos5rjsuohOzEvjSuLg73FDVDL2oIrIjgvyVd7j97-ptkl-9fq_hyphenhyphenOLmOPTed5mA8dCHPIdNneYPN5li66YgL60ec9rwzmapfDgFvx98Q8nY7t_9gijMk-D266rrUKQX1crcCa6tavJShdQ_Hw3BdPXwOtqD8rwRjD1d73jgVR7u/s4032/IMG_0958.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPSoO9ihHzxos5rjsuohOzEvjSuLg73FDVDL2oIrIjgvyVd7j97-ptkl-9fq_hyphenhyphenOLmOPTed5mA8dCHPIdNneYPN5li66YgL60ec9rwzmapfDgFvx98Q8nY7t_9gijMk-D266rrUKQX1crcCa6tavJShdQ_Hw3BdPXwOtqD8rwRjD1d73jgVR7u/s320/IMG_0958.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>CCJon would share his expertise in </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXBQ1rW8P5QMQFQ1k9d5yf6or05m60E6lkMdY28KJKb-VN2sxYKyEroZ8VCLDUD3Rjd-Y-eFr-j05ceF9OgWcjOh_lxyzzE1hgOTwFYHIYUdaZ6WxSeo97Vy_D6DQ4AxiMAAFPA5gUBPUxw0TT8E8HUResP5MBasFh5wTZVZKpSOz_f4-djB2/s4032/IMG_0952.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Cocktails-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> That there folks is what you call a Swamp Thing..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNtCLeRFEuVFZYxMJRIAU-jiH07sG51lw2nriAunxmUchfyZz57Gq6F37XdAbkXXnlbYMF_4rUojAvL1G7WNa_eDAOFoaZLvV9sMyivz9JMIDnMcOKvpWWHazX0Y_hNVxI4FpzZhqyHm_Lh5RvlCWv6XmRByqKfows_tUVUIaFtbYxj_7v84y/s4032/IMG_0940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLNtCLeRFEuVFZYxMJRIAU-jiH07sG51lw2nriAunxmUchfyZz57Gq6F37XdAbkXXnlbYMF_4rUojAvL1G7WNa_eDAOFoaZLvV9sMyivz9JMIDnMcOKvpWWHazX0Y_hNVxI4FpzZhqyHm_Lh5RvlCWv6XmRByqKfows_tUVUIaFtbYxj_7v84y/s320/IMG_0940.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Appetizers...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where yes-grilled gator does indeed taste just like chicken!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last stop on the Tour of Friends </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8gmJfatI6Hg07EMTdYhwK_1sFkFs55Nj-AgP1IUAfwew_EwQW_wQWFQKZn8MtQG8rKb-MiHlrBV4R5UcwkUEfrnFMhT5JBckPyX1Vr1HWnbI81u7X55v4kGAvUZRNCWsqw2EpuDH7ijh3iah4IX-bGg4tRRaz-qn5XWU4hfHabsrsxRTfyYQ/s4032/IMG_1045.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8gmJfatI6Hg07EMTdYhwK_1sFkFs55Nj-AgP1IUAfwew_EwQW_wQWFQKZn8MtQG8rKb-MiHlrBV4R5UcwkUEfrnFMhT5JBckPyX1Vr1HWnbI81u7X55v4kGAvUZRNCWsqw2EpuDH7ijh3iah4IX-bGg4tRRaz-qn5XWU4hfHabsrsxRTfyYQ/s320/IMG_1045.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hubby would lend her a hand..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAw-9BDd8C0NBrGxlHoMiz_UTNMQ-JDhlWf9wzJ0UBjKBv90BlMHGeZ6PqRHPE3jDPymYzeeaY63gwLSKAqnMrdYDCO6z4inhoDarrGbatjYtkalrKH3xMZUXRYE7ofiMuRil9dBn_wr_36flLKtTUs1Wo_seNav8zUw1D38X7Mue6jts3kUAP/s4032/IMG_1035.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAw-9BDd8C0NBrGxlHoMiz_UTNMQ-JDhlWf9wzJ0UBjKBv90BlMHGeZ6PqRHPE3jDPymYzeeaY63gwLSKAqnMrdYDCO6z4inhoDarrGbatjYtkalrKH3xMZUXRYE7ofiMuRil9dBn_wr_36flLKtTUs1Wo_seNav8zUw1D38X7Mue6jts3kUAP/s320/IMG_1035.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and they'd catch up on 40+ years of life..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(at least they think that was the last time they'd seen each other?</span>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">while taking in the sights of Carthage Texas..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkuvvXoqd-5-cvfBTd_RWfAti9M0NWTWYEHjlH6F0XA00GuUJSiit_zFv6syv2gyPgtEOCXx-1uiPIcPP6GfnUbAZRiz4o5i9TKIekHxUbFBNXBtuSFhb4YdEhRyx1Gwz4xWwnh3SqhKxBBWNHLKjnHtPmqfhB_2-_tnEL7xpLyw8IApN2bxj/s4032/IMG_1041.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvkuvvXoqd-5-cvfBTd_RWfAti9M0NWTWYEHjlH6F0XA00GuUJSiit_zFv6syv2gyPgtEOCXx-1uiPIcPP6GfnUbAZRiz4o5i9TKIekHxUbFBNXBtuSFhb4YdEhRyx1Gwz4xWwnh3SqhKxBBWNHLKjnHtPmqfhB_2-_tnEL7xpLyw8IApN2bxj/s320/IMG_1041.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1lHYDIq1sOiEyoOShJdVQDteS8Tik6kAWlcVSD335U7b74SKFyLocdOft-D29Rv4mU4cYN7jYC74iOPDt-KRZjLYKz1k2twE6E78OzTGLTKuzm0K9XQAhY-L5Pod8Y8bKPiR562cbC5Qgo-78itlMmGJJACYHjKhptlv5VXaRoQ_1bchhItq/s4032/IMG_1059.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1lHYDIq1sOiEyoOShJdVQDteS8Tik6kAWlcVSD335U7b74SKFyLocdOft-D29Rv4mU4cYN7jYC74iOPDt-KRZjLYKz1k2twE6E78OzTGLTKuzm0K9XQAhY-L5Pod8Y8bKPiR562cbC5Qgo-78itlMmGJJACYHjKhptlv5VXaRoQ_1bchhItq/s320/IMG_1059.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling</b> grateful...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZFDw0JyE-K1o-2f3l442Y-3WF8QhCDAuHGQevn4Cy9LhfmA1m6tkhG1IkwfQusopc_ozRXdFYAOO6w5dSGdksEb87ZqzbRIdSsOuRmuocRo7dTE1-VBn76DIz1k9Q8NScR2AUHuRnO5sw11FvT5-qf_PMZw2aSA0z_91XN7kt_qIuNREY3fa/s4032/IMG_1076.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZFDw0JyE-K1o-2f3l442Y-3WF8QhCDAuHGQevn4Cy9LhfmA1m6tkhG1IkwfQusopc_ozRXdFYAOO6w5dSGdksEb87ZqzbRIdSsOuRmuocRo7dTE1-VBn76DIz1k9Q8NScR2AUHuRnO5sw11FvT5-qf_PMZw2aSA0z_91XN7kt_qIuNREY3fa/s320/IMG_1076.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>That I was able to change my mind...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_gRHTUgc3U55awCQzA4AkbOqbey9RuVMWEjiMxkFsSs2k9xulCeaVe1XDS0ItvRRLh45faZU6Z6Ht2PwQw8r5Ffslz7gA1pMT1uYxGvac5McFuGC9Bzs7osjdWNqnL4ed4eQKJz5BHY7h2Ud54PFDAlHoM9VDZ6B8zoxyEo8UpeahaqELqfl/s4032/IMG_1124.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_gRHTUgc3U55awCQzA4AkbOqbey9RuVMWEjiMxkFsSs2k9xulCeaVe1XDS0ItvRRLh45faZU6Z6Ht2PwQw8r5Ffslz7gA1pMT1uYxGvac5McFuGC9Bzs7osjdWNqnL4ed4eQKJz5BHY7h2Ud54PFDAlHoM9VDZ6B8zoxyEo8UpeahaqELqfl/s320/IMG_1124.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you find joy in the journey...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">especially when it's your own private car </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the usually packed DIA airport! </div></div><p></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-80896757331255294332024-02-04T17:31:00.000-07:002024-02-04T17:31:07.971-07:00January Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> Right Now...</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening </b>to that nagging voice that says "clean up your hen den" before you hit the road. Yes- that's right- it's about time for me to pack my bags and join my husband for some winter camping.</p><p style="text-align: left;">But first- I should probably get to a good stopping point on the various projects I've started this past month-which includes updating the family blog. For I have discovered while sorting through my dad's collection of photos- the years start to blur together- as do the stories. I am most grateful- that I have nearly 20 years of a journal- based right here on our family blog. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pWpIuX2frn874I-mQLqvbca-_6Nt7TcwxrWoTgysZbccoXzbdczIrS4ZYnukzYdZqqt3ajo5vgTceb-7N3V2g1uA-6rYm0QwmgfwfA1xI8OMUQbkE8fu3YYpsvPJmeWTMbcvZKl8MwDpAyTxoMbbPDIQH8XI_I1eAQwuMUWmrLASyO2ZbNLF/s4032/IMG_0573.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pWpIuX2frn874I-mQLqvbca-_6Nt7TcwxrWoTgysZbccoXzbdczIrS4ZYnukzYdZqqt3ajo5vgTceb-7N3V2g1uA-6rYm0QwmgfwfA1xI8OMUQbkE8fu3YYpsvPJmeWTMbcvZKl8MwDpAyTxoMbbPDIQH8XI_I1eAQwuMUWmrLASyO2ZbNLF/s320/IMG_0573.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving</b> that...<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgULbvLkw12uAGmL32hY6_P6o5wZ88CTkPRDJesk1GLrfFMdGFKyc4d29b7lcCObIeiUmWKeppoXKGCP0nNo9hnkp9YAAgEGAt0vtw4XKhIyLEmVniSIo6LMjtD9tt4Gg5539B-RehUKNxqguxLj91oOV-R8TyREHKBz7MmalIyjxyKn_6dW0/s1792/IMG_0621.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgULbvLkw12uAGmL32hY6_P6o5wZ88CTkPRDJesk1GLrfFMdGFKyc4d29b7lcCObIeiUmWKeppoXKGCP0nNo9hnkp9YAAgEGAt0vtw4XKhIyLEmVniSIo6LMjtD9tt4Gg5539B-RehUKNxqguxLj91oOV-R8TyREHKBz7MmalIyjxyKn_6dW0/s320/IMG_0621.PNG" width="148" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our furnace was able to keep up with the extreme cold</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we experienced this past month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like folks say- It's perfect stock show weather.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE59DO728pENFmr_uueeGtaXVTGM4v4cLmjeM0u2th6ps4ZA-BCFFjUEvT0xuX0ZG90Oi8WgZzEz62QrzD_juVEup_m7UaowNXmCWS7R4qzkfH5nntFix9T5-sNUfVz-93awDM6UyLVCHw0BdWNMW4Ib-gSXjLd5SZrIJyC-KWI-TFys_q4vSa/s4032/IMG_0695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE59DO728pENFmr_uueeGtaXVTGM4v4cLmjeM0u2th6ps4ZA-BCFFjUEvT0xuX0ZG90Oi8WgZzEz62QrzD_juVEup_m7UaowNXmCWS7R4qzkfH5nntFix9T5-sNUfVz-93awDM6UyLVCHw0BdWNMW4Ib-gSXjLd5SZrIJyC-KWI-TFys_q4vSa/s320/IMG_0695.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found my way to the local gym despite the stretch of severe cold weather</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a FitBit that was temporarily out of commission</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shout-out of thanks-to Google for replacing my broken fitbit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seems they aren't as waterproof as they claim to be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On to other news worth loving...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPdgmkKH1Xjil6E_Ybl0c5XTpQYRxu31af7hW8QQXS278G3H3lRBQWlr9kt6FpMUl0C2cDyOEuyP0QI18VSATnZRnHehtL7dIZwtrOCoOvJLMUe_uAu01Ia634eKfmG0CK5uzwJ-iGRNcPFJJoH9swq4JK-nHOJ8kxwhH9ERv9wBrT47xBAGL/s4032/IMG_4605.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPdgmkKH1Xjil6E_Ybl0c5XTpQYRxu31af7hW8QQXS278G3H3lRBQWlr9kt6FpMUl0C2cDyOEuyP0QI18VSATnZRnHehtL7dIZwtrOCoOvJLMUe_uAu01Ia634eKfmG0CK5uzwJ-iGRNcPFJJoH9swq4JK-nHOJ8kxwhH9ERv9wBrT47xBAGL/s320/IMG_4605.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my bestie gave me a ride to AAA to pick up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnviHaSQGwFxZg5O3zv0en8ZwpiXiDtdLZv7BPXsI7NTVKt4iU2DYSh5nFEg2s47j3obsXYuVq2vE8lmBYPUl2d408eaZl9UCewscQZxq9cyvSEjDPs52JNV3UkMjMnMc5WKNBoQGJbwOJSvZlmHbtp4Ms9bWX7_ws6HuHQo1l13hzKCj0L61/s4032/IMG_0686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnviHaSQGwFxZg5O3zv0en8ZwpiXiDtdLZv7BPXsI7NTVKt4iU2DYSh5nFEg2s47j3obsXYuVq2vE8lmBYPUl2d408eaZl9UCewscQZxq9cyvSEjDPs52JNV3UkMjMnMc5WKNBoQGJbwOJSvZlmHbtp4Ms9bWX7_ws6HuHQo1l13hzKCj0L61/s320/IMG_0686.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my new ride..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2024 Honda CRV-Ex, affectionally named Wanda</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in honor of <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpgE5eXNoPOKqzE3wI_bYzNKQTT7yVQgACDfNveXkinj-CiI1_uGl6cPyTYP9K-VunEdPD7LJLLPBtmMb7X85fjd3LnIY9z0NR3aOs_-1Dwi2yHpPsrPIolTEgh-4pfnkJMI9O5-eDv98o1TZSCDj4HV8dw7oHd9_P259QFkGxUdfcVqhBHbW/s4032/IMG_0558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpgE5eXNoPOKqzE3wI_bYzNKQTT7yVQgACDfNveXkinj-CiI1_uGl6cPyTYP9K-VunEdPD7LJLLPBtmMb7X85fjd3LnIY9z0NR3aOs_-1Dwi2yHpPsrPIolTEgh-4pfnkJMI9O5-eDv98o1TZSCDj4HV8dw7oHd9_P259QFkGxUdfcVqhBHbW/s320/IMG_0558.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my own fairy godmother-UFK-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who's generosity was a motivator for us to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeueom_xgG7lAK037lBwDKfamfW-1VoTmYbyKF05ifQuvgV2nXGuc85DtH2HeO7rfciKXvsQBIQVNMSZotf-h20vU81Eh5ZocuuXNu6q91Y3RYd7EdFoV3sAg5AZwGugP9ySTS55Lg4ha4wEcg6b9W0lApJzQao6I2_OVRPg6G0OXHJfZHxHs/s4032/IMG_0701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeueom_xgG7lAK037lBwDKfamfW-1VoTmYbyKF05ifQuvgV2nXGuc85DtH2HeO7rfciKXvsQBIQVNMSZotf-h20vU81Eh5ZocuuXNu6q91Y3RYd7EdFoV3sAg5AZwGugP9ySTS55Lg4ha4wEcg6b9W0lApJzQao6I2_OVRPg6G0OXHJfZHxHs/s320/IMG_0701.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">make it so- and we now have two cars..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one for when we wander, and one for when I'm home</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I'm feeling accomplished..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLxTnzOjzqiKqH7neFV_lwPBC7aAdAbzbz7gWtdZforFO9iBT9jAzkXeW-I9lhN1kkVeNirWb4tOTdZWos6PipxpTxykDqbM_L_GWftCQVCPYw2RptZmY6OJQwCz8Bmk6UQoHGxKTYsdX0gB2M7T75bCkgNwQa6mQ31_bcHvzEoQfgongTPZa/s4032/IMG_0615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLxTnzOjzqiKqH7neFV_lwPBC7aAdAbzbz7gWtdZforFO9iBT9jAzkXeW-I9lhN1kkVeNirWb4tOTdZWos6PipxpTxykDqbM_L_GWftCQVCPYw2RptZmY6OJQwCz8Bmk6UQoHGxKTYsdX0gB2M7T75bCkgNwQa6mQ31_bcHvzEoQfgongTPZa/s320/IMG_0615.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as I continue to make steady progress on this </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"do I still like to cross-stitch" project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS5Puy5UiCK0i8pvYU-ibotnbCeHJfoCbt_7L75Xt6XPUVb9JTenOAvqjA5DVpq2Yibg6WHKwN1WvYx_530aJDBWT0UXjZg-ewiyEEwadfi6ULvPqpMBTrVvlOKONj1HNo0Ps74uGxj6DUpgY1tH3Iu5KoQfiz2-kaIHtJiTwWEAx0qYz98fS/s3780/2C6296E6-49BA-480E-9FC1-F0DA369DD750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS5Puy5UiCK0i8pvYU-ibotnbCeHJfoCbt_7L75Xt6XPUVb9JTenOAvqjA5DVpq2Yibg6WHKwN1WvYx_530aJDBWT0UXjZg-ewiyEEwadfi6ULvPqpMBTrVvlOKONj1HNo0Ps74uGxj6DUpgY1tH3Iu5KoQfiz2-kaIHtJiTwWEAx0qYz98fS/s320/2C6296E6-49BA-480E-9FC1-F0DA369DD750.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">plans were made and kept to meet up </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with former co-workers for a post-holiday glass of cheer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Set the date..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(visited the John Fielder exhibit at Colorado History Museum)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-O2Razb9qZmBl19srg7wyoeYBOuCsgSpYl7ejQuFDzpLGxujxxlUG9RHUVKTqrm8-jHDL3HuVwbUYjTNgPnn2PYuxP3FEU0tq0lGv1r_ciI2IYcdGDB7Wp699KMOxj-d2ZXqESyJdL4OOWAJDHT13e0YW-1t_MHPYZ3P5kbjIS3e7JtzzMZuD/s4032/IMG_0741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-O2Razb9qZmBl19srg7wyoeYBOuCsgSpYl7ejQuFDzpLGxujxxlUG9RHUVKTqrm8-jHDL3HuVwbUYjTNgPnn2PYuxP3FEU0tq0lGv1r_ciI2IYcdGDB7Wp699KMOxj-d2ZXqESyJdL4OOWAJDHT13e0YW-1t_MHPYZ3P5kbjIS3e7JtzzMZuD/s320/IMG_0741.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and make the time..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">to cheer on the newest Special Olympics Unified team- Go Crossroads!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to do the things that bring you joy!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-90835357439475215582024-01-01T11:11:00.003-07:002024-01-01T17:33:33.989-07:00December Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> RIGHT NOW...</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening </b>to the ping (or is it ding) of texts going off. Usually the phone is pretty quiet- but I sent out a few Happy New Year texts and the replies are trickling in. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I figure- it's as good of a time as any to update the blog with my monthly reflection. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Typically I use this opening prompt to comment on what audio-book I've listened to. My listening has slowed down now that we are home (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hello- comfy chair, and ability to stream with ease- we just finished binging a rewatch of all six seasons of Downton Abbey</span>) </p><p style="text-align: left;">However, the one audiobook for this month that stands out the most was Mr. Dickens and His Carol. It's a historical fiction- imagining what prompted Charles Dickens to pen his classic seasonal tale. I enjoyed it- and will say- it helped bring some holiday spirit to my walking efforts. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypqh9FWYZaC5AVMC-VKMVNOp4AebBshZ4RlwTINbi1kcxcmNZMFGqnSwQoUqzSnrGkbFF3D6g9IeLpr1HGFMx5uytBkjvrOlN_bxUmamno4n06pYeiaeF0skLmFLNgqkwvtSDtV45fnKLs4CL__PPPf90x5bjJ7l8rCwKs4Gd6uXIrHGaY7MC/s225/images.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypqh9FWYZaC5AVMC-VKMVNOp4AebBshZ4RlwTINbi1kcxcmNZMFGqnSwQoUqzSnrGkbFF3D6g9IeLpr1HGFMx5uytBkjvrOlN_bxUmamno4n06pYeiaeF0skLmFLNgqkwvtSDtV45fnKLs4CL__PPPf90x5bjJ7l8rCwKs4Gd6uXIrHGaY7MC/s1600/images.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving </b>the fact that this past month unfolded even better than I would have guessed or planned...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReZXbmucBTaU_Bmc5yAKD3Nd2h80Cxawzq2ktVm3ijso3AWxczVevQn19OJE_DAy-HiaCTTj94X25XKKNBMEHoO8KTsUdfxr-ysmU3FGhINrq72EYcix841hcNBTKoJQYXXilgTf2781Iv2OUAm14bZoHLSBsS4s0d053Wj3KigLKXvcPwG4S/s4032/IMG_0432.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReZXbmucBTaU_Bmc5yAKD3Nd2h80Cxawzq2ktVm3ijso3AWxczVevQn19OJE_DAy-HiaCTTj94X25XKKNBMEHoO8KTsUdfxr-ysmU3FGhINrq72EYcix841hcNBTKoJQYXXilgTf2781Iv2OUAm14bZoHLSBsS4s0d053Wj3KigLKXvcPwG4S/s320/IMG_0432.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Heading into Christmas- I suggested to the family we do a Christmas free of exchanging material gifts. I could fill this page with a litany of reasons why I suggested this approach- but in the end, it all boiled down to it feels right. </p><p style="text-align: left;">And oh so right this month has been. As I stepped away from the need to find the perfect gift for family members, I found myself savoring the holiday season more than any I can recall in years past. </p><p style="text-align: left;">So much to love...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b><i>Love of live music</i>-</b></span> led me to enjoy two seasonal concerts-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGupNbT8CItyo49bi5NFPwYi6Ut7LnY0Jq8mGVHG8QZOAdhk-WQw4CFtyDeQh1UTQFFJdWZeT3I6udHekrjfNG0NNZCr-sNTmvDMcJWfVkZmxmrnXX3UT3hPfRvjVJ-sBhAJJvH_pr2D8Fe0lFHRCWonAT-OX7wO8eknFagiDYiuOHJv8gpps/s4032/IMG_0395.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGupNbT8CItyo49bi5NFPwYi6Ut7LnY0Jq8mGVHG8QZOAdhk-WQw4CFtyDeQh1UTQFFJdWZeT3I6udHekrjfNG0NNZCr-sNTmvDMcJWfVkZmxmrnXX3UT3hPfRvjVJ-sBhAJJvH_pr2D8Fe0lFHRCWonAT-OX7wO8eknFagiDYiuOHJv8gpps/s320/IMG_0395.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Featuring seasonal jazz at the PACE Center</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWaasSAlUTOQyDPN3M3liy8w0m8Vp6oEtAoM15et0VxpnZyCHFRQwh1t0Kz3DkPPUHupyZtQh4NeDdEe8n76s-0EJ_QKDatmeLJ2z76WxgxQcnpBMd5gAO8HV78jfn-rtQqUQhCec9urQ-v3E2N2P0imXvyTKZpRsZ-0ZP-VBqOG9Zx6PgzRq/s4024/IMG_0457.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="4024" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWaasSAlUTOQyDPN3M3liy8w0m8Vp6oEtAoM15et0VxpnZyCHFRQwh1t0Kz3DkPPUHupyZtQh4NeDdEe8n76s-0EJ_QKDatmeLJ2z76WxgxQcnpBMd5gAO8HV78jfn-rtQqUQhCec9urQ-v3E2N2P0imXvyTKZpRsZ-0ZP-VBqOG9Zx6PgzRq/s320/IMG_0457.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a community choir at Bethany Lutheran Church</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">featuring area church groups performing classic Christmas Hymns</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="color: red;">Love of connecting with friends both near and far...</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUZ2z-YzuFvxBsJLNhI_q3EGIlMTDPGwcoWNNklRXK7wO5mXdNgsWOIofeuqmv6Q31HwmFQhOMsJNCHFeY4Y3-rXs7aLLyxbUYg7btqXRC1w8sNAD7bAwOvtnNOqEIhjCd148NF2Lr28moykoz_Q9A4ZxvurfTdJDlUjKMqpDE1j0KgX1rfkR/s905/IMG_0460.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUZ2z-YzuFvxBsJLNhI_q3EGIlMTDPGwcoWNNklRXK7wO5mXdNgsWOIofeuqmv6Q31HwmFQhOMsJNCHFeY4Y3-rXs7aLLyxbUYg7btqXRC1w8sNAD7bAwOvtnNOqEIhjCd148NF2Lr28moykoz_Q9A4ZxvurfTdJDlUjKMqpDE1j0KgX1rfkR/s320/IMG_0460.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were birthdays to be celebrated....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiqu-EhlJoyGnOOKZsqx_yt_yg53K9qG0k7_MdjrlTyUdJsoa9hWOJ7xt4FDuhHOOXEdlT9-U5q7vnTb8G4MKcQJK47AzEzuz7pQJ6waemt1IOYGYknow64QciSUPHeeLmQotvd7XyJC4xqW_o5RpvM7JAJRHnz8eIF2qcNvelT7ybvEuTnG2/s4032/IMG_0438.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="4032" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiqu-EhlJoyGnOOKZsqx_yt_yg53K9qG0k7_MdjrlTyUdJsoa9hWOJ7xt4FDuhHOOXEdlT9-U5q7vnTb8G4MKcQJK47AzEzuz7pQJ6waemt1IOYGYknow64QciSUPHeeLmQotvd7XyJC4xqW_o5RpvM7JAJRHnz8eIF2qcNvelT7ybvEuTnG2/s320/IMG_0438.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and holiday cards to be sent...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">While some see the Christmas card as a chore- I love how it gives me a chance to connect with friends and family- For the local friends- I hand deliver their cards with a bag or two of homemade caramel popcorn. This year- I ended up making over 7 batches to share with others. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Love of good food and tasty cocktails</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAr6C2OHNAyamXOhAybMOEh6dwcAxf8fdFyQjZcgrwFSfLZlqt6lzH-haVFeWupW4zwOPpZWCRKTT1oCv2girETTw5a0fXE5YhafUamXWdn_iS9Slb_CJg5y3j0CoACl9rpjGMsgvmSzuLBk3WYJg9ZPrHKDyWXQI8PI9z8nKySETOFAfXOxl/s4032/IMG_0498.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAr6C2OHNAyamXOhAybMOEh6dwcAxf8fdFyQjZcgrwFSfLZlqt6lzH-haVFeWupW4zwOPpZWCRKTT1oCv2girETTw5a0fXE5YhafUamXWdn_iS9Slb_CJg5y3j0CoACl9rpjGMsgvmSzuLBk3WYJg9ZPrHKDyWXQI8PI9z8nKySETOFAfXOxl/s320/IMG_0498.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From a Christmas Eve roast</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LnSjZC4hkVLNZEuW-X_WusljGKcQShMA4ERUD5ermZu5SCC5y6EMYDgZaBXrrM48g4NCgz2anGz_4j-gCM2Fj1R9YCQMDeZCed4zuqw7dreOaB7ZS7grB-tINeOeH8rVtTr1hBXeOGrDKmF7rTLIapEdIt5Ze8W78b3nIkrNKVj66-xOX7yH/s3095/IMG_0518.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1815" data-original-width="3095" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LnSjZC4hkVLNZEuW-X_WusljGKcQShMA4ERUD5ermZu5SCC5y6EMYDgZaBXrrM48g4NCgz2anGz_4j-gCM2Fj1R9YCQMDeZCed4zuqw7dreOaB7ZS7grB-tINeOeH8rVtTr1hBXeOGrDKmF7rTLIapEdIt5Ze8W78b3nIkrNKVj66-xOX7yH/s320/IMG_0518.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to a late Holiday meal with the Things...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if you went hungry this month at the House of Chang...it was your own fault.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is also a good explanation for why the number on the scale continue to climb..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidK6Sk5PUMozSXH_yaFxFgmnAQTu-5Ggw7rEkxyViVHlDiKQCs265pIQNr1rl5mU-50ybNQ7S4E_4cFLHsP31va6elNHWbhB8EPkKOhCFYDX969aQlm1ZBFM5c2BtRCyI8fuigVQvBSJ6nopVyFbCz4M8WryEt2SoVr1wKlwa4yGKHA33ty6TC/s4032/IMG_0448.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidK6Sk5PUMozSXH_yaFxFgmnAQTu-5Ggw7rEkxyViVHlDiKQCs265pIQNr1rl5mU-50ybNQ7S4E_4cFLHsP31va6elNHWbhB8EPkKOhCFYDX969aQlm1ZBFM5c2BtRCyI8fuigVQvBSJ6nopVyFbCz4M8WryEt2SoVr1wKlwa4yGKHA33ty6TC/s320/IMG_0448.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and is it even Christmas if you don't have some holiday cheer?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling </b>rested..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPM8jQIzseGD6Q-U_DJ5BoqkmoAnhSTmJjx3GD_VZ9sRTeM5b40UVaukqtNFLuAWezpXGQ1ZfxIO_qYrXUYcymy3DSv1Yl34PYdcWPzlXRR4wefuL8l_7nfnfxzpE9ocE-9nTB3fcclI6IhCVrtBwTD5AfW6FYZ3SXHjfqH8vVK6jN5unpcgok/s3088/IMG_0514.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPM8jQIzseGD6Q-U_DJ5BoqkmoAnhSTmJjx3GD_VZ9sRTeM5b40UVaukqtNFLuAWezpXGQ1ZfxIO_qYrXUYcymy3DSv1Yl34PYdcWPzlXRR4wefuL8l_7nfnfxzpE9ocE-9nTB3fcclI6IhCVrtBwTD5AfW6FYZ3SXHjfqH8vVK6jN5unpcgok/s320/IMG_0514.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Seriously- how many people say that on the first day of a new year? But seriously- my head is clear, my heart is rested. I have a few projects I would like to tackle- in our ongoing effort to simplify things here at the House of Chang. My mind is starting to ponder what adventures to take this coming year...but for today...I think I shall just rest some more</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWuqFFlgGNfB9HVKuG1GAApvxyWEQgzBRl9fGCxl0XNN2XPVZnZWZGDSKuiMw6wTGn4QX_Bvb8tgO9d3m7zw2WzczRkuEZpbLoBm_Yl46bEVBUTaAjaoO_pBU5RPYYRpUlKWp7G0ooKiBDKbd_xPI8vRtAvzvEyuZblf2ntOfVyyayxhwKOZb/s1280/DSC01234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWuqFFlgGNfB9HVKuG1GAApvxyWEQgzBRl9fGCxl0XNN2XPVZnZWZGDSKuiMw6wTGn4QX_Bvb8tgO9d3m7zw2WzczRkuEZpbLoBm_Yl46bEVBUTaAjaoO_pBU5RPYYRpUlKWp7G0ooKiBDKbd_xPI8vRtAvzvEyuZblf2ntOfVyyayxhwKOZb/s320/DSC01234.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until next time....enjoy the ride...no matter the weather..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo credit: Hubby...<span style="font-size: xx-small;">ya think I'm leaving my cozy home to ride in the snow? Think again</span></div></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-60622511565234201032023-12-02T15:07:00.003-07:002024-01-01T10:08:45.682-07:00November Recap<p style="text-align: center;"><b> Right Now...</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoOiuCH-_GtCCykagLk3A3CMytbNp_aQI93yfXJ4Toc49mthM_BKX58KDnyQk_hThjlnavnsfwK167A_jhmZA0J1YGa9rOeODAb1YZf3o6HsRUMmHGieBqQ8ftiosE-g9Ex_E7UJEaLlvl8kilYEDO3K0uXW0JWfo1W1An02t8nBwLJVWhw27/s4032/IMG_0114.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoOiuCH-_GtCCykagLk3A3CMytbNp_aQI93yfXJ4Toc49mthM_BKX58KDnyQk_hThjlnavnsfwK167A_jhmZA0J1YGa9rOeODAb1YZf3o6HsRUMmHGieBqQ8ftiosE-g9Ex_E7UJEaLlvl8kilYEDO3K0uXW0JWfo1W1An02t8nBwLJVWhw27/s320/IMG_0114.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">I'm listening</b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">to nothing. How is that even possible? I always seem to have an audio-book or two queued up and ready to hit play. Oh well...it's time to recap a very busy but oh so memorable November!</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving</b> that after just shy of 50 nights on the road, we are home. Don't get me wrong- I really enjoyed my time on the road with Hubby. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHm0zuVH6Wnuvrtm1aREqD_wus18S01b14u0puxhqO2MbuLFfR2oR2d4hqUrxVtsrASFIF69ddCZ9FJSedFXHHsNWhnX0URZHSnrFg-L1VP3B_eV4BSd8lRHoLWqc-4D8qFADg7Kkmugd9H-SBzw8i2_t8dtqjwqJW4Ici4UYjGpa5HVUqxlw/s4032/IMG_0177.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHm0zuVH6Wnuvrtm1aREqD_wus18S01b14u0puxhqO2MbuLFfR2oR2d4hqUrxVtsrASFIF69ddCZ9FJSedFXHHsNWhnX0URZHSnrFg-L1VP3B_eV4BSd8lRHoLWqc-4D8qFADg7Kkmugd9H-SBzw8i2_t8dtqjwqJW4Ici4UYjGpa5HVUqxlw/s320/IMG_0177.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> In fact, I'm willing to admit- I enjoyed the solitude and isolation of the desert more than I would have predicted. There is something magical about looking out the window before I drift off to sleep and see a sky filled with stars. Ya just don't get that here in the suburbs with all the light pollution. Not to mention near perfect weather conditions the entire time! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSPXsIFWlUv7jBN8P4pDp1J8aAt43Z8YFVcpcZbJ0QqRkOlYni44LWx3KwPaIeqyFTsyUxgcOQpnil6ArsqwbAodm0kBaXhGFKvUa4m-xExKlcmypvSNEYgpz28vIwaLDl1gB5hVqMG5deeTvWcv3Vs2g4FRuyNRJ_42JGZLzzXtE7o6IMH1O/s7498/IMG_0144.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="7498" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSPXsIFWlUv7jBN8P4pDp1J8aAt43Z8YFVcpcZbJ0QqRkOlYni44LWx3KwPaIeqyFTsyUxgcOQpnil6ArsqwbAodm0kBaXhGFKvUa4m-xExKlcmypvSNEYgpz28vIwaLDl1gB5hVqMG5deeTvWcv3Vs2g4FRuyNRJ_42JGZLzzXtE7o6IMH1O/s320/IMG_0144.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">When I last updated the blog we were hanging near Kingman AZ and the famed Route 66- and preparing for our next segment of this trip- our California Adventure.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Hk7GjYbucR56IpYc8e1iERwAz91RFXVAnY8n2dVwzV3flnmabCeTNUt0Wpo1Tnqlmgt6YOkUsEtIA9e74I6yB2JhFQ8GHgE0V4eK2z1KA2gnsTX5UcsZiF6gi0t1ko5F0eX4y91zcTMiHh2sPPKXtG9TjMdt7e8X-TwloaE096j830VlZboZ/s4032/IMG_9848.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Hk7GjYbucR56IpYc8e1iERwAz91RFXVAnY8n2dVwzV3flnmabCeTNUt0Wpo1Tnqlmgt6YOkUsEtIA9e74I6yB2JhFQ8GHgE0V4eK2z1KA2gnsTX5UcsZiF6gi0t1ko5F0eX4y91zcTMiHh2sPPKXtG9TjMdt7e8X-TwloaE096j830VlZboZ/s320/IMG_9848.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>So let's start there...with the drop off of Uma. With the price of fuel and Bay Area traffic- we decided to put the RV in storage and just take the car. In the end, we aren't sure we saved much $-However, I enjoyed the "road trip within a road trip" element of just having the car.<div><br /></div><div>First stop was a chilly meet and greet with "the Generals"...of Sequoia National Park and King's Canyon NP.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkF-9KD5ZviIRIcv-AXSFc97pdlRZfqhPlvb5RsEM_4y2oj8XdCql1Q86yqRDVen__YQKu2QdP8hOXtnb8mK9MEsnd5a66DoC04nBHN7Dg9v7xHcq8J7fC_WV79rF6uW80wAw4NxHHS7KJ4MzlJ_DJ-VhRVeiuTDy5ZI9FM9JGJCHyU7HFekh/s4032/IMG_9863.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkF-9KD5ZviIRIcv-AXSFc97pdlRZfqhPlvb5RsEM_4y2oj8XdCql1Q86yqRDVen__YQKu2QdP8hOXtnb8mK9MEsnd5a66DoC04nBHN7Dg9v7xHcq8J7fC_WV79rF6uW80wAw4NxHHS7KJ4MzlJ_DJ-VhRVeiuTDy5ZI9FM9JGJCHyU7HFekh/s320/IMG_9863.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sherman is apparently the largest living single stem tree..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihC9kjInhYOiRB3uvQr3EgmfeQoZJQklSPUTv8OMBAWCYm0wPjv838SOpysL0wUdc3tPqpnTdKgduUjTQlGVT-VJoGCPeYjE6y_jsEmL9V28Ya_IBxecVkEnqGGazvWED6f7ohwEmCCWypqnXAna1D5kjoF7U-nDhZBBAd3PLv2HkLC6BdL5Rq/s4032/IMG_9885.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihC9kjInhYOiRB3uvQr3EgmfeQoZJQklSPUTv8OMBAWCYm0wPjv838SOpysL0wUdc3tPqpnTdKgduUjTQlGVT-VJoGCPeYjE6y_jsEmL9V28Ya_IBxecVkEnqGGazvWED6f7ohwEmCCWypqnXAna1D5kjoF7U-nDhZBBAd3PLv2HkLC6BdL5Rq/s320/IMG_9885.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With General Grant coming in a close second...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCddzl-o2AjVBwMl725X76Fi-mZM0kg9J9fIud-7Mw8T_HibBeIbkFCYlFjl-W-IiyBEhlc5p2ynEQiha_cl_PvKwbid5iGISsjqdk8MQpMaZOGd2VAhUza0dY-twKwg0lIfMoaQhsQ2Eyx-tbsf5AL-MrBOGul6Wx__eJIVZNkztLVHXPB277/s4032/IMG_9855.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCddzl-o2AjVBwMl725X76Fi-mZM0kg9J9fIud-7Mw8T_HibBeIbkFCYlFjl-W-IiyBEhlc5p2ynEQiha_cl_PvKwbid5iGISsjqdk8MQpMaZOGd2VAhUza0dY-twKwg0lIfMoaQhsQ2Eyx-tbsf5AL-MrBOGul6Wx__eJIVZNkztLVHXPB277/s320/IMG_9855.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>All I know is those were some pretty large trees...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEB9fU4950mLA_3uA7eIIetq8VLyUsaD_PQwezOEw_Wm1pGtv-cN5EWQkCZV2Gzz24QcyUaYx3NTbHQdYNdc55yfo86p7kELjuLITd02GpIg4Or0GwkR44J2Oju_PRLMRZPMV5Qj-QMAop8dNdEodiWcW91GSU8EeB6zhGSnGLx5Y6drJXrF8p/s4032/IMG_9878.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEB9fU4950mLA_3uA7eIIetq8VLyUsaD_PQwezOEw_Wm1pGtv-cN5EWQkCZV2Gzz24QcyUaYx3NTbHQdYNdc55yfo86p7kELjuLITd02GpIg4Or0GwkR44J2Oju_PRLMRZPMV5Qj-QMAop8dNdEodiWcW91GSU8EeB6zhGSnGLx5Y6drJXrF8p/s320/IMG_9878.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the chill in the air surely took us by surprise...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">From there, we made a bee-line up to the Bay Area as the primary objective was to check in on the folks..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcO_z2ZGM6gA24d1r7hdTPrsBelKS_dkUjsGibbxLB1FfLwnFLN5JfRAAFjCdP1A8nlh6Gub8AtXI84syoA8oE1XqJ6G9rKdHocbebxijmYhhg7n0JRTEPv34tzSV-JjRNMiUqASWxJQ4JvcFK26pZWdwcQPI6MRw07zJvhGV3-A8zwmiXchES/s4032/IMG_9911.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcO_z2ZGM6gA24d1r7hdTPrsBelKS_dkUjsGibbxLB1FfLwnFLN5JfRAAFjCdP1A8nlh6Gub8AtXI84syoA8oE1XqJ6G9rKdHocbebxijmYhhg7n0JRTEPv34tzSV-JjRNMiUqASWxJQ4JvcFK26pZWdwcQPI6MRw07zJvhGV3-A8zwmiXchES/s320/IMG_9911.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While they are moving a little slower</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKkV8f1wFB425kLTWBTa-CrYlsRwsBjD7vAqR35qdUL0zh8teHWkVG9uj9kvw4Fau0pL1WzsnZJgXJNeE-tkJ0WeRI4PxcJH980cqKql1sbxtpl_HsU5YKXGm_PQXoHQrzEHAf2BHFnezS_w9UNZTWWXhzfa_kFnpsuoKp7YzdhXbwHwqtYI3/s4032/IMG_9901.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKkV8f1wFB425kLTWBTa-CrYlsRwsBjD7vAqR35qdUL0zh8teHWkVG9uj9kvw4Fau0pL1WzsnZJgXJNeE-tkJ0WeRI4PxcJH980cqKql1sbxtpl_HsU5YKXGm_PQXoHQrzEHAf2BHFnezS_w9UNZTWWXhzfa_kFnpsuoKp7YzdhXbwHwqtYI3/s320/IMG_9901.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and still struggle with technology...</div>she's still got it when it comes to<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_W-zlLE3NagEBhzUDX5dKiE5sfVtSTK1LHLb8DQRF1mzrAv7kMudf-HO8odxRgtuQPmnV39yqEwBr_d0sbvmIUWmK4PVnq2wV1CnN1ymvgm-MPEd7e0DmJsZ-KOgSZzhw0yjE2OY_0U6deegJHm-DybIgD115TTgCXpZaW21_ksG9-9HRqda/s4032/IMG_9894.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl_W-zlLE3NagEBhzUDX5dKiE5sfVtSTK1LHLb8DQRF1mzrAv7kMudf-HO8odxRgtuQPmnV39yqEwBr_d0sbvmIUWmK4PVnq2wV1CnN1ymvgm-MPEd7e0DmJsZ-KOgSZzhw0yjE2OY_0U6deegJHm-DybIgD115TTgCXpZaW21_ksG9-9HRqda/s320/IMG_9894.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>fixing a fabulous multi-entry lunch every day we were there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWgmTgkiRWNEe7Z6qh1PPRDVk3m4xnSYVJR7Gm2w9lu2vkwngWCPsGhiSS4fHdMYFsKHzCdy0cNFpmW4rQh0yl7vXOZMUGXgYXpkQ4u7EYeEjynDB211Ax5kwAbWExUJizBmivjFYNRoGtoIRUAMSRy9e3WU62BPlVYipxBdQbuT9la-eKaLr/s4032/IMG_9897.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWgmTgkiRWNEe7Z6qh1PPRDVk3m4xnSYVJR7Gm2w9lu2vkwngWCPsGhiSS4fHdMYFsKHzCdy0cNFpmW4rQh0yl7vXOZMUGXgYXpkQ4u7EYeEjynDB211Ax5kwAbWExUJizBmivjFYNRoGtoIRUAMSRy9e3WU62BPlVYipxBdQbuT9la-eKaLr/s320/IMG_9897.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He was happy to discover "that old suit"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsjf-m7AqHrLUk8A2jxaSORnMcPIXpJk97nOpZiebp5FFT-WRjVtHCaY9cnLoXlaOeT07yuT9UDDpJcxLFGTL8Q8tMtVDZSrdkDnDV-kBq_jLj8KyzZUDld-X2Lyf95Vi87lHFEONYKEYMvFVJPODo5n9moxaXiqifmbRm25eUAF1FzBilYQq/s4032/IMG_9987.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsjf-m7AqHrLUk8A2jxaSORnMcPIXpJk97nOpZiebp5FFT-WRjVtHCaY9cnLoXlaOeT07yuT9UDDpJcxLFGTL8Q8tMtVDZSrdkDnDV-kBq_jLj8KyzZUDld-X2Lyf95Vi87lHFEONYKEYMvFVJPODo5n9moxaXiqifmbRm25eUAF1FzBilYQq/s320/IMG_9987.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fits Thing 1 perfectly...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlJcOELoeDLzhlvShh398yyC9TLv5c6FX_RH_nTwKfYcIopq_nAZKG3jb2SWh-pvU59EI1jWb_I04SWTntpSlDwO4UEiOUEA1jW3luNZVQGAar93s-mbhLhiw_BZS_Bja3ZwhlYF3msyOiDEDiMRC8GHBZMde8QZSsgS3gzhP9vsjOGwBD5Ae/s4032/IMG_9999.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlJcOELoeDLzhlvShh398yyC9TLv5c6FX_RH_nTwKfYcIopq_nAZKG3jb2SWh-pvU59EI1jWb_I04SWTntpSlDwO4UEiOUEA1jW3luNZVQGAar93s-mbhLhiw_BZS_Bja3ZwhlYF3msyOiDEDiMRC8GHBZMde8QZSsgS3gzhP9vsjOGwBD5Ae/s320/IMG_9999.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and overall seemed happy that we all paid a visit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In between our daily short visits with the folks- we also had a chance to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIrTbfRB9N666t-thyphenhyphen7DNZhlhOHEzEiK1BKIq45SBfMw1YUbXf1qB2Csxj2N92ESxXPYzBYcsWQpYemEAIxdnSdYwA_5ptSR-T5zpt_lZBjoNT12rEjJ1sAQHRtHjS7IV5_d3Zb4a3ei4OOCpviBnb1RXuc34e4jEGfGI7lS1Eg7D04IZdVXv/s4032/IMG_9917.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIrTbfRB9N666t-thyphenhyphen7DNZhlhOHEzEiK1BKIq45SBfMw1YUbXf1qB2Csxj2N92ESxXPYzBYcsWQpYemEAIxdnSdYwA_5ptSR-T5zpt_lZBjoNT12rEjJ1sAQHRtHjS7IV5_d3Zb4a3ei4OOCpviBnb1RXuc34e4jEGfGI7lS1Eg7D04IZdVXv/s320/IMG_9917.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">wander down memory lane- where we had our reception 28 years ago..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7l7Fgsnrp7PJJttmiaOGBnId56M3itjZMaxl1dqSnz87ZtYGTWXcDhLCZTYGaNiZx2lvCTee3Oqe-2qxmDVg0yyOrBOFGSywB5IAlRLkrnobo5BFhIr3aVOgLW0ysiaS06HlatFniQq_Wle7XLQRVBtI6PQzYVh9cVjy3koOdtMS78UsYd-Vv/s4032/IMG_9926.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7l7Fgsnrp7PJJttmiaOGBnId56M3itjZMaxl1dqSnz87ZtYGTWXcDhLCZTYGaNiZx2lvCTee3Oqe-2qxmDVg0yyOrBOFGSywB5IAlRLkrnobo5BFhIr3aVOgLW0ysiaS06HlatFniQq_Wle7XLQRVBtI6PQzYVh9cVjy3koOdtMS78UsYd-Vv/s320/IMG_9926.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we both remembered the large round tables..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcMgi0ohQdRmIEDZq-id86MHv9uCxRwpcEPNGoH-2ZXcrbRM3F2dQtbyUxbpGzxi7FTgV0kPrWAX3Q7jO8lBQAXR-aHjY1i27i820m5D9eomGXsH_zNkbNZ0__NAVMO042rMkmPDcuLie0Fn7GJciCDqVRChaeoNHfjoxdvppKiE63A1SjR52/s4032/IMG_9920.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqcMgi0ohQdRmIEDZq-id86MHv9uCxRwpcEPNGoH-2ZXcrbRM3F2dQtbyUxbpGzxi7FTgV0kPrWAX3Q7jO8lBQAXR-aHjY1i27i820m5D9eomGXsH_zNkbNZ0__NAVMO042rMkmPDcuLie0Fn7GJciCDqVRChaeoNHfjoxdvppKiE63A1SjR52/s320/IMG_9920.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but had forgotten the incredible views-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in our defense, it was dark by the time we arrived at the venue back in 1995..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieH6tGWYB-fC44Ch1D7LZcGLc3FnM_3XzeElD-eqf8LMylVl0D-dbHryV5X8xIvvjcc2ilH19XJ8pEnRWpR9lX9nCAZo00civnHak2zHjv6zvu_K6ihiFy2-LcXnkfYk24igtW8SgdptXA-Z9YkDeOU2Ms1IMW-mvVVM7wEn10eArKyE6vMKaI/s1280/IMG_7034.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieH6tGWYB-fC44Ch1D7LZcGLc3FnM_3XzeElD-eqf8LMylVl0D-dbHryV5X8xIvvjcc2ilH19XJ8pEnRWpR9lX9nCAZo00civnHak2zHjv6zvu_K6ihiFy2-LcXnkfYk24igtW8SgdptXA-Z9YkDeOU2Ms1IMW-mvVVM7wEn10eArKyE6vMKaI/s320/IMG_7034.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reconnect with the extended family-while enjoying a </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lovely family lunch al fresco (<span style="font-size: x-small;">try and do that in CO in November?!)</span></div></div>We always enjoy taking in the local sites. As we've been to the Bay Area countless times over the decades- we were pleased to discover some "new to us" attractions...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG3jjWzkyteJoFLHMTaT9SkMyJmVWmmMC2Gh5Hs0PWqjLeVtXPaFb-TzfHUPP29jIJHkOruyhKC5MI7da38OlpZK8itbtcl4srAwAraD7uEcqbA0VfDeG62Ed86tkHJBisWoPIEWW0qQe5yxnBnzQpWwSiD0Ad8XUiISNLYVLpoz5D32Xs6ID/s4032/IMG_9927.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG3jjWzkyteJoFLHMTaT9SkMyJmVWmmMC2Gh5Hs0PWqjLeVtXPaFb-TzfHUPP29jIJHkOruyhKC5MI7da38OlpZK8itbtcl4srAwAraD7uEcqbA0VfDeG62Ed86tkHJBisWoPIEWW0qQe5yxnBnzQpWwSiD0Ad8XUiISNLYVLpoz5D32Xs6ID/s320/IMG_9927.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosie and many others who helped on the Homefront during WW2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">are honored in this National Historical Park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdn321OfiOauiBj4_88O7neus-vhM_Ma4xb-WHfIqKpsjfaKm_56GN4exHbbeJo_8Vet462aY6KOzfM1EuLF82O6YDxoioIiG2ptaSgUMcvCc9JfzG9ZkZwzOk8NHYoT-lLgQL42hBsjVcAQoQ6JCkiPEZqOb2MAEEsRrGgTOsDHnUEDgrr8B/s4032/IMG_9933.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdn321OfiOauiBj4_88O7neus-vhM_Ma4xb-WHfIqKpsjfaKm_56GN4exHbbeJo_8Vet462aY6KOzfM1EuLF82O6YDxoioIiG2ptaSgUMcvCc9JfzG9ZkZwzOk8NHYoT-lLgQL42hBsjVcAQoQ6JCkiPEZqOb2MAEEsRrGgTOsDHnUEDgrr8B/s320/IMG_9933.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spotted the spotlight- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">now to just find someone who could sponsor us for an insiders tour...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpISoyv__NDia6Mr4T9IEzxxai_7Q6YfLSosHbgi0VwzHxPxzFAzFN-wmksJzABjPtDnE-07ZEJ5j3iFun2Vv5FwDQkGxjI1VkrICVFheponDHX5XGjFmuwMzaZDoJ7JCKOMWXxvTc71-AmhqHKFZ_7LdeHqQKRcpGvBJMpL1m7WmVfddbjSns/s4032/IMG_9938.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpISoyv__NDia6Mr4T9IEzxxai_7Q6YfLSosHbgi0VwzHxPxzFAzFN-wmksJzABjPtDnE-07ZEJ5j3iFun2Vv5FwDQkGxjI1VkrICVFheponDHX5XGjFmuwMzaZDoJ7JCKOMWXxvTc71-AmhqHKFZ_7LdeHqQKRcpGvBJMpL1m7WmVfddbjSns/s320/IMG_9938.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We learned that it's best not to drive behind that brand new Target in Emeryville..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOiFvvGVvHqnlByzfoFk2k7eDM1rlEx_9pwCEtOGkEHxGCNm3cFHarn8gso3o838wDKDcsDN-XLneimitWbLg0TtA6uqxEkewGxtDFa5_p4ijStNfv7WFUw0XDFvs_ljZSUxd9B39QUZ7EF9WIJftdy5gJNerMhgYX8SNJ1sewlzquUT-z31_/s4032/IMG_9949.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOiFvvGVvHqnlByzfoFk2k7eDM1rlEx_9pwCEtOGkEHxGCNm3cFHarn8gso3o838wDKDcsDN-XLneimitWbLg0TtA6uqxEkewGxtDFa5_p4ijStNfv7WFUw0XDFvs_ljZSUxd9B39QUZ7EF9WIJftdy5gJNerMhgYX8SNJ1sewlzquUT-z31_/s320/IMG_9949.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and we found out why there was an RV inside this aircraft carrier...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy91Gxdx5RwjsRUyU270k6_vNs4_v2o4-hCEDreIS55f1xoRdumBmGZ6Cz5_RPJYjIpe4Zc_MClUIsACvaywemv69PesDcrpL55uAsAUx60SjlkbfdgdYz1Yvm2DX1BCeFQ7lATBe-IsjddBO1dZPneawMutmbUgN1EOYfK2Rn3ftzBR6vXiE9/s4032/IMG_9960.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy91Gxdx5RwjsRUyU270k6_vNs4_v2o4-hCEDreIS55f1xoRdumBmGZ6Cz5_RPJYjIpe4Zc_MClUIsACvaywemv69PesDcrpL55uAsAUx60SjlkbfdgdYz1Yvm2DX1BCeFQ7lATBe-IsjddBO1dZPneawMutmbUgN1EOYfK2Rn3ftzBR6vXiE9/s320/IMG_9960.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took a little side trip to check in on Big V...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-qRXfMvltMLEiU_GvRjlTEOj_7i6iOPrUlvrJYTLRSggp2-Eb61RAI4mqp9eyljagJSR-Hwl29oMIgWLVfinBedqe8XgiMko5IFMPe4xznfTAixhWJPK-eZuzTPA8486x6YWedalz7OutJo8WzECJB23kE2pAiJStLL7gQDL5IpDSzIYJ4sx/s4032/IMG_9975.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-qRXfMvltMLEiU_GvRjlTEOj_7i6iOPrUlvrJYTLRSggp2-Eb61RAI4mqp9eyljagJSR-Hwl29oMIgWLVfinBedqe8XgiMko5IFMPe4xznfTAixhWJPK-eZuzTPA8486x6YWedalz7OutJo8WzECJB23kE2pAiJStLL7gQDL5IpDSzIYJ4sx/s320/IMG_9975.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Thing 1 soon discovered why the Lish Girls loved going to see their grandma..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6_tG3hX9FvYwaxRuPMxNxnOzRPwnQGfXjpUJgg6Nxy8dgd3XKYlv03rsgK2IOueANLWohAU7LIG4jsDjQv7_1A2-e9GZp3S7F-U4re2E8jC9xheukndPK9QTDgCA9xsnmkh2Daj6OQSYyF1bXj2i5yiNxjuZk0uDwf82HIx5EQZOJJiEG2VR/s4032/IMG_9984.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6_tG3hX9FvYwaxRuPMxNxnOzRPwnQGfXjpUJgg6Nxy8dgd3XKYlv03rsgK2IOueANLWohAU7LIG4jsDjQv7_1A2-e9GZp3S7F-U4re2E8jC9xheukndPK9QTDgCA9xsnmkh2Daj6OQSYyF1bXj2i5yiNxjuZk0uDwf82HIx5EQZOJJiEG2VR/s320/IMG_9984.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the adorable Pink Palace on Poplar..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uXW1RlGRC5RWguMWbdfhnOSSqV6e7nqZS4-cXS51WBQN-9VgYz4W3pRwtoR5qj_0MvL8i4RoI0D_dfAMa89JGwCXWOAg-8ZmM6DAGYAeWRV2bzRiJOEyREAefG0e_KfvpA-U-4XtEwMBqGTvzXafQurmc4NK5n8V_sEZ06cyOdANClm81kHu/s4032/IMG_9982.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uXW1RlGRC5RWguMWbdfhnOSSqV6e7nqZS4-cXS51WBQN-9VgYz4W3pRwtoR5qj_0MvL8i4RoI0D_dfAMa89JGwCXWOAg-8ZmM6DAGYAeWRV2bzRiJOEyREAefG0e_KfvpA-U-4XtEwMBqGTvzXafQurmc4NK5n8V_sEZ06cyOdANClm81kHu/s320/IMG_9982.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Soon it was time to put Thing 1 back on the plane to CO (he had joined us for part of our time in CA)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgeZncFxX2BCZRbUFUJrt0EynBl1q8WygCvLYbFBKdWFA-cdGDtsblNECHBX8EW8CSKePFL5ehoG7rTmhkeHg_q4PZDbBHNFUcfCUWbSFoFF8TGLkEYdXBQGloGmXqDRQ8vxWx5gsoIT0rSjnotB_gBLkpdZhHzYvgZNcEv851gsWorYwcpLO/s4032/IMG_0023.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgeZncFxX2BCZRbUFUJrt0EynBl1q8WygCvLYbFBKdWFA-cdGDtsblNECHBX8EW8CSKePFL5ehoG7rTmhkeHg_q4PZDbBHNFUcfCUWbSFoFF8TGLkEYdXBQGloGmXqDRQ8vxWx5gsoIT0rSjnotB_gBLkpdZhHzYvgZNcEv851gsWorYwcpLO/s320/IMG_0023.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>And make another bee- line back to the Arizona desert. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuybThyphenhyphenCOYMGbpyrDFIRFZtPFqW5J5VoF1CDdwSdtCQBIMSt2IID1Dnl1B4gCVKi0YHsUHA29G8UDBTRvWisiajnsF4lCDURdr0eoz35HXCDfDvjDq7oguFpcegZYP8N3tQoMWqrT-ytSpK8NXPdhgWiAtqKnOB_c0ht-dABkMGSK0vjPQTea/s4032/IMG_0042.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuybThyphenhyphenCOYMGbpyrDFIRFZtPFqW5J5VoF1CDdwSdtCQBIMSt2IID1Dnl1B4gCVKi0YHsUHA29G8UDBTRvWisiajnsF4lCDURdr0eoz35HXCDfDvjDq7oguFpcegZYP8N3tQoMWqrT-ytSpK8NXPdhgWiAtqKnOB_c0ht-dABkMGSK0vjPQTea/s320/IMG_0042.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We'd spend a couple nights catching up on chores in Bullhead City...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7TLun6AvDLOQOWctFIu7_4Z_MCM7YCP2YuCV8Nffai0VakpHAthQii75NvbTuf70aOh_gDCqamVwd4_JbvN9N0DKGpUZOvJ5e6Vjacm6Py6rGVAvnzshnmyqFtGDfN6DH0LlcNmP7JgXUcSLA8umwOF7AXrNTUdbW50U0u1XXf0SoKMDyU-n/s4032/IMG_0038.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7TLun6AvDLOQOWctFIu7_4Z_MCM7YCP2YuCV8Nffai0VakpHAthQii75NvbTuf70aOh_gDCqamVwd4_JbvN9N0DKGpUZOvJ5e6Vjacm6Py6rGVAvnzshnmyqFtGDfN6DH0LlcNmP7JgXUcSLA8umwOF7AXrNTUdbW50U0u1XXf0SoKMDyU-n/s320/IMG_0038.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And would briefly dip our toes into Mexico..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteYAX6pahyphenhyphenhb3sxKKo93tNC6hrAOiNDyYWSHF2RUlnfceHvjVh4__wHqM5TKmhsZ2r8HPbRrdlYrEnswBPSSEOfkQdh_9SRscb-cIYXmJuCF9FQjUK9ScpCF2fsF-mRCOkr2NWh_KnuXeg414ABz1LDp7Z0mOfsj_p0qQzSXUnAUhdXCWcJEf/s4032/IMG_0130.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteYAX6pahyphenhyphenhb3sxKKo93tNC6hrAOiNDyYWSHF2RUlnfceHvjVh4__wHqM5TKmhsZ2r8HPbRrdlYrEnswBPSSEOfkQdh_9SRscb-cIYXmJuCF9FQjUK9ScpCF2fsF-mRCOkr2NWh_KnuXeg414ABz1LDp7Z0mOfsj_p0qQzSXUnAUhdXCWcJEf/s320/IMG_0130.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I mean briefly- not even 20 minutes in- we agreed- let's go home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">We would visit the famed Quartzsite Arizona </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKt9zrMe4SIcV6ZU04GizVEEExNygAqCMJcaQnYC02Sle6MwK3MOZam1_J8A-xXAjWcTbXqcC8H9k-HClvLl8gwIrU0uPBmoQWwoH5FGNd3liK_wkv5kJ64QH3eQjHTcLckuParUgaB5IKScPFV6JsayPAglVLYMDEOPQ-zMe-nttcfWIw5_I/s4032/IMG_0079.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKt9zrMe4SIcV6ZU04GizVEEExNygAqCMJcaQnYC02Sle6MwK3MOZam1_J8A-xXAjWcTbXqcC8H9k-HClvLl8gwIrU0uPBmoQWwoH5FGNd3liK_wkv5kJ64QH3eQjHTcLckuParUgaB5IKScPFV6JsayPAglVLYMDEOPQ-zMe-nttcfWIw5_I/s320/IMG_0079.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I would stitch a bit...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv3AYnIfvdP-q-lQAPyijc07YDsLUKtx14TbZA-1oljbjfEoUiFp6QMOISyIQW3HJzU1fyx9wpLs10ULfB6i3R1WzdKVDaYX43DbRVqf3hLqr8y_LNB9gwKcmBnbjdOFGF7EUnTZkHvdov5iduOUJpbS-qEQK29P6fot1_laRaFLUFoNLjEVV/s4032/IMG_0086.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">And tour yet another territorial prison </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iObsgDEQdkbla7tkqPonxTRXukTs0_3FbIQuul_d734gESDTyJqVlUHkGnSChw9vg30kFc6jhEhEkEzsXDb8A_2bUY-q3Tl_JRdTE6FCqNHX_MNI4nXIEvANBPOk0SL-sVZUvxcGwH1X5v7Zj61SoRl15BPPn1hhWtdxujRKsmp6TbdVl5id/s4032/IMG_0108.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iObsgDEQdkbla7tkqPonxTRXukTs0_3FbIQuul_d734gESDTyJqVlUHkGnSChw9vg30kFc6jhEhEkEzsXDb8A_2bUY-q3Tl_JRdTE6FCqNHX_MNI4nXIEvANBPOk0SL-sVZUvxcGwH1X5v7Zj61SoRl15BPPn1hhWtdxujRKsmp6TbdVl5id/s320/IMG_0108.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before heading to our last planned event on this adventure</div><div style="text-align: center;">- Thanksgiving in Fountain Hills, AZ.</div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">While waiting for the turkey to roast...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_7UuLLUm2mawjitDy707n-D36VVQaHw64pt19GD6xHg4qX9hJjoSnbKL-ZMXI5jR4W7P0BI6nPoAH6oDs0L09upwQW1rSDW9Zs57bCZpzwnUeeANwThBwmDA5QYxFn8oLTXbsYiNA6QIydX9UTcorY-TGyE6iCiB5knN0R-S7wLmv5Anus2_/s4032/IMG_0182.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_7UuLLUm2mawjitDy707n-D36VVQaHw64pt19GD6xHg4qX9hJjoSnbKL-ZMXI5jR4W7P0BI6nPoAH6oDs0L09upwQW1rSDW9Zs57bCZpzwnUeeANwThBwmDA5QYxFn8oLTXbsYiNA6QIydX9UTcorY-TGyE6iCiB5knN0R-S7wLmv5Anus2_/s320/IMG_0182.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'd go say HI to Elvis...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkTN47Vdv1BYiIbo9n0OvwfhEnYw6vSKYfiwuPI6mDGsRyVh2gfska9tolLnxEr8v9vqx6tnhFvMfZFWGBvAQ0VyAsEkPBf0_maXfA7RFV06ODHCxccBAFDtGfueOH0Tes64MdCbvR7pWqkQx37aodU443JTlK7h0QMlsuzI4DG2NYxX5ubLO/s4032/IMG_0183.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkTN47Vdv1BYiIbo9n0OvwfhEnYw6vSKYfiwuPI6mDGsRyVh2gfska9tolLnxEr8v9vqx6tnhFvMfZFWGBvAQ0VyAsEkPBf0_maXfA7RFV06ODHCxccBAFDtGfueOH0Tes64MdCbvR7pWqkQx37aodU443JTlK7h0QMlsuzI4DG2NYxX5ubLO/s320/IMG_0183.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And learn about the history of the Superstition Mountains.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKgpxTpsv3homk-d-Ahuwi1J9NUHZJSQ-avVShm3cZSh8l9aZSU_3bJ6L1VFGeBVzXVbgeGvpBGP7z35dpHPUx9iOXuBZ2DCzQ3hyj7U5T1p7-MnqzPR2MQA-SIiJu61KeKDtQ47hNSp3owu0BPk3Iag6_oiTMNOKrj1bfYuZidPGNAwxwCKu/s4032/IMG_0158.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKgpxTpsv3homk-d-Ahuwi1J9NUHZJSQ-avVShm3cZSh8l9aZSU_3bJ6L1VFGeBVzXVbgeGvpBGP7z35dpHPUx9iOXuBZ2DCzQ3hyj7U5T1p7-MnqzPR2MQA-SIiJu61KeKDtQ47hNSp3owu0BPk3Iag6_oiTMNOKrj1bfYuZidPGNAwxwCKu/s320/IMG_0158.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd discover that YES- Espresso Martinis are the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">perfect finish to a fine meal..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'd enjoy a practice run of feasting...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXKec4puCO1g3Bhy5-RxexqSgvj_Dpc6kR0q2t1HEqtyisB0kZEtnYhefTuTWfihO1Z4HZ3NhjUIUEJ1n3Lg_by3_DgyvggDOQh07wdWdfdBkSYxiS7swydB7GVmbwJMIcOrO4rytjYd_hQaXcFjL8Ul5rpC_j5KKuJjAeOD4993Kv0PjgMMe/s4032/IMG_0207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXKec4puCO1g3Bhy5-RxexqSgvj_Dpc6kR0q2t1HEqtyisB0kZEtnYhefTuTWfihO1Z4HZ3NhjUIUEJ1n3Lg_by3_DgyvggDOQh07wdWdfdBkSYxiS7swydB7GVmbwJMIcOrO4rytjYd_hQaXcFjL8Ul5rpC_j5KKuJjAeOD4993Kv0PjgMMe/s320/IMG_0207.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thanks "auntie" Carol...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJSZl2-lDKz4MbRrqhQWcoCWgdyUUsmhRJk6b0uGuXGNrhtr_zqy94PDEqtqmGtp5cYOu5FP9UlL-314fTIe6ZYQWqgBGRvwOwpe-uJbMm6b6dIzm1uQIZYRe9DX772ABR5H7ixdCnmgYh3-p81RaANRctyDAmMlGYfViQgH6iEIJ07LicGCm/s4032/IMG_0208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJSZl2-lDKz4MbRrqhQWcoCWgdyUUsmhRJk6b0uGuXGNrhtr_zqy94PDEqtqmGtp5cYOu5FP9UlL-314fTIe6ZYQWqgBGRvwOwpe-uJbMm6b6dIzm1uQIZYRe9DX772ABR5H7ixdCnmgYh3-p81RaANRctyDAmMlGYfViQgH6iEIJ07LicGCm/s320/IMG_0208.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And have a chance to sample to "world famous" Rock Springs Pies...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7GfczLPtRVVZgIpyKWv6Qlk8WLfs_4TXjOa_zF_s55FMSgrW3sI4-DzKOpqIw2byBt3TfWzFj6WLGMuqIDLWIS3NTcwd_sKiTf12mFXSPopv-_E8O4xsNKF4CVkf428VCAdD3xgLv8cnfPJZ3oLCXFvP_MR2iXAcQ2EOjV6j4bsx5-F975Hw/s4032/IMG_0215.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7GfczLPtRVVZgIpyKWv6Qlk8WLfs_4TXjOa_zF_s55FMSgrW3sI4-DzKOpqIw2byBt3TfWzFj6WLGMuqIDLWIS3NTcwd_sKiTf12mFXSPopv-_E8O4xsNKF4CVkf428VCAdD3xgLv8cnfPJZ3oLCXFvP_MR2iXAcQ2EOjV6j4bsx5-F975Hw/s320/IMG_0215.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">turns out it pairs very well with Bourbon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_x2-rAHvJZCr0tMPLcfG5DFR73WeArIc0nO18hJa53ItkB4Qc3z8eaW0m0i_1COULuU4Vvu3gDZPz3pYTLOis9Hdo9X1iJ23-1ULYsk5Lly_2DKHDyrM3zKZUBZF0tx05rmFnwIC64azemP0_Bd2uSSFRudeZBzZdXUrKyW4H5646JdBiuBaC/s4032/IMG_0245.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_x2-rAHvJZCr0tMPLcfG5DFR73WeArIc0nO18hJa53ItkB4Qc3z8eaW0m0i_1COULuU4Vvu3gDZPz3pYTLOis9Hdo9X1iJ23-1ULYsk5Lly_2DKHDyrM3zKZUBZF0tx05rmFnwIC64azemP0_Bd2uSSFRudeZBzZdXUrKyW4H5646JdBiuBaC/s320/IMG_0245.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would not let the parade pass me by..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYc62_gCiKTDeYjxewui1mr62943EKlsaHzwpy52yUjwB1IemR-RrLJFYISw6ijfw2XI9x328eiOBdvXjXbRHsoZ1U23nI9DbmM3a9fRPIPls11BZyHUh5Jscfp7HiGwzJzQkPcYHbkZ1W6oazclJLi_fPK9zqpD8paVIFGbjeBuJvZc7_J4P/s4032/IMG_0268.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYc62_gCiKTDeYjxewui1mr62943EKlsaHzwpy52yUjwB1IemR-RrLJFYISw6ijfw2XI9x328eiOBdvXjXbRHsoZ1U23nI9DbmM3a9fRPIPls11BZyHUh5Jscfp7HiGwzJzQkPcYHbkZ1W6oazclJLi_fPK9zqpD8paVIFGbjeBuJvZc7_J4P/s320/IMG_0268.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as I enjoyed the "largest Thanksgiving Day Parade" west of the Mississippi..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDOJa-TYjrnfSTy4Xv-iOT4MB0mcCAw8oRFLuj3edXADy395OcQPf9W8B7gJZUNeGi1J9VtR5qUZodK_UKNu11NWB2drz81kq1o8TaPZzjlZZJP_bCI1rvML8Q7htGrxQTYrmMlU-ZdiuhBmgH-p3wdeY4BLlxrFS2dao5V5UUH5mfpYUufvi/s4032/IMG_0285.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDOJa-TYjrnfSTy4Xv-iOT4MB0mcCAw8oRFLuj3edXADy395OcQPf9W8B7gJZUNeGi1J9VtR5qUZodK_UKNu11NWB2drz81kq1o8TaPZzjlZZJP_bCI1rvML8Q7htGrxQTYrmMlU-ZdiuhBmgH-p3wdeY4BLlxrFS2dao5V5UUH5mfpYUufvi/s320/IMG_0285.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">all I know is that...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdef0IcIwtumyeRpQXTmWIxpm61NtJeKwLY-mw73Fqql_ExovH7heGNqGxrxcyT-gZz5gZnZ6wtebR7yVIBYp37nkMAjDePf9ouJFFXmSHYHs-tRaIndHKRQ6H293rXj_TfIn4lhRbGhSj6WL99EUuPfUx4PwBjk3n2rbPuZ1pWKxrAVo-77RC/s4032/IMG_0239.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdef0IcIwtumyeRpQXTmWIxpm61NtJeKwLY-mw73Fqql_ExovH7heGNqGxrxcyT-gZz5gZnZ6wtebR7yVIBYp37nkMAjDePf9ouJFFXmSHYHs-tRaIndHKRQ6H293rXj_TfIn4lhRbGhSj6WL99EUuPfUx4PwBjk3n2rbPuZ1pWKxrAVo-77RC/s320/IMG_0239.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is a reason they call this place Fountain Hills..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3l1HN8m0SNs18SQAm7CXTX3JgYqt_jXp1YVHTjjZIwMFdRyG6AZHpTNqbq0CiEyZRv3xMGWWQSLbzyFGgo6gC5xmgmRwDyjYNc7jC4vGm-xnziLU4aPckajUSc5-JGcKmZ1TYRvri5ziMQi8dR5RaJFUy5FTNP6f4gNFN_xDdnjEbvGvE88Iw/s4032/IMG_0234.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3l1HN8m0SNs18SQAm7CXTX3JgYqt_jXp1YVHTjjZIwMFdRyG6AZHpTNqbq0CiEyZRv3xMGWWQSLbzyFGgo6gC5xmgmRwDyjYNc7jC4vGm-xnziLU4aPckajUSc5-JGcKmZ1TYRvri5ziMQi8dR5RaJFUy5FTNP6f4gNFN_xDdnjEbvGvE88Iw/s320/IMG_0234.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Epic in size, and beautifully maintained...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We'd get to know the locals..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnH_TwSuVkB80mRxHEF57kHWu69TDVJzWgIjj1PjafHnad7-6Ra_xbqO5O5cJpufEMyDNJXtjk8uyki_j6Y6NPlcnIEHwjZcE0Kqo3suh7k4-owKEIT_H1cUXPktByILd-qV7fX9FprbQNEnJJkVPZyqgrBeNSumvrF90TVp7gWJZUm0VvXfd/s4032/IMG_0169.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnH_TwSuVkB80mRxHEF57kHWu69TDVJzWgIjj1PjafHnad7-6Ra_xbqO5O5cJpufEMyDNJXtjk8uyki_j6Y6NPlcnIEHwjZcE0Kqo3suh7k4-owKEIT_H1cUXPktByILd-qV7fX9FprbQNEnJJkVPZyqgrBeNSumvrF90TVp7gWJZUm0VvXfd/s320/IMG_0169.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's Sophie-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvF6wInHklI4i02eZ2pzboTbwoD1bM8ga2-KqlGK7biSYlGOvLioLCrO_uA3hbaKpCPsVwYR6He15IzuC4VizkOFZ0TwLlb_pGXLrfJfsQv3GPuBTf9eassO9yaHL35O7qftelkmyDKvP1YSqbhX24BLLPMGkNAvZe7VlFy8wRykaUdgwA74T/s4032/IMG_0219.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrvF6wInHklI4i02eZ2pzboTbwoD1bM8ga2-KqlGK7biSYlGOvLioLCrO_uA3hbaKpCPsVwYR6He15IzuC4VizkOFZ0TwLlb_pGXLrfJfsQv3GPuBTf9eassO9yaHL35O7qftelkmyDKvP1YSqbhX24BLLPMGkNAvZe7VlFy8wRykaUdgwA74T/s320/IMG_0219.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Sophie..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMM6xPLYywU8VLQdJc63pYEz2ea_OxxRWQwXm7_5hLKd1Bixzh9O24yT6J3-uzhmPw5JJPSh1E3hi0AhI6F3SskkFLP_ayP2RpM1wAGHH1tOiCSXaboAct0lm2TgMng6edrCzFHQx-CCjSFpeiB1Um5aA5bOA-lmq9npsGhbu7tw8PR2-vxcqn/s4032/IMG_0318.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMM6xPLYywU8VLQdJc63pYEz2ea_OxxRWQwXm7_5hLKd1Bixzh9O24yT6J3-uzhmPw5JJPSh1E3hi0AhI6F3SskkFLP_ayP2RpM1wAGHH1tOiCSXaboAct0lm2TgMng6edrCzFHQx-CCjSFpeiB1Um5aA5bOA-lmq9npsGhbu7tw8PR2-vxcqn/s320/IMG_0318.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is not named Sophia- but I've forgotten her name- Penelope perhaps?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyways-these furry ones sure have found themselves a pretty cool place to call home..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEO2-7I23foUUwo8peM-6DBXpNFIDWN1DV95CHXgE1IEXuG6o3FYrUqxHsSf9vvMR7vT2dycWuXLU8482JPvdb5XiBl82I5EOUqXwnRSj6BDCYt0rB5Z1k5flcfzwgpct1DR2irzZIOGjNYl_s4e3vFUOri5pRgzIhC3JdLnM8-aqNwTzbOC3/s4032/IMG_0320.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEO2-7I23foUUwo8peM-6DBXpNFIDWN1DV95CHXgE1IEXuG6o3FYrUqxHsSf9vvMR7vT2dycWuXLU8482JPvdb5XiBl82I5EOUqXwnRSj6BDCYt0rB5Z1k5flcfzwgpct1DR2irzZIOGjNYl_s4e3vFUOri5pRgzIhC3JdLnM8-aqNwTzbOC3/s320/IMG_0320.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wonder what I have to do to get adopted?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqdzZ699CJjACCfvIMmrIlRNjm8FU4gFYvbYwYcGyaZPc4v0S6NoGYJ36KWzkr6GNARcNCxqvlW3F3_YxuXGaUJ0hmcZmz0tkFB3IK9XbIxlYe0y7yleVWWix_gEbDCac_8oWsMh_7-Ahkdd_zSRIixWNTPMjHLZ_CRYK5t7Uh6NSw4L0pbVb/s4032/IMG_0315.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqdzZ699CJjACCfvIMmrIlRNjm8FU4gFYvbYwYcGyaZPc4v0S6NoGYJ36KWzkr6GNARcNCxqvlW3F3_YxuXGaUJ0hmcZmz0tkFB3IK9XbIxlYe0y7yleVWWix_gEbDCac_8oWsMh_7-Ahkdd_zSRIixWNTPMjHLZ_CRYK5t7Uh6NSw4L0pbVb/s320/IMG_0315.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Never mind- we're already family..<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MF8PwdsUHzn6VPccGTYHCA6lEDQY1W4uwPn1WpUgpMXsE4r5Mb45P8YqHdgejl_u-LccG7YTTha28up7apNels4UDJliBPoS0T904p8Ka-m298il_opNdl0yDAOSxm8vlILXWJiPaZL6e3U0OaaJJ2QTo0aNuLVLsbYtT3H38C01J1BnEFcV/s1600/image000000.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MF8PwdsUHzn6VPccGTYHCA6lEDQY1W4uwPn1WpUgpMXsE4r5Mb45P8YqHdgejl_u-LccG7YTTha28up7apNels4UDJliBPoS0T904p8Ka-m298il_opNdl0yDAOSxm8vlILXWJiPaZL6e3U0OaaJJ2QTo0aNuLVLsbYtT3H38C01J1BnEFcV/s320/image000000.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Thanks Cousin A for hosting a marvelous Thanksgiving gathering!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was soon time to head back to Colorado...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqY1yNKI1z7qIqxlZeNp8_-DqarqIGp2YPYbu1i6WXFyxpdNqDTFkAPEgu-So2PxXcnqDBq1CAFOn7wN_QBeAM-8U-odXb2109n6xPZGwMuFJ3v5u541E4zDKII6cQeDyQNZFQgioHkaLYFvpyv581FIKI_dzalVQokDADtMjgxdrS5_kwWjR/s4032/IMG_0340.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsqY1yNKI1z7qIqxlZeNp8_-DqarqIGp2YPYbu1i6WXFyxpdNqDTFkAPEgu-So2PxXcnqDBq1CAFOn7wN_QBeAM-8U-odXb2109n6xPZGwMuFJ3v5u541E4zDKII6cQeDyQNZFQgioHkaLYFvpyv581FIKI_dzalVQokDADtMjgxdrS5_kwWjR/s320/IMG_0340.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the RV- there is a limit to how much of a bee-line one should safely make..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So we decided to spend a night at this lovely campground..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHj3_cF8DjRUZg8P7ovqeZINiZMQwZKEwe_KJdpOsakA8z97XC-mWPBZsq5bysr-yhEe-ZJvaAqvWE3mKDAyAF16wVbIrhv8VdeHSWeivBTB-LyBu0zvh8VjnvFph_eNEnPTVqO8xsXlIeHAHqlDsGwjPNjYqxxgXRZTRnNcCXJB4zEpFlQRp/s4032/IMG_0342.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHj3_cF8DjRUZg8P7ovqeZINiZMQwZKEwe_KJdpOsakA8z97XC-mWPBZsq5bysr-yhEe-ZJvaAqvWE3mKDAyAF16wVbIrhv8VdeHSWeivBTB-LyBu0zvh8VjnvFph_eNEnPTVqO8xsXlIeHAHqlDsGwjPNjYqxxgXRZTRnNcCXJB4zEpFlQRp/s320/IMG_0342.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in Albuquerque New Mexico..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, mostly lovely- some campers joined us late the first night- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">let's just say- I would not be a bit surprised if they show up </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on an episode of Dateline-or other show about unsolved mysteries.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there was just something odd about them..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpo7Ga2HIo4GVGG7_rtHoAVpDSVTNxwEY9obJGRY-GI_iOuZWLgO8mvmcAtyeNpIRa5oplmnYBO3ZMFBnI-mGpw5LZM8LSoIi6moeSFgFYy4IUfWAVvO36aIQjaIuL20PjAFZTiGuXnYOvXgTYw0JxVb9nzGxfoFVTKGkhBViw1DsAxSTqILVD/s3815/IMG_0336.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2329" data-original-width="3815" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpo7Ga2HIo4GVGG7_rtHoAVpDSVTNxwEY9obJGRY-GI_iOuZWLgO8mvmcAtyeNpIRa5oplmnYBO3ZMFBnI-mGpw5LZM8LSoIi6moeSFgFYy4IUfWAVvO36aIQjaIuL20PjAFZTiGuXnYOvXgTYw0JxVb9nzGxfoFVTKGkhBViw1DsAxSTqILVD/s320/IMG_0336.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which the camp host confirmed when I was chatting with him..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he said when he asked what type of RV they were using the guy </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">replied "the kind you sleep in?!" Uff DA</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGwsOVL6sOk2MmtFy9Zs_6_6mbJa-gUElLi8yy3fsgExZ9Uo4aBxNlTyiOuTQhGc0f-ymitlMOCMwHkQlycvlBqcoAL0N9Lw0uvT_Ovf8C_ob_oqaspmbQr-HRdNm1re7oGEgJl7WxlEFQapbUgewFF_k3PhxeOAR-uWVKsxEPEu9zFJ-8Avm/s4032/IMG_0344.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGwsOVL6sOk2MmtFy9Zs_6_6mbJa-gUElLi8yy3fsgExZ9Uo4aBxNlTyiOuTQhGc0f-ymitlMOCMwHkQlycvlBqcoAL0N9Lw0uvT_Ovf8C_ob_oqaspmbQr-HRdNm1re7oGEgJl7WxlEFQapbUgewFF_k3PhxeOAR-uWVKsxEPEu9zFJ-8Avm/s320/IMG_0344.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to take a day to rest before hitting the road for the home stretch..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaDuNzTAmpXyXTAxtm1d9QLBewgb9VeytaJgMeYKKfLzJzZnGhHfYn7kLeHZwjBDTAVzisDXPBtKWPBfLf2aYX72wo0mN5OSgwXD0qURc8rTnQRCP76K7xLB-b3e1p-f20dJZM1nL3GzlotlOVd7OGOqO57iP8yShJMZhDe0pbyAdP-rTtgJy/s1066/IMG_0370.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaDuNzTAmpXyXTAxtm1d9QLBewgb9VeytaJgMeYKKfLzJzZnGhHfYn7kLeHZwjBDTAVzisDXPBtKWPBfLf2aYX72wo0mN5OSgwXD0qURc8rTnQRCP76K7xLB-b3e1p-f20dJZM1nL3GzlotlOVd7OGOqO57iP8yShJMZhDe0pbyAdP-rTtgJy/s320/IMG_0370.jpeg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where the soothing voice of "Lt. Dan" would help pass the 10 hour drive..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_wusV1xpHhvME3PBlSVisetQybizUOuSd51cfwrQLlxFQff2EyIbokiTx_mnyHQdYtMObhJM7Y_GeINWOA5XjWRyVG56I8aRPVcavgEx_PV-okI34YrHGWMKrumg98oun-iUepLxsfE7Ip6zf9pLFfKJm5fbUt1KH3hEMRzEpFV8uFktIapu/s4032/IMG_0367.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_wusV1xpHhvME3PBlSVisetQybizUOuSd51cfwrQLlxFQff2EyIbokiTx_mnyHQdYtMObhJM7Y_GeINWOA5XjWRyVG56I8aRPVcavgEx_PV-okI34YrHGWMKrumg98oun-iUepLxsfE7Ip6zf9pLFfKJm5fbUt1KH3hEMRzEpFV8uFktIapu/s320/IMG_0367.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and we would be rewarded for waiting out the storm in ABQ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with bright sun and dry roads on Raton Pass...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiVscfesWZxBx1WPWv4fAOPk6aVpfn96bkjDAHOF-Yh7DIgcsbtBo9oSgdd6luhaRc0bb31KZ1Xd2Zxn27PzMYYXUDn0abFzLmqXt4eazFY30e4qhPjb8FBUAz08dKJJ9hAdiOUvQP7snu8E_GjNSVon1csiB6f7WPqoRrRq3U1dYFVZ7ZUDV/s4032/IMG_0368.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiVscfesWZxBx1WPWv4fAOPk6aVpfn96bkjDAHOF-Yh7DIgcsbtBo9oSgdd6luhaRc0bb31KZ1Xd2Zxn27PzMYYXUDn0abFzLmqXt4eazFY30e4qhPjb8FBUAz08dKJJ9hAdiOUvQP7snu8E_GjNSVon1csiB6f7WPqoRrRq3U1dYFVZ7ZUDV/s320/IMG_0368.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then it was time to start the process of "re-entry".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling</b> festive...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMdDe98Ipk-9fum45OMoi1rju3G51g4HhvuOhPapu84jP_JyTfv7PCubG5DsFZyhwMmKrAiRz2EiyNl37JLWdTO8Cr7H0hvxdekMmIIw8-__2hXMgJY9RDjqD038Oow0dqUQzgDtmpzsx7tLH__qkYTcANcE80QJKqh8olT4oqoiJNwbSHusd/s3780/0F0D58C4-BA9A-45F7-BF7C-830DFE7CE8C6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMdDe98Ipk-9fum45OMoi1rju3G51g4HhvuOhPapu84jP_JyTfv7PCubG5DsFZyhwMmKrAiRz2EiyNl37JLWdTO8Cr7H0hvxdekMmIIw8-__2hXMgJY9RDjqD038Oow0dqUQzgDtmpzsx7tLH__qkYTcANcE80QJKqh8olT4oqoiJNwbSHusd/s320/0F0D58C4-BA9A-45F7-BF7C-830DFE7CE8C6.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">showing my appreciation for having a large enough oven to prepare a feast</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and unlimited water to clean up after said feast...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i>Until next time...</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmDgkB8x84JYPekf1-jYskpj_5nQK9S8WI_B0WR03Db5rvkJCPfpaGltbEPOL9_yrGE8-p6ZKySCudevj5MfaMye9DqFpW_il4zTbkavbazY_xUIYSMuXrAR0OZ_eDSJgjOvEyZXEQsMVhofnEW0dCdLP5HpBK_tNwhy_scbkBHA6T-_bhUsb/s4032/IMG_0329.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmDgkB8x84JYPekf1-jYskpj_5nQK9S8WI_B0WR03Db5rvkJCPfpaGltbEPOL9_yrGE8-p6ZKySCudevj5MfaMye9DqFpW_il4zTbkavbazY_xUIYSMuXrAR0OZ_eDSJgjOvEyZXEQsMVhofnEW0dCdLP5HpBK_tNwhy_scbkBHA6T-_bhUsb/s320/IMG_0329.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May you days be merry and bright..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know mine have been...and I'm confident they will continue to be so..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br />Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-55965177052833069152023-10-26T12:56:00.001-06:002023-10-26T12:56:33.542-06:00September-October Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>Right Now..</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDImC5dijSY_IL6oF4Z17c69r1uYCGwSVSjNj2rEvLzu25oMFRXeDOqsC0lwZR7TLtsuWzj6MxZW8PWXFIKbx1gHHZ0SYylkN9iLHeocMvqqx50RX-lB3vg76annAB2jauDvaQv7ahFRJqcHhzZWN3slhauWdX6fzPMNl5B8RoOAtIr__xLQk5/s3088/IMG_9168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDImC5dijSY_IL6oF4Z17c69r1uYCGwSVSjNj2rEvLzu25oMFRXeDOqsC0lwZR7TLtsuWzj6MxZW8PWXFIKbx1gHHZ0SYylkN9iLHeocMvqqx50RX-lB3vg76annAB2jauDvaQv7ahFRJqcHhzZWN3slhauWdX6fzPMNl5B8RoOAtIr__xLQk5/s320/IMG_9168.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><b>I'm listening </b>to the wind howling at a campsite just outside out of Kingman AZ. We are 18 days into a western road trip- and so far so good. I realize that I never got around to recapping September- and now the end of October is coming up....time clearly flies while you are having fun. And fun we have been having.<p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving </b>that these past two months have allowed me to connect with people and places in ways I've not been able to do during this time of year for...well, pretty much since the first Thing started school in 2000. The school calendar dictated when we could wander- and never was September a time to explore- and October usually allowed for just a week for Fall Break-where the weather was less cooperative and I was on the weary struggle bus that comes with the first quarter of a new school year. </p><p style="text-align: left;">But not this year- connection was the goal- and boy was it achieved!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Our first connection was when we traveled to Virginia to join our friends - L&L Sweetapple</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHY82I75pZCcp9wLTQCezMNiO5ImoDMb9E-KAJhE2twpcOkmXoobm3l5pbcpSgzgnGCz44meJ-ihZ969IQ-yt6aRpzbEf7I4-iL4T2NkCnM_WzYA80uh8wEK5SlXzsY14rOCFY2X-67v6fGCoEe6aBW3kKhhTzgIglM-oouTmUPVZWEZFJV8ae/s4032/IMG_9198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHY82I75pZCcp9wLTQCezMNiO5ImoDMb9E-KAJhE2twpcOkmXoobm3l5pbcpSgzgnGCz44meJ-ihZ969IQ-yt6aRpzbEf7I4-iL4T2NkCnM_WzYA80uh8wEK5SlXzsY14rOCFY2X-67v6fGCoEe6aBW3kKhhTzgIglM-oouTmUPVZWEZFJV8ae/s320/IMG_9198.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">as they celebrated their daughter getting married. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HJUzDyZio-NX-4ZdtLSB2U5q_VCCODRcs2WJyWRepL83HeEVpfO97k7uoQqDj9DGw-KRfUZ2l1s1vm5u2dMBWLFF7gZF9yUXDsErxameCWC1bIgDGor-I_hu_Ufvm1RMNQA_GdTHU_ZaP_cid9puDTD57iuHy1PAIqkHAO6vaVwWKLGVY8Bd/s2186/IMG_9193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2147" data-original-width="2186" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HJUzDyZio-NX-4ZdtLSB2U5q_VCCODRcs2WJyWRepL83HeEVpfO97k7uoQqDj9DGw-KRfUZ2l1s1vm5u2dMBWLFF7gZF9yUXDsErxameCWC1bIgDGor-I_hu_Ufvm1RMNQA_GdTHU_ZaP_cid9puDTD57iuHy1PAIqkHAO6vaVwWKLGVY8Bd/s320/IMG_9193.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the happy couple..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the trip was a great opportunity to connect with forever friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoSJI3U2zOvZ53KiU4gqxtjkv6gWYLZUEYI2kDeDmRkHrMtltrKQFU08esF8VUuya-YY84ysW9Gg7liAhYub5bk43aABfSLyd2kgZfD8STpurPec1ypaZV37aDNBeuYOBxZJXFg-jjnzstO1Wgz-bGGmNdoqUZfdljivqHxNiPIAdvo1-UwH8/s4032/IMG_9176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoSJI3U2zOvZ53KiU4gqxtjkv6gWYLZUEYI2kDeDmRkHrMtltrKQFU08esF8VUuya-YY84ysW9Gg7liAhYub5bk43aABfSLyd2kgZfD8STpurPec1ypaZV37aDNBeuYOBxZJXFg-jjnzstO1Wgz-bGGmNdoqUZfdljivqHxNiPIAdvo1-UwH8/s320/IMG_9176.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">meet some new friends...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIsxiPFdZCHzNiqVXlIVbFMnmtJ_d8hQtUfncEB_Q4EaGsOfeWI_qkSXjzObOM1SxY1oxs3JlDplAztFQm5zpSMnFwOl4rNCBxySOBAXlWBPIc8v6rGN7iYS5hQmoc_nr65zmoDkfVgKt-YICmJVM0Tf-wLgY3V6nSLYh0WFTq-s9-FH_mR08/s1600/image000000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkIsxiPFdZCHzNiqVXlIVbFMnmtJ_d8hQtUfncEB_Q4EaGsOfeWI_qkSXjzObOM1SxY1oxs3JlDplAztFQm5zpSMnFwOl4rNCBxySOBAXlWBPIc8v6rGN7iYS5hQmoc_nr65zmoDkfVgKt-YICmJVM0Tf-wLgY3V6nSLYh0WFTq-s9-FH_mR08/s320/image000000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">savor some good whiskey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCR2XgodJ2O3X2eTBBRw7Obb6TEOrBglPfbGM3_DQVcgQhe94r8_9urha8e4By3ZRGZAd4dvdLu8ju7I6npAr80mphljGdVcGPHtE5xzrZFQB5878lKMEd5YvBt3C_zL32H6zPXn9Xnrwn402n5bED1TZRyNCC2OkWkbnXt4M6Fub1dVlFMFt/s4032/IMG_9216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCR2XgodJ2O3X2eTBBRw7Obb6TEOrBglPfbGM3_DQVcgQhe94r8_9urha8e4By3ZRGZAd4dvdLu8ju7I6npAr80mphljGdVcGPHtE5xzrZFQB5878lKMEd5YvBt3C_zL32H6zPXn9Xnrwn402n5bED1TZRyNCC2OkWkbnXt4M6Fub1dVlFMFt/s320/IMG_9216.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and even sneak in a quick trip to the beach...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhdFuEbXK_ntHgGRzNjxd9Ey0JiP2NUtecO2JDgTReVAKabIKWzN61WR__ZnP2cVqzG_9vi0HdKJlqDCakbnxHbdNVf-f2J6rn7tPIyxpzXJ_bF9pJGjS1pvm1LX5IpDfLJHbG0V1KbVvsteKjgfPrWAMi4pUde4rMyWx-rN1OtdUzSxp1699/s4032/IMG_9227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhdFuEbXK_ntHgGRzNjxd9Ey0JiP2NUtecO2JDgTReVAKabIKWzN61WR__ZnP2cVqzG_9vi0HdKJlqDCakbnxHbdNVf-f2J6rn7tPIyxpzXJ_bF9pJGjS1pvm1LX5IpDfLJHbG0V1KbVvsteKjgfPrWAMi4pUde4rMyWx-rN1OtdUzSxp1699/s320/IMG_9227.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">scored a bonus connection when we discovered through social media that another friend was also visiting the Williamsburg area</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dOEBzAGFMDglbxyVNTO1BAl_F9_3phsykKKcL6-4ZWCmKHVx-Lpe8h-IJ1ZDSUBdUcy9SCvImFq-zN1anox-K7G3g4mQSphbAWqQqAjwyrNmgR8FO3poPc7VBNCXyy8szls_ixb8Ru5sR7ozgLdMx4fyFZon6N6rImT_zUAn9aTyLoWVUj5-/s4032/IMG_9235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dOEBzAGFMDglbxyVNTO1BAl_F9_3phsykKKcL6-4ZWCmKHVx-Lpe8h-IJ1ZDSUBdUcy9SCvImFq-zN1anox-K7G3g4mQSphbAWqQqAjwyrNmgR8FO3poPc7VBNCXyy8szls_ixb8Ru5sR7ozgLdMx4fyFZon6N6rImT_zUAn9aTyLoWVUj5-/s320/IMG_9235.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Next connection was with nature. Leaf peeping was number one on my Fall wish list. For years- I would see the great fall pictures- taken by either Hubby or friends foolish enough to tackle the weekend crowds- and think "some day when I retire". </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I set off to ensure that some day was now- eager to see and experience Colorado high country color first hand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My first attempt to see peak color was when I grabbed my bestie and we headed up to Steamboat. We thought we'd timed it right (9.18) but only saw splashes of color. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Hu3-txgEYj1NQr_BjXmHRtWL7VQ5iGTR2iGAniyGZdr8AqXV0xLSBSzlmpHHyIGtInbRNgaNVOGhP4H2wOzaATfPWBdJXijw1HSk5Nb4Lf0Kdi0ZF9Np3O6Vqrhu_eFXmlrHpQNWVDAQIV18ZCLSwF4yxm5FLGA2k4Q4asISj7nbIaXJytQm/s4032/IMG_9382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Hu3-txgEYj1NQr_BjXmHRtWL7VQ5iGTR2iGAniyGZdr8AqXV0xLSBSzlmpHHyIGtInbRNgaNVOGhP4H2wOzaATfPWBdJXijw1HSk5Nb4Lf0Kdi0ZF9Np3O6Vqrhu_eFXmlrHpQNWVDAQIV18ZCLSwF4yxm5FLGA2k4Q4asISj7nbIaXJytQm/s320/IMG_9382.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">that's ok- we still found some bursts of summer lingering at the Botanical Gardens</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfdO7mudmQNCb5wvn8NXKeRSrDF8_TkwsnG0kNYXnW5wmlJEeMw1a7-kPBei1gyFP7A_T1JoNUTUhB03w3ux5tO9zRH8KfsGFxpjYj0BGrzLOdDbWA8uerztQKsCdrk7tlVHcmDqqic9ozVb-vDvES8rMTyGxiwVZutngh6hnhfyliKTY37Mn/s4032/IMG_9352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfdO7mudmQNCb5wvn8NXKeRSrDF8_TkwsnG0kNYXnW5wmlJEeMw1a7-kPBei1gyFP7A_T1JoNUTUhB03w3ux5tO9zRH8KfsGFxpjYj0BGrzLOdDbWA8uerztQKsCdrk7tlVHcmDqqic9ozVb-vDvES8rMTyGxiwVZutngh6hnhfyliKTY37Mn/s320/IMG_9352.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also saw what the museum docent claims is the largest water color featuring Western Art</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*in Colorado? in the world...the details were vague</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocrBw9ZRdCNAxnMXe_6bF6-4rYcyLheiYPQkQ5UsdZwJ1Viqr54lr-Wa8mXbIRFtHbhoraUKTNqF1oqRlu6Cw0EU-0J3Ej7eVT-D95l9iaxsuktRBphaq1RQKAjyPNOTCcJZktS-bl_CTRickzDFwMsOpuV08GnfdHtcshFggbv7ZqB_Uriz-/s4032/IMG_9356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="4032" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocrBw9ZRdCNAxnMXe_6bF6-4rYcyLheiYPQkQ5UsdZwJ1Viqr54lr-Wa8mXbIRFtHbhoraUKTNqF1oqRlu6Cw0EU-0J3Ej7eVT-D95l9iaxsuktRBphaq1RQKAjyPNOTCcJZktS-bl_CTRickzDFwMsOpuV08GnfdHtcshFggbv7ZqB_Uriz-/s320/IMG_9356.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the museum was well curated and made excellent use of an old Armory</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in Craig, CO </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczWl8zXh7lNg8jbY383gw15XU8TuK3b6liKGFNvxzMBVXtBBQ0hB7YQBmp36LhpW3qTwElQYOA3q5P6EsfpMY4ASLsnVsFzWq0f6FivTFqBQLbttUiCpRY8mqvkQVBvy7xgSbxArHRkV7pZF9_4tcOiVqIlo6XLNEzWJuW4Owgr2rwdw-UFdi/s4032/IMG_9358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczWl8zXh7lNg8jbY383gw15XU8TuK3b6liKGFNvxzMBVXtBBQ0hB7YQBmp36LhpW3qTwElQYOA3q5P6EsfpMY4ASLsnVsFzWq0f6FivTFqBQLbttUiCpRY8mqvkQVBvy7xgSbxArHRkV7pZF9_4tcOiVqIlo6XLNEzWJuW4Owgr2rwdw-UFdi/s320/IMG_9358.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We found unexpected beauty in this catholic church- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">filled with over 60 stained glass windows</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJK2ffvx_I-_5QlxmjRTJW0YPatS1lr1uTCKiSRTKsO47FW54zoYWztsm_ogpCEqsuiKxpYrinw5R65vEog_NFqSmbj4xxXB52a00TNfmO5PFNAm2h2KcTA79978OkSqPrPDckzRQfE2_w5cgwJF4FeNQoJvE4pQbstBLtf8S-zHofRMXLekmS/s4032/IMG_9323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">Hubby and I would continue to connect with nature...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Sunday drive in the San Luis valley...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8d5qg0rVcwRYdDMZURARIW0XTF5T_mVM9V8e_wJsG-2Ru6XDCe4aAY-mvbnl7x-HvpdoxtHwoyK5LoCTVkxFb_rjFlGxjTuHdWCPh0ow5iwydzd2-UPVYrVK9XM3OA9dqMzF4zpk1qFtxT0Bzg96_moSKbeiR-W1LC2GKlW2Dfew6TZNqsWL/s4032/IMG_9425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8d5qg0rVcwRYdDMZURARIW0XTF5T_mVM9V8e_wJsG-2Ru6XDCe4aAY-mvbnl7x-HvpdoxtHwoyK5LoCTVkxFb_rjFlGxjTuHdWCPh0ow5iwydzd2-UPVYrVK9XM3OA9dqMzF4zpk1qFtxT0Bzg96_moSKbeiR-W1LC2GKlW2Dfew6TZNqsWL/s320/IMG_9425.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and some camping in solitude that is the San Luis State Wildlife area.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_vECZapoYMUJs2xCj4YF3KHauHL3ng-3uUscoL7GVF8f0cUJsDWzyVE3kvzoQFi8wdEx1doFsKUqAo8UkIdKaXc5RbSjVihXfplkI-c6JEBAuVf4J20pX_WqCpZ8e9g_W854D59HuQ_mBi-NrSuiOQThe3cUSa2KOamzdqli8nypXL8uzXP/s4032/IMG_9446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1806" data-original-width="4032" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_vECZapoYMUJs2xCj4YF3KHauHL3ng-3uUscoL7GVF8f0cUJsDWzyVE3kvzoQFi8wdEx1doFsKUqAo8UkIdKaXc5RbSjVihXfplkI-c6JEBAuVf4J20pX_WqCpZ8e9g_W854D59HuQ_mBi-NrSuiOQThe3cUSa2KOamzdqli8nypXL8uzXP/s320/IMG_9446.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The rest of September flew by in a blur...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there was a memorial for a sweet friend </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who's kind heart and champion of the underdogs will never be forgotten</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaaDnC6KXYBfE1xa94eXFBXZtTYLo9Y8-9zD8NsgzExrGc_Z8f-N6jsOnWE_BYi1a8jhMlnfNU9XLzuwnpnAKEtR-gptYX8qz82tQC4O9YQz1yRssiAi39guPTlNc54QlHqNSk7Ee3qfFfaY-1rpV25UJjGgCOcYwZL5Cv9txPm7RE9YA5BHV/s4032/IMG_9406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaaDnC6KXYBfE1xa94eXFBXZtTYLo9Y8-9zD8NsgzExrGc_Z8f-N6jsOnWE_BYi1a8jhMlnfNU9XLzuwnpnAKEtR-gptYX8qz82tQC4O9YQz1yRssiAi39guPTlNc54QlHqNSk7Ee3qfFfaY-1rpV25UJjGgCOcYwZL5Cv9txPm7RE9YA5BHV/s320/IMG_9406.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there were September birthdays to be celebrated..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NrrX8h1rS3SFsoFzhaeBIGuASPgOoRFrducQ9R-QyWgdbPkVjPyvfUEhJRSRvUYlB5HcjXPVrBdBF4JlS6J6XXS_AVf5rqsp_6R9PP6EDCNG9ulSUamJtMawZttuhbeWxOK3B6isdfeRlIdFO8QRYDok-tv10cCVzyHXlSl_bAs3U98mRy37/s4032/IMG_9264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NrrX8h1rS3SFsoFzhaeBIGuASPgOoRFrducQ9R-QyWgdbPkVjPyvfUEhJRSRvUYlB5HcjXPVrBdBF4JlS6J6XXS_AVf5rqsp_6R9PP6EDCNG9ulSUamJtMawZttuhbeWxOK3B6isdfeRlIdFO8QRYDok-tv10cCVzyHXlSl_bAs3U98mRy37/s320/IMG_9264.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">surrounded by gorgeous flowers-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3eIac7dq4D6ClFFtoWpruXNor9Sc-P-GtdJavBjczq8GjhcIEdd34piMaAHBXSk_nuMpiMOTCIq_LHvwJMJe1Bz32itJ3gx401nxDs6xaM_y1mIMeTSgkO2a6cgU2AbMUnt-sOdpmJNmYsPCarab1ztmBaMV7vUMXm3OdOflOXc5MKeQjj3p/s4032/IMG_9256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">and a sweet young bride to be showered with neighborhood love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QjzsDBrYG1n919CH_GZvlWi0X_O21NbiVhZJcsbOQVbd4iATjygCHxcEVwSt86TO9x1Adnsq0srZo_gSi1fb1LtGEnAbRI1Pg7NHXUi9_XUcy806Pjw_9RUSO3YVOnDXu8uTzjPKzAFLnuR7WU2voL3NZ3go1AKSU7etGPoVTUkpSs8NzM96/s828/IMG_9485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="828" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QjzsDBrYG1n919CH_GZvlWi0X_O21NbiVhZJcsbOQVbd4iATjygCHxcEVwSt86TO9x1Adnsq0srZo_gSi1fb1LtGEnAbRI1Pg7NHXUi9_XUcy806Pjw_9RUSO3YVOnDXu8uTzjPKzAFLnuR7WU2voL3NZ3go1AKSU7etGPoVTUkpSs8NzM96/s320/IMG_9485.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBiqcwL55_LtDyNZbIUCqzBL0bkFeeKBybYhy8mRLno1oSfhv6Ogqkx72fFLsLEZW3taUBWrCtWbOBSAbk2-miiVpKjrpHhWByoaM5yre5eVIihE9dxny_eZKF3nxrbItdfItSPuJsm8HH6iLWJzVTOukFDmhq9OoikRUgxBgzfKdOml282n8/s4032/IMG_9468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBiqcwL55_LtDyNZbIUCqzBL0bkFeeKBybYhy8mRLno1oSfhv6Ogqkx72fFLsLEZW3taUBWrCtWbOBSAbk2-miiVpKjrpHhWByoaM5yre5eVIihE9dxny_eZKF3nxrbItdfItSPuJsm8HH6iLWJzVTOukFDmhq9OoikRUgxBgzfKdOml282n8/s320/IMG_9468.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ah, but what about October? Fear not....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKH84T2R97Gh2AKMU1mdSWnKIiT5hYy3YpnMkuO5P8Oc3Vjk16PWOAIaeGQw0RcAQ3RsrThm-cyD7ZNY0zZdpwb3JxSZaujiBpzWU-bZTgxzb1XL87LxZdU4InATyGXv5IWka0nmZEOy-f5eKKi2y_SBXA6kvH-ujBKw-EPMeTEqwfZNRLSjw/s3423/IMG_9553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3423" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKH84T2R97Gh2AKMU1mdSWnKIiT5hYy3YpnMkuO5P8Oc3Vjk16PWOAIaeGQw0RcAQ3RsrThm-cyD7ZNY0zZdpwb3JxSZaujiBpzWU-bZTgxzb1XL87LxZdU4InATyGXv5IWka0nmZEOy-f5eKKi2y_SBXA6kvH-ujBKw-EPMeTEqwfZNRLSjw/s320/IMG_9553.JPG" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there were more parties to be hosted...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OCSfJiGYdAsk_Mqw6vE1dqFkLu_y8J9f__WJB07S4_RdulId3l3tlILOXBdMlBOG1_gLLnIqci9E3WuZQeg5wuVEdFp8mCT-vGW2HLGJ2km381QttZ9Wwkfg8oztd_JK4BHhVLyFkk9-kefJnpZxY39MOOOco6SzEBOME7pEytEOdUS5LurS/s4032/IMG_9550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OCSfJiGYdAsk_Mqw6vE1dqFkLu_y8J9f__WJB07S4_RdulId3l3tlILOXBdMlBOG1_gLLnIqci9E3WuZQeg5wuVEdFp8mCT-vGW2HLGJ2km381QttZ9Wwkfg8oztd_JK4BHhVLyFkk9-kefJnpZxY39MOOOco6SzEBOME7pEytEOdUS5LurS/s320/IMG_9550.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">birthdays to be celebrated...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl42JAvDBnxQ7H9LPIqjoPNb3fToKrPFOpob3JA0pNmMsnQhjNt9726Jd-docuzFj9qtTQpTz6X_zLxVjjw2SwdFaiPf53q0qMPgz2u-ZVAbEhkGIUtq5Z8vBvHrEohwucmwWA429rQovLADYCg1vEUM8D041RF8Pqib3LTetVmFlK5Ejfe4ve/s4032/IMG_9520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl42JAvDBnxQ7H9LPIqjoPNb3fToKrPFOpob3JA0pNmMsnQhjNt9726Jd-docuzFj9qtTQpTz6X_zLxVjjw2SwdFaiPf53q0qMPgz2u-ZVAbEhkGIUtq5Z8vBvHrEohwucmwWA429rQovLADYCg1vEUM8D041RF8Pqib3LTetVmFlK5Ejfe4ve/s320/IMG_9520.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">leaves to be photographed...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5g2gCrVW7F5aTI-AbR8cK6Va8bPoXGkCSiNVzhvr9OTRlcKN_5B-nDC8uB_u2QNMwQlNFkWWBvG-Fwi5v_QNLtDYxqeME3VBGu55ogSbWDhQhnd9dvHeSoUBtxJjz6RixezV3xsAO6S3DHCyfNsmSbF5tU171tiU5SytLQSY7I1R5POwTg1j/s4032/IMG_9507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5g2gCrVW7F5aTI-AbR8cK6Va8bPoXGkCSiNVzhvr9OTRlcKN_5B-nDC8uB_u2QNMwQlNFkWWBvG-Fwi5v_QNLtDYxqeME3VBGu55ogSbWDhQhnd9dvHeSoUBtxJjz6RixezV3xsAO6S3DHCyfNsmSbF5tU171tiU5SytLQSY7I1R5POwTg1j/s320/IMG_9507.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">again..and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAbRUgs7ZT0wUThMDNysyJrGQ-zbLfTVpRoVrn8-B-st4QQJNg6bqZ-zGzjpVuC8xwz2JRI0rf0_JG5EjeGtstNXHA0mmrlS0kiGj77g2UGSiagn0CKMBFLv-BXCXD7FS6L4y1C9DU2a-c-IZe0aHTiqXSi0lF3wxo4UJt46O6S61jRwEA6qF/s4022/IMG_9660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="4022" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAbRUgs7ZT0wUThMDNysyJrGQ-zbLfTVpRoVrn8-B-st4QQJNg6bqZ-zGzjpVuC8xwz2JRI0rf0_JG5EjeGtstNXHA0mmrlS0kiGj77g2UGSiagn0CKMBFLv-BXCXD7FS6L4y1C9DU2a-c-IZe0aHTiqXSi0lF3wxo4UJt46O6S61jRwEA6qF/s320/IMG_9660.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">again...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5LdutPpSYtl8tX_Ag0gcQk8RrlJm0hb_7I2aBe2tVXsKm6KfC-IMnpCSQ5ECSM-ISdUv7-6VY91J81r5fVI-8Bqw_jhZNHUaNYTrtFx-MNqc8uzGxIV3ck_-SC0GF1SPYpBazPi4yRR7-viGoGMBYmuWncsg8U-IVqOGff97BZflzj7cpCG2/s4032/IMG_9479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5LdutPpSYtl8tX_Ag0gcQk8RrlJm0hb_7I2aBe2tVXsKm6KfC-IMnpCSQ5ECSM-ISdUv7-6VY91J81r5fVI-8Bqw_jhZNHUaNYTrtFx-MNqc8uzGxIV3ck_-SC0GF1SPYpBazPi4yRR7-viGoGMBYmuWncsg8U-IVqOGff97BZflzj7cpCG2/s320/IMG_9479.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hosting an overnight guest</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgKV368q7chSrCdHwtaWla1KIazU05aMiU-JCNzRWGwccM4g00inCqUP08iK-EPncpqqAlQWLihPhZDwc9I4mGMBm4PUKHmZm2LMMJm1zx2DPqLGkSvHGvLLEuGkYfS4PAAZK06a3Xjm76DrJ1gn8DRbcZ52ZbGNeMIu8Qt1JnVTnHLN6dB1C/s4032/IMG_9558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgKV368q7chSrCdHwtaWla1KIazU05aMiU-JCNzRWGwccM4g00inCqUP08iK-EPncpqqAlQWLihPhZDwc9I4mGMBm4PUKHmZm2LMMJm1zx2DPqLGkSvHGvLLEuGkYfS4PAAZK06a3Xjm76DrJ1gn8DRbcZ52ZbGNeMIu8Qt1JnVTnHLN6dB1C/s320/IMG_9558.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and showing a visiting friend a new place to shop</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling </b>like I should wrap up this recap before the laptop battery times out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But first- a quick recap of our trip thus far. Yes- we are on the road- headed to California to check in on the Chang side of the family. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yet in typical Dom and Martha style- we are getting there at our own pace.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Why race to California when first there are...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> eclipses to be experienced...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXLicKN2aS-ZGELPGbIRr_adACB-7nAMl-89xbG6F6y04AvAkBGHu3jvS4pSEQ0mWw2xAg1lUDpKIyrSLSv6q77OCrsV5lNEYlhX_G1dZmBsPByC_c0ppqwDyEFaUDQhdUOptPesZ9PNG7WOjGIXRTCA9Ln36ARDgTM59Qm7fA7IX5QncyMQK/s4032/IMG_9685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXLicKN2aS-ZGELPGbIRr_adACB-7nAMl-89xbG6F6y04AvAkBGHu3jvS4pSEQ0mWw2xAg1lUDpKIyrSLSv6q77OCrsV5lNEYlhX_G1dZmBsPByC_c0ppqwDyEFaUDQhdUOptPesZ9PNG7WOjGIXRTCA9Ln36ARDgTM59Qm7fA7IX5QncyMQK/s320/IMG_9685.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thankfully a friend knew what he was doing...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwqdr6tnHYG-IJpftkkj3RQRBc7SHWDTOWCECtezMoMlW4IJ50zNbeLc1Gu1S85Jl1KJ57n_PxXw6cAZzwBP_cDTeq8okzePUe_Fc_MHf9_T3_keg5zqRs_MixMnd_IK4k9M0mGKZXmItRm8xd2EGepR0xlk9XTyzAqL3HdtE2-glZGX1_QNp/s830/IMG_9791.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="830" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwqdr6tnHYG-IJpftkkj3RQRBc7SHWDTOWCECtezMoMlW4IJ50zNbeLc1Gu1S85Jl1KJ57n_PxXw6cAZzwBP_cDTeq8okzePUe_Fc_MHf9_T3_keg5zqRs_MixMnd_IK4k9M0mGKZXmItRm8xd2EGepR0xlk9XTyzAqL3HdtE2-glZGX1_QNp/s320/IMG_9791.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">photo credit- E. Morcom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-Iy2yW_m0quWWYxf7sEzVz5Y1jF5y-XnoOQ6dvShfh_1M_q3r_9MvV0XglmTqknHsgGzbyy1hYkKtf-oIJHGTARwx1Sq3dxro7Std-l8DriJXHH4jK3S0m4cYJP-HQfmQDr_zFFGVDkYKFN5tgQo0MqgSGZofnY3-PKcLSbJLTpwPj9TOieI/s3088/IMG_9690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-Iy2yW_m0quWWYxf7sEzVz5Y1jF5y-XnoOQ6dvShfh_1M_q3r_9MvV0XglmTqknHsgGzbyy1hYkKtf-oIJHGTARwx1Sq3dxro7Std-l8DriJXHH4jK3S0m4cYJP-HQfmQDr_zFFGVDkYKFN5tgQo0MqgSGZofnY3-PKcLSbJLTpwPj9TOieI/s320/IMG_9690.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because we sure didn't know how to photograph this ring of fire..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77J4c64w2dmWn-bIp1K3YyeKFNpkE-RkyEOBLn7oO_5XrcmsKyVKz8UhUIEqE-a7E5UziB-XUkbgDiNNnRyX574tKXYgcCHXPJyv54Ye55IswW5uacXnZbryLPgjV6x_FRSzAeFQ6_DFCq2J0mFCyx3oZDWtZ5t3RJmKY5I0XwhZObF8Qv_bb/s4032/IMG_9723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77J4c64w2dmWn-bIp1K3YyeKFNpkE-RkyEOBLn7oO_5XrcmsKyVKz8UhUIEqE-a7E5UziB-XUkbgDiNNnRyX574tKXYgcCHXPJyv54Ye55IswW5uacXnZbryLPgjV6x_FRSzAeFQ6_DFCq2J0mFCyx3oZDWtZ5t3RJmKY5I0XwhZObF8Qv_bb/s320/IMG_9723.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there was a state park to be experienced..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">last time I tried to see Gooseneck State Park- I fell and fractured my foot..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it took 24 yeas- but victory was mine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXb8PAAWEsAZV7WVVyh5LcbPUflCZoVC5eRamKr_LHfd1jTJPxvlzHNWLwQX6iMcCt654C2gtCZoPgJvcy69gZ3DveyGm06kML1wd0ADAre0hDAXaa0ZXR6_CHsjHUQJqUDy6i8GiEcFnyqpnCnagQQTYIElZtwhMbRk-cWqlIa0OliCxUwdjQ/s4032/IMG_9737.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXb8PAAWEsAZV7WVVyh5LcbPUflCZoVC5eRamKr_LHfd1jTJPxvlzHNWLwQX6iMcCt654C2gtCZoPgJvcy69gZ3DveyGm06kML1wd0ADAre0hDAXaa0ZXR6_CHsjHUQJqUDy6i8GiEcFnyqpnCnagQQTYIElZtwhMbRk-cWqlIa0OliCxUwdjQ/s320/IMG_9737.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a natural bridge to be admired...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Hd3F2YGIXioWGht4oIkOHrA01rndbJhjFvFrNpHZgjjpMcOBNPxAW-gLgWIKQwe9VCMXZULp3U7f79W5ILXRfoiw9FpXkVK6q0eoIhIF8qM4McoB__cMwCfvck0A2N61XfigqgpWojXdqC1DVsKb0kjsrJM6QkZmwg2bUuTcDy5B3ubmcYEs/s2462/IMG_9754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2462" data-original-width="2329" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Hd3F2YGIXioWGht4oIkOHrA01rndbJhjFvFrNpHZgjjpMcOBNPxAW-gLgWIKQwe9VCMXZULp3U7f79W5ILXRfoiw9FpXkVK6q0eoIhIF8qM4McoB__cMwCfvck0A2N61XfigqgpWojXdqC1DVsKb0kjsrJM6QkZmwg2bUuTcDy5B3ubmcYEs/s320/IMG_9754.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">an iconic view- to be photographed- from the safety of the shoulder...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">unlike these fools..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-dexsN9sQxCw168idXSZJ3C7qZ_mIKKay6nXQ8xtADHpDfCzY_-94PaG9unAx7n9kVvKN5pcQnuZfAcMBS7dw_gGzHJN7lJ0xlseHtk7lOtF5WZlh5eay_OI-vKzFLMzdq_qlWjzJDpCegAgf-9hVlHOBhuz7TwyYAIYyIaBlbCBcdU0hkL1/s2452/IMG_9752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2452" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-dexsN9sQxCw168idXSZJ3C7qZ_mIKKay6nXQ8xtADHpDfCzY_-94PaG9unAx7n9kVvKN5pcQnuZfAcMBS7dw_gGzHJN7lJ0xlseHtk7lOtF5WZlh5eay_OI-vKzFLMzdq_qlWjzJDpCegAgf-9hVlHOBhuz7TwyYAIYyIaBlbCBcdU0hkL1/s320/IMG_9752.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>However, unlike Mr. Gump who declared at this junction in the road he was tired and ready to go home- our adventure is just getting started...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasEoXk3e5IFSVrcJVyDbP3z7cZxl4zxyp7dtJbrLmvexJDA8xAe2z1LlZhnly71PBWXICVeFME-BYT9hJVQJhnvw9WShYz7trJkK9pbr-chSVi3DYW21JpRJbfKWv59_bciWP8qO_D0Jb_OG0XAbrHGTXN1u-ViCK3cTiSMhWEOxCV22t7it1/s4032/IMG_9788.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgasEoXk3e5IFSVrcJVyDbP3z7cZxl4zxyp7dtJbrLmvexJDA8xAe2z1LlZhnly71PBWXICVeFME-BYT9hJVQJhnvw9WShYz7trJkK9pbr-chSVi3DYW21JpRJbfKWv59_bciWP8qO_D0Jb_OG0XAbrHGTXN1u-ViCK3cTiSMhWEOxCV22t7it1/s320/IMG_9788.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So until next time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8Duar74ncPZ-gan1NvafY0k8GQIqyFGCF2a5mMKx-BBZIJrJYznJUbZw7BSniYmblzuayqKmuox9F7BZaMgG3ygtsaQkBCeFNF3flhKGLMf-ibXTECPlQqAii9GgBkSQ78QQlZTolvU98VlWf9owZIGdl8dNtzbxq3Ym5WS9r9LESoLwB6Sw/s4032/IMG_9802.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8Duar74ncPZ-gan1NvafY0k8GQIqyFGCF2a5mMKx-BBZIJrJYznJUbZw7BSniYmblzuayqKmuox9F7BZaMgG3ygtsaQkBCeFNF3flhKGLMf-ibXTECPlQqAii9GgBkSQ78QQlZTolvU98VlWf9owZIGdl8dNtzbxq3Ym5WS9r9LESoLwB6Sw/s320/IMG_9802.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May you be blessed with a perfect traveling partner...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSWJs4hh6Ov4ld1Knkf_Ug31mWzlMMXux2LbomN-UVottqqvRQQ1eCndkWqBDEFy_uxULirT9w3ukcjs2HVWzHCmS6b5eDSRySeHRKrdN9gm_3pIj3rDUpl8F80NejwLl0uqkc5ItEdubUnjo7HWnUFy3IeuB3X7HD9ZTENRNboqgNPYuXyZV/s4024/IMG_9826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2247" data-original-width="4024" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkSWJs4hh6Ov4ld1Knkf_Ug31mWzlMMXux2LbomN-UVottqqvRQQ1eCndkWqBDEFy_uxULirT9w3ukcjs2HVWzHCmS6b5eDSRySeHRKrdN9gm_3pIj3rDUpl8F80NejwLl0uqkc5ItEdubUnjo7HWnUFy3IeuB3X7HD9ZTENRNboqgNPYuXyZV/s320/IMG_9826.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A scenic view or</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd4Z_L_8L43dgvVOp43daNvw22xQeRqTRYClgvdg91iUpuP6FTf2HB2yc-TAg2mgRiv8xaZq8IHVVevbC-yWVRU2csG274Z2dG4bGfU4N5HKNvh8ooH_ZK1gMAKDc2BzsVxxmFAfjRz7fGxY6LL8F8BpXtCFkAIU4seJokkdnoaC5QGAiy9mk/s3706/IMG_9833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="3706" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd4Z_L_8L43dgvVOp43daNvw22xQeRqTRYClgvdg91iUpuP6FTf2HB2yc-TAg2mgRiv8xaZq8IHVVevbC-yWVRU2csG274Z2dG4bGfU4N5HKNvh8ooH_ZK1gMAKDc2BzsVxxmFAfjRz7fGxY6LL8F8BpXtCFkAIU4seJokkdnoaC5QGAiy9mk/s320/IMG_9833.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or two...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfV43o2VYvOWss_Azazzlak2ag5WCq1jkxfUh999ezmjGw1aMkh3cc_sxD74S1hWNERDU8tlvCDqFIHCf_26JEY9NlSE_T7V8_du2gtzjzpzd50NdJCJB1KPHKzwkGD_jLUQiMZeNBaNCMXaIw3G0ELwAtFD9CpN2QHmloWyDVrHjwVlWREeA/s4032/IMG_9831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfV43o2VYvOWss_Azazzlak2ag5WCq1jkxfUh999ezmjGw1aMkh3cc_sxD74S1hWNERDU8tlvCDqFIHCf_26JEY9NlSE_T7V8_du2gtzjzpzd50NdJCJB1KPHKzwkGD_jLUQiMZeNBaNCMXaIw3G0ELwAtFD9CpN2QHmloWyDVrHjwVlWREeA/s320/IMG_9831.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">taking time to enjoy the view..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34ClUPclK0zKtfPcGwmP3TD9ifFvxcvV3jGVP64uiu1oKW67QKKo7sOMqlE8JUaJiR3dqid7jQefFxWV0sDkihc_WWL6sV5btLyF6eIDIdI6gdRiiyaKgjnS8ufse-_fRwJWgASUgfLtBHH_Q2zza_s3UnnnDmNV2eatznuPuAC-RO9Def18L/s4032/IMG_9845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34ClUPclK0zKtfPcGwmP3TD9ifFvxcvV3jGVP64uiu1oKW67QKKo7sOMqlE8JUaJiR3dqid7jQefFxWV0sDkihc_WWL6sV5btLyF6eIDIdI6gdRiiyaKgjnS8ufse-_fRwJWgASUgfLtBHH_Q2zza_s3UnnnDmNV2eatznuPuAC-RO9Def18L/s320/IMG_9845.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">while getting your kicks along the way...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-40960343367029758272023-08-27T11:50:00.001-06:002023-08-27T11:50:34.413-06:00August Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>RIGHT NOW-</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">I'm listening </b><span style="text-align: left;">to...the silence of a Sunday morning.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qEVThm7SDs0opbmtNUi0fO0LKGOvDXZHGkxjv9pHwA7Xyvyyuotc6yJZIGjCP1EOKuEzn24yCJuPBNSuw0RsylhqgLm8q3A0fccfzxdCAsWREpymQ-rHz_t4XLVuR0JVxB8iygfj4n0BrMR5QrazDYb_v98EAcb-flAV6IejI3RgEf2x9Ycw/s4032/IMG_9030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qEVThm7SDs0opbmtNUi0fO0LKGOvDXZHGkxjv9pHwA7Xyvyyuotc6yJZIGjCP1EOKuEzn24yCJuPBNSuw0RsylhqgLm8q3A0fccfzxdCAsWREpymQ-rHz_t4XLVuR0JVxB8iygfj4n0BrMR5QrazDYb_v98EAcb-flAV6IejI3RgEf2x9Ycw/s320/IMG_9030.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Yes- I know that technically, there are still 5+ days left in the month-but it's quiet right now, I am sitting here at the desktop cleaning up some digital chaos (which feels like one step forward, two steps backwards) and figured now is a great time to just reflect on the month.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving</b> that now that I am retired-</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: red;">Sundays </span></b>no longer are filled with dread </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMuX452nt0XV5cyehHkuQ2qxak7n9MqK6OqD9bhkACS6sUfPHTbu95AFiPRfWEzbWVxSYVb6-CPnEx0c42Cl-xQ8R3lnLMdfj4OmOjyd6hNFVIbcFspA7isyXgZkcAGT0JnELS7eIeS4Z_swdJFjol3F0LYIbdOYNyUuCfxE_YmP_3sEurx-x/s4032/IMG_8910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMuX452nt0XV5cyehHkuQ2qxak7n9MqK6OqD9bhkACS6sUfPHTbu95AFiPRfWEzbWVxSYVb6-CPnEx0c42Cl-xQ8R3lnLMdfj4OmOjyd6hNFVIbcFspA7isyXgZkcAGT0JnELS7eIeS4Z_swdJFjol3F0LYIbdOYNyUuCfxE_YmP_3sEurx-x/s320/IMG_8910.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">instead- they can be fun days- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where I meet up with a friend for some music </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftR-g65DP_dX6bs6sO6Tlx5Q3UddJtjPBNbHA-JXN723DO6U6uA9BQkeAn_4_trg0Qyv5agTaxrf-LThNdMa-4j8HRr6_8PtNfJdB6NArE4Lam5-FHQmlGcRaWFhWxp9q2Y0RpjsV3UC0mpF_LAro95drGaiYij3BOEQ5HG5O_17omAE7AO3A/s4032/IMG_8908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftR-g65DP_dX6bs6sO6Tlx5Q3UddJtjPBNbHA-JXN723DO6U6uA9BQkeAn_4_trg0Qyv5agTaxrf-LThNdMa-4j8HRr6_8PtNfJdB6NArE4Lam5-FHQmlGcRaWFhWxp9q2Y0RpjsV3UC0mpF_LAro95drGaiYij3BOEQ5HG5O_17omAE7AO3A/s320/IMG_8908.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and some fresh peach pie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Brew-Ability in Englewood- check it out-it's a great way to support our disability community members</span>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Mondays </span></b>may still include some time hitting the books...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWQd_FKjJcun4DiN9HtMM1jXplNjwa6XpkQuGIOUKzOxe6981eiX1OtAxr82NFNSlSQEbRu96BE7yk-XQaSr8JNH0oaorsmrcnbten2NH4SuY0QN904yXQLeZQRupmVZFHR7-ELiKgYGfb8K-nhDbP4hHwKILncirEaubcNQ9g1rHlVCQvdOb/s4017/IMG_9002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4017" data-original-width="2733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWQd_FKjJcun4DiN9HtMM1jXplNjwa6XpkQuGIOUKzOxe6981eiX1OtAxr82NFNSlSQEbRu96BE7yk-XQaSr8JNH0oaorsmrcnbten2NH4SuY0QN904yXQLeZQRupmVZFHR7-ELiKgYGfb8K-nhDbP4hHwKILncirEaubcNQ9g1rHlVCQvdOb/s320/IMG_9002.JPG" width="218" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Only now I get to decide what I want to read- and where. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I am proud to report that I've read 57 books so far this year- well on track to exceed previous years results. Always grateful to Goodreads that provides me with a platform to record what I have read (the brain needs all the supports it can find the older I get! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Tuesdays</b></span>...I may find myself thirsty..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOQQ_uxs2P4nCEBo-vx1sdfckQJcLOmRGmIM-h64FG4_ZfNzt-zEWhWcbOj1h9Z9Abjl147IJKUOF0vhB70670_30QRrmX14vAOalOQxvBKAnj4d7AhjsuaFs1dBBiSq2-su5S30vLrUkm8LR7TeWFaoLTlpq2qYEKKLAJl2n8CBmK7bqGLvX/s4032/IMG_9054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOQQ_uxs2P4nCEBo-vx1sdfckQJcLOmRGmIM-h64FG4_ZfNzt-zEWhWcbOj1h9Z9Abjl147IJKUOF0vhB70670_30QRrmX14vAOalOQxvBKAnj4d7AhjsuaFs1dBBiSq2-su5S30vLrUkm8LR7TeWFaoLTlpq2qYEKKLAJl2n8CBmK7bqGLvX/s320/IMG_9054.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And because it's not a school night for me- I can fill up my cup with a lovely cocktail.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Which I am enjoying lakeside at West Lake-at Red Feather Lakes. And, where yes- the blanket came in handy with a steady breeze creating a slight chill in the air. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Wednesdays</b></span>- may involve some work...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMf0INwmu53WEYItUbc7IxFfLMVAtgFexBb79GxjOUiE9kDLpI9pHmeiTXFJmogVr-NKn8RSKVt2Aad4kkycIIyxgCSD1-1_PnHhuFT_eXY4N95v4gVedbIYQjuuRfNkS7ZQEz2zWvJS4dd-XFnZwTFYVJ-PbisHjaXOnrFXIAKfwMkWBRqG7/s4032/IMG_8932.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMf0INwmu53WEYItUbc7IxFfLMVAtgFexBb79GxjOUiE9kDLpI9pHmeiTXFJmogVr-NKn8RSKVt2Aad4kkycIIyxgCSD1-1_PnHhuFT_eXY4N95v4gVedbIYQjuuRfNkS7ZQEz2zWvJS4dd-XFnZwTFYVJ-PbisHjaXOnrFXIAKfwMkWBRqG7/s320/IMG_8932.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All part of our combined efforts to reduce the clutter within our house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> This treadmill was not seeing the love it desired, and while we tried to re-home it- the folks at Play It Again sports laughed, the Marketplace was filled with free competition and the Junk Man offered to lighten our burden for $250</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSWZ98IJCRriRw7U6KaUIJ5gEKrVGDNvEbUXFTyjChblWuWhxKRa0AmOusQGEllxYpo-H75sc55vX5mSXHRnkGA_hnv4YeZgWSWUDMMTcwR_2UosNXVn3OdRnwCGu57m8eLmaRGacvF5b2wdDuzHNVaFt1Y_OSAWCbBMP0ehwT9NHY2JigWOB/s3264/IMG_1310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSWZ98IJCRriRw7U6KaUIJ5gEKrVGDNvEbUXFTyjChblWuWhxKRa0AmOusQGEllxYpo-H75sc55vX5mSXHRnkGA_hnv4YeZgWSWUDMMTcwR_2UosNXVn3OdRnwCGu57m8eLmaRGacvF5b2wdDuzHNVaFt1Y_OSAWCbBMP0ehwT9NHY2JigWOB/s320/IMG_1310.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We continued on by clearing out some other rarely used items such as this canopy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7V77uSk94MKyrfImwzLbQOJQ6PU81PmnjIRBbeKPh7PK16rK_JFTM-wd870vUWR0ubiEyiZHo09z7fqlgUlCE1ZZo4hOeFsrjYj2NDJMLci_RxNaOLKq2dYm6AT0K4BzESJgOisxvAdFny-L26PFP6BpWg11Zj7rt8Daqda3k4-bHtyGQlGR/s4032/IMG_9090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7V77uSk94MKyrfImwzLbQOJQ6PU81PmnjIRBbeKPh7PK16rK_JFTM-wd870vUWR0ubiEyiZHo09z7fqlgUlCE1ZZo4hOeFsrjYj2NDJMLci_RxNaOLKq2dYm6AT0K4BzESJgOisxvAdFny-L26PFP6BpWg11Zj7rt8Daqda3k4-bHtyGQlGR/s320/IMG_9090.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Without a doubt- it's a process- but slow and steady should still win the race, right? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Thursdays</span></b> can now be used as a jump start to the weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0ITEAedhik4t-h4nTgBEEeezkcEwbPEOwY6Yoo_waoZfRWCgCrFh9vaufnqQmiCol_o37XAeXvn0-vfNLmrdqdyLSuZlWG9jo1JqbAFknKu-KnfKlOVag9kxhTAoDGcaUsVhZWMiVdaNUuIqEXJtZvhMZYcuJWVVmxpSEcr-UYyVC4-nMAAC/s4032/IMG_8928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0ITEAedhik4t-h4nTgBEEeezkcEwbPEOwY6Yoo_waoZfRWCgCrFh9vaufnqQmiCol_o37XAeXvn0-vfNLmrdqdyLSuZlWG9jo1JqbAFknKu-KnfKlOVag9kxhTAoDGcaUsVhZWMiVdaNUuIqEXJtZvhMZYcuJWVVmxpSEcr-UYyVC4-nMAAC/s320/IMG_8928.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With maybe "jump-start" being the operative word? The Honda-CRV made her first tow adventure up to Wyoming. All went well with the tow process, but Hubby identified some concerns regarding the alternator. Oh well- that's why we do a "shake-down" cruise- even if the issues identified were in no way related to the towing process.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tN8HNKc4fL_PwFYQ-B87TCQArtbi4nKOaxv6Q_RCcCMX8wGIwF0sk4gDBSJCT246lwVcfB8clchp754IDlwMvkQatUHLX_rHUlGaOU1poBFc5GGzcNPuJjcRx1Lah3wT3FYSwO91-ezOaMBqutgtQAlUBqUYIWWr1eDkY0ukoszJjvcJ-SgA/s4032/IMG_8965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tN8HNKc4fL_PwFYQ-B87TCQArtbi4nKOaxv6Q_RCcCMX8wGIwF0sk4gDBSJCT246lwVcfB8clchp754IDlwMvkQatUHLX_rHUlGaOU1poBFc5GGzcNPuJjcRx1Lah3wT3FYSwO91-ezOaMBqutgtQAlUBqUYIWWr1eDkY0ukoszJjvcJ-SgA/s320/IMG_8965.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The camp hosts wandered by to say Hi</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjphU4XYzPRikS7ydfoXmbw5KPr3x5lhzG5FR2nxLgL-8hseGJND3OATC19vcwiKbBssA9vf6wVGvRNOqslwgSo_Z5aIJlgXLSixMArLfLN08cyq17rR6tkwz9yGEaCfxqz0mXy3V2og-tXLQ7opnNFY5xJvXhDbBdIODVWhGyB-91_vbgUhXZ/s4032/IMG_8978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjphU4XYzPRikS7ydfoXmbw5KPr3x5lhzG5FR2nxLgL-8hseGJND3OATC19vcwiKbBssA9vf6wVGvRNOqslwgSo_Z5aIJlgXLSixMArLfLN08cyq17rR6tkwz9yGEaCfxqz0mXy3V2og-tXLQ7opnNFY5xJvXhDbBdIODVWhGyB-91_vbgUhXZ/s320/IMG_8978.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">but for some reason decided to pass on our offer to share our dinner</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Beef- it's what's for dinner!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi709Z-2H0yhLELQ80E0p2Bc-rirfKfslFLbOPFGlZ7mqie7LAuhshQTBjpAu3d0H02PzdGu4hDSgXjaJIOM6T6anxQAUX-ltw7PFDPot-nIDpJsctj7f7xyCeBJaxzVNYP-gd0A3wm9os2dILRHiBJuSGkjYUs6U_b4oCJBvnUpFaEuzmfMb-t/s4032/IMG_8968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi709Z-2H0yhLELQ80E0p2Bc-rirfKfslFLbOPFGlZ7mqie7LAuhshQTBjpAu3d0H02PzdGu4hDSgXjaJIOM6T6anxQAUX-ltw7PFDPot-nIDpJsctj7f7xyCeBJaxzVNYP-gd0A3wm9os2dILRHiBJuSGkjYUs6U_b4oCJBvnUpFaEuzmfMb-t/s320/IMG_8968.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grateful for our new gazebo-as one soon is quickly reminded about the classic Wyoming wind-</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Fridays </span><span>can be </span>perfect for hiding out in the forest</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNID0slw-DBJMOpInU2ntJF5-YPe7JGxB3tQr9VsRutuOSiSL-CPJ200y3ovwJijwb8QYYBxg5okWP5T25_A8i67eSFBvqZTD--riGrmDIymdaW7fQn2FAtLIgjfb8y3YH680QK6jDQOqS5lEaRnWeuNqGCUIb9i4WMmhq_lCH6h3Nq_9-4Sh/s4032/IMG_9064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNID0slw-DBJMOpInU2ntJF5-YPe7JGxB3tQr9VsRutuOSiSL-CPJ200y3ovwJijwb8QYYBxg5okWP5T25_A8i67eSFBvqZTD--riGrmDIymdaW7fQn2FAtLIgjfb8y3YH680QK6jDQOqS5lEaRnWeuNqGCUIb9i4WMmhq_lCH6h3Nq_9-4Sh/s320/IMG_9064.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUKEn7e4wnzzm_W2iniFAVjCBeCtSe0wL7lvliPu41VKd1JHsvhD1axb88O-AR5-1j1PAvIBItR3kMq9eFktRgR8Gx8_QE2P5OqUdz-wbuSw_ZyAhRVCCq-sGKYY-aDxra5dYp7kDKue0KuZP7K-KJ90NYdTBKVDojWe4EaFo1xkScUr_VAoE/s4032/IMG_9061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUKEn7e4wnzzm_W2iniFAVjCBeCtSe0wL7lvliPu41VKd1JHsvhD1axb88O-AR5-1j1PAvIBItR3kMq9eFktRgR8Gx8_QE2P5OqUdz-wbuSw_ZyAhRVCCq-sGKYY-aDxra5dYp7kDKue0KuZP7K-KJ90NYdTBKVDojWe4EaFo1xkScUr_VAoE/s320/IMG_9061.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Well, at least until the rest of the campers started to arrive. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> We enjoyed a couple nights up near Deadman Hill and Fire tower. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Saturdays</span></b> will still be for shenanigans</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1074" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ79778kVsijfl79Pr98h-sNl9NS3Tc2ZnpxsdOjNgAHpf0etsAIogCbYrimYwUmcXTP0qrHzPXSA-ozuvqbR5Ib1pJWcfMDRTYzvRljKoD4I9QaxZwAtOD1vMD_5WoVMiTDv5YCPw8oQ9YYd7hjq68NOpfjK_DsGBGRccSBmPtSRMaZqZdTtB/s320/0-1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Missing Miss JW who was out with a tummy bug...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">can't wait until the other ladies join me in </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">this wonderful life called Retirement! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>I'm feeling</b> like retirement clearly agrees with me. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">May you find peace...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiMEDl3Mzltc_Ebh3bOU3QYi92Gi9seEu2jGQmt59t9b3Korc0WiL-vB3p-4_x5cn0XlwFutjpS-8O5l-wCLLEDwE75QPUlzGHRCE1UW1LERTDK3-WRVZhUCfIdsfnHHk5iujeVnIVdecg9zyOqbi9k-SKxyGQaw46cNlBrPcfjj-I3sRsWGR/s4032/IMG_7709.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiMEDl3Mzltc_Ebh3bOU3QYi92Gi9seEu2jGQmt59t9b3Korc0WiL-vB3p-4_x5cn0XlwFutjpS-8O5l-wCLLEDwE75QPUlzGHRCE1UW1LERTDK3-WRVZhUCfIdsfnHHk5iujeVnIVdecg9zyOqbi9k-SKxyGQaw46cNlBrPcfjj-I3sRsWGR/s320/IMG_7709.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>laughter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2MUa0Gekurst-2dD-7zPQduhbGvHT9gMsn6x4KR4pGCUR0w2A5wzCYh23md6LqNwu2CzEbhIP4jsyVdMDS2pvo9ayXc8Q5puXRDvBNDBFXeQdB8vUo0zSeGHRhCAMPUXjmAWP4u3b9aYPGFtA2YPyKk3dbQwAF-zDYF4yR98ac0a6pHO-sLa/s4032/IMG_3021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2MUa0Gekurst-2dD-7zPQduhbGvHT9gMsn6x4KR4pGCUR0w2A5wzCYh23md6LqNwu2CzEbhIP4jsyVdMDS2pvo9ayXc8Q5puXRDvBNDBFXeQdB8vUo0zSeGHRhCAMPUXjmAWP4u3b9aYPGFtA2YPyKk3dbQwAF-zDYF4yR98ac0a6pHO-sLa/s320/IMG_3021.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and love in change!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-75892751197739612212023-08-05T15:51:00.001-06:002023-08-05T15:51:11.906-06:00July Recap- Home to Wisconsin<p style="text-align: center;"> Right Now- July Recap</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening</b> to a song...with the lyrics seeming a perfect fit for this recap...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_HhzjBn0M_tLGivxCL1uwnvewzlw1euu00a8dYHxeR9vQr-0kK3Eiclliz-BB6Bji508JCQKY3aPor-TNVI8YkZnAlMnNyk68JzcFCEILgtHy9M-6yE3bQJXvErgNTe2vC_FiOrOmz6v-IFeuaSwx3WnnwX6d1agSm4m2HYcXnDDm-aXPmxtU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="268" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_HhzjBn0M_tLGivxCL1uwnvewzlw1euu00a8dYHxeR9vQr-0kK3Eiclliz-BB6Bji508JCQKY3aPor-TNVI8YkZnAlMnNyk68JzcFCEILgtHy9M-6yE3bQJXvErgNTe2vC_FiOrOmz6v-IFeuaSwx3WnnwX6d1agSm4m2HYcXnDDm-aXPmxtU" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">These are the days I will remember </span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">These are the faces I want close (faces I want close)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">If everythin' changes and we're not together</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">These days I will remember, these days I will remember</span></i></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ensuring that I remember days and stories is what prompted me to start this blog so many years ago...so please bear with me as I reflect on this one last trip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Home to Wisconsin"</div></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchCJJZeiw7YSnj_x4dtNvOBge7s4bNaICSIJDm11xxZJzTsomUfRvQq_E18yBtBRinSutDGAvQYbmPOj6pVnH7Qa-MQyXXCa1cEe5vl9NQzCpzGwRS-vBo0l3sLg2teFyvtxSIiAGOrBoIa3WSEZXB-411wm5yq-pi0dpSY-KzOCC4dfBbzR8/s6016/Headstone%202023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchCJJZeiw7YSnj_x4dtNvOBge7s4bNaICSIJDm11xxZJzTsomUfRvQq_E18yBtBRinSutDGAvQYbmPOj6pVnH7Qa-MQyXXCa1cEe5vl9NQzCpzGwRS-vBo0l3sLg2teFyvtxSIiAGOrBoIa3WSEZXB-411wm5yq-pi0dpSY-KzOCC4dfBbzR8/s320/Headstone%202023.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When my father passed away in September 2022- we decided to hold off on the committal of his ashes until a later date. My sister and I were spent- and the cemetery where dad's ashes would be placed- was several hours from where he had been living. Clearly too much to do in one day- and for sure, more than we were ready to take on at the time.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzrHGQHEKNwl4payO87Ar1ZK0wfMfPkktD3WaeoPb3Iu1otWLhhwjlJ9O8BP4I3FpoGKf-eUJlwdvPqsSVtm-3sJM4LPFNp_WS12OdSOY9RbSOxZ3ZTqO-5X7Lq8WQDiKs5qU0v00wDNIQ6KBrubVRXxA7l0gZXik2Fu6ocXpToBP-DORQuyF/s1504/Granum%20Headstone%20May%201989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1008" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzrHGQHEKNwl4payO87Ar1ZK0wfMfPkktD3WaeoPb3Iu1otWLhhwjlJ9O8BP4I3FpoGKf-eUJlwdvPqsSVtm-3sJM4LPFNp_WS12OdSOY9RbSOxZ3ZTqO-5X7Lq8WQDiKs5qU0v00wDNIQ6KBrubVRXxA7l0gZXik2Fu6ocXpToBP-DORQuyF/s320/Granum%20Headstone%20May%201989.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">1989- when the family marker was first unveiled</span></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As winter approached, my sister and I started to talk about when to place his ashes. We were both feeling weary but knew it was that final step in the process. It was at this time, that my nephew chimed in- "<i>Of course, you do it July 15th</i>". Happy to have someone willing to make this decision- we started to plan for this event.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURLxi7n3rrcJyjvQIzg6uvs1vNPsvHrU47dSiQ7Ab8PaKBuqFocSW2dVPiaeuEpQBQGhBlDBVhSf_jCx0jEJ2XAtZKPNf4CHyTdyC50p8rIofpcX5u4lrdZCjZjYxuKFBHYU_h6xYQxzJbsKgvGk2Env_zTdx2U_C7esURjAUeedtKUnvJeRB/s3240/Grandpas_20Bday_20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2430" data-original-width="3240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURLxi7n3rrcJyjvQIzg6uvs1vNPsvHrU47dSiQ7Ab8PaKBuqFocSW2dVPiaeuEpQBQGhBlDBVhSf_jCx0jEJ2XAtZKPNf4CHyTdyC50p8rIofpcX5u4lrdZCjZjYxuKFBHYU_h6xYQxzJbsKgvGk2Env_zTdx2U_C7esURjAUeedtKUnvJeRB/s320/Grandpas_20Bday_20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">A Glacier Birthday-July 2011</span></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Why July 15th? </i> Well, July 16th would have been my dad's 90th birthday- and so it seemed rather appropriate to have one last celebration in his honor just prior to his birthday. </span></p></blockquote><p>With the "when" decided, we quickly moved on to the where and the what of this final tribute. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Where- was an easy answer...The Wolf River Cemetery...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft10qhvQkNh8jEHcRIYtmoFQMf0z4ye688FIsEP0KXJruIVISXI0_uKXS6F92SM9c80l1rk_QMlTN5K8ilZfeG0GiBjzmxLBVavl5nd5hyinvmb97ync5Ej420rDALJqyTOY41ViGsMnuEtELh1gIJ_UuewESt-ntw2I_Dq_gx3ok3hMkpL2a/s4320/Wolf%20River%20Church.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhft10qhvQkNh8jEHcRIYtmoFQMf0z4ye688FIsEP0KXJruIVISXI0_uKXS6F92SM9c80l1rk_QMlTN5K8ilZfeG0GiBjzmxLBVavl5nd5hyinvmb97ync5Ej420rDALJqyTOY41ViGsMnuEtELh1gIJ_UuewESt-ntw2I_Dq_gx3ok3hMkpL2a/s320/Wolf%20River%20Church.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Located right next to the Little Church in the Pines..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyDU75d2boO16hSFgwxh8FvvLxt-V2Jdr09jvuHOewm2JolQKus11dDfGUtDkdDvVWy_1cOcbUNpUW3aiV_agMIG_TFz79ul6zN-9ONJ3afcZYjRcSJAfvequLOUJoUVyDLv7AVmEvK4KZzJER6ou3THxLEVy_I4a86kGyThtgJqHtyCcf6kg/s1520/Clarence%20Bohren%20and%20parents.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1520" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyDU75d2boO16hSFgwxh8FvvLxt-V2Jdr09jvuHOewm2JolQKus11dDfGUtDkdDvVWy_1cOcbUNpUW3aiV_agMIG_TFz79ul6zN-9ONJ3afcZYjRcSJAfvequLOUJoUVyDLv7AVmEvK4KZzJER6ou3THxLEVy_I4a86kGyThtgJqHtyCcf6kg/s320/Clarence%20Bohren%20and%20parents.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just south of Fremont, WI...in the area that my maternal relatives settled and farmed..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitz1TG2P7IUruW-2f8xJNBi3MXYD2SuukbTvp3uefQLsgiH6gcv43Z1WsLGU_f784BT-nAZeQCB0kYRItiIoFeiKJW7BP_PrycD0AhtXIF3n-vI6Lfjeqy_d9T0OQNTEHLikZabnohk8JUC9k8WQFTY10VOmq7-tfwc86jUwxFOi5Ol8mtAhoB/s961/Wedding%20portrait%20couple.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="961" data-original-width="694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitz1TG2P7IUruW-2f8xJNBi3MXYD2SuukbTvp3uefQLsgiH6gcv43Z1WsLGU_f784BT-nAZeQCB0kYRItiIoFeiKJW7BP_PrycD0AhtXIF3n-vI6Lfjeqy_d9T0OQNTEHLikZabnohk8JUC9k8WQFTY10VOmq7-tfwc86jUwxFOi5Ol8mtAhoB/s320/Wedding%20portrait%20couple.JPG" width="231" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and where my parents got married...on August 22, 1959</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRpmmCYBELoy1c4FRJHrw5GIXYwKWWWdBk1mXJIkP4fmUlM9q2csIdh9oKqBsWMoMsG4BA64H5Qta6f62JJFDUsrR_6Sngn0RpHBZj0CXEFDFAh3qsfiZhwK0VA9GUlmvLru57iJOhOopGduoF6-Q5Dcr9H6cZgbBAxk-OByXmGoUp4XaSGrl/s1782/Bohren%20Granum%20Wedding%201959%20(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1782" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRpmmCYBELoy1c4FRJHrw5GIXYwKWWWdBk1mXJIkP4fmUlM9q2csIdh9oKqBsWMoMsG4BA64H5Qta6f62JJFDUsrR_6Sngn0RpHBZj0CXEFDFAh3qsfiZhwK0VA9GUlmvLru57iJOhOopGduoF6-Q5Dcr9H6cZgbBAxk-OByXmGoUp4XaSGrl/s320/Bohren%20Granum%20Wedding%201959%20(4).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'd be fortunate to be joined by two of my mom's bridal attendants</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and her flower girl on this sunny Saturday morning... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNMn_gPx_6Y23GPtNItrAj8xPpV_TqkXRxGSYqHsh6r_8ZMSB0d1o0d6A9KTcnqsjuuxkvVAiwrbzMUtAPw6jkBYFhOrYRBtvXYNz9cRIhxCFvnxfZjw833MnyUMeQT13MrOZb6xMxmp2FG5t71KqOF69f7s4UYwDi2J-vNTRCtmi4warvH-E/s3229/IMG_8731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3229" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNMn_gPx_6Y23GPtNItrAj8xPpV_TqkXRxGSYqHsh6r_8ZMSB0d1o0d6A9KTcnqsjuuxkvVAiwrbzMUtAPw6jkBYFhOrYRBtvXYNz9cRIhxCFvnxfZjw833MnyUMeQT13MrOZb6xMxmp2FG5t71KqOF69f7s4UYwDi2J-vNTRCtmi4warvH-E/s320/IMG_8731.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Connie Basseuner...went to great lengths to ensure she could make it...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUMiszeG057QAHzkffDAizVvex2hTj02SI1gk-_4fox3Y_6aqsa4eX87kCLt7B5XSJu4wYsbQw8jkaZZlUBPBVECZjEHrFLDc19fS6ugSho6BmuCpWZAmsCJ-EhFKCP-a-qd9-gfwAVskwcFDB-4EyfhXtHmGScVv59TomLGXmhiQ4qy7E9xM/s4032/IMG_8721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">And Aunt Birdie would show us all how it's done- living a vibrant independent life at age 90! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This celebration all came together perfectly...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRrFs4rCMrPfuFxYyktLhEXNMitxYY6jPkZL-mXMbg2uWSb_dkdXeoV8xr7BwDIZ8n1nzDvmdjCJ3HYAXwhicExgOtBPgccTHU1L7-NCWQZcoEyOGSuFtsMdkB2E6kdthUBILrQuNtQds1KqBAYUsgeCXxP_5BzEOTy5IAlLnGt1ZB56gR9Ue/s4032/IMG_8724.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRrFs4rCMrPfuFxYyktLhEXNMitxYY6jPkZL-mXMbg2uWSb_dkdXeoV8xr7BwDIZ8n1nzDvmdjCJ3HYAXwhicExgOtBPgccTHU1L7-NCWQZcoEyOGSuFtsMdkB2E6kdthUBILrQuNtQds1KqBAYUsgeCXxP_5BzEOTy5IAlLnGt1ZB56gR9Ue/s320/IMG_8724.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My sister lead us through the service...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHOWA4HfeQKQLbcDv3BmmqwnRUrNreNQ9UnalkDXxlaCh9Qwi-9597ZNN2GQKiwxdUd8upcvcVFsUteLbaGlMGJ4gTpbu2n6tLWT5ows1oRm1QdfJMSljMwRzZB6V_WPt662-az0-pq7YazJRUIcyHCDvhgZUXdp445PpnjrDyvr-lp7cmS_M/s908/Granum%20Girls%20July%2015%202023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="908" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHOWA4HfeQKQLbcDv3BmmqwnRUrNreNQ9UnalkDXxlaCh9Qwi-9597ZNN2GQKiwxdUd8upcvcVFsUteLbaGlMGJ4gTpbu2n6tLWT5ows1oRm1QdfJMSljMwRzZB6V_WPt662-az0-pq7YazJRUIcyHCDvhgZUXdp445PpnjrDyvr-lp7cmS_M/s320/Granum%20Girls%20July%2015%202023.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and together we'd soak in the love shared by so many </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvrrgw09-48wcb1KQT_7snlHzTDD1xHUNJZEAQZlqQNU1fafE71cfVs7n0JvgF321wkvhexokUup2KityFImFGxVcsVQxIbVHP2FrjgdUU2RMu--lNCAEjUjKB8j8Ezbe9AHUAk1mt4rtqVuCJ3ctic6-oBQTlzJRgRaTmxczEUtxpe-6543H/s6016/Descendents%20of%20Irene.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">There would be other days to remember during this trip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXXGptSLzgec7vn27HtDOAtm_yH3mDG6qk04gAJVdHNh45k8AFvYus1nX7LdII0SxpPArTNxWGssfPFPxXYHNRtqoMwmKVy7Jrul57brBbZbdUhJJEiaJ6M3titOpjcpbDzRgAbwpTgSvulxYLX7M6pL3VwF_eVf_1IogntOlv47Bu9NVTB0G/s4032/IMG_8687.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXXGptSLzgec7vn27HtDOAtm_yH3mDG6qk04gAJVdHNh45k8AFvYus1nX7LdII0SxpPArTNxWGssfPFPxXYHNRtqoMwmKVy7Jrul57brBbZbdUhJJEiaJ6M3titOpjcpbDzRgAbwpTgSvulxYLX7M6pL3VwF_eVf_1IogntOlv47Bu9NVTB0G/s320/IMG_8687.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a day running around West Bend- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">enjoying Matt's paella-expertly crafted on the Big Green Egg</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPj6QGBHxJuZaAS-B0VWjlYWUJHcgUoOR0E_mNaIPOYYD6sOZhrk6efnkcyi0LntZUheW8OUEAYo_Cm12h6BdHFNvj4JQI1QJixrfnuSysdSP7Ra9YTtFbiL5vOTsc7L3PDmV2nV0vdiyRIJYsPLtoRLWkuge0PJG3-pceBt9hbiUl_72WKov/s4032/IMG_8749.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPj6QGBHxJuZaAS-B0VWjlYWUJHcgUoOR0E_mNaIPOYYD6sOZhrk6efnkcyi0LntZUheW8OUEAYo_Cm12h6BdHFNvj4JQI1QJixrfnuSysdSP7Ra9YTtFbiL5vOTsc7L3PDmV2nV0vdiyRIJYsPLtoRLWkuge0PJG3-pceBt9hbiUl_72WKov/s320/IMG_8749.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A day spent sitting on the pontoon-enjoying the company of </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQ_AbOCC1_R96tfdpqbHm0PHb-U2eauW3EHJiOYykihDy4hPrYDSZxKZWbJ9T5YNRJlY7QCRyvGHLIOaAC6i_elEj0D_HplFX3tR3ksQ0M32OHCxtfyWTXyfRWf9QWK9jbdWOirqWSQ6FnWH5P74eZgZt7dOsxgOSaCT8EAtaj9vjuwcZuwoM/s4032/IMG_8761.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQ_AbOCC1_R96tfdpqbHm0PHb-U2eauW3EHJiOYykihDy4hPrYDSZxKZWbJ9T5YNRJlY7QCRyvGHLIOaAC6i_elEj0D_HplFX3tR3ksQ0M32OHCxtfyWTXyfRWf9QWK9jbdWOirqWSQ6FnWH5P74eZgZt7dOsxgOSaCT8EAtaj9vjuwcZuwoM/s320/IMG_8761.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">forever friends...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfbi8qqV4frcajQ9z_4AobLXb3Pzbg4qeugMkSi-_NLWDFyPlf_lBzkDj0wtX21WsGqAUUSX-s6dU2C9L1P-EiYLB26FE0L1Bh8mUFWGgsJCVyEtoPGZFf3ShUkoOy9g1TswuVlrf_Q9SuqRf8nnfdRDU0cAIfU-Xbvg6k-S5jxgWrUi0RftM/s4032/IMG_8782.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfbi8qqV4frcajQ9z_4AobLXb3Pzbg4qeugMkSi-_NLWDFyPlf_lBzkDj0wtX21WsGqAUUSX-s6dU2C9L1P-EiYLB26FE0L1Bh8mUFWGgsJCVyEtoPGZFf3ShUkoOy9g1TswuVlrf_Q9SuqRf8nnfdRDU0cAIfU-Xbvg6k-S5jxgWrUi0RftM/s320/IMG_8782.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A day spent hitting the trail <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(no not really- more like an hour tops...)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLi2nWjJ3RDpr7dltEI7rO6k7fbmvafJUaGNwIIxWlmMAHR8IgIuVjiZJQSnbqqbRiEVUj3y2IYeMaYvGhusxB-Z_WvDi2DkENIXWlU4hIcyjyznV9CPrwvnQluALJvwlfZZSOmCSRKlP3ARR7ZGg1UPnSLSfUfoAiJvJxGjYvKeoP8pcjmvjE/s3307/IMG_8797.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3307" data-original-width="2545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLi2nWjJ3RDpr7dltEI7rO6k7fbmvafJUaGNwIIxWlmMAHR8IgIuVjiZJQSnbqqbRiEVUj3y2IYeMaYvGhusxB-Z_WvDi2DkENIXWlU4hIcyjyznV9CPrwvnQluALJvwlfZZSOmCSRKlP3ARR7ZGg1UPnSLSfUfoAiJvJxGjYvKeoP8pcjmvjE/s320/IMG_8797.jpeg" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A day spent trying my hand at paddle boarding</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(another false truth- more like minutes of "snap the picture before I fall off this thing)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKa7OH8KR5kMFcgve92b_Arz_B92euYamqaTBT4mdy7KUSHw8ljAo2iLadCf5TdzlDB8B8pRYCTC0BZSxZOZzMPmqGJi-6MvddDvNIdRbsf-hWI7ku8E-YJfXEydkQKPiHXDJ2PP8tvP9tZS_IbxQE0fxQc4QUBkcxd2cYBjkL3bhJRryUESx8/s3349/IMG_8813.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3349" data-original-width="3005" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKa7OH8KR5kMFcgve92b_Arz_B92euYamqaTBT4mdy7KUSHw8ljAo2iLadCf5TdzlDB8B8pRYCTC0BZSxZOZzMPmqGJi-6MvddDvNIdRbsf-hWI7ku8E-YJfXEydkQKPiHXDJ2PP8tvP9tZS_IbxQE0fxQc4QUBkcxd2cYBjkL3bhJRryUESx8/s320/IMG_8813.jpeg" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A drive day...where we'd question what's going on here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23JPNN9UYI_xSNJV1S7Hu1YSgYaXMlzszHppL_AsNoZeooYd0Fns6Mc_OPNOBmV9uPVLghj-gWo5BBNmf-uFJLdxnALvBGQYC_eT3rlVNRjEb49G8M7tSLBu_yXvPclkCk-iqVqS9cGFpRqDtKdqtUTbvgEQUltgFP8WE6THIho_FQE1_AHFx/s4032/IMG_8814.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23JPNN9UYI_xSNJV1S7Hu1YSgYaXMlzszHppL_AsNoZeooYd0Fns6Mc_OPNOBmV9uPVLghj-gWo5BBNmf-uFJLdxnALvBGQYC_eT3rlVNRjEb49G8M7tSLBu_yXvPclkCk-iqVqS9cGFpRqDtKdqtUTbvgEQUltgFP8WE6THIho_FQE1_AHFx/s320/IMG_8814.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with a lunch break with the folks that call this place home!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Una- we can't let another 10 years pass before we see each other!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOJspvfo0b6mgU6E4ky46JI_bXNwiYYQxn0vXP7BciKTaIAHOiwPDMu76F6uKczH3BkUVgtdYZtq5-Et-N_HBvLK1arnPMph14JxEVl1zod9OJPqxNEoXejCCUK0wbRNCT--6f0OYS7T3BwxEtnohftZJuEpmpyRepWTX1mqMRAxq3ASvyRXL/s4032/IMG_8833.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOJspvfo0b6mgU6E4ky46JI_bXNwiYYQxn0vXP7BciKTaIAHOiwPDMu76F6uKczH3BkUVgtdYZtq5-Et-N_HBvLK1arnPMph14JxEVl1zod9OJPqxNEoXejCCUK0wbRNCT--6f0OYS7T3BwxEtnohftZJuEpmpyRepWTX1mqMRAxq3ASvyRXL/s320/IMG_8833.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A day spent exploring the delights of Eagle River...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and finding time for a quick cruise along the lake</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejL5GzFV__VYiD7d8vwJnXzHlcrwQHJlC-7lfIAAB0LdIkg3b_Ynga3YBYeAkRiAuXsE3zYDlEX94Mdj7z7Tbd4uA_pX5qEUM5iIrlb7tkXc14Jt9mrVBgtiQWdy4vK8lDTxYFmeCRYMjH4EQjlI37xCbN6rd-6t4MA3RBEz2xbAxlamQJ5TS/s3000/IMG_8850.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2157" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejL5GzFV__VYiD7d8vwJnXzHlcrwQHJlC-7lfIAAB0LdIkg3b_Ynga3YBYeAkRiAuXsE3zYDlEX94Mdj7z7Tbd4uA_pX5qEUM5iIrlb7tkXc14Jt9mrVBgtiQWdy4vK8lDTxYFmeCRYMjH4EQjlI37xCbN6rd-6t4MA3RBEz2xbAxlamQJ5TS/s320/IMG_8850.jpeg" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Priefer...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcxLd7nhADZE_xfrtGye0B_gNuMApWlE0x-zqsvnmbssadPHRRkszHMNmVTYaLhkj5sH8l5zzJeFbmSOg31lSg8UClpzkE_q1NJaq0ZcHljl19S8bW3Dd50tssK6YUZd8CXjIDsJcDGSgdAtAXY-IkJELKRsgMfUkzL-Rtqp9OLkQ9wOiXKKb/s2048/IMG_1585.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibcxLd7nhADZE_xfrtGye0B_gNuMApWlE0x-zqsvnmbssadPHRRkszHMNmVTYaLhkj5sH8l5zzJeFbmSOg31lSg8UClpzkE_q1NJaq0ZcHljl19S8bW3Dd50tssK6YUZd8CXjIDsJcDGSgdAtAXY-IkJELKRsgMfUkzL-Rtqp9OLkQ9wOiXKKb/s320/IMG_1585.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You have a lovely home on Stormy Lake...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBjy7NWXmX1xAaeGE5y6LnhuN_b-41jToIS9z93z-ypfS5uYEbxvBX5YNwJtMeT06E0h-nNO06jeWRFSxmVw9Rh8jwGhhv5_EU8rCGZa5JblYyvrXKOZbtJtniMwwaLlURDYZJWjgMickRVQ75HrAIgZILL48N9lQuhcE3eiQCVI--yEFtJjc/s4032/IMG_8854.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBjy7NWXmX1xAaeGE5y6LnhuN_b-41jToIS9z93z-ypfS5uYEbxvBX5YNwJtMeT06E0h-nNO06jeWRFSxmVw9Rh8jwGhhv5_EU8rCGZa5JblYyvrXKOZbtJtniMwwaLlURDYZJWjgMickRVQ75HrAIgZILL48N9lQuhcE3eiQCVI--yEFtJjc/s320/IMG_8854.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another day of driving..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGJsvKg4HY-Ilf6fe1DHGmCULAJhnkpDk8PSubUNMCA2oQtBPIPHt-okdkPQ9JcDiK9PZfnqoYAN311iG__uAmPIdCHoZotvxmdmCzHNKpIz97Vyx9Ypc1frqbSjb7_W61HnZUfJrw2it8tQG5U_eZPrsZwHuDDMtg5AmuZVhCrSKFr7VcTG7/s4032/IMG_8868.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGJsvKg4HY-Ilf6fe1DHGmCULAJhnkpDk8PSubUNMCA2oQtBPIPHt-okdkPQ9JcDiK9PZfnqoYAN311iG__uAmPIdCHoZotvxmdmCzHNKpIz97Vyx9Ypc1frqbSjb7_W61HnZUfJrw2it8tQG5U_eZPrsZwHuDDMtg5AmuZVhCrSKFr7VcTG7/s320/IMG_8868.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with a brief stop for Ice cream...where yep-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the cows were headed off for milking..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsovW2CKWx5DZITaEpYGCJL2AOGoIqgeJ1yEJndoX0u9lLXTmwerFUvcwSdVMkfJHqH-rbLJU4XCJKdWJABS_JDaStxEuUodoz9UWIvyT3bEkceWKImGuh53OW-80dFF4PSWHWdRW7a75_75XeBYM7FpsKO9IcepGsaGGFiywR8k7EdZ5qp_0h/s4032/IMG_8836.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsovW2CKWx5DZITaEpYGCJL2AOGoIqgeJ1yEJndoX0u9lLXTmwerFUvcwSdVMkfJHqH-rbLJU4XCJKdWJABS_JDaStxEuUodoz9UWIvyT3bEkceWKImGuh53OW-80dFF4PSWHWdRW7a75_75XeBYM7FpsKO9IcepGsaGGFiywR8k7EdZ5qp_0h/s320/IMG_8836.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During these 12 days- I found myself being at peace </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with a strong sense of closure settling in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For this trip closed out the obligation of visiting Wisconsin..and I see myself shifting gears..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I will always remember the days of "going home" to Wisconsin...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsocWAu_TAbE13jTKycuWvVEgUUtXIefVLU8Pm0iWdHYX1pYdHwtPHemUr5GkHjblXxsppbrhRtAJxvrWe4uW9rEdpd4m-jzIHwrb4wLZTQzp5dXueoWnnX-SJay7sY-wV2fkMMYWJKMVwynJGFn1kQ4-DdmRdUw4xbFVAUb8fKOlntrqMMzLr/s4032/IMG_8878.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsocWAu_TAbE13jTKycuWvVEgUUtXIefVLU8Pm0iWdHYX1pYdHwtPHemUr5GkHjblXxsppbrhRtAJxvrWe4uW9rEdpd4m-jzIHwrb4wLZTQzp5dXueoWnnX-SJay7sY-wV2fkMMYWJKMVwynJGFn1kQ4-DdmRdUw4xbFVAUb8fKOlntrqMMzLr/s320/IMG_8878.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am going to pair it with the reality...that it is time for me to head home</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspXw9OU80pqWf3qUFcarjRcFVyyLuDuX_sdjqG18m7LfALD_A2eqviTWMCzSmxOg3ej2OsKEty2s-e42OQgJhKJATKGYsjo8_L365f6AH-4RzNw_UuKmF5vS0FgtchGOFUT-o2a9dBbPWnYv0WQStLwmhmZ4hYz2wDpq94_Vz0jOEQ5KT21BJ/s4032/IMG_8885.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspXw9OU80pqWf3qUFcarjRcFVyyLuDuX_sdjqG18m7LfALD_A2eqviTWMCzSmxOg3ej2OsKEty2s-e42OQgJhKJATKGYsjo8_L365f6AH-4RzNw_UuKmF5vS0FgtchGOFUT-o2a9dBbPWnYv0WQStLwmhmZ4hYz2wDpq94_Vz0jOEQ5KT21BJ/s320/IMG_8885.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To Colorado </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For this place is indeed my home...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIeg5uP8QUZpbb2a_DbVDzqh8BxTtrBWxqXgAwjZtpYcv8b7IqmDcinlQGXCgUUFnDMQu7rYFYa5dc7Q-lSGhCIk7Oo4RBwW15uKrnyVxcWZAo7bdogjtzALakGKWJ9y-0yw32L2QzKSk4PTtCj9qNW3QjwNwrbm1jp0fIV45ZXsxq_Av8KQC/s1461/IMG_0589.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1461" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIeg5uP8QUZpbb2a_DbVDzqh8BxTtrBWxqXgAwjZtpYcv8b7IqmDcinlQGXCgUUFnDMQu7rYFYa5dc7Q-lSGhCIk7Oo4RBwW15uKrnyVxcWZAo7bdogjtzALakGKWJ9y-0yw32L2QzKSk4PTtCj9qNW3QjwNwrbm1jp0fIV45ZXsxq_Av8KQC/s320/IMG_0589.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where my circle of friends has grown through the years...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrD5t27_9pCDyNAZBXuRdLcKqjuzXuxZwMZdnBb4wIsOaEeLqwHApdO_wAyyf9hdqfiawyMJ7UfdlYaJZnAhIBT1o9FmbQbvXsiAy4maDLNmVWJnQ6OZTJW7DALz2RWfFqpX_JBP6e7Mba7ImZR4rOrpq2yT5P4vnNGAEI5UIhHBJLCvORZ_C/s2367/IMG_8590.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2367" data-original-width="2291" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTrD5t27_9pCDyNAZBXuRdLcKqjuzXuxZwMZdnBb4wIsOaEeLqwHApdO_wAyyf9hdqfiawyMJ7UfdlYaJZnAhIBT1o9FmbQbvXsiAy4maDLNmVWJnQ6OZTJW7DALz2RWfFqpX_JBP6e7Mba7ImZR4rOrpq2yT5P4vnNGAEI5UIhHBJLCvORZ_C/s320/IMG_8590.jpeg" width="310" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and the setting sun..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nyT1t2dJzXgRWa-cWQ8Z6FV-os4_S8Z-SmodXzSHWeSZ5o0PbbN8FAkXyYnKpshptreCFwUl3hJomMToKQbrDQysqFuqGKTND1WFmb-neKnUpU_6AvySdzKqudAD_YAXzE6nRrT7OLwS-nCfY4g1SHjvZqyBKbK8P0Or6s8wuS5YVfagipwL/s4032/IMG_8624.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nyT1t2dJzXgRWa-cWQ8Z6FV-os4_S8Z-SmodXzSHWeSZ5o0PbbN8FAkXyYnKpshptreCFwUl3hJomMToKQbrDQysqFuqGKTND1WFmb-neKnUpU_6AvySdzKqudAD_YAXzE6nRrT7OLwS-nCfY4g1SHjvZqyBKbK8P0Or6s8wuS5YVfagipwL/s320/IMG_8624.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">along with the sitting son...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">makes me smile!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until next time...may you too remember the days...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the stories...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-78266536011049742182023-07-29T11:56:00.001-06:002023-07-29T11:56:38.823-06:00June Recap- A Wandering we have been...<p style="text-align: center;"><b> RIGHT NOW-The Summer Series..</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>The Wandering Adventure...</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening to </b>a memoir by Matthew Perry (yes, from Friends) titled Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing. Now, I can't really say I am an avid fan of the show Friends- but sure, back in those early days (mid 1990s), I was inclined to set up my schedule so as to watch Thursday night "must see" TV and spend the evening with Chandler Bing. His memoir is a rough one to listen to- and while only about 60% through all I can think of is- "he's lucky to be alive" as his addictions (both alcohol and opioids) is pretty significant. </p><p style="text-align: left;">How does this tie into setting aside time for a slightly over due blog update? Well, I'm am surprised that despite his drinking- at least in the book- he seems to recall chapters in his life with great clarity. How is that possible- I'm lucky if I remember yesterday- much less what was going on in 1996...</p><p style="text-align: left;">That of course was a reminder- that perhaps I should dust off the blog and provide a quick recap- if just for my own memory.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving</b> Retirement!</p><p style="text-align: left;">When I last updated the blog- I had just officially retired. I wondered- would I feel any different- because my work schedule always gave me 8 weeks or so off in the summer. But, let me tell you- it has felt different. Sure, I've done a lot of the same things I always do- such as extended camping trips, visits with friends "back home", lunches with the ladies and quiet afternoons curled up with a good book (or three). </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>What is different is the sense of peace that comes with life in general</b></span></i>. If it doesn't happen today- tomorrow is a new opportunity to tackle a project or two...</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>What about those extended camping trips?</b> Let's take a look back...</p><p style="text-align: left;"> In June- I joined up with Hubby and our friends the Zs for some long overdue camping. I would fly into Spokane WA and meet up with hubby- who has been traveling with our friends and the RV since 12/26. Yes- as in since December-</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuzWkfikovnO89nhGYsTqYg9KuotqYbW3X83JR5krjF6e5JjtiNAYSxF3uTyjB6du06nwHaVW_0tFRnv8sG4q_KGWOS5p_TripIhNZiLGMsBTlBDf67Pt5lIGtFRGpUctf62G1GdB905iFqC2VG_JD5PtVnU88REFNAb9V14M5CSJ9CmABYFEL/s4032/IMG_8209.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuzWkfikovnO89nhGYsTqYg9KuotqYbW3X83JR5krjF6e5JjtiNAYSxF3uTyjB6du06nwHaVW_0tFRnv8sG4q_KGWOS5p_TripIhNZiLGMsBTlBDf67Pt5lIGtFRGpUctf62G1GdB905iFqC2VG_JD5PtVnU88REFNAb9V14M5CSJ9CmABYFEL/s320/IMG_8209.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Anyways- back to the story...<p></p><p style="text-align: left;"> Over the years, hubby has worked hard to break me of my need to over plan a trip. This trip would involve no set plan, no reservations (at least nothing reserved before I left CO)...just a general desire to wander off the beaten path of northern Idaho and NW Montana before working our way home. </p><p style="text-align: left;"> Initially- we thought we'd continue into Canada- but as we talked it out- we realized that would be a lot of windshield time with no real return...not to mention, we wanted to stay off the beaten path- and well, that wasn't likely if we headed towards more popular destinations within British Columbia. </p><p style="text-align: left;">First stop was a small campground operated by the Army Corps of Engineering- called Albeni Cove. For just $12.50- we had this lakeside spot! <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mTP2m7Q7OR6DTAZpj-UN9jfq92sB2H2D8BD0XxlGaWMv-mwzc1IFhc_YkmgpKmIfs00UZu_ZhvOYjGxS4-f2H93Hyi04aOEHDp9yzkR8eMu70OwxmIGmTuie8j6ojXAch0aml5NI3PVqjzjPJSOcCDr_rFL6UDf4JCoJFDiCK5Yg4re0avKf/s4032/IMG_8212.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mTP2m7Q7OR6DTAZpj-UN9jfq92sB2H2D8BD0XxlGaWMv-mwzc1IFhc_YkmgpKmIfs00UZu_ZhvOYjGxS4-f2H93Hyi04aOEHDp9yzkR8eMu70OwxmIGmTuie8j6ojXAch0aml5NI3PVqjzjPJSOcCDr_rFL6UDf4JCoJFDiCK5Yg4re0avKf/s320/IMG_8212.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtFvA_DHJvFFwv8Ry1Rp3ITExZhsCOBfKbcI7_riISEeZLqyUW-wlUSAry0Nv8IEk1IeSEE0oVSMUupf2qVUfUicWkgo9d4iZimT0LEIhr_MWchYZKFvojhFXIptJuJrvksnQOZedbEHYa8-IiBsS9-EqN6kcwQy3CALshtZntY6xyGMqrSBK/s4032/IMG_8208.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQtFvA_DHJvFFwv8Ry1Rp3ITExZhsCOBfKbcI7_riISEeZLqyUW-wlUSAry0Nv8IEk1IeSEE0oVSMUupf2qVUfUicWkgo9d4iZimT0LEIhr_MWchYZKFvojhFXIptJuJrvksnQOZedbEHYa8-IiBsS9-EqN6kcwQy3CALshtZntY6xyGMqrSBK/s320/IMG_8208.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from here...we would head further north and spend a few days exploring the northern border of Idaho.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79mvGt6EufT_jwTthTJmIu9nFB4YVeZbfWya4BzSkylpRMx3jQyJjM3Kqy47o_FOLwuo-MeRqNbSaTlqBRpYck5BbT_oSEtoJcu9T2QBOc4IdFGfKzPwOo4dvT6IFu_T19gE159SijPKuya-I6pzqvrzNCX1V6xFtJtGTH4d9nrkFhH46W9-4/s4032/IMG_8258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79mvGt6EufT_jwTthTJmIu9nFB4YVeZbfWya4BzSkylpRMx3jQyJjM3Kqy47o_FOLwuo-MeRqNbSaTlqBRpYck5BbT_oSEtoJcu9T2QBOc4IdFGfKzPwOo4dvT6IFu_T19gE159SijPKuya-I6pzqvrzNCX1V6xFtJtGTH4d9nrkFhH46W9-4/s320/IMG_8258.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Robinson Lake Campground- operated by the NFS. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Dry camping (which means no water/electric) at the site- but yeah can't beat the price at just $7.50/night). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic07ixQHda9VD3dBCMCNgyQn3oNL0YWWA67cEWwrSHFPfttB3gh-lsf1If4x2WPrwqXZcKbQCje1M2JntT7XKFGM5l8uOKkMa8MNEM0dqaIdi4hHifnb38Dg2OFk43aVKqJUuU50Kl7MaVetQWcj4Euu0Xfnj5ud3_WvK8arjk9L8j_qH3lQFz/s2986/IMG_8221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2986" data-original-width="2596" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic07ixQHda9VD3dBCMCNgyQn3oNL0YWWA67cEWwrSHFPfttB3gh-lsf1If4x2WPrwqXZcKbQCje1M2JntT7XKFGM5l8uOKkMa8MNEM0dqaIdi4hHifnb38Dg2OFk43aVKqJUuU50Kl7MaVetQWcj4Euu0Xfnj5ud3_WvK8arjk9L8j_qH3lQFz/s320/IMG_8221.JPG" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just around the corner- from this town- first made famous in a 1970s clip on HeeHaw</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6Z4RwQU1XWObN6R_Dtw11bZmlmftMSa7GS4no4qzLzkoCoAzxpSjQlSdMGgy6FA3gcjmwT79lvyUcXEJlJUdCRYIuzHtMP1rp13LGTmVcdWZ9iJRTHBYUfHnELTkhxtVqIMqRCf_Cp7Q3effGjaGxpA7AQxwIaebmKYmdL7I7G45-tHn2I6c/s4032/IMG_8225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6Z4RwQU1XWObN6R_Dtw11bZmlmftMSa7GS4no4qzLzkoCoAzxpSjQlSdMGgy6FA3gcjmwT79lvyUcXEJlJUdCRYIuzHtMP1rp13LGTmVcdWZ9iJRTHBYUfHnELTkhxtVqIMqRCf_Cp7Q3effGjaGxpA7AQxwIaebmKYmdL7I7G45-tHn2I6c/s320/IMG_8225.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where- yes, a very good burger can be had for a not-so touristy price tag (always a plus!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">While staying here, we decided to take a little "day trip" into Canada.</span><span style="text-align: left;">At first, we were just going to "dip our toe" into BC, but the Canadian Border agent suggested we continue a little further and travel up to at least the Kootenay Ferry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpXiQ0WoeMuUPiDaqoU4FpKGOQZRw2NAdnKmBdcpjkj6lwFoBkhiEyy-Zwi4redVI6cr0yKb3Vf6uaUv_UDokl22Y3A00JbjDAU2Mzgvsams594d9QoGgECuT2UzUUPMT7rVhPEoQTG3x6Uy44e7Xwtl1FlSt9ounRyOhEA4rtmBcN1K-SFuM/s4032/IMG_8229.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpXiQ0WoeMuUPiDaqoU4FpKGOQZRw2NAdnKmBdcpjkj6lwFoBkhiEyy-Zwi4redVI6cr0yKb3Vf6uaUv_UDokl22Y3A00JbjDAU2Mzgvsams594d9QoGgECuT2UzUUPMT7rVhPEoQTG3x6Uy44e7Xwtl1FlSt9ounRyOhEA4rtmBcN1K-SFuM/s320/IMG_8229.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">timing was off for getting anything to eat-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">and coffee and side-cars aren't a good pairing-</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> but their potties were super clean.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5ROuVHQHwkFl1_3T3xMpZCcWnfkmRpAg9WIngsc13HqqTRZEhJw6qVBeYLPvh0vpKcu9v_qQ60UWms_RFxFt2pzsTvGmV5NGtGjUVaeXpGBPNxn01b1m14YlI9QmeG_VYn1e1hLvuLjpxvUyQot1rzbSi9JoiBpU2IlCVjFuQ3gGZpDz3AUi/s4032/IMG_8232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5ROuVHQHwkFl1_3T3xMpZCcWnfkmRpAg9WIngsc13HqqTRZEhJw6qVBeYLPvh0vpKcu9v_qQ60UWms_RFxFt2pzsTvGmV5NGtGjUVaeXpGBPNxn01b1m14YlI9QmeG_VYn1e1hLvuLjpxvUyQot1rzbSi9JoiBpU2IlCVjFuQ3gGZpDz3AUi/s320/IMG_8232.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'd travel along Kootenay Lake in BC...stopping at this little quirky gem</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJ5Vlrd5ez2bY1ocKTEqG15GE4YZ3ujXlBNqp4qf0sjpGGqfpH0GYFfBi4Fq5U60vGjYgp2YCkQUk9taA8kvqb3v1BT9-v0qPkmz7B9DNveo9S5ZXqNI_KugY0AFjlb8eKs_j01upwJU_zWW4CfiWHgf2ejpLYC_sIzmlv38p_NECoE-mGfR-/s4032/IMG_8240.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJ5Vlrd5ez2bY1ocKTEqG15GE4YZ3ujXlBNqp4qf0sjpGGqfpH0GYFfBi4Fq5U60vGjYgp2YCkQUk9taA8kvqb3v1BT9-v0qPkmz7B9DNveo9S5ZXqNI_KugY0AFjlb8eKs_j01upwJU_zWW4CfiWHgf2ejpLYC_sIzmlv38p_NECoE-mGfR-/s320/IMG_8240.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Glass House- built in 1952- by a man named Mr. Brown- uses over 500k glass bottles that he and his colleagues had accrued in their work as embalmers. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;">You'd think that would give it a creepy vibe-I mean really- a house built by a the undertaker- but nope-not at all- we found it to be quaint, charming and totally worth the cost of admission to wander the grounds and take in the scenery! I love that the family-or descendants of Mr. Brown continue to operate this home-some 70 years after it was first built. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fnjycrO9015Vl31e3ASK9S8AcXtI6gQnkQe-B49g2O2zPzD0p6isiVVcOdlKeQ51HG5BGpdm3tqOqzbfwRrL-08tHqR6X9BmGGbrYbRwkN9TmAC1FwgmJBa2GHmW2FmEFkYEgSqlNqkRcBYvdha9CQ_Za7wQ7LUFgw8R24NxoyklMN5-eQAr/s4032/IMG_8245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fnjycrO9015Vl31e3ASK9S8AcXtI6gQnkQe-B49g2O2zPzD0p6isiVVcOdlKeQ51HG5BGpdm3tqOqzbfwRrL-08tHqR6X9BmGGbrYbRwkN9TmAC1FwgmJBa2GHmW2FmEFkYEgSqlNqkRcBYvdha9CQ_Za7wQ7LUFgw8R24NxoyklMN5-eQAr/s320/IMG_8245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We'd continue our side car trip until we reached the Kootenay Ferry Terminal. From here, we accidentally discovered a true hidden gem. A short hike to the Pilot Bay Lighthouse. We chuckled as we noted that the Canadians were far more trusting than what one would find in the US. This lighthouse was unlocked, unattended and open allowing us to climb all the way to the top (ok, it wasn't a tall light house but still-). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwd-izBLCmomi7Ue47RVK4k-SGin3iClzQlBzA6hgRElVMaKMtuvvZosqxbHJ1-7y6ZZPpRFCRJY02es_7_xNYiiFyAhUc-wwKBOsWZm6ZR9NrME3ighmTQYs4jhm5WYVirORNWr0VhUoK2_9zaijbMZogfpPzuHRmUHKLFhhtfBo0LE_bGrxA/s15513/IMG_8257.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3714" data-original-width="15513" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwd-izBLCmomi7Ue47RVK4k-SGin3iClzQlBzA6hgRElVMaKMtuvvZosqxbHJ1-7y6ZZPpRFCRJY02es_7_xNYiiFyAhUc-wwKBOsWZm6ZR9NrME3ighmTQYs4jhm5WYVirORNWr0VhUoK2_9zaijbMZogfpPzuHRmUHKLFhhtfBo0LE_bGrxA/s320/IMG_8257.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My overall impression of this stretch of British Columbia was lovely- and I would certainly be open to wandering through this area again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZ_rhorvHzffWHPJTTy3REZRRwG-uLeiyZ1ZgRpCVdmFWtGhuWttoEgGN_aBKm-TvxZpX_TTBZpMdkUWivpPmjC_82Pn8k91YVzq9OzVlx6y5vZh3rBRthJjv9IYOzZkoUigmT5vvcnYtaOgCdsAGMY__uMl3Ott3qunr7TONaYKG83mtN4pv/s4032/IMG_8268.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZ_rhorvHzffWHPJTTy3REZRRwG-uLeiyZ1ZgRpCVdmFWtGhuWttoEgGN_aBKm-TvxZpX_TTBZpMdkUWivpPmjC_82Pn8k91YVzq9OzVlx6y5vZh3rBRthJjv9IYOzZkoUigmT5vvcnYtaOgCdsAGMY__uMl3Ott3qunr7TONaYKG83mtN4pv/s320/IMG_8268.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, we'd leave Idaho and head over towards MT- and spend a few days at Dunn Creek Campground- along the east side of the Kootenai River, just outside of Libby MT. Another campground operated by the Army Corps of Engineers- this one was free! (again, no services, very weak if any cell coverage- but you really can't complain about the price or the views!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDeH-BzAwy39edv-vPNXcTh3EdDPl1okRcWZ5gVD6N1R1XxSdvtN0ii7Vva0fCMLaYkigOqWADDDwPNCq62mrAsSnV_MocrrHcbNIkxHT0C5Y7h9bFH32h28223ZTphdMJW0B-JTzdVDW5kN409VYjNOCc1mZR1foNA1UuDUKH-udW9I6Gh06/s4032/IMG_8284.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDeH-BzAwy39edv-vPNXcTh3EdDPl1okRcWZ5gVD6N1R1XxSdvtN0ii7Vva0fCMLaYkigOqWADDDwPNCq62mrAsSnV_MocrrHcbNIkxHT0C5Y7h9bFH32h28223ZTphdMJW0B-JTzdVDW5kN409VYjNOCc1mZR1foNA1UuDUKH-udW9I6Gh06/s320/IMG_8284.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While here, we'd enjoy peaceful evenings...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaiAmKEYBxLc7BSdtsSSje6v0hOO2xnPzO_NUQsFs3QlySNoev5bceZ8LG153h1tYX93MjWNcs4UTA9erKIAvKDWAq8hwLIpRMgeOgLR-CllJl6YSm9T9kCgRb07sgTBkM2UZgV2KRcWNEUXuIFkwwHDyyFDqZerp5qmnhFMNdVc-95BGSPi3/s3218/IMG_8270.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3218" data-original-width="2587" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaiAmKEYBxLc7BSdtsSSje6v0hOO2xnPzO_NUQsFs3QlySNoev5bceZ8LG153h1tYX93MjWNcs4UTA9erKIAvKDWAq8hwLIpRMgeOgLR-CllJl6YSm9T9kCgRb07sgTBkM2UZgV2KRcWNEUXuIFkwwHDyyFDqZerp5qmnhFMNdVc-95BGSPi3/s320/IMG_8270.JPG" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some campfire shenanigans</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeZKqtKf8K2MNCahkl-cc_NcHbgpOAc6fWnmFXnOO9xAYxbwkA-vCWCqy5EPQsfpAXr5xYue73d9R8EnDLPyCBUgKdnSawas6jrbIoz4vsDf04WNupMeqDFkX4UtG90gnjfhtx88Fnz0ILM_zzuK42TQf9v9hkQktF-ozKCS4B6fz3JrgKH1z/s4032/IMG_8277.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeZKqtKf8K2MNCahkl-cc_NcHbgpOAc6fWnmFXnOO9xAYxbwkA-vCWCqy5EPQsfpAXr5xYue73d9R8EnDLPyCBUgKdnSawas6jrbIoz4vsDf04WNupMeqDFkX4UtG90gnjfhtx88Fnz0ILM_zzuK42TQf9v9hkQktF-ozKCS4B6fz3JrgKH1z/s320/IMG_8277.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Probably fueled by whiskey?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylXkbQQY5lTuMHodk5nE0Y2UGmhZst3aFJdy-mxTOjw9zHjQi68jH0_PQBsIiFXKs6PxSXOilh6a2dqQUkWiHeYxyxlgxAcygHFUXkIgCDXhY-iaST7tqiiJCFJlEw05TNbDemMMo6zgR2XLC_FpGGJN1HDMfObnwDfTvO2TLflwlVXSBwkKq/s4032/IMG_8281.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylXkbQQY5lTuMHodk5nE0Y2UGmhZst3aFJdy-mxTOjw9zHjQi68jH0_PQBsIiFXKs6PxSXOilh6a2dqQUkWiHeYxyxlgxAcygHFUXkIgCDXhY-iaST7tqiiJCFJlEw05TNbDemMMo6zgR2XLC_FpGGJN1HDMfObnwDfTvO2TLflwlVXSBwkKq/s320/IMG_8281.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in the company of Chris..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9i9lPudTLi11yaWPk30wgQxbhf2kUUqeXnqiyg9y0ZSGSiPSaxSIE_hjcDOVkuA8Nc6mkbWGjBGqDeDjv54Ci0SMzkc-lyiYYbrZglnf0VC3HQMxy8_R0FERQvSbTPp3g_ta40Him8-qJWBROYmTeFbCRDRu4noSIi5lFd5AasLNCLBuDJ0PE/s3238/IMG_8282.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3238" data-original-width="2541" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9i9lPudTLi11yaWPk30wgQxbhf2kUUqeXnqiyg9y0ZSGSiPSaxSIE_hjcDOVkuA8Nc6mkbWGjBGqDeDjv54Ci0SMzkc-lyiYYbrZglnf0VC3HQMxy8_R0FERQvSbTPp3g_ta40Him8-qJWBROYmTeFbCRDRu4noSIi5lFd5AasLNCLBuDJ0PE/s320/IMG_8282.JPG" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Lori Z.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgQ-4M8lDMD4eeilXTHcyFUpN2QLQh_yW7RuK2BWxOPJ0IuiKMM01XC6U7jiMLoNei7FJJ2yC6YTb2JztU9J1C6PFpDBUEEC8Ep9GfaiABq9r4cd1xa02f10vVnaYWUztnNIVhiwtN2XqtnRRy4MAxoIQTgdSGLr35RVcp4QVYsJtEMLrVdPe/s4032/IMG_8267.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgQ-4M8lDMD4eeilXTHcyFUpN2QLQh_yW7RuK2BWxOPJ0IuiKMM01XC6U7jiMLoNei7FJJ2yC6YTb2JztU9J1C6PFpDBUEEC8Ep9GfaiABq9r4cd1xa02f10vVnaYWUztnNIVhiwtN2XqtnRRy4MAxoIQTgdSGLr35RVcp4QVYsJtEMLrVdPe/s320/IMG_8267.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">there would be a picnic lunch before our tour of the Libby Dam..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN5v6g69FmlkSE9_dK7R3Hv6IOy9fX2LX_m8rtePNGws637zkIGYnFkssp1C4lX0ItyKW_hbPQE-EsSpjO-fGACU1f1fuFRBX26h_gy5hiP36VY7ZM_Hih1FArw-swWqdIsldx0DufrXPuuOL-btB4I4dxryfRXzah57NtC_SZ0GwnCDXIFBh/s4032/IMG_8293.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN5v6g69FmlkSE9_dK7R3Hv6IOy9fX2LX_m8rtePNGws637zkIGYnFkssp1C4lX0ItyKW_hbPQE-EsSpjO-fGACU1f1fuFRBX26h_gy5hiP36VY7ZM_Hih1FArw-swWqdIsldx0DufrXPuuOL-btB4I4dxryfRXzah57NtC_SZ0GwnCDXIFBh/s320/IMG_8293.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a hike through the wildlife preserve- where apparently- I would be the only wild life spotted</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh well- it was a nice trail, with few if any bugs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtO0CkSHgMgHDea8rMI6Yw-TwzK3ieKRedfuHcmgQqM4_J-Ha8EWnFKZEdsIdig7O30hpLlU5UxbC49n6kQse7tZB6aU240qu48F6R-b8SMOsKPoCqURDoXWDetGRJ0KuHpnF4nHMoHIGJ27uiUX1W4OEGTmZZj38lVtyrNQBLkCcFiKww6WIy/s4032/IMG_8295.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtO0CkSHgMgHDea8rMI6Yw-TwzK3ieKRedfuHcmgQqM4_J-Ha8EWnFKZEdsIdig7O30hpLlU5UxbC49n6kQse7tZB6aU240qu48F6R-b8SMOsKPoCqURDoXWDetGRJ0KuHpnF4nHMoHIGJ27uiUX1W4OEGTmZZj38lVtyrNQBLkCcFiKww6WIy/s320/IMG_8295.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and of course- no adventure is complete without me checking out what Roadside America notes is in the area- hence the very underwhelming "Paul Bunyan's fry pan".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One evening- while chatting fireside, it was shared that neither the Zs had ever stopped in Glacier NP- Hubby and I had been- and hence, Glacier wasn't part of our original plan (as unstructured as said plan was). We'd been back in 2011- and as such- didn't have a strong desire to return- we also weren't really ready to part company with the Zs so we decided to tag along and spend a few days in Glacier. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With a camp reservation in place- we headed towards Glacier. This experience would be a little bit like Goldilocks- were nothing was quite right...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2-_ZzEgptClpifinJKq1DOoHz5Wr5u-6f4rCwVxODMT_QKuNP03vWUZpdFtJeWPfT5yD4d8DW5YuY0zfEX6xyXEMjnom8o9ALwHISfYrwIbKsmQ_9PxeaJq2G5voIlZMLRvBx6ujOTCPwR-gekGtqRs1hM5JPU8MAvaX_9svtVDFHnJZibqi/s4032/IMG_8315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2-_ZzEgptClpifinJKq1DOoHz5Wr5u-6f4rCwVxODMT_QKuNP03vWUZpdFtJeWPfT5yD4d8DW5YuY0zfEX6xyXEMjnom8o9ALwHISfYrwIbKsmQ_9PxeaJq2G5voIlZMLRvBx6ujOTCPwR-gekGtqRs1hM5JPU8MAvaX_9svtVDFHnJZibqi/s320/IMG_8315.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The campsite (B-61-Fishcreek) would be too narrow, very slanted, and tree in the perfectly wrong spot..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnS4vbh7W_e0upxvsmt8kJ4ZqK8lHXvhdVkQhxdEnMLhomWSeKJt0IJ8rtW3xDS9GlR4nsuouIlLbdpwtRdzkpPqiI2Rz0HN5S4foAIpYkxNU0NxEadExZMKJ9XCh10MmlyNXQ3UaIasZM4T44HycOSe0oRywAHG8icj6JUPl985gsD4Km6iVU/s4032/IMG_8313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnS4vbh7W_e0upxvsmt8kJ4ZqK8lHXvhdVkQhxdEnMLhomWSeKJt0IJ8rtW3xDS9GlR4nsuouIlLbdpwtRdzkpPqiI2Rz0HN5S4foAIpYkxNU0NxEadExZMKJ9XCh10MmlyNXQ3UaIasZM4T44HycOSe0oRywAHG8icj6JUPl985gsD4Km6iVU/s320/IMG_8313.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the weather started out very hot, very humid and let's not even talk about the bugs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqJTWEXu8G5huUqwCKXMmGqbaHYwj8IgBbwBelgJihNMohDTGB9hjPdzGQzaSaOAGBkf1m6IHhQM0hsgEFILn8-Zs7yhAWUghZ2ZX_-1XdXoz-2XROw6V036pbOxvnSOEqYtrh5NX5QPUO6Gn-alC7eXqvBamt-BG6BghoSWACupyL5o21Vqy/s4032/IMG_8310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqJTWEXu8G5huUqwCKXMmGqbaHYwj8IgBbwBelgJihNMohDTGB9hjPdzGQzaSaOAGBkf1m6IHhQM0hsgEFILn8-Zs7yhAWUghZ2ZX_-1XdXoz-2XROw6V036pbOxvnSOEqYtrh5NX5QPUO6Gn-alC7eXqvBamt-BG6BghoSWACupyL5o21Vqy/s320/IMG_8310.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the views were first too hazy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqNgkt_i8bVY5LW4JMpR-PDQ8ZDpx9ldomSvervagtl-lnNCawKEzZhjjZRqvB196phjBp2tzOif6kWP_oDb7zvQEiqe3k31B5qCltAmYolsBK_qT6m4JMrD_U0VKRAvMLlTLS4gRGCaI1QAEsg4r1_6kksgbQc9LCcYhZ_yxQ7z1INq3UacS/s3815/IMG_8342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2528" data-original-width="3815" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqNgkt_i8bVY5LW4JMpR-PDQ8ZDpx9ldomSvervagtl-lnNCawKEzZhjjZRqvB196phjBp2tzOif6kWP_oDb7zvQEiqe3k31B5qCltAmYolsBK_qT6m4JMrD_U0VKRAvMLlTLS4gRGCaI1QAEsg4r1_6kksgbQc9LCcYhZ_yxQ7z1INq3UacS/s320/IMG_8342.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and then too drizzly...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKhXOrkOmBQynmOX0nxSqAvyc6w18kt4SmNhsh2etE_MacxodMWvaj__mSTo9X9DFDrCf6RY1BPUGgTYt8kR0rKPu_zRKo0zXhcRVxeteddjjM49plAPaAHSRyq-N9dL0MBgSZiWC1VKxvzZekR4_zB_-1-b7PN6WZHqIWVCj3oA082EMB95g/s4032/IMG_8351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKhXOrkOmBQynmOX0nxSqAvyc6w18kt4SmNhsh2etE_MacxodMWvaj__mSTo9X9DFDrCf6RY1BPUGgTYt8kR0rKPu_zRKo0zXhcRVxeteddjjM49plAPaAHSRyq-N9dL0MBgSZiWC1VKxvzZekR4_zB_-1-b7PN6WZHqIWVCj3oA082EMB95g/s320/IMG_8351.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pie not as tasty as I recall (where'd the flaky crust go?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But in the end- just like Goldilocks- we would find the sweet spots...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6ozYglt5ly42-syEGfMcRk5Ww9SI2LXM7rNgyg5P8UIxfZ6A3UpkNDbUx4isNXoZ0JkA6pKoxD79XReGETiJNPe3fonOr9v4H3-APahWKNNHsLKED2S-pv49LY4V1IkFET_29bBSSZBPqhPruyse-mqvOQonHnUMeYeh15ZKB4hDJXCFSjHL/s4032/IMG_8302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6ozYglt5ly42-syEGfMcRk5Ww9SI2LXM7rNgyg5P8UIxfZ6A3UpkNDbUx4isNXoZ0JkA6pKoxD79XReGETiJNPe3fonOr9v4H3-APahWKNNHsLKED2S-pv49LY4V1IkFET_29bBSSZBPqhPruyse-mqvOQonHnUMeYeh15ZKB4hDJXCFSjHL/s320/IMG_8302.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the calm before the rain on Lake McDonald right outside of Apgar Village</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgktg6Zbuj1HMCGWUT9cZfCoB05eL_nho6Lj-2PUV7tj0wC8Fk-3wq9NMg16ozFqNRZoik38hJRfDA_2offhnW9SLO2zSgfNDzkDXx9ub80dPgCP2ivpEavPZEejAPrmW8kyIrGfKtxmCr4bIbUoH16RETV1oKTDNEvTazAu335kfIuwKx0irhp/s4032/IMG_8320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Improving our selfie skills-one pic at a time..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6b0LTadTYmxUa7wnEEIiCG5kLgCv0LFdDptyfZslBbgIRzKLYOvTI3_cfOmEePmQllAiNrCs1iE5RP1yxbm5uXgYbsFC7C7TA2eLI9o3yHvhEpIz37YeFKQbelasC_LtR8PFjcmXOI1FuCUJHXPSPaJ_Ut1MO6r7cTXF6toDPxN3zmoP2eTeR/s4032/IMG_8339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6b0LTadTYmxUa7wnEEIiCG5kLgCv0LFdDptyfZslBbgIRzKLYOvTI3_cfOmEePmQllAiNrCs1iE5RP1yxbm5uXgYbsFC7C7TA2eLI9o3yHvhEpIz37YeFKQbelasC_LtR8PFjcmXOI1FuCUJHXPSPaJ_Ut1MO6r7cTXF6toDPxN3zmoP2eTeR/s320/IMG_8339.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and asking a stranger to snap a picture of us..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="216" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kaimeMxeUSApCDD7FhFELRm9B7-ASo74kiBN1N_8d5t5rNUQtSiCkTNh15g-_6CUF2TmNw8i1hmma63IyN-Ehsyz7mMhjO__5eb4axg7jfEljzuCvGPfZE8qKtTe-4P5TjyJIdm8xqVK7Xz9cR-jpqmRVDSXm00CEmgwiRKXQbcnrRHDX048/s1600/IMG_8386.JPG" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and of course..liquor, laughter and love ..with our chosen family..the Zs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidd6M4IfXWwNvm_fk-1rQDV3i38svoKeU9yyTG89gM856qqB3TJRVdT8s3MqsbX_6W6W6UiWTsu_7cOMJPVZsEijZ1K0pfaCq56bKx_iSx0UIDq85toQ59vov-nAUlVUQWa_6jpMIuhNCMsPp9A67Pj_5KbxZuCLDDMRGZLnTwlMY2ulkFuo3O/s720/IMG_8384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidd6M4IfXWwNvm_fk-1rQDV3i38svoKeU9yyTG89gM856qqB3TJRVdT8s3MqsbX_6W6W6UiWTsu_7cOMJPVZsEijZ1K0pfaCq56bKx_iSx0UIDq85toQ59vov-nAUlVUQWa_6jpMIuhNCMsPp9A67Pj_5KbxZuCLDDMRGZLnTwlMY2ulkFuo3O/s320/IMG_8384.JPG" width="276" /></a></div>Thanks- Glacier...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDpcufPR8b3Q16TuF4uSrrTunvAyEMgj1tKKj_2jcWPm4qRjXZkQKxiEfnFNYXlYDFQpX5Yi3yHFFqB7ZK4bgrAgSIgo0V_GEWLkChod3CxCZVt1Q2zZn_TSIM9krVnCl_7EVkDaR_NZAWacADjHiC5Gkrk-p9jxycuxbOKeqTfBIyGVARzab/s4032/IMG_8352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDpcufPR8b3Q16TuF4uSrrTunvAyEMgj1tKKj_2jcWPm4qRjXZkQKxiEfnFNYXlYDFQpX5Yi3yHFFqB7ZK4bgrAgSIgo0V_GEWLkChod3CxCZVt1Q2zZn_TSIM9krVnCl_7EVkDaR_NZAWacADjHiC5Gkrk-p9jxycuxbOKeqTfBIyGVARzab/s320/IMG_8352.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> in the end, we were glad we stopped...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13KjWR_g0YH_K2HiVoEMC8JRWG75JmiRZ0M3cTf7LR_fi--qtQSwHY_8brPFWkUaTFFfhcKFWenYfYwxLy89MMVPVwJk7MKCGfXpI9Qio8ICGwo_AkWPt1bCPDvfKBN0N8Fa1LRSDzoqbvmFHHOfJBPQVWuE-AIAcT9hZJce54le0xbVJR3FB/s1280/IMG_8355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="1280" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13KjWR_g0YH_K2HiVoEMC8JRWG75JmiRZ0M3cTf7LR_fi--qtQSwHY_8brPFWkUaTFFfhcKFWenYfYwxLy89MMVPVwJk7MKCGfXpI9Qio8ICGwo_AkWPt1bCPDvfKBN0N8Fa1LRSDzoqbvmFHHOfJBPQVWuE-AIAcT9hZJce54le0xbVJR3FB/s320/IMG_8355.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We would now begin to head south- still with no set plan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">It was here at Seeley Lake that I truly fell in love with MT. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQQcUg7qI9E470LwecaYz0xwxtcaESy73Y5GJgd0SsK39MzqLKM7n0R1SRhzaYQYMHaN2R6g32qqqAVTPiozadnMWbU_V51lMHc5r_UGJNJAjhtjGHOrxKpRsvlV-xKkKovYIdbB8bKB4cpPUMxISdqa5u3IXfa5cgPLa2d0-FXz6g-Jy100Y/s4032/IMG_8357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQQcUg7qI9E470LwecaYz0xwxtcaESy73Y5GJgd0SsK39MzqLKM7n0R1SRhzaYQYMHaN2R6g32qqqAVTPiozadnMWbU_V51lMHc5r_UGJNJAjhtjGHOrxKpRsvlV-xKkKovYIdbB8bKB4cpPUMxISdqa5u3IXfa5cgPLa2d0-FXz6g-Jy100Y/s320/IMG_8357.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Big Larch Campground site 33</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sure, Colorado has a lot going for it- but there is simply no where in Colorado that you could roll into a campground, on a Saturday afternoon, without a reservation- and have choices, lots and lots of choices as to where to camp for the next few nights. In Montana- as long as you aren't fussy about where you stay and are ok with dry camping options- there are so many wonderful places to stumble across. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And stumbling down towards home is exactly what we would find ourselves doing..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'd tour the MT Prison Museum</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOCRwwwq02m7z19FYnwQAltgmXP15FZOMXT-Ite_VdYsu5FvJ8kLvj2OTOeC7aMynMKg87dDHvkspquruZ4K0b-FFMRpeNa_Zj-4cHyhiHBceUHZwZHgWZF6-iLwrm5k2HTAmzBUfRg2KdJd3f2ZDHMB-dH-8CE_bPUmnryPWnbM0EUfoD_Qa/s400/IMG_8462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="400" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOCRwwwq02m7z19FYnwQAltgmXP15FZOMXT-Ite_VdYsu5FvJ8kLvj2OTOeC7aMynMKg87dDHvkspquruZ4K0b-FFMRpeNa_Zj-4cHyhiHBceUHZwZHgWZF6-iLwrm5k2HTAmzBUfRg2KdJd3f2ZDHMB-dH-8CE_bPUmnryPWnbM0EUfoD_Qa/s320/IMG_8462.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">my review- ho-hum-consider the WY territorial museum instead-better curated-</span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">along with the MT Auto museum</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hXbqBEE6Hbbjn7fDgyGPrD97sVWKdZ4G3JkxUDdj5zdlA1ombHwntKb0-OCIS7aOdv08ojCjsn4c5O-wANbRNTb6XLRs-kH9f3R6656yaH-PKkYi9eAC8HxUWK9CoVqHVn0QzpQveAQDCnXyfgdyacvTEux4d7Oj3AQuUupgEgUz_CnyfERf/s4032/IMG_8366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hXbqBEE6Hbbjn7fDgyGPrD97sVWKdZ4G3JkxUDdj5zdlA1ombHwntKb0-OCIS7aOdv08ojCjsn4c5O-wANbRNTb6XLRs-kH9f3R6656yaH-PKkYi9eAC8HxUWK9CoVqHVn0QzpQveAQDCnXyfgdyacvTEux4d7Oj3AQuUupgEgUz_CnyfERf/s320/IMG_8366.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(another ho-hum experience- it felt a bit like a couple wives got together and said "get these cars off our property" and so the obedient spouses bought a warehouse in Deer Lodge and slapped a sign on that said museum. Don't get me wrong- it had a lot of cool cars to look at- all in better condition than the next- but in general- the museum just didn't do a lot for me. </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWXy1bMVeuXka7vwvIjKoTCQyQeZto5xPiLwoFIbXmL3ZzlJ8OSvmh59ZFl7wSYdFcjB6LQfcGfP1l0mKOTMrYo-XovJZ9f21A8EyMNaswvIs-eTsyfAv04DOEfJFoMPq3FbPXpGvL11oU0uY4889bRAmWzBVkGxYvtbBK0D2o2g4EYVDXyg-/s4032/IMG_8381.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWXy1bMVeuXka7vwvIjKoTCQyQeZto5xPiLwoFIbXmL3ZzlJ8OSvmh59ZFl7wSYdFcjB6LQfcGfP1l0mKOTMrYo-XovJZ9f21A8EyMNaswvIs-eTsyfAv04DOEfJFoMPq3FbPXpGvL11oU0uY4889bRAmWzBVkGxYvtbBK0D2o2g4EYVDXyg-/s320/IMG_8381.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'd try our hand a Ghost hunting at Bannock State Park</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZEGIE_eD2k0_DFC7EXN5_3pDw94pfIiNwnOD6Xe7M9W0P4G0zHVlSOZ-0t8gdcWGBMb-js-DaYR9RtTIaKyeP-Q_cgbQaebhsv9x2LKQ737XOHIrdY3O5VAjm54oa_X1_6TtSkZVt1ge_yk5Kxhyb1Ajra8by6ZdFMmFAsu0Q9i2_dnk_jxS/s1280/IMG_8460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZEGIE_eD2k0_DFC7EXN5_3pDw94pfIiNwnOD6Xe7M9W0P4G0zHVlSOZ-0t8gdcWGBMb-js-DaYR9RtTIaKyeP-Q_cgbQaebhsv9x2LKQ737XOHIrdY3O5VAjm54oa_X1_6TtSkZVt1ge_yk5Kxhyb1Ajra8by6ZdFMmFAsu0Q9i2_dnk_jxS/s320/IMG_8460.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where all we found was a funnel cloud as we tried to head back to our campsite at Clark Reservoir</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(no photos- we instead hoofed it back to the visitor center to wait out the storm)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWltZILdebkpwWI-WWsquUZL4nEQljxAr2BtvNYx7DFPlghIL8xQk5-AB33MKhLVQl6SpxfcH9fX2Sr4P5zBiZk2cXxQlK7Ci7J1h4oTSX_8PwCPwrMiBs58tOtjf9e7gxn6qWaEHTWLxiygl816XdTxy6y1cu3nrVqHR1q8kDLHyimmbIFg6/s3671/IMG_8401.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3671" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWltZILdebkpwWI-WWsquUZL4nEQljxAr2BtvNYx7DFPlghIL8xQk5-AB33MKhLVQl6SpxfcH9fX2Sr4P5zBiZk2cXxQlK7Ci7J1h4oTSX_8PwCPwrMiBs58tOtjf9e7gxn6qWaEHTWLxiygl816XdTxy6y1cu3nrVqHR1q8kDLHyimmbIFg6/s320/IMG_8401.JPG" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why stay in a van by the river- when you can be in an RV along the Reservoir and the River</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(as in the Snake River and Palisades River right outside the town of Alpine WY)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpn05Mb9-0_alCwKbHxODoSVSX3zXUYQJDZhlrXNCMRq9dbKo4S717UI5tUtArdUIBOpRtDTnbYDqBEBomDRJqbrYrYcHh-hL9_5pRM2qXLomHuoZLJysKMd5-ItDr5FWiTVGPKe03fmxlPuV5Ti_haQA_G5i1Rns61jXnbZY7GLNxLfgG-eN/s1280/IMG_8510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1280" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGpn05Mb9-0_alCwKbHxODoSVSX3zXUYQJDZhlrXNCMRq9dbKo4S717UI5tUtArdUIBOpRtDTnbYDqBEBomDRJqbrYrYcHh-hL9_5pRM2qXLomHuoZLJysKMd5-ItDr5FWiTVGPKe03fmxlPuV5Ti_haQA_G5i1Rns61jXnbZY7GLNxLfgG-eN/s320/IMG_8510.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling.</b>...ready to finish up this blog entry. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But before I wrap it up- I'd be remiss if I didn't comment a few important take home lessons from this trip...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICHF1uX1SUZ_lWRXJZuKRxbsB7oTvlQDmp0RpUCLXprbr849zXLlFDog8LcSV17so735ySQCf-cB-xgznQneJj42mylre2xHcR__E6W0Rg2lnfiMHcd9bBLqdDCKgnx1LIdNsQy6otlMhXpfFHitI0CkHcszXdo7QL6amB5alRaw5HATq2772/s4032/70856570094__650FAE1D-CA6E-4987-B451-709A956B7D1D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICHF1uX1SUZ_lWRXJZuKRxbsB7oTvlQDmp0RpUCLXprbr849zXLlFDog8LcSV17so735ySQCf-cB-xgznQneJj42mylre2xHcR__E6W0Rg2lnfiMHcd9bBLqdDCKgnx1LIdNsQy6otlMhXpfFHitI0CkHcszXdo7QL6amB5alRaw5HATq2772/s320/70856570094__650FAE1D-CA6E-4987-B451-709A956B7D1D.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Never go down a forest road right after a heavy rain..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONh8rqjslqCoPUx3VLU8i0Ihy7P4WhAvxBMfU7MAwlQoMf_RKuIJUtXzhCTiy_N4tgdcslPK6ABjUFBD_xztHz47ggTj-8zLdWG14lAY2kXqkekj2bNVKvbTfZXd41lIkKF0xI2BLabeBW5H62qLY4iti6fFYMjm2xCvB2XVtxsL6gmFDuyvF/s4032/IMG_8439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONh8rqjslqCoPUx3VLU8i0Ihy7P4WhAvxBMfU7MAwlQoMf_RKuIJUtXzhCTiy_N4tgdcslPK6ABjUFBD_xztHz47ggTj-8zLdWG14lAY2kXqkekj2bNVKvbTfZXd41lIkKF0xI2BLabeBW5H62qLY4iti6fFYMjm2xCvB2XVtxsL6gmFDuyvF/s320/IMG_8439.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mud will always win....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggydRLfWIF9vbjqvqMhEN775Q74v-4LxYTINakSUpVhssTLy12RMfAhJF-RFCTlQq-zoeS7dzxbh1oUkYaFDISrj49R28X2CiUx3oOdNjmtgD1Z6Q4t4-_R5GVBfouYU654PQ32GOAWxQO7RdMiQFmYgX-9de6cJRasOiCF4w4DSnnhTsFRBja/s4032/IMG_8451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggydRLfWIF9vbjqvqMhEN775Q74v-4LxYTINakSUpVhssTLy12RMfAhJF-RFCTlQq-zoeS7dzxbh1oUkYaFDISrj49R28X2CiUx3oOdNjmtgD1Z6Q4t4-_R5GVBfouYU654PQ32GOAWxQO7RdMiQFmYgX-9de6cJRasOiCF4w4DSnnhTsFRBja/s320/IMG_8451.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but patience will pay off...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtRVBjA6NS_PtbX6_GYnDVCdrqShz0JXS9NISUCobCMloagYGVopy5ob79_mQibf4eu-gmJ1Wka9j-PlAp8q0wE9Vff-CS0aPhdTMvSXjLvnqinfyu9wTEaZ1zPnVOopLWEZ9UrAP5iOhX8vNMhehY-77u916kDlsQ4TWmpE0nMVKa-u6qJvn/s2628/IMG_8470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2628" data-original-width="2299" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtRVBjA6NS_PtbX6_GYnDVCdrqShz0JXS9NISUCobCMloagYGVopy5ob79_mQibf4eu-gmJ1Wka9j-PlAp8q0wE9Vff-CS0aPhdTMvSXjLvnqinfyu9wTEaZ1zPnVOopLWEZ9UrAP5iOhX8vNMhehY-77u916kDlsQ4TWmpE0nMVKa-u6qJvn/s320/IMG_8470.JPG" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as long as you travel with the right partner by your side!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Until next time...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJp3NyYjkHhpmCBnqci9v4p0cHmnw6EsazUNuxivXtQtVS1kUMhNv1-F5JdhBD9_hAPJnliZBibAMYHVTsQ920lSOz2FI-xzbZmUWUv5Qn5DvAbypUPFs0VnpWHTHY9wF4FsQqADJ08ObbB94Af_oGwOPTt1ruJLNWlP-o5EvH0ps2UuBt4uG/s3024/IMG_8458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="3024" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJp3NyYjkHhpmCBnqci9v4p0cHmnw6EsazUNuxivXtQtVS1kUMhNv1-F5JdhBD9_hAPJnliZBibAMYHVTsQ920lSOz2FI-xzbZmUWUv5Qn5DvAbypUPFs0VnpWHTHY9wF4FsQqADJ08ObbB94Af_oGwOPTt1ruJLNWlP-o5EvH0ps2UuBt4uG/s320/IMG_8458.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May you too find a chance to travel off the beaten path..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the views may just surprise you!</div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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My co-worker (Rachel) said "i<i>t's a mystery with a slightly different premise"</i>. That's an understatement-imagine trying to solve a crime in a story being told sort of like the movie Groundhog's Day. But it has indeed caught my attention and helped me complete a myriad of chores that needed to be accomplished before I head out of town tomorrow morning.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKts4SEG3teKL9ICtxWtvrrhGCECuWZZktrmTw4HXACopi33hWvhmkZxwvc67AJsvWZraYUeqcOHZRNNzXyWdUenFiuf3-hDoYpRpHMnzED5tBJfVRa4YPHrPsZivRlUX0t20NDN7gKA0UKVu14cBqhvjmv0mJhENm0nBZlZkStr6zxOB-w/s1347/IMG_8167.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKts4SEG3teKL9ICtxWtvrrhGCECuWZZktrmTw4HXACopi33hWvhmkZxwvc67AJsvWZraYUeqcOHZRNNzXyWdUenFiuf3-hDoYpRpHMnzED5tBJfVRa4YPHrPsZivRlUX0t20NDN7gKA0UKVu14cBqhvjmv0mJhENm0nBZlZkStr6zxOB-w/s320/IMG_8167.PNG" width="197" /></a></div>Yep- that's it folks...my school nursing career has reached an end point. For awhile, I would add "<i>for now".</i>.but honestly- when I pause and think of the things I'd like to be doing but can't given the structure of a school calendar...that "f<i>or now</i>" gets left off more and more often. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-yRERyL47bD6lDYH8zRo67ouDJHyYrAPOfe8wfznFz6IjCBZ1Spfyzzawjnf70E3FMJORF3R2-OYVlxstuCpjmurtaDvP9cms2yiyiin-f9QknVOSSCcVmGGSrvCVZFgigXHNa2dWpC2eH25Drn1TF2y9NMwEuxNgwOgU8EAOxsTb72C1hA/s4032/IMG_8166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-yRERyL47bD6lDYH8zRo67ouDJHyYrAPOfe8wfznFz6IjCBZ1Spfyzzawjnf70E3FMJORF3R2-OYVlxstuCpjmurtaDvP9cms2yiyiin-f9QknVOSSCcVmGGSrvCVZFgigXHNa2dWpC2eH25Drn1TF2y9NMwEuxNgwOgU8EAOxsTb72C1hA/s320/IMG_8166.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All out of pins...can only mean it's time to head out...</div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving </b>a lot...let me show you with pictures...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">LOVE IS</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdEIviNPxZvidnMfWua2sxEA7JiLSWhkU3bN_hHiLygmnKPqJxDYJ7NSy-6ldKf4Y1gu1Wa6vPVar44Lvt2EU_F7LdaF1mdWYzL9AtorSOuWiewcObF_GfDtDFqiSI7k_-TgFNC-C2PtrmDuge5VdHBvtXlJ0ShZS6N6zO3VKEaYNtPllmw/s2344/IMG_7941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2344" data-original-width="1988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdEIviNPxZvidnMfWua2sxEA7JiLSWhkU3bN_hHiLygmnKPqJxDYJ7NSy-6ldKf4Y1gu1Wa6vPVar44Lvt2EU_F7LdaF1mdWYzL9AtorSOuWiewcObF_GfDtDFqiSI7k_-TgFNC-C2PtrmDuge5VdHBvtXlJ0ShZS6N6zO3VKEaYNtPllmw/s320/IMG_7941.JPG" width="271" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">When your haircut appointment is just hours before the District Retiree dinner-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlJQQkOkOXqoMUGHfpqLlAdr8l633cyo30uDjnw3zD19NWtDOOGrbuo72kaH_dm4g4EJzFvU-1tsh81rAfgSAEeFLhHlbCAiiwx0eno_lt-DTiHwvDi2kyFTiBUMOAjhRuuPB_pDPZwDDgdLuEUN3VYwdwFjHbsBwvKSEtF4fxr3tR6gzZg/s4032/IMG_7954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlJQQkOkOXqoMUGHfpqLlAdr8l633cyo30uDjnw3zD19NWtDOOGrbuo72kaH_dm4g4EJzFvU-1tsh81rAfgSAEeFLhHlbCAiiwx0eno_lt-DTiHwvDi2kyFTiBUMOAjhRuuPB_pDPZwDDgdLuEUN3VYwdwFjHbsBwvKSEtF4fxr3tR6gzZg/s320/IMG_7954.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When your work bestie clocks out the same year as you do...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkiZYOlVRgKD2dHVSuA5plu55vdnXenLt0j-elPeYFVsPUkKYlTZzbp890gz69XVXGZPMrgv5CpCI8atPjEJYjonvb3nSMelYQ6DD3trNcGIe6Je8ys-UhXqm1kfO8gcTx5CssLYR9USc1JJCTZZ0xBu2v_zf5EnXbAkqjCV6aEPEl1NOog/s4032/IMG_7976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkiZYOlVRgKD2dHVSuA5plu55vdnXenLt0j-elPeYFVsPUkKYlTZzbp890gz69XVXGZPMrgv5CpCI8atPjEJYjonvb3nSMelYQ6DD3trNcGIe6Je8ys-UhXqm1kfO8gcTx5CssLYR9USc1JJCTZZ0xBu2v_zf5EnXbAkqjCV6aEPEl1NOog/s320/IMG_7976.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When your nursing colleagues suggest </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"bring some things that reflect your nursing career"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2Mjw4aALjm2ycHcqax6x-5z7ozbY4s4WFqTVHwJ4dwXJDPjrdWA-mj_SycJ206zPFRI6MIcRPCfgYsWiQ80RMacosCIkSC4Aick4WcKAuuueqvF9inf_SzFlSmuw9vrbnE1MCX6RXx9YPDAYMIbklkbNQf5PZGeL3uLiTwsFqBHbTXAEyw/s4032/IMG_7987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2Mjw4aALjm2ycHcqax6x-5z7ozbY4s4WFqTVHwJ4dwXJDPjrdWA-mj_SycJ206zPFRI6MIcRPCfgYsWiQ80RMacosCIkSC4Aick4WcKAuuueqvF9inf_SzFlSmuw9vrbnE1MCX6RXx9YPDAYMIbklkbNQf5PZGeL3uLiTwsFqBHbTXAEyw/s320/IMG_7987.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when the one who trained you...helps you find your happy..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">even if it meant changing districts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5dCngT9dXC1mnw3a34JoFcBzjkTPuJHt1Y1iUMVcSOTMbGMAypCapUNh_kgVDaqF1yHsTkuTcXzo9oxNp_UY1Ilxe3FhuC3uYFiZSnbRhfomwnnyLkQdmD5aXmKObdScgpJxYul35OtbxdUIHDPH4zvo7ip7HR4spliPWyRsDWjBUl03DA/s1848/PXL_20230519_222755072.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="1386" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk5dCngT9dXC1mnw3a34JoFcBzjkTPuJHt1Y1iUMVcSOTMbGMAypCapUNh_kgVDaqF1yHsTkuTcXzo9oxNp_UY1Ilxe3FhuC3uYFiZSnbRhfomwnnyLkQdmD5aXmKObdScgpJxYul35OtbxdUIHDPH4zvo7ip7HR4spliPWyRsDWjBUl03DA/s320/PXL_20230519_222755072.MP.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when your work crew "nailed it" in the what to get for Martha </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWrhTK6Vna6-Jz9pRwUJxRbEY8BAHiJFeXVN_zkMCjzaFUy9ppt-3QpsgW3KZ0WnDZPI7YFGWCvVG2HcooIiQjy7wYKXypJ420gu4wF7BG_ZGuZaN03P71UsXmbT9WpwWv7yLK9flZf21FCRdkPIEeh6avMMXORTVPoOinQS1MHCbllMmgw/s1786/PXL_20230519_234246595.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1786" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHWrhTK6Vna6-Jz9pRwUJxRbEY8BAHiJFeXVN_zkMCjzaFUy9ppt-3QpsgW3KZ0WnDZPI7YFGWCvVG2HcooIiQjy7wYKXypJ420gu4wF7BG_ZGuZaN03P71UsXmbT9WpwWv7yLK9flZf21FCRdkPIEeh6avMMXORTVPoOinQS1MHCbllMmgw/s320/PXL_20230519_234246595.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and toasted-roasted me with a memorable happy hour!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQTORpFZhQXX2qw6k1FyhEoKnT59CXDHWV4ev3ig2g47u3MC1yruIh7LGpnKJO4nK3sVZVPMCQbi4Pxt5egsNx1AaFTZE_1zQF4Hag0AqCd9YGPZOIbYp5y7T0Kf3Y3KNWv5vMzCuQi--cIWNqOjW5oyTIoQVCLrjaFyh5-R829bPmnQcwA/s4032/IMG_8070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQTORpFZhQXX2qw6k1FyhEoKnT59CXDHWV4ev3ig2g47u3MC1yruIh7LGpnKJO4nK3sVZVPMCQbi4Pxt5egsNx1AaFTZE_1zQF4Hag0AqCd9YGPZOIbYp5y7T0Kf3Y3KNWv5vMzCuQi--cIWNqOjW5oyTIoQVCLrjaFyh5-R829bPmnQcwA/s320/IMG_8070.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Hour on a school night?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sure...that sounds lovely!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekbfMi5Vfflyn6sMk0QFqIG5oEp29eNhb2bUlLu6wwN_A6PbCKTD1xdN03plMo84BQ1NAa8Hw-AaFXx9CpUmqxE79GZPxfICylOp1rUAGBUpWPo4QmL3eQFUlXn3MGvy7KYPCmYrLoGgRvgvNHzkFBEqyuO5jhwYZTTy_x0msJpa40tD4tQ/s4032/IMG_8076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekbfMi5Vfflyn6sMk0QFqIG5oEp29eNhb2bUlLu6wwN_A6PbCKTD1xdN03plMo84BQ1NAa8Hw-AaFXx9CpUmqxE79GZPxfICylOp1rUAGBUpWPo4QmL3eQFUlXn3MGvy7KYPCmYrLoGgRvgvNHzkFBEqyuO5jhwYZTTy_x0msJpa40tD4tQ/s320/IMG_8076.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Lowry Beer Garden- charming place-why have I not been before?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5o097Ai2XlCPRtygPv--aKF7_uqhXt1b84o7fkEDAuCHiPWJzEuTw05n6ImhMKmutGg2tWw2fUbCnLtmADRL6M4yV3AqH8iCrAbpV5b2mOJw7UzxD5mF7DS7wVPQyHuzglLAyMUsTk6D9gGaEpDLdJERHlLZW_g35GfgRmU4Od7_tiu35jw/s4032/IMG_8108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5o097Ai2XlCPRtygPv--aKF7_uqhXt1b84o7fkEDAuCHiPWJzEuTw05n6ImhMKmutGg2tWw2fUbCnLtmADRL6M4yV3AqH8iCrAbpV5b2mOJw7UzxD5mF7DS7wVPQyHuzglLAyMUsTk6D9gGaEpDLdJERHlLZW_g35GfgRmU4Od7_tiu35jw/s320/IMG_8108.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">seeing your advocacy efforts start to unfold..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or at least that is my hope..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8RAlldbQ0Zmp4TCrS5qWkmlXL4yASiu-eKQlu8iVQFwa74FtgLG_ReaIS9xqvFfVCW_qc-7h-MzYtgPPFTVBBgyJs_Ke4A1LdhC9KhGhelfiW2KLdg22CpAm-gGfCjUpH5UndmZLiBHYldAs7ifJWd0GMz6j21csDZdUZLjfEIiRyxmARg/s4032/IMG_8146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8RAlldbQ0Zmp4TCrS5qWkmlXL4yASiu-eKQlu8iVQFwa74FtgLG_ReaIS9xqvFfVCW_qc-7h-MzYtgPPFTVBBgyJs_Ke4A1LdhC9KhGhelfiW2KLdg22CpAm-gGfCjUpH5UndmZLiBHYldAs7ifJWd0GMz6j21csDZdUZLjfEIiRyxmARg/s320/IMG_8146.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">surrounded by friends who enjoy a good book..<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling</b> joyful! I see it reflected in the smile on my face. I see it reflected in the good nights sleep I have been enjoying lately. I see it in the less stiffness of my arthritis (although- won't lie- those epic rainstorms we had mid-month about did me in. Note to self- RA doesn't like too much moisture)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There truly is joy in the journey. Speaking of which- I should wrap this up so I can finish up a few more small tasks before catching a flight to join Hubby for some solitude in the forests somewhere far-far-away from the urban/suburban mayhem! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZhOuRmRsL5epZEvoUNFXhSjJs4B-KO1M3Okrb4XoJDAy9oPJ-uidC-F635H7KU-uqFXQq-y82sDDmYl_5tHy60AqVBQgdXjf7SDeH9O3tnjr9HUpUfiT3yKeVEE5W20AldeSOO2OBcka-lP_-DQ2ckCpkPaS9hXg9v7YIPyXQ3Thham3pQ/s4032/IMG_8009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZhOuRmRsL5epZEvoUNFXhSjJs4B-KO1M3Okrb4XoJDAy9oPJ-uidC-F635H7KU-uqFXQq-y82sDDmYl_5tHy60AqVBQgdXjf7SDeH9O3tnjr9HUpUfiT3yKeVEE5W20AldeSOO2OBcka-lP_-DQ2ckCpkPaS9hXg9v7YIPyXQ3Thham3pQ/s320/IMG_8009.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until next time...remember..it's not the days that we remember </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but the moments...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-65035665093247859342023-05-07T14:24:00.000-06:002023-05-07T14:24:13.118-06:00Right Now- April 2023 Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> RIGHT NOW RECAP</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening</b> to another audiobook- no surprise there, right? This one is called Miracle Creek- and it was suggested to me by a couple co-workers if just for the relatable disability themes that are a part of the plot line. The book opens with a tragedy at a hyperbaric chamber where families have brought their children (with everything from autism to severe brain injuries) for experimental treatment. The book then jumps forward to the courtroom stage-where one of the moms is being accused of starting the fire that resulted in tragic deaths and life altering injuries. Overall- it's ok...I think it's more a case of me vs. the book itself. My thoughts are scattered, springing forth with grand ideas while coupled with a sense of "maybe tomorrow"- making it hard to settle into the rhythm of this audio book. Anyways, at this point, I'd put it down as a "M'eh, maybe" read (or listen).</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving </b>that my friends heard my call when I shared that I needed an ASAP Therapeutic Happy Hour. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While my blog is not the right place to share the details- suffice to say that 57 is not too old to still be called to the Principal's office in an effort to guilt me into changing my thoughts on a matter that I see as being discriminatory in nature. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPucr_v6xrjj5DNJ_cimy55BoBHpZYG8pyTsSiQuKMqZzrHc9sedIxVUdO6qhgZzUSTz9fVn27reLWoCZTW7JMUcNIvDJEgPlbRCZR4iAjg2G0J0PYxVDcI8wYjDLmVZJQOWAMrKMOdqYNIk6JF4lwxdCl1HguSCtMhsiedlYWlUq78Rq8w/s828/IMG_7694.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="828" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPucr_v6xrjj5DNJ_cimy55BoBHpZYG8pyTsSiQuKMqZzrHc9sedIxVUdO6qhgZzUSTz9fVn27reLWoCZTW7JMUcNIvDJEgPlbRCZR4iAjg2G0J0PYxVDcI8wYjDLmVZJQOWAMrKMOdqYNIk6JF4lwxdCl1HguSCtMhsiedlYWlUq78Rq8w/s320/IMG_7694.PNG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As always, the BAGS came through and cheered me up with laughter and liquor. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAu07S3bHLODCCzhDwefUukuxKiQ2o-KczAu00kqelYmKtSsKEPRQ3ZCV4Xu6gl1VIH40Idjvib0cam-JQDH-9V2c55KNuNNYUAibRO63bhOpWNF58kIH-sKgvdz5p7CjAJ2tDj-fI20dvJTA4xTpNiFZ2dSVrK7l0TaJxp3gBwbhmCjk3rw/s4032/IMG_7696.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAu07S3bHLODCCzhDwefUukuxKiQ2o-KczAu00kqelYmKtSsKEPRQ3ZCV4Xu6gl1VIH40Idjvib0cam-JQDH-9V2c55KNuNNYUAibRO63bhOpWNF58kIH-sKgvdz5p7CjAJ2tDj-fI20dvJTA4xTpNiFZ2dSVrK7l0TaJxp3gBwbhmCjk3rw/s320/IMG_7696.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course, I paid the price the next day (Easter Sunday) but found humor in noting that "While Christ has risen, I rolled that stone back over my tomb of a bed and said not today". </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHJ9-uMzYcp3WRwGA6YpBMETSuey1gA-CoFDODevWTLD4YFBKche5rDU18sRhbDOjTF_V2T-F9PV_xfzHBO5AmyWjXZc7DybNHj-UZ_nevya4TJscFnIZn-rNrwjpZ4JQ_QiZnYQ-ue5xwt9X1d7IX1Co6RZX92VEtw2m-sFR3kcGcMsoxg/s2048/12238274_10206300899414592_4413488040860035508_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHHJ9-uMzYcp3WRwGA6YpBMETSuey1gA-CoFDODevWTLD4YFBKche5rDU18sRhbDOjTF_V2T-F9PV_xfzHBO5AmyWjXZc7DybNHj-UZ_nevya4TJscFnIZn-rNrwjpZ4JQ_QiZnYQ-ue5xwt9X1d7IX1Co6RZX92VEtw2m-sFR3kcGcMsoxg/s320/12238274_10206300899414592_4413488040860035508_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I'm loving that through the years, I've taken the time to take the pictures- in an effort of remembering the moment. While I was coming out of my vodka haze, my youngest called me late afternoon on Easter. A mommy friend, Ms. Judie had passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. <div><br /></div><div>Judie and I first met when our kids were in school...and we were both enjoying the stay-at-home mom status. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtaUDiv1stJOj2Zxx5cvMFq54NckYMpAmJH0BfOhlRKpu2eWQENe4rGY4o7zKZYjiw3_QcDEPG-dvl6tcPbEw_V_zP6EadG_HBXJA7ZyzM92BPcw-xrueQNtsjoUPCAHxxkEuijhhpK7T5EdybQTgCc0pdIU4g31jXg8qz-2VFAqxAHNUWg/s604/1910381_1108339101902_4652367_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="604" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtaUDiv1stJOj2Zxx5cvMFq54NckYMpAmJH0BfOhlRKpu2eWQENe4rGY4o7zKZYjiw3_QcDEPG-dvl6tcPbEw_V_zP6EadG_HBXJA7ZyzM92BPcw-xrueQNtsjoUPCAHxxkEuijhhpK7T5EdybQTgCc0pdIU4g31jXg8qz-2VFAqxAHNUWg/s320/1910381_1108339101902_4652367_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>First we started to visit on the hillside, and then another mom friend suggested we move to a local coffee shop...and hence the Coffee Club was started. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSr1_XJq6Av5l5VVjViijPylHZRUEZXEbekxtx423vLC2an0Z8y6fRYaTh9_pyKTmIf0rynk0E0If0A6cj8A2hDxKAb12p57ispz-rJJlGT2u3RhpJoSJcnl-NtpdXlwW8vjM9ntu1Wikp5xnUvdELlYvERSzPLj7I33B668C0KdygO49fA/s2048/10428378_10203815089790905_7257465944211275122_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSr1_XJq6Av5l5VVjViijPylHZRUEZXEbekxtx423vLC2an0Z8y6fRYaTh9_pyKTmIf0rynk0E0If0A6cj8A2hDxKAb12p57ispz-rJJlGT2u3RhpJoSJcnl-NtpdXlwW8vjM9ntu1Wikp5xnUvdELlYvERSzPLj7I33B668C0KdygO49fA/s320/10428378_10203815089790905_7257465944211275122_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Both Judies have earned their angel wings..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">giving added joy to the fact that Thing 2 has chosen Judith as her middle name</span></div>Sadly- Judie and I had drifted apart as our kids got older- it happens as people change jobs, our social paths no longer crossed with the kids being older and off on their own path..but I will always treasure the friendship we enjoyed during that season in our life.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggO4fKKcLHWkAzeYyTgVcDldkxGg8DkxVKPWeMAVZ2ZI8QUKdBGXqaiRDx82ZzKby26RdEDv5SsH63aRPxoviWhmOMr9S4S3y8R1SlFGZer2LHuapkm-bUmmGUTZ2Prq17JgSAdE-f-ohT52umjeK7HqRjy42vZj89LVdpJ-AWMb_cEmlAHA/s720/38445_1453972302516_4997181_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggO4fKKcLHWkAzeYyTgVcDldkxGg8DkxVKPWeMAVZ2ZI8QUKdBGXqaiRDx82ZzKby26RdEDv5SsH63aRPxoviWhmOMr9S4S3y8R1SlFGZer2LHuapkm-bUmmGUTZ2Prq17JgSAdE-f-ohT52umjeK7HqRjy42vZj89LVdpJ-AWMb_cEmlAHA/s320/38445_1453972302516_4997181_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>While at times timid and reserved around us more extroverted types, Judie had a kind heart, a gentle soul and will be missed by many to include her son and daughter and the numerous special needs kids she worked with as a para-educator.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeW2gb7liPWMCkzv2p7GCaG2E7e7EGIT_cH7CxJt-gdCNeMR3ecNzfzf6HQZT8HjS-GpEE5CFWCFrQCTldGtxOAS5EXLTRUurH_KK99ys2yywXB26sA5Mx9AJatytLLSzKxPWpVDQ1pVYnanhFsuspSHluTz2ub-wNiakWgofWHH3OKFtqNg/s720/38445_1453972342517_1827208_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeW2gb7liPWMCkzv2p7GCaG2E7e7EGIT_cH7CxJt-gdCNeMR3ecNzfzf6HQZT8HjS-GpEE5CFWCFrQCTldGtxOAS5EXLTRUurH_KK99ys2yywXB26sA5Mx9AJatytLLSzKxPWpVDQ1pVYnanhFsuspSHluTz2ub-wNiakWgofWHH3OKFtqNg/s320/38445_1453972342517_1827208_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Rest easy my friend...</div><div style="text-align: center;">thank you for your sweet gift of friendship to me and my Things!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I'm loving that this crazy cat- is healthy once again. He decided to give us all a little bit of panic when he stopped eating for several days. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2GOiFpCSC5dz_1iM3SLEyTTg78IziJr0zWGMop8UvrSF5mrQiCoK99OCAamI0aRoYjfokz46G7etpwvaA7FCE1DXDd95tyWNCqBn2tzTmSDT0tueVihBoQr9zWtpGdVT_zvYua3WeopFXW4bZ4XyIX6NuxkR7seC-eEfUyGBbeI3zix5gA/s4032/IMG_7827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2GOiFpCSC5dz_1iM3SLEyTTg78IziJr0zWGMop8UvrSF5mrQiCoK99OCAamI0aRoYjfokz46G7etpwvaA7FCE1DXDd95tyWNCqBn2tzTmSDT0tueVihBoQr9zWtpGdVT_zvYua3WeopFXW4bZ4XyIX6NuxkR7seC-eEfUyGBbeI3zix5gA/s320/IMG_7827.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Was he picking up on family sadness and change? Who knows- but I wasn't going to risk being wrong so we took him off to the vet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Uml3xswQryZPgvzixJPqGMLWjRQoxdaQs8GVARPU48w1spJo0ms8Ry7h3pS8XQK3ZctmJuyDLg5y84aEnGiRD71ho3jn07LhxoM-W5kXILjXjDry0askSqOaqexX9oN4hcbirELG2poH-kgxbRSHc9xMydgghC0F5MW9Gtz8Q885HsJIuw/s4032/IMG_7816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Uml3xswQryZPgvzixJPqGMLWjRQoxdaQs8GVARPU48w1spJo0ms8Ry7h3pS8XQK3ZctmJuyDLg5y84aEnGiRD71ho3jn07LhxoM-W5kXILjXjDry0askSqOaqexX9oN4hcbirELG2poH-kgxbRSHc9xMydgghC0F5MW9Gtz8Q885HsJIuw/s320/IMG_7816.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">He's actually yawning...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">but mid yawn looks like "HaHa-joke's on you-fooled ya!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another friend from work is retiring. As a treat for both of us- we got together with 2 other co-workers and went to play BINGO. Ok, not regular church-hall type bingo- but drag queen bingo. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxtLTq8iUt0ip6ppswWdrIe57bn360Kr9PHjTdMSXKXqC9VwqJBP9GL3lRvzEla75_5cktZKYtu26dCn8XQat0TPiY40DJzYV9u1hcdv9rydEyPTjSP5mcTxj1tkfjrp3EoIECx-cHJMn8QreZDlqPZOEzqr_5J3sDgdtLM-p9_B_YCDEIg/s4032/IMG_7752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxtLTq8iUt0ip6ppswWdrIe57bn360Kr9PHjTdMSXKXqC9VwqJBP9GL3lRvzEla75_5cktZKYtu26dCn8XQat0TPiY40DJzYV9u1hcdv9rydEyPTjSP5mcTxj1tkfjrp3EoIECx-cHJMn8QreZDlqPZOEzqr_5J3sDgdtLM-p9_B_YCDEIg/s320/IMG_7752.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Note to self- April 19th-is considered 4.20 eve here in the stoner state...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">a night apparently dedicated to its own unique style of celebrating? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZPqQCU92PLq3J64JohCVhJ5J7Jp3G0fK3R7YDShJ0C4t4MCUN8iPkXeT0kQh1rvn2dUhdh84Hp-l7UXrUoWX7vQKracFgzt2HzEvsHvt17BEwv_K0baMNDEp5tHrBTW1VMHe5OtbSui_8xqM7fbrSk92bPrGyPBNMOd-JdtGdFSdaleByA/s4032/IMG_7755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZPqQCU92PLq3J64JohCVhJ5J7Jp3G0fK3R7YDShJ0C4t4MCUN8iPkXeT0kQh1rvn2dUhdh84Hp-l7UXrUoWX7vQKracFgzt2HzEvsHvt17BEwv_K0baMNDEp5tHrBTW1VMHe5OtbSui_8xqM7fbrSk92bPrGyPBNMOd-JdtGdFSdaleByA/s320/IMG_7755.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Lots of fun, loads of laughter, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ3q2cTshaLMO3OCFFNHTPIRm1YanKuxHZH2RaTp3BxmwM2VGkU72ovgB1WZ-wEgoj7UZQb385kvBhLNkWU7IvUYAOM6A7R2aORm6slGUfIm9vqThuraUXcY6hn5wIi3B0muXM1bMTBjQWUs8LdwNBmqDR2CGLW9Ikf6_zQt4gp1syR6F0Q/s2673/Attachment.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2673" data-original-width="2437" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ3q2cTshaLMO3OCFFNHTPIRm1YanKuxHZH2RaTp3BxmwM2VGkU72ovgB1WZ-wEgoj7UZQb385kvBhLNkWU7IvUYAOM6A7R2aORm6slGUfIm9vqThuraUXcY6hn5wIi3B0muXM1bMTBjQWUs8LdwNBmqDR2CGLW9Ikf6_zQt4gp1syR6F0Q/s320/Attachment.JPG" width="292" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and a reminder that friendships formed through work can indeed be some of the best!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling</b> confident</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeb4bx9UZOzTjsucrUAzROxC7OgeeGPeK69lT72o5Pai5FEdldjbiGkIDY3wipBfjs30kNYUXz-GA3rzvUPiRzViP31ZlCHmZ54BMAzgWLhj4TsrD_JmoeduBgau3-zfZKIawVac3rxDIfL_DYHbnzL2MBukvLJzvpleBn09RGt5HeOT8jA/s3780/49CCCF49-D4FE-4BD9-B0D3-A8BAE0A46AD0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeb4bx9UZOzTjsucrUAzROxC7OgeeGPeK69lT72o5Pai5FEdldjbiGkIDY3wipBfjs30kNYUXz-GA3rzvUPiRzViP31ZlCHmZ54BMAzgWLhj4TsrD_JmoeduBgau3-zfZKIawVac3rxDIfL_DYHbnzL2MBukvLJzvpleBn09RGt5HeOT8jA/s320/49CCCF49-D4FE-4BD9-B0D3-A8BAE0A46AD0.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That this April shower brings the promise of May flowers...because I tell ya what- we are all ready to be done with winter and all her worries!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Until next time...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl9CEhyaDesx-8UCe_sZBDE0FN41YDhkDwArXCrrfVHnHDQ_zQ4_Guz8ovGA9hEKKbCUfARQsHl4IxPHop7kLAU9OKXufJkjERTtry-qhTgek9SkfUNlsnQ9U4e0D374zRdT3PYw-dsg7u95u9TYLtlXVk7o1hnGI43xzvYesOZAa78enUQ/s4032/IMG_7732.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYl9CEhyaDesx-8UCe_sZBDE0FN41YDhkDwArXCrrfVHnHDQ_zQ4_Guz8ovGA9hEKKbCUfARQsHl4IxPHop7kLAU9OKXufJkjERTtry-qhTgek9SkfUNlsnQ9U4e0D374zRdT3PYw-dsg7u95u9TYLtlXVk7o1hnGI43xzvYesOZAa78enUQ/s320/IMG_7732.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inhale charcuterie...exhale negativity!</div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-35490198091039971552023-03-26T15:31:00.001-06:002023-03-26T15:32:29.206-06:00Right Now- March 2023 Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> RIGHT NOW</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening to </b>an audiobook The Measure by Nikki Erlick. As a science fiction/dystopian book- it is slightly outside of my usual historical fiction comfort zone but so far I'm enjoying it. It is a little bumpy getting started- as I guess it will feature 8 characters- that's a lot to keep track of when you are just listening. Hopefully- my library copy will soon be ready for delivery and I can read and listen at the same time. My favorite way to enjoy good books!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving </b>that I am down to only 9 Mondays left in my full time school nurse gig. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I recently updated my FB profile by saying "It has been said that grief and joy can co-exist" and I think that's a great way to summarize this month.</p><p style="text-align: left;">For there was certainly joy...<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoOBhf5tycKisZkBS-ZinhccB12gXA82BX6FDM58Ut-1GyXy_vApOyQOk0an2CrYBNMtqq4X5fjlsH1XJn0y2K7BusrLpy_wU0GcmREzz6G4q7krslCt8udiv-nfyYWwu8UguV9_cHE8sCZvtknfj1Ou9TdjzcCrArDie3D9PG5NdaPrxnA/s4032/IMG_7609.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtoOBhf5tycKisZkBS-ZinhccB12gXA82BX6FDM58Ut-1GyXy_vApOyQOk0an2CrYBNMtqq4X5fjlsH1XJn0y2K7BusrLpy_wU0GcmREzz6G4q7krslCt8udiv-nfyYWwu8UguV9_cHE8sCZvtknfj1Ou9TdjzcCrArDie3D9PG5NdaPrxnA/s320/IMG_7609.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I brunched with the BAGS- celebrating our March birthday girl- Jacqui</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DoThqPw8w4VymyClKYRj0oUkbX3ZxrXzotwpuO8Lg-bOF21GkI9QbCNBAX184jYUT3y-cvrviV1YecjHb4oJOVdbAgMC5IUpaV5BxOd4fwB3IutJh3CMDooHWvxCo3aJnSW9ulSaZiScpbvAUbgO2Q7ECK6BC4sQ26JqZtH9HJ4EVTKOqw/s1280/IMG_7586.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="1280" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DoThqPw8w4VymyClKYRj0oUkbX3ZxrXzotwpuO8Lg-bOF21GkI9QbCNBAX184jYUT3y-cvrviV1YecjHb4oJOVdbAgMC5IUpaV5BxOd4fwB3IutJh3CMDooHWvxCo3aJnSW9ulSaZiScpbvAUbgO2Q7ECK6BC4sQ26JqZtH9HJ4EVTKOqw/s320/IMG_7586.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lunched with a few of the Crossroads Crew</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3MnlpDd-dARvXzPS_fS66xf7fUDQNkI8n7Hdpd9eNX0iNOWtRFUatbLvdzJMs_wELCb7MxYXXrnO5VrKMANig1dy6usukxeJOGF1KvN1Jdvy92t0-sVYg-VfnZzHq9HDFpNxbzuxeJeuhJh89O9NNl-XEdcOPs-FBZpcsREgTxsl41AM5Q/s4032/70113257052__A3689E31-468C-4AB8-A06E-A09FDFA9BA7C.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3MnlpDd-dARvXzPS_fS66xf7fUDQNkI8n7Hdpd9eNX0iNOWtRFUatbLvdzJMs_wELCb7MxYXXrnO5VrKMANig1dy6usukxeJOGF1KvN1Jdvy92t0-sVYg-VfnZzHq9HDFpNxbzuxeJeuhJh89O9NNl-XEdcOPs-FBZpcsREgTxsl41AM5Q/s320/70113257052__A3689E31-468C-4AB8-A06E-A09FDFA9BA7C.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">admired flowers gifted to me by friends-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWVXt7mhEg8hmacc2y4cbAQzaSClMslpGicgE4EyGxdBgzb_vHOVT_WXgIobBQRufT3x4WA2D5nvaNCyZK6zIlD5wgeXkCyn1xdehuWL1HPFJypEqEad3wotr_C1zMMmF9Mw4_CCN7iMX996POWEPTl4OkhzR8BBBByljtaIUb8vZBBznwg/s4032/IMG_7638.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWVXt7mhEg8hmacc2y4cbAQzaSClMslpGicgE4EyGxdBgzb_vHOVT_WXgIobBQRufT3x4WA2D5nvaNCyZK6zIlD5wgeXkCyn1xdehuWL1HPFJypEqEad3wotr_C1zMMmF9Mw4_CCN7iMX996POWEPTl4OkhzR8BBBByljtaIUb8vZBBznwg/s320/IMG_7638.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">gave thanks that Thing 1's employer sees his able not his label..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAGLCwA70xlniXV2dMpxWbQ-wL5AKYBzSbzYQUxvBgafNZTdCIYbuG0Q9WD_Pagw3Z4Khy3uaJDzyb4Zc07EEXLq4U61JbJtq9MM2VhZvr6bF0HyadWtvfRsSy5GctSfaFrqJMnP3BenIBFHIAvEHS0wOMeEoYTkli7_QPPmsodJ5NcdUow/s4032/70113263768__17BC8278-883A-47F1-9AD7-CFCBDFA7A066.fullsizerender.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAGLCwA70xlniXV2dMpxWbQ-wL5AKYBzSbzYQUxvBgafNZTdCIYbuG0Q9WD_Pagw3Z4Khy3uaJDzyb4Zc07EEXLq4U61JbJtq9MM2VhZvr6bF0HyadWtvfRsSy5GctSfaFrqJMnP3BenIBFHIAvEHS0wOMeEoYTkli7_QPPmsodJ5NcdUow/s320/70113263768__17BC8278-883A-47F1-9AD7-CFCBDFA7A066.fullsizerender.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and savored the sweet reality that spring is officially here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But there was also grief...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qG9mtFlQNhv4UCRVwo7rJxBU_VOE1dA6LfzPokzDE4-oU1Njv_S6TtuHrpUZmKLS6bsseex5gSr2G27PkHCx2T-RnX4htMM_MmN17hTOiflwfXLhNKS1Y4d3wDmEyRENC2hAGIk2jRObCRRZpMvzIp7GZaFgjgvfNHQ3wi7E9eSXwDjjTg/s2048/IMG_7587.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qG9mtFlQNhv4UCRVwo7rJxBU_VOE1dA6LfzPokzDE4-oU1Njv_S6TtuHrpUZmKLS6bsseex5gSr2G27PkHCx2T-RnX4htMM_MmN17hTOiflwfXLhNKS1Y4d3wDmEyRENC2hAGIk2jRObCRRZpMvzIp7GZaFgjgvfNHQ3wi7E9eSXwDjjTg/s320/IMG_7587.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as I mourned the loss of one of my favorite students. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And while I have so much to say about this man, and what I learned from him and his mom in the 3 years I worked as his school nurse, I want to honor his privacy. Yes, he had a host of health issues that resulted in us being "joined at the hip" on the days he was in attendance, the truth is that he was so much more than the diseases that plagued him. He was generous- bringing in enough treats for the entire building to enjoy. He was a caretaker- making sure that I too took time for my lunch. He was a watchman- as he shared with me on a weekly basis the comings and going of his neighbors while carrying his trusted walkie-talkie to keep his mother well informed of his whereabouts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUBya4O0tV2DF_0ILr9rUone6qIOWCEgwrZ0Ci1QdYJk-otrQTrTPXS1-yTgsw24SV6pv-dxe9Q7wQXvW_VER6Qo14Ow4gkB2teUvXctuf08OEn4nMrCSsWCrk9NkoPh3CPpIsEsF25ASC0cuisf5lmepDRy76WGmE3uLZsJ-7DSkXUtuwg/s3622/IMG_7620.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2652" data-original-width="3622" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUBya4O0tV2DF_0ILr9rUone6qIOWCEgwrZ0Ci1QdYJk-otrQTrTPXS1-yTgsw24SV6pv-dxe9Q7wQXvW_VER6Qo14Ow4gkB2teUvXctuf08OEn4nMrCSsWCrk9NkoPh3CPpIsEsF25ASC0cuisf5lmepDRy76WGmE3uLZsJ-7DSkXUtuwg/s320/IMG_7620.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>It's a little bit quieter with him gone- but all I need to do is stop by the water fountain and see his name added to our wall of inspiration.<p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_UIV4E-j5nf_hqeUjizqmuZD9u8EjUwULleONyjphtb5BHekmCpVpvpfoyd3uazTKfFTWI3ML9_lX3JsgRVdIEWmrDzCX2cs6ydO_N3FslbymLS2VjWaYTzu7iiuya8RouhDj0uPopRacVIj6so3kPGzAEKCe_92CVc8tVPqi4MV4w44BQ/s1481/IMG_7594.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1481" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_UIV4E-j5nf_hqeUjizqmuZD9u8EjUwULleONyjphtb5BHekmCpVpvpfoyd3uazTKfFTWI3ML9_lX3JsgRVdIEWmrDzCX2cs6ydO_N3FslbymLS2VjWaYTzu7iiuya8RouhDj0uPopRacVIj6so3kPGzAEKCe_92CVc8tVPqi4MV4w44BQ/s320/IMG_7594.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling </b>ready to take back control of my well being. I discovered during Spring break- that my mindless grazing and sedentary ways had caught up to me- as I huffed and puffed up a hill that really barely qualifies as a hill on a short walk to our park.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At that point, I realized, if I want to be sitting by my hubby's side, enjoying the sunset on the Baja coast next year- I need to change my ways. So- I have recommitted myself yet again- but this time, I shall draw strength from the reality that our days are not promised, so the gifts we are given, we should treat with TLC- regular exercise, good sleep, hydration of the watery kind...all will help make sure that I have the strength and stamina to enjoy the days I am gifted with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Until next time...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5_Q8Kp5_mKBe2-5UE7bWotX7LRRlhx0kuhnhTIdBOGxAxWzIAFXYFttKIsuEgaXY3yXjplY3VcURVuBn9ztzZsS41Pd9_kOZcphvL8jYpDvuMIAa1cfMiZc6aaMbC3MHJ2-oErFhAm7KIC_9PauQR5OOz3iDtUtnu8YzgLPqioI5tXd0OQ/s4032/IMG_7628.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5_Q8Kp5_mKBe2-5UE7bWotX7LRRlhx0kuhnhTIdBOGxAxWzIAFXYFttKIsuEgaXY3yXjplY3VcURVuBn9ztzZsS41Pd9_kOZcphvL8jYpDvuMIAa1cfMiZc6aaMbC3MHJ2-oErFhAm7KIC_9PauQR5OOz3iDtUtnu8YzgLPqioI5tXd0OQ/s320/IMG_7628.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Purr more and hiss less....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PS- yes, I know I am jumping the gun...March still has 5 days left in it- but here's hoping nothing majorly memorable occurs between now and then...</div><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-55159196797521539042023-02-28T09:38:00.000-07:002023-02-28T09:38:21.231-07:00Right Now- February 2023<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>RIGHT NOW- RECAP</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening to </b>the hum of silence. Folks often ask "if you don't need to be at work until 0800- why do you get here just after 0700. Oh many reasons have prompted this early arrival through the years- avoid traffic, sip coffee with a colleague, freedom to leave early...you name it. But right now- the silence is a good motivator to update the blog.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFgGUOFyiX6KZpHmKTcgm7AwjVF9giiKhsQnsP86x1hYx46XCmSEkFicAnSC0SzEJjdum_tpPu0LRWNOqoOLQBGbSoPa9S3dgI6cK94JCNa0eubG_EQl3oCRtxIMO5PhyGyQV2jOZPvMu16uU_JUGorhNzPSnRWUcghEgcK6K3B0PU1_tAg/s4032/IMG_7199.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFgGUOFyiX6KZpHmKTcgm7AwjVF9giiKhsQnsP86x1hYx46XCmSEkFicAnSC0SzEJjdum_tpPu0LRWNOqoOLQBGbSoPa9S3dgI6cK94JCNa0eubG_EQl3oCRtxIMO5PhyGyQV2jOZPvMu16uU_JUGorhNzPSnRWUcghEgcK6K3B0PU1_tAg/s320/IMG_7199.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">When I started this blog in 2005- it was a spot to record the random funny moments of raising two Things. I've shared before- as they've gotten older, I've strayed away from sharing these stories. Oh trust me, the stories remain and feature a wide range of vibes from funny to heartbreaking, heartwarming to eye rolling- but those stories are theirs to share as they see fit. It's hard- because well, my mama bear heart beats loud and proud for these two- and I want to celebrate them from time to time...</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1p-ffOO3Nj8WR2nODGWW8rz1KVPMDwgsdRCPuuMteJHeESoq3EIXd7JsVXLbEDJXWhzN4AeLA-vwWm6cHRPnC_f-zErfdc7iBl_Dv0HXNsd8jFLfA5ljY1cy9xuPI53iYdieKrdmirDkDYzqFGaDU3X5kCUymyn6BOYI-sHgOBT7ELUmagw/s2080/AD51D2A7-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1p-ffOO3Nj8WR2nODGWW8rz1KVPMDwgsdRCPuuMteJHeESoq3EIXd7JsVXLbEDJXWhzN4AeLA-vwWm6cHRPnC_f-zErfdc7iBl_Dv0HXNsd8jFLfA5ljY1cy9xuPI53iYdieKrdmirDkDYzqFGaDU3X5kCUymyn6BOYI-sHgOBT7ELUmagw/s320/AD51D2A7-.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><b>I'm loving</b> that this month- was really dedicated to the healing of both Things. On 1 Feb, the younger one had a surgery planned- elective in the timing but medically necessary. We'd already endured one delay thanks to insurance snags. I was convinced something would go wrong with this second date. So convinced that all my brain could think of was the pre-op stage. I totally glossed over the realities that come with nursing someone back to health after a 5 hour operation. A weary-dreary week that left me reminiscent of those sleepless nights of parenting a newborn. Of course- it was worth it.. Wo- but oh so weary of a time both then and earlier this month. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQC4UjPMRffsckHRs9FvcpXF54djliX2NoXSvoW_TLtlS8kbhZLfVAugHSplkNtQuRH62gamEoAnRKYK5RZDGzj5rpUvMZqcDr_2nHO3w1RJbqJP5TdRgdzP7tVjr96L-oNMKe3pNW2nL3weM53kHQ4Fj0-xxicL6PsUZL5Yzx7WPujsCWg/s4032/IMG_3434.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQC4UjPMRffsckHRs9FvcpXF54djliX2NoXSvoW_TLtlS8kbhZLfVAugHSplkNtQuRH62gamEoAnRKYK5RZDGzj5rpUvMZqcDr_2nHO3w1RJbqJP5TdRgdzP7tVjr96L-oNMKe3pNW2nL3weM53kHQ4Fj0-xxicL6PsUZL5Yzx7WPujsCWg/s320/IMG_3434.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Now- almost 4 weeks post op- the fog has lifted. Surgery has been deemed a success and she's back at work and well on her way to deciding what next (work-life wise, not surgery- at least I've told her I'm not ready to entertain any more private duty nursing support assignments for the foreseeable future).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQdIl77whspwJgOspMOhS4eX8LP-Bn-zKlSLvpEd-XBMoMpI0ofXcuVOXMl0CmaPrKZZLzeXrtMf2PN5hXGpm2stRljtybwdcKMXlPdyFy6020zd1JPy6YaDvEOxcwz3bPKPXuZEiz2Y6Xzo3KCwAD1MbBXq2IDZAtYBW3GGmM5BtRu-vjQ/s1413/IMG_7397.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQdIl77whspwJgOspMOhS4eX8LP-Bn-zKlSLvpEd-XBMoMpI0ofXcuVOXMl0CmaPrKZZLzeXrtMf2PN5hXGpm2stRljtybwdcKMXlPdyFy6020zd1JPy6YaDvEOxcwz3bPKPXuZEiz2Y6Xzo3KCwAD1MbBXq2IDZAtYBW3GGmM5BtRu-vjQ/s320/IMG_7397.PNG" width="188" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Thing 1 showed us once again what a giant heart he has. He proved to be an amazing cat herder, snack fetcher and pill monitor while Thing 2 recovered at home. A worried heart but he figured out what to do with that worry.</p><p style="text-align: left;"> Unfortunately, we are finishing the month with his heart worried for other reasons. He was the eye witness to his manager's battle of fork-lift vs. foot...and while his manager is expected to make a full recovery (minus a foot) seeing an emergency unfold was a first for this sheltered Thing. He's struggling to process it all- but again, his team at The Club is proving to be 1 of a kind- hooking him up with Employee assistance resources. I'm hoping before long he will be back to his cheerful self. </p><p style="text-align: left;">In between providing TLC to the Things- I did manage to find time for self care- </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpa5OnDsDlRrbHW57kfDb4PanOKp4yE_cq3CQP8Usuzcf0DFGTTwYl7KTdGmUew98LZBeNPvvBsf2q3hY6ZKwoZS43JuAjtalwxbJmBznUOsmPLa-HB2muYyAr2Lo7sBUpiDriuKUNQ4P7_08fcMJmrBEZEUvkbXuk4YB5wc6UHtPbc-xOQ/s4032/IMG_2864.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpa5OnDsDlRrbHW57kfDb4PanOKp4yE_cq3CQP8Usuzcf0DFGTTwYl7KTdGmUew98LZBeNPvvBsf2q3hY6ZKwoZS43JuAjtalwxbJmBznUOsmPLa-HB2muYyAr2Lo7sBUpiDriuKUNQ4P7_08fcMJmrBEZEUvkbXuk4YB5wc6UHtPbc-xOQ/s320/IMG_2864.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">drinks with the Fairy Godmothers while we celebrated</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjje7I_O8AkuirxVPdoXspH6srLIAMDx0F9cG2RGtWboz9tHhGFUkq6E6k0OJ7xt3qAt0k4ZRhz5kmrOWmiLreWIW9u-_2C3BbPgOLIYEo2ToxSyWkycm-W06mhrszSH99oOnj8EgA_bnG-fsdx14KK0rNINV_m0X5lFw2SMGASerirgyGVRA/s4032/IMG_7430.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjje7I_O8AkuirxVPdoXspH6srLIAMDx0F9cG2RGtWboz9tHhGFUkq6E6k0OJ7xt3qAt0k4ZRhz5kmrOWmiLreWIW9u-_2C3BbPgOLIYEo2ToxSyWkycm-W06mhrszSH99oOnj8EgA_bnG-fsdx14KK0rNINV_m0X5lFw2SMGASerirgyGVRA/s320/IMG_7430.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a birthday, a homecoming and an all clear from the Big C...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgUYEVWveKELQVAyTRORuHi1BmXyMpaM1UTahH4983wheTsv8HvsRPNcAwfjDXgk6t11-FyY9KGlHaevVJSQied7vL2JxBqfodD46Pz7v1K9S-0QretKanZGbZqtlp-N8oNKycJgfSdY9CqtxMPyYry5orEPR-goalaxdQcUPwZ_oNkGUEg/s4032/IMG_3296.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgUYEVWveKELQVAyTRORuHi1BmXyMpaM1UTahH4983wheTsv8HvsRPNcAwfjDXgk6t11-FyY9KGlHaevVJSQied7vL2JxBqfodD46Pz7v1K9S-0QretKanZGbZqtlp-N8oNKycJgfSdY9CqtxMPyYry5orEPR-goalaxdQcUPwZ_oNkGUEg/s320/IMG_3296.heic" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and is any gathering complete without Dad jokes from these two?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjom25Z2VSzT1eEzbS31UXThmyEWCgBUOi3SiCy68X1SdoRqqHJ8OYmhJeqFRcCJ06YoYF-rZxmNpju0M9MZonbHnIUzZCEW_Sptlv-p4EHcw6CVJO53HjXOPm8tKPlqF7wOnXBImDK0S_UO7ltWL007D8zA3mliUcAC_SbUcypdJBtSIT2cw/s4032/D1DFF21B-9BAD-4501-8637-1F35F68FD764.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjom25Z2VSzT1eEzbS31UXThmyEWCgBUOi3SiCy68X1SdoRqqHJ8OYmhJeqFRcCJ06YoYF-rZxmNpju0M9MZonbHnIUzZCEW_Sptlv-p4EHcw6CVJO53HjXOPm8tKPlqF7wOnXBImDK0S_UO7ltWL007D8zA3mliUcAC_SbUcypdJBtSIT2cw/s320/D1DFF21B-9BAD-4501-8637-1F35F68FD764.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">coffee, cozy socks, kindle and cuddly cat...Saturday vibe at its best...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B6d989C5-XkE4Kc9B2d3lHXXU6pwt8Ayo4Ex-kmJ0s6DX42kHff3zWCW2QaYnneoYbzV9t3dsWwsAEELjIqcc6uSkHxp9cpfYX6uPRUiKR-oJiRat_jtippxkd1zKkDNffpIFaM8qvvYbBt-bkxl03_w-aWH-VahFozwj1wK9lT0teJPaQ/s4032/IMG_7468.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B6d989C5-XkE4Kc9B2d3lHXXU6pwt8Ayo4Ex-kmJ0s6DX42kHff3zWCW2QaYnneoYbzV9t3dsWwsAEELjIqcc6uSkHxp9cpfYX6uPRUiKR-oJiRat_jtippxkd1zKkDNffpIFaM8qvvYbBt-bkxl03_w-aWH-VahFozwj1wK9lT0teJPaQ/s320/IMG_7468.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Solving the world's troubles...one Bad Betty at a time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling</b> content....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPuJe8-klYxt7Le3dFWy2-jEbONOnMfNqQyKihCpFQFqCpfLDi8seIylCpBY6ElI9JLt5cRQUvEw6YiSEamfDPwVI_vuazxSByMUjhmr4WzyOYN9FuVGFktsU3V5ccDDlpmGf7w8MiddjxfVjwmo1liTjItQHhSdXNsZ6Rcf3oHZ3snVtc6Q/s2048/image000000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPuJe8-klYxt7Le3dFWy2-jEbONOnMfNqQyKihCpFQFqCpfLDi8seIylCpBY6ElI9JLt5cRQUvEw6YiSEamfDPwVI_vuazxSByMUjhmr4WzyOYN9FuVGFktsU3V5ccDDlpmGf7w8MiddjxfVjwmo1liTjItQHhSdXNsZ6Rcf3oHZ3snVtc6Q/s320/image000000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No- I am not catching the Baja sunrise with hubby and friends...but I am content with the knowledge that I am where I need to be...at least for now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until next time...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwh6KY1CZaDiBM6IWa7SbrBT79tayAdoCPR1GlDxC9d6yumubaZ8bXg4XzBNt9EJjjf5VK5by1hv4wry2MUEKiVpCfWW5JLwrryP4thiX5GUF3fte_p8P5HkIs8Yn4Dbq1Iz7Vrjty5a4pxolZzHvvxr54ENhVSZZWiNSRZG-PrwN6raY5w/s4024/IMG_7404.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2451" data-original-width="4024" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwh6KY1CZaDiBM6IWa7SbrBT79tayAdoCPR1GlDxC9d6yumubaZ8bXg4XzBNt9EJjjf5VK5by1hv4wry2MUEKiVpCfWW5JLwrryP4thiX5GUF3fte_p8P5HkIs8Yn4Dbq1Iz7Vrjty5a4pxolZzHvvxr54ENhVSZZWiNSRZG-PrwN6raY5w/s320/IMG_7404.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay Cozy...spring time is just around the corner...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-90413433710841901812023-01-31T10:31:00.027-07:002023-02-06T11:03:47.473-07:00Right Now- January 2023 Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>Right now</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening to </b>an audiobook called Women Talking- it's a fictional story based on the true events involving assaults on women living in a strict Mennonite colony in Bolivia in the mid 2000s. It is a tough book to follow- as the names sound either traditional old German, Biblical or Bolivian and with at least 6 main characters I struggled to keep them all sorted out. The themes are curious- forgiveness, faith, patriarchy, community. Some tough knots to untangle- that is for sure. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmdhAQkaVh0c85xW5sIETBR1CepDFcZnkwdW41mKdbHZTihoLq8PcNX4z9tSiXcyudXLeTyT510D2yyJzYGf5rWuLTIROAQJFh5Di-DD3O8UDz1kS4YoEUhPKFYYZhZRqTXe904lUpmYfGYtZnLnfOsf42ChFhKN0IfGklnru4IlGPSinpg/s4032/IMG_7256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfmdhAQkaVh0c85xW5sIETBR1CepDFcZnkwdW41mKdbHZTihoLq8PcNX4z9tSiXcyudXLeTyT510D2yyJzYGf5rWuLTIROAQJFh5Di-DD3O8UDz1kS4YoEUhPKFYYZhZRqTXe904lUpmYfGYtZnLnfOsf42ChFhKN0IfGklnru4IlGPSinpg/s320/IMG_7256.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But sometimes- Owen and I enjoy a book that makes us think...</div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving</b> that the month is coming to a close. I came back from my winter camping adventure- motivated to eat right, exercise, drink my water and just be committed to a state of wellness.. I confidently notified my employer that come June- I was moving on to new adventures. I was participating in a challenge called Dry January (no alcohol) and even started doing daily yoga. I felt great-</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMnfMnAV7EuPcIRpCutt6-NkhAzI5GLGK2X2F7RvhArJbQ1ruGBVp9ZrTNvEpvSL3yRIZX_Cpq1DoZ2_K63sY7rxBSa5q62Ixz2LbGZhrxALYADQ6DIiTISnSQ0FCClVijREyi2xKjnEKXlREIc7TvXBwq1tA3PUd0L0TeoXe7-rCfqrFLQ/s4032/IMG_7276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMnfMnAV7EuPcIRpCutt6-NkhAzI5GLGK2X2F7RvhArJbQ1ruGBVp9ZrTNvEpvSL3yRIZX_Cpq1DoZ2_K63sY7rxBSa5q62Ixz2LbGZhrxALYADQ6DIiTISnSQ0FCClVijREyi2xKjnEKXlREIc7TvXBwq1tA3PUd0L0TeoXe7-rCfqrFLQ/s320/IMG_7276.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">And then BAM- the mother of all colds found me to be a vulnerable host- probably because there was no alcohol to keep those germs at bay? As I started to recover, Mother Nature decided to show us proud Coloradans what she really is capable of. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1uUtJrV186z-5yeTNQn_G6B0vJLC0pzWKMDNFXXZsP84Pet1OHsFifRrrBjOjISvRrgeSGWkjNQ6bcE15X3NyDWiMbp14nZEcl6n-vcWyYCBEzc8VMLmXENjqNpryxWJuqIHlXXxVBj4THMkU74Y756poIeDu4eNOeKQrY9Xhh8qoLwJCg/s4032/IMG_7241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1uUtJrV186z-5yeTNQn_G6B0vJLC0pzWKMDNFXXZsP84Pet1OHsFifRrrBjOjISvRrgeSGWkjNQ6bcE15X3NyDWiMbp14nZEcl6n-vcWyYCBEzc8VMLmXENjqNpryxWJuqIHlXXxVBj4THMkU74Y756poIeDu4eNOeKQrY9Xhh8qoLwJCg/s320/IMG_7241.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Snowstorm after snowstorm, followed by sub zero temps- Ok, lady- we get it- we are grateful for all the sunshine and breaks you usually give us between storms and we promise not to take your weather patterns for granted.</p><p style="text-align: left;">So with this- it was a pretty light picture taking month. I did finish up the month with a ladies trip to the mountains- but even then I snapped only a few photos worth keeping. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVOpfeIF0p-WnLqfXeLCzArXYjC0_u_tCj-d9OELSXLlgOD41KynDQ_kJUmfUFPW2uSDiM4VFCXWweo5ibDpt348qVnShucXMBnaIjpKsNUQxszHLah-qoF68YDcXmQ9vt0DzHwARaJOI_IkfNYfzh-O_e18PozcQgR6vJRASJfLjSQPeCw/s4032/IMG_7287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVOpfeIF0p-WnLqfXeLCzArXYjC0_u_tCj-d9OELSXLlgOD41KynDQ_kJUmfUFPW2uSDiM4VFCXWweo5ibDpt348qVnShucXMBnaIjpKsNUQxszHLah-qoF68YDcXmQ9vt0DzHwARaJOI_IkfNYfzh-O_e18PozcQgR6vJRASJfLjSQPeCw/s320/IMG_7287.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An adorable VRBO in the tiny mining town of Georgetown<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVc8Kk69gPqGJbVcTkHqITTwAJOG3MdGcZsS11Z_0sSWUKWHnh5raMNyBrCg994tfv1i1uhNVFZG6MXT86-f8HAr6JKD0BECciz0SY8wb5hQ9ELct3VeK1FoOQitN7N1VrXRknSvWKOiKtltdAnGIB0wv4SJt2CPz2ZE6x4bqVg851BJ2WQ/s2890/IMG_7346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="2876" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVc8Kk69gPqGJbVcTkHqITTwAJOG3MdGcZsS11Z_0sSWUKWHnh5raMNyBrCg994tfv1i1uhNVFZG6MXT86-f8HAr6JKD0BECciz0SY8wb5hQ9ELct3VeK1FoOQitN7N1VrXRknSvWKOiKtltdAnGIB0wv4SJt2CPz2ZE6x4bqVg851BJ2WQ/s320/IMG_7346.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who knew Gluten free could be so delicious?!!!</div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling</b> depleted. Fingers crossed it's just the January blahs that reached an epic proportion this year. Hoping that February brings a feeling of renewal- and I can get back on my 2023 journey towards wellness! </p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-85606093651911656672023-01-02T14:10:00.000-07:002023-01-02T14:10:19.822-07:00Right Now- December 2022 Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>RIGHT NOW</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening to </b>the hum of the washer and dryer. On the last day of winter break, with the weather looking cold and dreary (not just looking-it actually is!) I figure I should dive into the pile of laundry. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijy8zcirfYc1jKPsv_4_-pfwSoH9dcrJ2gq3xdUIs7r1I5t-LQcvmSydFOGDOEhQU_VUE6mJexS0VNBqiHwRdiytUYFt-vmqFiitpppPFa6Ag20QlONlucwVMbwDDRgFdJMOnURb9BNpXZxOBp7d1CayhZaN2wRdrGXKFRPnC7lZ7sLzqLUg/s4032/IMG_7030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijy8zcirfYc1jKPsv_4_-pfwSoH9dcrJ2gq3xdUIs7r1I5t-LQcvmSydFOGDOEhQU_VUE6mJexS0VNBqiHwRdiytUYFt-vmqFiitpppPFa6Ag20QlONlucwVMbwDDRgFdJMOnURb9BNpXZxOBp7d1CayhZaN2wRdrGXKFRPnC7lZ7sLzqLUg/s320/IMG_7030.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I'd be all finished- but my kind heart offered to help the Things catch up on their accumulated dirty duds. With both working full time plus overtime- their piles have gotten outta control (even if they weren't busy- that's the case...but it's their work schedule that gives me justification to pitch in and help them out).</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving </b>a lot of different things- that happened this past month...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrx5R1zG4Va79YR0cjB5NqJSYyHZMEgMtzVpcilcYw6PQd9Hxzj6khFeZlkdz3fop86YT8hCdOCEqwNGzngMWSitDStuN1-dfFg8ss9WO13xeYng03D9yFPUaqhkcEU85SmnaYfb13hel0_E-BQZi5ocy23UU4N3T3MKgF_0p_S57Esypd_Q/s4032/IMG_6894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrx5R1zG4Va79YR0cjB5NqJSYyHZMEgMtzVpcilcYw6PQd9Hxzj6khFeZlkdz3fop86YT8hCdOCEqwNGzngMWSitDStuN1-dfFg8ss9WO13xeYng03D9yFPUaqhkcEU85SmnaYfb13hel0_E-BQZi5ocy23UU4N3T3MKgF_0p_S57Esypd_Q/s320/IMG_6894.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>A good job....</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Thing 1- not only celebrated completing his first year at the club...he also survived his first "working retail" during the Holiday insanity. Hard to believe it's only been a year- but yep, right after Christmas last year- he changed jobs and has looked back with zero regret. He likes his team, he's made a few friends- and was even recognized as associate of the month earlier this year! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEJFtsuFNftHV-G9v5XIb4PISamahOV-Xms-DEVQn-s0dM6FVxTCPiswS-RbzgVLVtY6LSB9ysIAY-ymHprggPt2-Bc9QDRqf9BzBnEzgpLwUV-ouk2QyHttcIgv1M_kNw2k_qPOzJ-M-YytHmnntLPK6KqT4a8uZghLe26-tgUlDcVR3_Q/s4032/IMG_6890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoEJFtsuFNftHV-G9v5XIb4PISamahOV-Xms-DEVQn-s0dM6FVxTCPiswS-RbzgVLVtY6LSB9ysIAY-ymHprggPt2-Bc9QDRqf9BzBnEzgpLwUV-ouk2QyHttcIgv1M_kNw2k_qPOzJ-M-YytHmnntLPK6KqT4a8uZghLe26-tgUlDcVR3_Q/s320/IMG_6890.JPG" width="240" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>A New Chair</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My dad always enjoyed a comfortable chair-and of course, a well crafted Old Fashion- so it seemed rather fitting we would splurge a bit and get the Mr. a new comfie chair for when he's not on the road. Said chair arrived at the beginning of the month- and has been very much enjoyed during Hubby's extended stay here at Home Base. Thanks Dad!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vptvNErpHIaze9aoJZhDf6_qLxJWl5rBRrjNRsks3WrE6xeXovsoELkMXL6ZjaZVH7Pid4muLdY5sgr70e5IVTuRYHxqXBwHbFU1PA7y2gNZ2aeAzjPE-TQFqrIiQgPn1cCjLs15GrcvMoriTT3OqinaIBfND4UU-TCVVkaFqksdFf2HeQ/s3600/IMG_5855.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="3600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vptvNErpHIaze9aoJZhDf6_qLxJWl5rBRrjNRsks3WrE6xeXovsoELkMXL6ZjaZVH7Pid4muLdY5sgr70e5IVTuRYHxqXBwHbFU1PA7y2gNZ2aeAzjPE-TQFqrIiQgPn1cCjLs15GrcvMoriTT3OqinaIBfND4UU-TCVVkaFqksdFf2HeQ/s320/IMG_5855.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>Time With Friends</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">After several months of busy schedules, conflicting travel and a round or two of COVID- it was a special treat to join together with the BAGS for the return of the Ugly Sweater Party hosted by D&A. Oh how these lovely ladies lift my spirits...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmWygSzg3zLW-wFnlMaJBd6pKd5EQ8Btn61eGylcfZf6IkPu-FlliaMXR_2JnIi1Kz-5jTouq0SkzOW1xszK0Fl0gps1GztQ7LBt4rkI-kLQeha4RK-tYba2lHEczHWUQV9mdIr_A06ml5Lm_nhcAGrSgntomHjl7aCwZtxvtD60Wm9ejFA/s4032/IMG_5867.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmWygSzg3zLW-wFnlMaJBd6pKd5EQ8Btn61eGylcfZf6IkPu-FlliaMXR_2JnIi1Kz-5jTouq0SkzOW1xszK0Fl0gps1GztQ7LBt4rkI-kLQeha4RK-tYba2lHEczHWUQV9mdIr_A06ml5Lm_nhcAGrSgntomHjl7aCwZtxvtD60Wm9ejFA/s320/IMG_5867.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">ah but wait- not just time with the BAGS- nope, work provided me with a chance to connect with co-workers- for our first (hopefully annually) student showcase. What a fun filled event watching our students perform karaoke to a packed cafeteria of friends, family and of course the Crossroads Team. We even managed to sneak in a team photo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbYh2x1JHObWyFiwzYqaR2X-0gZHqk8F_lmIaYjln8vCbvWYiFZYR4a5nE6AUSRi4o0z1QjDvBMMfX8bBB0hERvkmRLKI7fmoYlIUYBFy68yRT1hlSiLQMT4ulCD5HrkROrsNZKJUCdsPOGzxK_7umqov78k4Ukj8R_MgESRN5JAydH1NHw/s4032/IMG_0248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbYh2x1JHObWyFiwzYqaR2X-0gZHqk8F_lmIaYjln8vCbvWYiFZYR4a5nE6AUSRi4o0z1QjDvBMMfX8bBB0hERvkmRLKI7fmoYlIUYBFy68yRT1hlSiLQMT4ulCD5HrkROrsNZKJUCdsPOGzxK_7umqov78k4Ukj8R_MgESRN5JAydH1NHw/s320/IMG_0248.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sometimes forget- what a fun group I get to work with!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">When we realized our plans to escape to warmer weather the day after Christmas were actually going to work out as planned (we weren't so sure- given Mother Nature deciding to tease us with some serious winter weather before winter even appeared on the calendar)- I reached out to friends, L & M- as they live in NM. They quickly agreed to make the trip over to our campsite for a day of catching up, munching on some snacks and just hanging out at the Lake Holloman BLM area outside of Alamogordo, NM</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpUKfKB4EGiwVoArjmCvx9jdYjjAbKSiYZwqTrm9U33IMxNgzBPLB9Vv9ojwd1ePjhkX4pE8u5iEBUJeeGvkayrMVLK5rTWLqNzVCXU6gm85nK_w9K2kG75yFEqT6X3P0dJZDQdfE10T5JFce6vJq5D8rjaKj-Z7jO8TGBL3Ixs6JmOJSNQ/s320/DSC03708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpUKfKB4EGiwVoArjmCvx9jdYjjAbKSiYZwqTrm9U33IMxNgzBPLB9Vv9ojwd1ePjhkX4pE8u5iEBUJeeGvkayrMVLK5rTWLqNzVCXU6gm85nK_w9K2kG75yFEqT6X3P0dJZDQdfE10T5JFce6vJq5D8rjaKj-Z7jO8TGBL3Ixs6JmOJSNQ/s1600/DSC03708.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And last but not least- was the chance to finish out the new year in the company of the Zs. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">They've recently taken to the open road for long distance exploring- and we were so happy they agreed to meet us in the NM desert. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Time in their company- was just what I needed to finish out the year. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt8txYE8XT1q-8xsVTR4sQcRNuKUvOCA9Cyz2f8-2JKlt2hPR3ia3pKTCiNDILrN3W7huSk0yff8UcfnkU7Ale6zr_zirO1d45aX6JVyUScXmzSW08agJh4bGKxxEIUrJT7vlvCMCKP4FL_1k-3sNEFKT48nTE9Xd82w8lx2Eq5n2ac3idg/s320/PXL_20221230_202744201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdt8txYE8XT1q-8xsVTR4sQcRNuKUvOCA9Cyz2f8-2JKlt2hPR3ia3pKTCiNDILrN3W7huSk0yff8UcfnkU7Ale6zr_zirO1d45aX6JVyUScXmzSW08agJh4bGKxxEIUrJT7vlvCMCKP4FL_1k-3sNEFKT48nTE9Xd82w8lx2Eq5n2ac3idg/s1600/PXL_20221230_202744201.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did a little bit of sightseeing, from the NM Museum of Space History in Alamogordo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Dj181RebWpI4AbSR2zuFZ7Y0d1TdjwLAHguPv0rAmNinztl76ssGMyoESuHfLpilXsEMIBDD9KFFY-j8SxSISOYmaI7-PjfD2-BRz--xAhpNCN_ZX5dK0tcYz0vnRfwSC0DCgjkBIySL0CKum9-gQQjAXPnuHqahJ3wehcNYE4aTTIdpWA/s400/DSC03717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="400" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Dj181RebWpI4AbSR2zuFZ7Y0d1TdjwLAHguPv0rAmNinztl76ssGMyoESuHfLpilXsEMIBDD9KFFY-j8SxSISOYmaI7-PjfD2-BRz--xAhpNCN_ZX5dK0tcYz0vnRfwSC0DCgjkBIySL0CKum9-gQQjAXPnuHqahJ3wehcNYE4aTTIdpWA/s320/DSC03717.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to goofing around on the sandy shores of White Sands National Monument</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExS6dasR2QTwyEpKgmLRY3XuvZVkHQbzSM9odbfB39XnPoli3lZaP5Xba3hJOiPc_NbqJashbBrNRiUDDZ3LCNSjIfojTIX4SRGqCGGRAzddblnaw8CzNsG4HI7zB8urv02xXJIJ9zpj-x3nJm1UfzhTwYhryEYiWxhYAsaZpNi4UcsS3rQ/s4032/IMG_7114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExS6dasR2QTwyEpKgmLRY3XuvZVkHQbzSM9odbfB39XnPoli3lZaP5Xba3hJOiPc_NbqJashbBrNRiUDDZ3LCNSjIfojTIX4SRGqCGGRAzddblnaw8CzNsG4HI7zB8urv02xXJIJ9zpj-x3nJm1UfzhTwYhryEYiWxhYAsaZpNi4UcsS3rQ/s320/IMG_7114.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a lot of laughing (even more so once the cocktails kicked in)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJThvN3_tzFYHMIp6rHY7mcYq8ljvdEMEH-UVm0qEMSk-W4l2_PfLFGJj7A1YfRXGCMLizkc2I2Kbhh1YVzKA-cvp-mc3AkP14RqiPMSbvIOFZZ246_gYZ8sd45VfveYykTSoK5kCJImjC91Acch4WzdubtOHU3zwWSH_7dRjolotSOXBgQ/s400/DSC03784.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Looking forward to the next time Uma (our RV) and Stewie (their LMTV) get to camp side by side..</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>I'm feeling </b>renewed. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvabpX8bUTV7LIeuN8hEynlFRbG81FmvvS_hEjAIr1MGYf1WnYUrJb1-7n0dgQ403rrk-jtOZcNtqcXYLuL9WPl03O5rXU3uKdsVG7nwDhj_18H_aFIzMZXHRWF4dhGd4bwgYM6ImjRao1YiA2MB6dhrm3o-PQlQdiTq5eu2ShuI7mnQG95A/s400/DSC03686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="400" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvabpX8bUTV7LIeuN8hEynlFRbG81FmvvS_hEjAIr1MGYf1WnYUrJb1-7n0dgQ403rrk-jtOZcNtqcXYLuL9WPl03O5rXU3uKdsVG7nwDhj_18H_aFIzMZXHRWF4dhGd4bwgYM6ImjRao1YiA2MB6dhrm3o-PQlQdiTq5eu2ShuI7mnQG95A/s320/DSC03686.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>This last quarter of the year has been a roller coaster of sorts. While my dad's passing was "expected" and considered a blessing (in that he was in so much pain, his death relieved that pain), I have felt his absence more acutely than I would have expected. I've also been juggling decisions of my own in terms of what next- while also helping the younger Thing sort through some obstacles that were tossed into her path- well I went into the holiday season feeling depleted.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQqMExmMcjZ7t8cn6qFPfE8vhW_JVmeSqYvOP0VwtN-7TY1_wzfOcV9U453Mkycs6OWNbuDzjXbXxDPKbu0_b6BkA_oHGCUlWRt5kg3Z8e8z5zTkBtDmQ7o1nKC7UUdl3hx5x_LCBPBLy9bQ1gxA29RnDvDDer0_WLl1lSvF_b41kd8GL5A/s2652/IMG_6994.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2511" data-original-width="2652" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQqMExmMcjZ7t8cn6qFPfE8vhW_JVmeSqYvOP0VwtN-7TY1_wzfOcV9U453Mkycs6OWNbuDzjXbXxDPKbu0_b6BkA_oHGCUlWRt5kg3Z8e8z5zTkBtDmQ7o1nKC7UUdl3hx5x_LCBPBLy9bQ1gxA29RnDvDDer0_WLl1lSvF_b41kd8GL5A/s320/IMG_6994.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Silly slogan said it all...</div><div>I found comfort in the kitchen- fixing family favorites, and savoring every tasty morsel that I concocted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypX-EwusSIUtArBSRRL6TkbFI6xozfzRypR7YSSbL0_zXFElOCsxElgiD7AL2LN_XT0sS_27FDRt7YCLbPu4oM8k7Sl3rLnR8SvHOihKpWELQy-OpyJ_LBx05pQqE9yBl0B_-CDxQjliFFMWQ1a6aR2h0zuPQ3lw79Yykk5T6I5nAoNsQyg/s4032/IMG_6895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypX-EwusSIUtArBSRRL6TkbFI6xozfzRypR7YSSbL0_zXFElOCsxElgiD7AL2LN_XT0sS_27FDRt7YCLbPu4oM8k7Sl3rLnR8SvHOihKpWELQy-OpyJ_LBx05pQqE9yBl0B_-CDxQjliFFMWQ1a6aR2h0zuPQ3lw79Yykk5T6I5nAoNsQyg/s320/IMG_6895.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from Grandma Irene's Peanut Butter Blossom cookies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteYSBsPPWHRN3WZGJqV3behyhS4KqEh2IWGOdnw8MEfZPGmAOz4f_mL4dbJel6_duzR_sPfu1yWdNdaIlU8AXEZSYHhsHZU1SlA7qzae74QQV9kgoYtkf8hmqiO7SmGQHFB35zZVP7liTTTukPFyhtMk68yYslP6Esy5Thp-MECU65dofrw/s4032/IMG_7055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteYSBsPPWHRN3WZGJqV3behyhS4KqEh2IWGOdnw8MEfZPGmAOz4f_mL4dbJel6_duzR_sPfu1yWdNdaIlU8AXEZSYHhsHZU1SlA7qzae74QQV9kgoYtkf8hmqiO7SmGQHFB35zZVP7liTTTukPFyhtMk68yYslP6Esy5Thp-MECU65dofrw/s320/IMG_7055.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to epic Prime Rib (times two- turns out the beef makes excellent leftovers perfect for winter camping)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYhMBdoIb6LCI_XXhaqE58n1Ee8QBWDursoYwOvcD8tPcZy9pYGBiyjAF2WbdbzxvQhCKJi96Cab1RkiEPYkpotKRWV0cSYU3hYDr3NzzzuL3HdFoifz6hvK_wGMucQS7L-vK8mm81kJiCi2fzqGq5z6diCj1T9cK6nR_YlTUf3sjYkgnWw/s4032/IMG_7050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYhMBdoIb6LCI_XXhaqE58n1Ee8QBWDursoYwOvcD8tPcZy9pYGBiyjAF2WbdbzxvQhCKJi96Cab1RkiEPYkpotKRWV0cSYU3hYDr3NzzzuL3HdFoifz6hvK_wGMucQS7L-vK8mm81kJiCi2fzqGq5z6diCj1T9cK6nR_YlTUf3sjYkgnWw/s320/IMG_7050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and countless batches of my trademark Caramel Popcorn (pictured here before the secret sauce is added)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Unfortunately too much of a good thing- well- it has taken its' toll on my waist line. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But it's a new year and changes are in order...starting with moving more and eating less...I've done it before I know I can do it again! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAvRMjWuFjtzrjtDAyjr9RikccS-syyOoG3X2oA8bVHalgnHC2hviBKaCQ_6-DZaIrxA9NHGMVtl4WC_04A94TV719tZG2ogaqO04rLYJOFYWA5uR2GP4X-jMtHbuz7ESGNsiYQIknridFrxd9dtWRQQm33B8B0XabQrvqcuA0WN6MSVFGA/s2048/image000000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAvRMjWuFjtzrjtDAyjr9RikccS-syyOoG3X2oA8bVHalgnHC2hviBKaCQ_6-DZaIrxA9NHGMVtl4WC_04A94TV719tZG2ogaqO04rLYJOFYWA5uR2GP4X-jMtHbuz7ESGNsiYQIknridFrxd9dtWRQQm33B8B0XabQrvqcuA0WN6MSVFGA/s320/image000000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So Cheers to a new year---</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7E734AtMebS8jc-bSKaGiwG1EmgNDNxq227UKZpH1W8l7JfwURYrD5D59_l1UcVO4KMQ0MDCyHoEIpzPlTgLImlHqDigKGqJxxH9f--waxnOmNcMBV2OPWgcKR2uHNbBxxdIVWbASgLtLuZB7dEbv69v6AYLk0yl7qqCB-h_Dm2DZ5Tcaeg/s1600/IMG_6054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">A cocktail or two...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31xNhZAJocEUgUbf94r7Z1KPdBFE8r4d0N1GdLaQKyTQamesc7iDmBqlSxsEwVzPd8_CIG76GVstjGhggx67nw3UyrEhFx_oErIqxae4ItkA6thpgmgrfn4eQ66gZgAQY6CAO_S5adL5HC8Iofs8jXiot53jdhd11y5IDTDSHwPFEOSkkVA/s400/IMG_1250-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31xNhZAJocEUgUbf94r7Z1KPdBFE8r4d0N1GdLaQKyTQamesc7iDmBqlSxsEwVzPd8_CIG76GVstjGhggx67nw3UyrEhFx_oErIqxae4ItkA6thpgmgrfn4eQ66gZgAQY6CAO_S5adL5HC8Iofs8jXiot53jdhd11y5IDTDSHwPFEOSkkVA/s320/IMG_1250-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and quality time spent in the company of a good man</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until next time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjKbfRofvs6H4cQXTtNuICAlo0qv2D9uvbQF8F4nn8zYOs5Ly7iuKPmgK_PhjRv-wQng6Q5W2JdWES5cJvu36BxQBMqifkNZksRf1ksz0SPsbq6uYsVa66hCFqQvGTyUh4j0J0H8txFvj9s4EHCwYIEm2M0sjDvzSlTk_p4eyaZ1Qj0rqyw/s4032/IMG_6997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjKbfRofvs6H4cQXTtNuICAlo0qv2D9uvbQF8F4nn8zYOs5Ly7iuKPmgK_PhjRv-wQng6Q5W2JdWES5cJvu36BxQBMqifkNZksRf1ksz0SPsbq6uYsVa66hCFqQvGTyUh4j0J0H8txFvj9s4EHCwYIEm2M0sjDvzSlTk_p4eyaZ1Qj0rqyw/s320/IMG_6997.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't be afraid to go out on a limb..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbv7V3lzW5B6MxiPR5Govjl0LJFJ67WJ6qSG5xlIQTy2OYn2ALSR4Dk1bTZ_UNpqdARpA5OF4zC4TWjC2CYyhpUTOO1tPJA22_XgmukeUeZaiClMM-Ns-2WemB6RS7nwsqP3aIl2PyXIXgisDlQiDhAqAH-CJTHITvSSf5TCQ-Oxz3YMTi3w/s4032/IMG_7132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">and while the tiara may slip from time to time- it's ok to pause and re-adjust.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuELA0QRFMbRCs5hzp1WF_hkWeYC0ZZnU7h0BrcQwosHuonm6tu7R2irI_gKK9_exmafW4DhdpSV9fwQLQ_7DgtyN2spJV0v-XtK5IX28gfY-uYWZiW7pnBIjPI5TYfA6pNbzddDA7qzQpO7dukOwcnR7yPYtqVTqlus0Gjybs2-bhYGuhAQ/s4032/IMG_7161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuELA0QRFMbRCs5hzp1WF_hkWeYC0ZZnU7h0BrcQwosHuonm6tu7R2irI_gKK9_exmafW4DhdpSV9fwQLQ_7DgtyN2spJV0v-XtK5IX28gfY-uYWZiW7pnBIjPI5TYfA6pNbzddDA7qzQpO7dukOwcnR7yPYtqVTqlus0Gjybs2-bhYGuhAQ/s320/IMG_7161.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taking time to enjoy the view along the way!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This one is called <u>Our Missing Heart</u>s by Celeste Ng. Just started it so can't really comment on if I like it- but in general I enjoy a good audio book for my daily drive into work. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm lovin</b>g that we are into the homestretch of 2022. We've already had a couple serious cold snaps and snow flurries. A great time of year to just settle in an enjoy the view- cozy blanket, snuggly cat and a good book of course all help set the mood. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3llW6MZtXWmmK9EnflYKu3MSzIW1iyCV9FetF7hd9y_66lPL-sNt2rRVaaYkzqO4f1burZCbN8n-xAJ8w980n7S3142OQ_MfPqPNI1Iifpt4M8cDx_OeYy4egc2UTuUddHF2z6pJ1T87UOHsdWGZ9J_eZ2D8zYURQM2a9zSjeIJVZcNw-kg/s4032/IMG_6872.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3llW6MZtXWmmK9EnflYKu3MSzIW1iyCV9FetF7hd9y_66lPL-sNt2rRVaaYkzqO4f1burZCbN8n-xAJ8w980n7S3142OQ_MfPqPNI1Iifpt4M8cDx_OeYy4egc2UTuUddHF2z6pJ1T87UOHsdWGZ9J_eZ2D8zYURQM2a9zSjeIJVZcNw-kg/s320/IMG_6872.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The first weekend in November- I headed up to Fort Collins for what Thing 1 refers to as 'Nurse Con"...the annual conference for school nurses. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhIs4f2cuU9EIomm7Zr2__rVX-Sxajt9wdddBI3FEJancZbFEs3t1SrrjKMBvRZ_C5uXE1tF9u5t_bOAVOgsBR-OGUWqUqxBMQv83LqutKL_Dja-SGbqW8i9K47gjFys9rhLKJr7ansAREJYG5i1uZEAT9t0J9Dm7oQ6q3RhhacilpAmTxg/s4032/IMG_6782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhIs4f2cuU9EIomm7Zr2__rVX-Sxajt9wdddBI3FEJancZbFEs3t1SrrjKMBvRZ_C5uXE1tF9u5t_bOAVOgsBR-OGUWqUqxBMQv83LqutKL_Dja-SGbqW8i9K47gjFys9rhLKJr7ansAREJYG5i1uZEAT9t0J9Dm7oQ6q3RhhacilpAmTxg/s320/IMG_6782.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It felt good to be back with my professional peers, and bonus for this amazing red sky treat that greeted me on my morning drive to the venue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IQp_ll7Z8NaoFk-AwyDwfDMGQUYc3vvpNe8mVCTpa0ZPgTxcmGx_c6JvQVSK4QTNWKqadK0_TNQu6V7WOrfn4xfILtQyH7GQ6FBwwR8HaQ7gZCksN1UQWheoV8Ht-ReokqoegTRI4Vec0oSgPzNWQnQcC8HOzZmlmCkesGxWrKzD_n5i5w/s2167/IMG_5316.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2167" data-original-width="1625" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IQp_ll7Z8NaoFk-AwyDwfDMGQUYc3vvpNe8mVCTpa0ZPgTxcmGx_c6JvQVSK4QTNWKqadK0_TNQu6V7WOrfn4xfILtQyH7GQ6FBwwR8HaQ7gZCksN1UQWheoV8Ht-ReokqoegTRI4Vec0oSgPzNWQnQcC8HOzZmlmCkesGxWrKzD_n5i5w/w150-h200/IMG_5316.jpeg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq-yjv9nt8w8jijpyMnmiAFvCilOilh7dpC6ENqLZB2TDZ3NPDpLmPDryIGSjGyFpGAu1c_0K81juESd6cHaOJjCWp_NYG17FdAjYsJl4LjLCO1A0mreS6n2_ZblaJD-E7lkjs6aeT9KbpFa3Bf9V7OthpHPVWFodbdrY2DFiaUrV2q9OJQ/s4032/IMG_1823.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq-yjv9nt8w8jijpyMnmiAFvCilOilh7dpC6ENqLZB2TDZ3NPDpLmPDryIGSjGyFpGAu1c_0K81juESd6cHaOJjCWp_NYG17FdAjYsJl4LjLCO1A0mreS6n2_ZblaJD-E7lkjs6aeT9KbpFa3Bf9V7OthpHPVWFodbdrY2DFiaUrV2q9OJQ/s320/IMG_1823.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A few of us ladies were finally able to find a common time to celebrate a few Fall birthdays...Fall is clearly a crazy time to coordinate the schedule of 6 individuals...but when we finally got a date that worked for most of us- we ran with it- donning our "fancy pants" and hats and headed out to Season 52.where they really do treat you with excellent service, and great food. Note to self- Sea Sun (Pinot Noir) and The Walking Fool (red blend) were both wonderful compliments to my meal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Speaking of good food, Thanksgiving- while a quiet affair with just Hubby and Thing 1 (Thing 2 was working)- was delicious. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUK5nEVFJ9vZgpsYvMfP9RcSFR6itolrMB7GMY4klFc4FY-G76yLjIkGFD7zJ5hYNS9NdGhNrt718agM_hMHT1PHK8CGWOJo9j5MmUWac_EXFy2o_D4v-DK3OD1p0oF5lPjxibqtNmPTY4lCyankNEmfzmS5Z06sngOEXfZc-aXI_Rg1ykQ/s4032/IMG_6837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUK5nEVFJ9vZgpsYvMfP9RcSFR6itolrMB7GMY4klFc4FY-G76yLjIkGFD7zJ5hYNS9NdGhNrt718agM_hMHT1PHK8CGWOJo9j5MmUWac_EXFy2o_D4v-DK3OD1p0oF5lPjxibqtNmPTY4lCyankNEmfzmS5Z06sngOEXfZc-aXI_Rg1ykQ/s320/IMG_6837.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Forget Turkey- we go for the red meat- this year was a New York Strip roast that was on sale at the grocery store. Note to self- this one cooks quicker than other beef roasts...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAf5CJYgspvR4c5fIXk_FacaGfPRII_IZTF8Xn8mxEp-W1rJfxoJyADNfEy0T6UUFv_gRgK5SgPrOV5NTuYR2g8NMA0tI4AvmN4f5_Q3zWhO-PEgDtPupbEtSCHXhug3VyrjGwbkTKo_VCWIY2G7D2fKlERpoPMk9G6cMzb6QtNwiN-FyHCg/s1795/7E25065B-F1DE-4CE7-A446-ED0DB93609EF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAf5CJYgspvR4c5fIXk_FacaGfPRII_IZTF8Xn8mxEp-W1rJfxoJyADNfEy0T6UUFv_gRgK5SgPrOV5NTuYR2g8NMA0tI4AvmN4f5_Q3zWhO-PEgDtPupbEtSCHXhug3VyrjGwbkTKo_VCWIY2G7D2fKlERpoPMk9G6cMzb6QtNwiN-FyHCg/s320/7E25065B-F1DE-4CE7-A446-ED0DB93609EF.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Didn't even bother with traditional desserts..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUXMve05tZKGw5Vmjmam6WChJCw-mQ3Phjt_hnhQcik4dOxYVp-ufeMIRMe0K2q2Ym2kZxJ1zwL5n_Tdu3ohsI0EQ8_adP4HvHbX-7g5vpN5_O3rrRcEwRNj7ViDM8YLZdA37AMRtkD-wtHSeufaxmLmc2XlOAJQAaGS2Qyr2pLe77fXUyg/s4032/IMG_6835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUXMve05tZKGw5Vmjmam6WChJCw-mQ3Phjt_hnhQcik4dOxYVp-ufeMIRMe0K2q2Ym2kZxJ1zwL5n_Tdu3ohsI0EQ8_adP4HvHbX-7g5vpN5_O3rrRcEwRNj7ViDM8YLZdA37AMRtkD-wtHSeufaxmLmc2XlOAJQAaGS2Qyr2pLe77fXUyg/s320/IMG_6835.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See's Chocolate Turkeys for the win...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The month would finish up with an unexpected repair to the Honda= good thing I have a handy Hubby on stand-by to help with coordinating the repairs and giving me a lift home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhs56RrEtCGdRfuyAXUT1PCuG2xRPuApzwRLPB84Hev5zC5v1KtkPrajo_CWVzpEIiZx52K18nZ98fvBDRO6TW5OOzYAmQG0yCjBvMeMDl7qcTBubscxnxJTKrys4g0_rBQFcVk2zTRN0Bgbn_dFg8mK-5Qkk3bSqWa5Civ-6rgPimeiYKlA/s4032/IMG_6879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhs56RrEtCGdRfuyAXUT1PCuG2xRPuApzwRLPB84Hev5zC5v1KtkPrajo_CWVzpEIiZx52K18nZ98fvBDRO6TW5OOzYAmQG0yCjBvMeMDl7qcTBubscxnxJTKrys4g0_rBQFcVk2zTRN0Bgbn_dFg8mK-5Qkk3bSqWa5Civ-6rgPimeiYKlA/s320/IMG_6879.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Yep- in the never say never category- I did find myself as the monkey once again...a sure sign that my arthritis is finally back under control as I was able to get myself into and out of the side car without too much problem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Until next time...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmefWqHaYsIHCHmkOXx9dCbKUwJQfLzvayXpchfZr1GxiP7cllqk3J1kLrpMx0hWJE4_0aYpA1qlJ6aV-gHrtGG0Uf7IwgQzCVXXnnkEUNDCNiPfsjCd3T-XSSJOn8vsRexPKq8NjpscVjMRtSSdbkrPZRkamLP8-6xv5iKARbHEIFh2lSg/s390/IMG_6883.WEBP" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="390" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQmefWqHaYsIHCHmkOXx9dCbKUwJQfLzvayXpchfZr1GxiP7cllqk3J1kLrpMx0hWJE4_0aYpA1qlJ6aV-gHrtGG0Uf7IwgQzCVXXnnkEUNDCNiPfsjCd3T-XSSJOn8vsRexPKq8NjpscVjMRtSSdbkrPZRkamLP8-6xv5iKARbHEIFh2lSg/s320/IMG_6883.WEBP" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May you find joy this time of year...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWqy8H6T6ILxLIDEgupf_5zjzm0nLTnii8jtEbHWGiZuc9aNXnMZtW-EfS6gLwXinBfnMGJhPmNqlyTSfJGqM3MpKjdEGt6E2DdZMkbPdCVxotc9-LEapjiN1D1_p8FtIZFOw6A8MZuAfNjfj8ivpfXpsTEmg9P70srwzH6Ult692LDSzaQ/s4032/IMG_6796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWqy8H6T6ILxLIDEgupf_5zjzm0nLTnii8jtEbHWGiZuc9aNXnMZtW-EfS6gLwXinBfnMGJhPmNqlyTSfJGqM3MpKjdEGt6E2DdZMkbPdCVxotc9-LEapjiN1D1_p8FtIZFOw6A8MZuAfNjfj8ivpfXpsTEmg9P70srwzH6Ult692LDSzaQ/s320/IMG_6796.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for it is after all the season to be Jolly...just ask Owen. </div></div>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-42406464941813550232022-11-01T08:45:00.000-06:002022-11-01T08:45:33.615-06:00Right Now-October Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>RIGHT NOW...</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNG_2A680Euq592YeN8H7RN6LQiMIsNmRmblA3uUUrKBizec16yZtLpZTRXQ0D8XRdCBPUUjblRIRepMhVO0pu7nUrhhbW-JEMxe94qjr9yfzmTuQQQ9UlTQgt6tG6G163WDqB4mnzcKAoTglGZTaaOR6ufIc3I6yb8Q9NrvfApZTAYsD-AA/s4032/IMG_6561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNG_2A680Euq592YeN8H7RN6LQiMIsNmRmblA3uUUrKBizec16yZtLpZTRXQ0D8XRdCBPUUjblRIRepMhVO0pu7nUrhhbW-JEMxe94qjr9yfzmTuQQQ9UlTQgt6tG6G163WDqB4mnzcKAoTglGZTaaOR6ufIc3I6yb8Q9NrvfApZTAYsD-AA/s320/IMG_6561.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b>I'm listening to </b>the morning buzz of the office. With Halloween on a Monday- today, Tuesday should prove interesting to say the least. So far- all is well- the copier is buzzing, the door bell is ringing and the overall chatter is one of happiness. Well after all, we are entering what many of us consider "the easy" part of the school year- the hustle and bustle of a new school year has passed, the Holidays (and lots of routine breaks) is fast approaching, weather is good and we aren't feeling the work weary that hits as spring approaches. It's all good.<p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Outside of work, I just finished listening to an audiobook- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie...it was a British "cozy" mystery. Apparently, such a term is a legit sub-genre of mysteries. Delightful to listen to, but grateful that I had the written kindle version to fall back on as the accent was pretty thick at times, and the narration tended to ramble- where I got confused if it was part of the plot or part of a memory being shared by one of the characters.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving </b>that things are coming back into focus for me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9VNYK5gDMa4HQVv3HFSWsNkRoYRnl1PdWz_vA5gIaw6QoPBgbv7cMa4JdTvnn0NPhJp2QHfViEgbJ8kbPFiR9zBx_2y08OHgzwFWyBrb-7dS-Oqf3FFQ6jZymmHxxHsU3QUglVOpXufEusZPrGaESzVnoK1Qz_0zayQD2EoSKRxwSAvm7g/s1800/D9165CA2-A050-4B9B-BBA5-198391AA46FC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9VNYK5gDMa4HQVv3HFSWsNkRoYRnl1PdWz_vA5gIaw6QoPBgbv7cMa4JdTvnn0NPhJp2QHfViEgbJ8kbPFiR9zBx_2y08OHgzwFWyBrb-7dS-Oqf3FFQ6jZymmHxxHsU3QUglVOpXufEusZPrGaESzVnoK1Qz_0zayQD2EoSKRxwSAvm7g/s320/D9165CA2-A050-4B9B-BBA5-198391AA46FC.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>September was a blur and I found myself struggling to pull myself out of a funk. The days just ran together with no sense of purpose to them. But, this month, I found a bit more of my groove...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkI4HqKKQp6SfeqiE7QFGfuWuMqh7seCgg2J0dDei-uNArYS_NueXTh5adTFD4gOdcDvZDS7dpF9x4BV-Zxy7M5VOO3g1l-6wcJvGEblqC7Kr-rXpBgLeZSwDB8E51nKvnUSWxEz7VP_Z3Y7ZmMy0SuS3_Pr-P_Y8WkN1VAUTKZkUhs4Odw/s4032/IMG_6677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkI4HqKKQp6SfeqiE7QFGfuWuMqh7seCgg2J0dDei-uNArYS_NueXTh5adTFD4gOdcDvZDS7dpF9x4BV-Zxy7M5VOO3g1l-6wcJvGEblqC7Kr-rXpBgLeZSwDB8E51nKvnUSWxEz7VP_Z3Y7ZmMy0SuS3_Pr-P_Y8WkN1VAUTKZkUhs4Odw/s320/IMG_6677.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be it a walk through crunchy leaves...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V02IWVOokow/Y2Etm6CqhaI/AAAAAAAAsRA/qmvww5EMzxMNEi228_URQAQCVyHPbdv9gCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_6747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V02IWVOokow/Y2Etm6CqhaI/AAAAAAAAsRA/qmvww5EMzxMNEi228_URQAQCVyHPbdv9gCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_6747.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or an evening at the Bingo Hall...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKldOXuNtPbNEr2yoGUCzOOPDJPQ7CvNz_NPr8oZYjJtwLTa4CjsFZDaZ0B7FOO-q2ZxXdJYKibnpKNhWZo_18EZW_hbHA-YkCmEXeXoWysKIP0EPn8ghr0UfKgeEd7cSmUSUgIpV050gHRv_HigWHJqTKq4dZ5famN5ld9t0o4ex4jpbWw/s4032/IMG_6745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKldOXuNtPbNEr2yoGUCzOOPDJPQ7CvNz_NPr8oZYjJtwLTa4CjsFZDaZ0B7FOO-q2ZxXdJYKibnpKNhWZo_18EZW_hbHA-YkCmEXeXoWysKIP0EPn8ghr0UfKgeEd7cSmUSUgIpV050gHRv_HigWHJqTKq4dZ5famN5ld9t0o4ex4jpbWw/s320/IMG_6745.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it felt good to connect with local friends</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEI9NgpnC3BWENxKg7pDhxZtIG8dna8iNPxSL3i8dEbNGQUHw6nkLUuf2ymCF0VYsnYtKVe1aXNyOjew-7uow8OeQp4xzl7A4yGlF-izMxgxGWh7kBligrBahw5mvkegx6xtB2wnNyHtl4oN5TPVbQscUIHP5OY9727RCuNNVGksskZX0Hog/s1552/IMG_6720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1552" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEI9NgpnC3BWENxKg7pDhxZtIG8dna8iNPxSL3i8dEbNGQUHw6nkLUuf2ymCF0VYsnYtKVe1aXNyOjew-7uow8OeQp4xzl7A4yGlF-izMxgxGWh7kBligrBahw5mvkegx6xtB2wnNyHtl4oN5TPVbQscUIHP5OY9727RCuNNVGksskZX0Hog/s320/IMG_6720.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and those just passing through for work...</div><b>I'm feeling</b> good. Not on top of the world-ready to move some mountains (my RA has still not returned to a place that I'm totally comfortable with), but I'm getting there. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdFijBikNXk1wzs3nSqiuzcLxQK5cFf6UiNmxLIeBIekBbmWNO0YyyV2IxT0Iz8lN762H7cAMuXdy1JY3vWWPIhAa0mVUPbcy3UUXmXecPZPSHpAxvZxNQRpmtyMPG5Axla2NxAGq19noYbQVl4a4a0yY94qe7HJTViEYGT0BqAQpb-exjA/s4032/IMG_6613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdFijBikNXk1wzs3nSqiuzcLxQK5cFf6UiNmxLIeBIekBbmWNO0YyyV2IxT0Iz8lN762H7cAMuXdy1JY3vWWPIhAa0mVUPbcy3UUXmXecPZPSHpAxvZxNQRpmtyMPG5Axla2NxAGq19noYbQVl4a4a0yY94qe7HJTViEYGT0BqAQpb-exjA/s320/IMG_6613.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As this very creative board done by our students at work- it's time to fall into some good habits...and so this next month I hope to continue to move more, connect more and just be more present in the everyday events of life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until next time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq5ru_Pfnutu6n3RteeKDEYbggA_Pk9G83kcXcrW5HvtOkoNnrhXInquHxg7tF6G3uEEyQ8lgmYT0CAqjk5bgSmGHRLzAsl5xmfdklwosfSo7EDkNAVlTU12Y3koowEXvMsXb6RnOpUugtoCPBXhypnQSFprNRaH_ceqqw4ByeTUDSGGLDg/s4032/IMG_6742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq5ru_Pfnutu6n3RteeKDEYbggA_Pk9G83kcXcrW5HvtOkoNnrhXInquHxg7tF6G3uEEyQ8lgmYT0CAqjk5bgSmGHRLzAsl5xmfdklwosfSo7EDkNAVlTU12Y3koowEXvMsXb6RnOpUugtoCPBXhypnQSFprNRaH_ceqqw4ByeTUDSGGLDg/s320/IMG_6742.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If given the choice...take the nap! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-67617483068647514122022-10-19T19:51:00.002-06:002022-10-19T20:02:18.307-06:00Year in Review: 2005<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>RIGHT NOW</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening </b>to that nagging voice in my head..."You are swimming in photos-you need to get back to this project". Yep- the project I was so motivated about earlier this year- downsizing the epic scrapbooks that I have crafted through the years. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-1NpbiuI3WsbqyebCboqom9NHobUra0Hh4GZRum4yfNoCoS2iS_DggGXyVio2b7YErUjM-yt5ESucLzwUgxMAAOYaYz2ptIR-2UcNVdanlthNezBDZZuzhWR8rOMqhzAjcXTXnfbplmxi8DU-J8UnGZMAS2uqszLEVinfSw4MhGcD7k_iA/s1692/Martha%20and%20goofy1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="1692" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2-1NpbiuI3WsbqyebCboqom9NHobUra0Hh4GZRum4yfNoCoS2iS_DggGXyVio2b7YErUjM-yt5ESucLzwUgxMAAOYaYz2ptIR-2UcNVdanlthNezBDZZuzhWR8rOMqhzAjcXTXnfbplmxi8DU-J8UnGZMAS2uqszLEVinfSw4MhGcD7k_iA/s320/Martha%20and%20goofy1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Disney magic Feb 2005</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Not sure why I lost steam- probably just the reality that "life happens"...I suspect I simply got pulled away from the keyboard, and got distracted. </p><p style="text-align: left;">But, now turning the corner into the season of more sedentary activity <span style="font-size: x-small;">(yes, I admit I am a fair weather camper/traveler-temps drop and I am quite content to stay indoors</span>) - I am determined to get back to this project. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArXChE9uYPWTIB0rPxRW04H4epOqu3hbM0Jz9kJeZpEfjxGTUlWiIqxD4t9yN_aLyrkyIFNvJ0npUNq7eUXQjwTv0D7IkEIhypSeb0mnC1vsGX_gPqX1GwTGm1c3GEZZoZndYuqvLZdBbS5pviHyHytxlLE19NAnWLCCflBT5dKyJLl9kCA/s1587/Motherandboys1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="1587" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArXChE9uYPWTIB0rPxRW04H4epOqu3hbM0Jz9kJeZpEfjxGTUlWiIqxD4t9yN_aLyrkyIFNvJ0npUNq7eUXQjwTv0D7IkEIhypSeb0mnC1vsGX_gPqX1GwTGm1c3GEZZoZndYuqvLZdBbS5pviHyHytxlLE19NAnWLCCflBT5dKyJLl9kCA/s320/Motherandboys1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Like so many of the tasks that aren't necessarily of the "highest of interest", I know I will feel better once I attempt to make even the smallest of dents in this project.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSPVq5NaqhLQIYNB07g4CgKHiEjCRoLz-i3uECpLWx1dQ6Xbdxp4LK8x55Mthut4SrG0g3dRdwfy_0HyH5aUtuHqsefF8_CNyAw58BOXqaCq5EKi3aVOlVGORKKyBcm62MXR5_HJ0xPQDWjpQleAZ8X4OQimGPUsxh0LcrPhg1Ce9tM5brA/s504/P1010254.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="504" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSPVq5NaqhLQIYNB07g4CgKHiEjCRoLz-i3uECpLWx1dQ6Xbdxp4LK8x55Mthut4SrG0g3dRdwfy_0HyH5aUtuHqsefF8_CNyAw58BOXqaCq5EKi3aVOlVGORKKyBcm62MXR5_HJ0xPQDWjpQleAZ8X4OQimGPUsxh0LcrPhg1Ce9tM5brA/s320/P1010254.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving</b> that 2005- I was fully digital- at least in the picture taking category <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(oh if only I had embraced digital scrapbooking early on I wouldn't be in this paper-jam!)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"> Back then- I was a faithful customer of Snapfish (and later Shutterfly) -which means instead of breaking down the albums, hoping I hadn't cropped them into some weird shape <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(you know I'm not alone in that regard, right?) - </span> I should be able to simply check out what's on my Snapfish Account. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqksIELvu0lo3bvERliKWHBKreEBFwTZecYxsgHC7OHwFcUMLtGsU8iE0pAfyCk8KdZ5PMqSLRYUk7NA3tahrvVOv8d7TQnSRklbaobtOcGFo3FwYJEU3wCtRdVaPiUv7pEuRv5y5hYY-gV-rlwO_CFuoHffvZugHSZkIaXj6vouTzpgIyjA/s1675/P1010555.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="1254" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqksIELvu0lo3bvERliKWHBKreEBFwTZecYxsgHC7OHwFcUMLtGsU8iE0pAfyCk8KdZ5PMqSLRYUk7NA3tahrvVOv8d7TQnSRklbaobtOcGFo3FwYJEU3wCtRdVaPiUv7pEuRv5y5hYY-gV-rlwO_CFuoHffvZugHSZkIaXj6vouTzpgIyjA/s320/P1010555.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">One of the first pictures featured on the family blog</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Another thing to love is that in 2005- I started the Family blog...yeah baby- instant memory jogger!</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">So- what about 2005 that was so memorable? Let's look back</p><p style="text-align: center;"><u>There were Spring Showers- </u></p><p style="text-align: center;">Colorado Style</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNUvag_nm7nf2ZZQsZJ0OyEEUS2uPWumrCx8O-0oTo1xW-a_0PhXJyWDMbzhN3Cv_2fWvQmh2o9phsjS9HUnqZkLL-oIiGW6SSova_bPmDO-zplahegGKiAe-cfmqQUrPTQ3zrYfeuJf7GTKF39fmvVCs7XJw4u5x-z-KMq2YQUZZMBljHg/s1675/P1010234.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1675" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNUvag_nm7nf2ZZQsZJ0OyEEUS2uPWumrCx8O-0oTo1xW-a_0PhXJyWDMbzhN3Cv_2fWvQmh2o9phsjS9HUnqZkLL-oIiGW6SSova_bPmDO-zplahegGKiAe-cfmqQUrPTQ3zrYfeuJf7GTKF39fmvVCs7XJw4u5x-z-KMq2YQUZZMBljHg/s320/P1010234.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> To include A buried mystery van..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEila7elOD22tXxFlS2SJ_zqFUjv5PTDm_kxXinY1WX8BYAJRKGBcAP4MCoQQs9Prcd4x6olf3vz7mptPp_MS9himr4XqXXpfDgnfP8NOxfuzaKJeyI42WUtyPfQcujcIe02c3gIQBVWGwU9MzWkpOgbqVDJj4f8irrTKRMFN1b4HV59S0AbNA/s504/P1010254.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="504" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEila7elOD22tXxFlS2SJ_zqFUjv5PTDm_kxXinY1WX8BYAJRKGBcAP4MCoQQs9Prcd4x6olf3vz7mptPp_MS9himr4XqXXpfDgnfP8NOxfuzaKJeyI42WUtyPfQcujcIe02c3gIQBVWGwU9MzWkpOgbqVDJj4f8irrTKRMFN1b4HV59S0AbNA/s320/P1010254.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a family portrait </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I kid you not- I believe we ended up using this as our family Christmas card that year!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOct7Pd7raPijtQDUAvy8Cy01qLCVZ1lSuBiAJt0MUuGFjXjwMZtTb5d0ZlH4j5LDJ_Dv5Cm9ldUcWvgda3OLBGOBR6YIUi28aVs8JUdqvQnV8YXOb8dOwtDr8wQ1YL9RZd0yDCdN4BzAx1edOsqyoYX4HPnoqSLpalMopceYUTq2R8FuvOQ/s1675/P1010246.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1675" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOct7Pd7raPijtQDUAvy8Cy01qLCVZ1lSuBiAJt0MUuGFjXjwMZtTb5d0ZlH4j5LDJ_Dv5Cm9ldUcWvgda3OLBGOBR6YIUi28aVs8JUdqvQnV8YXOb8dOwtDr8wQ1YL9RZd0yDCdN4BzAx1edOsqyoYX4HPnoqSLpalMopceYUTq2R8FuvOQ/s320/P1010246.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">because of course, getting the Things to cooperate</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> with a traditional photo was about as easy as </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><u>There was Disney Magic</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9ugDybQc8dY3_Wh5Wwj2MbNKgcQyFbhjCI5CZiv6Ytx4O_OEJmbQ6Q_xsdTqsrKLmkZjd5MyH5kDydgmAsCy7YzxZLDtCP9rZxD2aU16w7BYXIqqmQRI69fXHcZMgOp4Fz2qpeXolOEMBQQsqqKku-YkTjE8B489mddQLMiy9TyxAn9fRA/s1675/Boys%20with%20Sarge1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1675" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9ugDybQc8dY3_Wh5Wwj2MbNKgcQyFbhjCI5CZiv6Ytx4O_OEJmbQ6Q_xsdTqsrKLmkZjd5MyH5kDydgmAsCy7YzxZLDtCP9rZxD2aU16w7BYXIqqmQRI69fXHcZMgOp4Fz2qpeXolOEMBQQsqqKku-YkTjE8B489mddQLMiy9TyxAn9fRA/s320/Boys%20with%20Sarge1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In February- we would make our one and only family visit to the Magic Kingdom..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyZrqX9-BXJDzKOcXuYgtEHCsVaRO_CgZyoDZx-GUu8l46srOISt2KchcTClxvlGvU2S0vmy9RSL48xVlxVBq61Q5vJ8J8KQvm5197YR7fjBbNXEs5MaPSAWCM0WXC1Afu-IzkfKWytTEYwxl7-1hX0ZBTFjwQIUZmSlgojpbEefmCPJ8-Q/s924/Dom%20and%20Boys1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="876" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijyZrqX9-BXJDzKOcXuYgtEHCsVaRO_CgZyoDZx-GUu8l46srOISt2KchcTClxvlGvU2S0vmy9RSL48xVlxVBq61Q5vJ8J8KQvm5197YR7fjBbNXEs5MaPSAWCM0WXC1Afu-IzkfKWytTEYwxl7-1hX0ZBTFjwQIUZmSlgojpbEefmCPJ8-Q/s320/Dom%20and%20Boys1.jpeg" width="303" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">(for the adults- we found it too crowded & too pricey-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and for whatever reason- the Things never asked to return)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1988" data-original-width="1254" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpeRjN4eMedQLkmLJVnwB_OjJNfrYHlwTvfhmGuR7gx-SOEjnOT4o276eE15wNNKDQtfiihB4U4vz_sElNQFUMZAeUjM_nMdNAJDOkDUtNblwjDWZ1wimD-jg57NCfxgQwvWRiqMsYp9FLZwXgiihdB7wl_RaIQhw48zLGY5UsXJzQ2zSLA/s320/Patrick%20and%20Pooh1.jpeg" width="202" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and set him out in search of collecting signatures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiI53tLCRHZ1L7JxvR8lMbaBBnAhxTAa_F0TWzG6GVEGxE4L0ngNlSzig7SM-kvHtdKOZjgmEHI5M6aO-HCXy_rokiSyyc4elGZ4bXTuU4v9nTI0PYcLesXK1xfR0zK8aJtjtpml1fEAlt-_2kAOFjnVqf0UDvAemvyD_bpiC56n-601dXIg/s1759/Patrick%20and%20Minnie2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1759" data-original-width="1254" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiI53tLCRHZ1L7JxvR8lMbaBBnAhxTAa_F0TWzG6GVEGxE4L0ngNlSzig7SM-kvHtdKOZjgmEHI5M6aO-HCXy_rokiSyyc4elGZ4bXTuU4v9nTI0PYcLesXK1xfR0zK8aJtjtpml1fEAlt-_2kAOFjnVqf0UDvAemvyD_bpiC56n-601dXIg/s320/Patrick%20and%20Minnie2.jpeg" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">who for the record- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">did an amazing job as "stand-in" grandma for Grandma Audrey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8E-zxn_kiryrhcP9t66upeFrQ5gC1MJH_PL5SEpj-IDVx3b9xkPraqRyJR2YzWSkVxb4_fHsZc8RhfZ_itIQE3iZiRdJgT2BKR8_hniW5-TCbnR0ztMwnL7yxZfedtJUd2o4EM1gwRxf4o_bZphn36xNhNmJhwMGZyaiQWTlTiSVujqluA/s2288/P1010601.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1712" data-original-width="2288" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8E-zxn_kiryrhcP9t66upeFrQ5gC1MJH_PL5SEpj-IDVx3b9xkPraqRyJR2YzWSkVxb4_fHsZc8RhfZ_itIQE3iZiRdJgT2BKR8_hniW5-TCbnR0ztMwnL7yxZfedtJUd2o4EM1gwRxf4o_bZphn36xNhNmJhwMGZyaiQWTlTiSVujqluA/s320/P1010601.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quite moments with Uncle Obie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Nah-more like ring leader of all things chaos...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifb3x_nbOvmlA8-8HY5a3mz03DX6TxizAiqc2_TZoXECCxyy4BNb43OW2JAPqbatqiyW8uSm3K-hbwJQUmSUkIG_4t2JY6715O6_ZrejFefjm6YJhvXXf0h3_My0zFoVuVCa1MTfMFLKFJn8SpjG64T7NnMSLfdsGe6M5H5kuQ0JrAEtRgXg/s1675/P1010469.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1675" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifb3x_nbOvmlA8-8HY5a3mz03DX6TxizAiqc2_TZoXECCxyy4BNb43OW2JAPqbatqiyW8uSm3K-hbwJQUmSUkIG_4t2JY6715O6_ZrejFefjm6YJhvXXf0h3_My0zFoVuVCa1MTfMFLKFJn8SpjG64T7NnMSLfdsGe6M5H5kuQ0JrAEtRgXg/s320/P1010469.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a camel ride</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxAeYv1LGKDt_IEHV4vlwVA_PHOjxV6__TVl43LdkeTSB3F2Ecj-mcbCqw5XQl0MNx0vC1zwGlgJq1xBkyTUT3FV6UHO6YwO_o1T7hzRlcyRd8VBopy8a8PIMXwsHBktFwJ_1uphOKqmoa1d-VTnumozZmal-52wDwRGbHxook7QP1O63wg/s504/elephant%20boys%20for%20email%20copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="504" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxAeYv1LGKDt_IEHV4vlwVA_PHOjxV6__TVl43LdkeTSB3F2Ecj-mcbCqw5XQl0MNx0vC1zwGlgJq1xBkyTUT3FV6UHO6YwO_o1T7hzRlcyRd8VBopy8a8PIMXwsHBktFwJ_1uphOKqmoa1d-VTnumozZmal-52wDwRGbHxook7QP1O63wg/s320/elephant%20boys%20for%20email%20copy.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and an elephant ride</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hPD8ptQfCesxeLW9XXP75IAq3WtiAxDSqaGHGzwrUiTvQfwVdbf9bbW-cajB1LNEdx08VSotEybK2-bsojSN3Q--yamK9XWxOfkOwI2riznoy85on9VzKjx9HrDHJIxUqfdCSVPTRdmA9Ia4Jw5V_z2_kJENqQIGgd2i8ri3BpsAhuXiHQ/s1675/P1010516%20(45).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1675" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hPD8ptQfCesxeLW9XXP75IAq3WtiAxDSqaGHGzwrUiTvQfwVdbf9bbW-cajB1LNEdx08VSotEybK2-bsojSN3Q--yamK9XWxOfkOwI2riznoy85on9VzKjx9HrDHJIxUqfdCSVPTRdmA9Ia4Jw5V_z2_kJENqQIGgd2i8ri3BpsAhuXiHQ/s320/P1010516%20(45).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Berry picking with the besties</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*did any berries make it home? Probably not...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsei96csdLg1d8DiGwNXWsgNdEn8CU4NLQIo5SO5Btg_KnTMQLrxJm71RcJntpITuz0FUPYHQXLYev_3fcxRZIGs76RYAIice2dYN9NLZ90p4SGhEedCJeREO_iRldx1-5-hcmAX0QxjJaQtLLLZCIpBmWfHc93d6iEx4ZsjnxEGiBGYCtA/s1675/Milescamer2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1675" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsei96csdLg1d8DiGwNXWsgNdEn8CU4NLQIo5SO5Btg_KnTMQLrxJm71RcJntpITuz0FUPYHQXLYev_3fcxRZIGs76RYAIice2dYN9NLZ90p4SGhEedCJeREO_iRldx1-5-hcmAX0QxjJaQtLLLZCIpBmWfHc93d6iEx4ZsjnxEGiBGYCtA/s320/Milescamer2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">picture taking at Elitches</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*gotta love Season Passes! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">but someone sure had a grand time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HZegI0Sl_aquz3OIRy1Qsx2HWsZP1yPhoJPmCzhB2hlHUeUAGNiAexABm7CaQONtdptFLptKq_v5UXda1g0K8W-e96EfdwmdFBAMRaPJWg_rDXAVwSr2FJVwli9teoSKe_DN1VdflxVInrWdiriMnEdGGbcyRBhu2CjLw0p3e21mJHQTYw/s3688/B2337400-34E5-47E3-A321-E5859A522BE4_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3688" data-original-width="2555" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HZegI0Sl_aquz3OIRy1Qsx2HWsZP1yPhoJPmCzhB2hlHUeUAGNiAexABm7CaQONtdptFLptKq_v5UXda1g0K8W-e96EfdwmdFBAMRaPJWg_rDXAVwSr2FJVwli9teoSKe_DN1VdflxVInrWdiriMnEdGGbcyRBhu2CjLw0p3e21mJHQTYw/s320/B2337400-34E5-47E3-A321-E5859A522BE4_1_201_a.jpeg" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">celebrating with friends who go "way back"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="3020" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNSxNIsWAEWjmkw8w2i40Vl0YaGbt8UGuyE9nkyo2Ab5exRI9yHKNhu84_0vrlbE1N_ouQlX8OHvsFlxQNiw8wC6ztsVzQR1eDCfdqcuEvRTEahmY3AdIYsHVGjaRGY6aviXJs6nMrMPUy-EfvWPQ8G4hOWoxl1TaWPS53R4tD2SkBDwbZA/s320/4C9ADC2E-AF77-4C97-A401-ADEF254BC8D6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from a trip to Nick's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn9GTePBmKN1kHx33Dk5NXfpvDnQqFX4w3pmItcy6Gs5oBktiInb8biRECBJZX_nQLgUAomNeu2hGxQoGX5r-NoNGHO84E_l_Uc5-Rml9XsvgRUO4dagBPQzS5hDKEXb_u-XzQreL2Yw8i0iGPVKN_GEusy5L0iMgh1IKROg_Tz7b8ZtDiw/s2895/E457E57A-DC3A-4E99-88F3-AF1EF728D002_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2884" data-original-width="2895" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn9GTePBmKN1kHx33Dk5NXfpvDnQqFX4w3pmItcy6Gs5oBktiInb8biRECBJZX_nQLgUAomNeu2hGxQoGX5r-NoNGHO84E_l_Uc5-Rml9XsvgRUO4dagBPQzS5hDKEXb_u-XzQreL2Yw8i0iGPVKN_GEusy5L0iMgh1IKROg_Tz7b8ZtDiw/s320/E457E57A-DC3A-4E99-88F3-AF1EF728D002_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>to an epic party at the House of Chang..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And while 2005 was a year filled with lots of grand experiences...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxsQODlRfIvc9cByxXLYduEt_HhyFFBe-hH7E4s0RmREUvBbV0o0Clsp4ACH4p-vO0dd77t8IxCz8aahLbqy3ccI5hq5-76kTZCGPTbit13PDDW5BrpdPG-jzU3kr1xvirkKkf2STrG2WE1iqb3wU_SeSdwFzvNqHMvpPcAZt5qFyc3ShCw/s2288/P1010548.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2288" data-original-width="1712" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxsQODlRfIvc9cByxXLYduEt_HhyFFBe-hH7E4s0RmREUvBbV0o0Clsp4ACH4p-vO0dd77t8IxCz8aahLbqy3ccI5hq5-76kTZCGPTbit13PDDW5BrpdPG-jzU3kr1xvirkKkf2STrG2WE1iqb3wU_SeSdwFzvNqHMvpPcAZt5qFyc3ShCw/s320/P1010548.jpeg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it really is more these random moments...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggukACae9xHQjm0y9io-Zr3nRcPjRiY35dg4pSfJYuNLPJo7dFBcBF8GQXA1_RJ79rxjHBuh6tJ7LotMR9GLg0tey3PaH-2n0tsTuz_yZzzQT8CtKH1v36fcslwYmXoWivzz9GWY2Lsv_iw-9EkIedp1_bFn-diLC441I_tSAwLXNKnl8a3A/s1675/BrothersandMoose.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1675" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggukACae9xHQjm0y9io-Zr3nRcPjRiY35dg4pSfJYuNLPJo7dFBcBF8GQXA1_RJ79rxjHBuh6tJ7LotMR9GLg0tey3PaH-2n0tsTuz_yZzzQT8CtKH1v36fcslwYmXoWivzz9GWY2Lsv_iw-9EkIedp1_bFn-diLC441I_tSAwLXNKnl8a3A/s320/BrothersandMoose.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in every day life that lasts with one the longest...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until next time...remember to take it just</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKQKMcTu5VU3SC43mXc03Ksfs96tCWW9o6uXzgesNR1a6GFR95t1aR13OXTbD1kY12wzVGaZU1ZSXQai4zmoQ947pHiUKNvesyYsZFwQbzMHrmDc6_yPv0tkMUVKtNw4_F0LwckjAJ6_sZ5oSJEtwVhhWWSKaeiklTFSKrvMXPffBsduW5A/s1828/MarthaandDom1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1828" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKQKMcTu5VU3SC43mXc03Ksfs96tCWW9o6uXzgesNR1a6GFR95t1aR13OXTbD1kY12wzVGaZU1ZSXQai4zmoQ947pHiUKNvesyYsZFwQbzMHrmDc6_yPv0tkMUVKtNw4_F0LwckjAJ6_sZ5oSJEtwVhhWWSKaeiklTFSKrvMXPffBsduW5A/s320/MarthaandDom1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one day...or in my case- one photo album</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXDB6uZTWUM1rJOJ_lIRgfsRc2I87AT89GdEA1_H_0d0C7xzcvz4rGGl8G85Eh7cqpP5c-nxUmjuU-PqDB4KNk3oIM4r3R30n615STPBF5t-xekVq3LYoMZZS6kwQHbQNEKFbbJcOzSv0RuYnF_xn78hYOZ4u-7Sa3cO8ceR1yT5L-ArVkg/s1192/Football4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="939" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXDB6uZTWUM1rJOJ_lIRgfsRc2I87AT89GdEA1_H_0d0C7xzcvz4rGGl8G85Eh7cqpP5c-nxUmjuU-PqDB4KNk3oIM4r3R30n615STPBF5t-xekVq3LYoMZZS6kwQHbQNEKFbbJcOzSv0RuYnF_xn78hYOZ4u-7Sa3cO8ceR1yT5L-ArVkg/s320/Football4.jpeg" width="252" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at a time! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-82738730937463517392022-09-24T19:51:00.002-06:002022-11-01T08:11:01.703-06:00Right Now- Recap August/September<p style="text-align: center;"><b> RIGHT NOW....</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening</b> to the silence. After a busy few weeks, things finally seem to be quieting down...at least enough for me to fix myself a cup of tea and reflect on all that has happened since I last updated the blog</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-699CReLmnGU/Y2EoOUhvonI/AAAAAAAAsPc/AytkKsI0ZtUpdtnyG4qKFxnNb7OeeVAUQCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_6337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-699CReLmnGU/Y2EoOUhvonI/AAAAAAAAsPc/AytkKsI0ZtUpdtnyG4qKFxnNb7OeeVAUQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_6337.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This girl loves a good quote- and what comes to my mind right now is this one...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Life brings tears, smiles and and memories...the tears dry, the smiles may fade but those memories...live on forever.</i></div><p></p><p>In the early morning hours of September 6, my fiercely private, stubborn and independent father, Richard passed away after a year of steady decline in his health. He was slated to transfer to a care facility later that day, and I believe he called out with a "No Thanks, I think I'll pass" and so he did. </p><p>My dad and I have had a complicated relationship for most of my adult life- and yet- these past few weeks, I have found myself setting down those complicated emotions and instead, celebrating the many gifts he shared with my sister, our families and his friends! </p><p>And that is what <b>I'm loving right now</b>- the tears, the smiles but best of all... the memories! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8HLYKQC1zjk2NPTKPnSjox0sXVPMRjvVp0w08FnvHRbBN0ahXage-rM7XV1NqgCgZalI8s-jz4r1tVFpdAo9LxLMndw27H0mEFV75nZwyy7LtY5v12Szf5A6IgJH02e6VL965UJhfjRvlgsLQkAurPsLVfRQS9H3cLV9VHiCLCo2i1NBCA/s4032/PXL_20220917_135612119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8HLYKQC1zjk2NPTKPnSjox0sXVPMRjvVp0w08FnvHRbBN0ahXage-rM7XV1NqgCgZalI8s-jz4r1tVFpdAo9LxLMndw27H0mEFV75nZwyy7LtY5v12Szf5A6IgJH02e6VL965UJhfjRvlgsLQkAurPsLVfRQS9H3cLV9VHiCLCo2i1NBCA/s320/PXL_20220917_135612119.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">When my mom died, I was just 22- in my own bubble of Army life- so I missed all the work that goes into planning and preparing a memorial service. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">This time- it was my sister and I who were kept busy, busy that first week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcySzhNHgboBboteAgBHm3GFpiualswFEuyMwOybjtjZjg-XgSfeek8w-IgDCzCbRj9zVtlFLtadxa4GCaB6joPqe_kbjGoA2QhqVRTTybxKfUaWU5OyUHI-7i24Z1IiLW_ax7bS3Scyh6qpaq_bneqX9bbqsfU6WJ6I_5juKqkn3P8eZXFA/s4032/IMG_6289.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcySzhNHgboBboteAgBHm3GFpiualswFEuyMwOybjtjZjg-XgSfeek8w-IgDCzCbRj9zVtlFLtadxa4GCaB6joPqe_kbjGoA2QhqVRTTybxKfUaWU5OyUHI-7i24Z1IiLW_ax7bS3Scyh6qpaq_bneqX9bbqsfU6WJ6I_5juKqkn3P8eZXFA/s320/IMG_6289.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we sorted...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Does this bring you joy? we giggled</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVHHSp4JxKQ4Fq8Vmq2XqUTrfZCu0vQZFX7CBH9ZMNl_W69pQyjiAbCPmQwCXly9K9Ixrx47pqwuJbjbt7V6sEhlz7CSmbGFe4HEfTyRpNAoSE2R7Ku8Ho40SkICEd9sulNmIYd9oHqiaKYlIWNJWnWTjXlMpdAg5a7y7b7NKTc9W9KiUYg/s4032/IMG_6278.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVHHSp4JxKQ4Fq8Vmq2XqUTrfZCu0vQZFX7CBH9ZMNl_W69pQyjiAbCPmQwCXly9K9Ixrx47pqwuJbjbt7V6sEhlz7CSmbGFe4HEfTyRpNAoSE2R7Ku8Ho40SkICEd9sulNmIYd9oHqiaKYlIWNJWnWTjXlMpdAg5a7y7b7NKTc9W9KiUYg/s320/IMG_6278.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sifted</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you tell what was recycling and what was trash? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah, we too quickly lost track and soon we just said..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWzJ44H7yXFA3A_fFuuL67TsaDXKACgDjHrNAMbQdb7jGDfHv65FDMHTZ2KVYVfYUjRJmLH4nYlFwVJtGTb-6JuCKnVVWG4gfmXkPwoOwEmg0sOYaqIajsmOmcIHseVG68gVsyrFSpm1Ntn5MUVC0HMYD2VQxFg5hTEOKWKWCo3wTjU8zCQ/s4032/IMG_6283.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWzJ44H7yXFA3A_fFuuL67TsaDXKACgDjHrNAMbQdb7jGDfHv65FDMHTZ2KVYVfYUjRJmLH4nYlFwVJtGTb-6JuCKnVVWG4gfmXkPwoOwEmg0sOYaqIajsmOmcIHseVG68gVsyrFSpm1Ntn5MUVC0HMYD2VQxFg5hTEOKWKWCo3wTjU8zCQ/s320/IMG_6283.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trash it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLnU0oZNRQtkKJ8vvGvLNHd4S-5Jkaq7BAESwGM9Uf3sp2Pw0Fjet72MupiHwCaPxrtbWNu3oMlY6YeWXElrr-y073MfUIq2bOWIVeZlhbPwZCOAVQz_O9xEQedBQ1A2ZmFchSDs2MByCXVJ6BXo4ucVRCJ74wb_dnW4feaFEXwCqXovx7g/s4032/IMG_6264.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGLnU0oZNRQtkKJ8vvGvLNHd4S-5Jkaq7BAESwGM9Uf3sp2Pw0Fjet72MupiHwCaPxrtbWNu3oMlY6YeWXElrr-y073MfUIq2bOWIVeZlhbPwZCOAVQz_O9xEQedBQ1A2ZmFchSDs2MByCXVJ6BXo4ucVRCJ74wb_dnW4feaFEXwCqXovx7g/s320/IMG_6264.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div>We found ourselves scratching our head...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VgMz7yczZX7DzCT_1M0OlcNSRqMwqDprCZACs2MwJoe5yuSeLx5Pe6dxo-WnEqaHG_FESeWxIvMxZ2_hkzVXTSU4zTewJtM0q1r6E1yiI2oHHHBzuzR7VpGOWQvi3CAqVVVy_BffYENOTy98fBLxWGbDBFEIOzisd6RxL-cBWwNzBEjqYQ/s3020/IMG_6288.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT511gaQNoLrj4rEolDepQ5Kl2b93RVhXPFN7SWnbUTJoiVEEWEKYbWcT6nWCk_hillia7xSwlP8clnbSfz3e63Ct51vzZzlfMu5LiDFl5vOYqPb1nIyhouVpGp_pYTgGweDpDPFxANDPAu6ERQ4o8rkl4Qz9SRLQzRUajljCU77-VFKTsGg/s320/IMG_6286.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to being reminded that he had a sentimental side after all...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">because had it been left up to me- this jacket would have been pitched long ago..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We paused for some comfort food...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJPw5AztjpoZbvXa2y4vc7CubYlzQNxb0F4pgRoNC0NcqA9e1DXVoZvWTqCTQcmvNMN1uiT7pNSZRAc-SzweGnfg5Nl5c2IhdoxN2j29QfQQv7nHXuF8itbhXnNRrMIflOi2a2X6wOw1zH_o5LPVuKnpt8xtOWWMYMZtCcxHUmNGP7rbhNw/s4032/IMG_6302.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOJPw5AztjpoZbvXa2y4vc7CubYlzQNxb0F4pgRoNC0NcqA9e1DXVoZvWTqCTQcmvNMN1uiT7pNSZRAc-SzweGnfg5Nl5c2IhdoxN2j29QfQQv7nHXuF8itbhXnNRrMIflOi2a2X6wOw1zH_o5LPVuKnpt8xtOWWMYMZtCcxHUmNGP7rbhNw/s320/IMG_6302.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">which HELLO- WI has plenty of choices..</span>.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4FobEV2AqahAIljt9IE_0lvpV0v_cL5OyWG9qaxszIUsiLRiiluZYYGY_RRE6aN7WPpB2oPsKbxCyV2b8Ui8UEu27Fq2MCmUkyTqQKHI4ysRRkBgC2e11GOtfl9-NmS0F_eCCZGZd_Krd5sH5Z5BlaP-yIOoNKaMRpdjdj92wmCXtABPtA/s1795/57B540F8-F885-4453-9C13-10C804048DBE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU4FobEV2AqahAIljt9IE_0lvpV0v_cL5OyWG9qaxszIUsiLRiiluZYYGY_RRE6aN7WPpB2oPsKbxCyV2b8Ui8UEu27Fq2MCmUkyTqQKHI4ysRRkBgC2e11GOtfl9-NmS0F_eCCZGZd_Krd5sH5Z5BlaP-yIOoNKaMRpdjdj92wmCXtABPtA/s320/57B540F8-F885-4453-9C13-10C804048DBE.jpg" width="257" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be it donuts from Linda's<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKt0CykIW59DxqX1KdFBHmxB7V-Ipp5PtGEb3V1K7ijzSsxECVlDLkskcT1cix25Wrm0xN3EFx_4P-7x1rbYq6-J5crj-_CIu-tu8AFR0GHoLxB7yprETOP09lTg8_AOFGnBqQN1J06f0zOJTicyIdqGS9epe_fpMKi1uDwYmSQyVUfgfBAw/s4032/IMG_6291.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKt0CykIW59DxqX1KdFBHmxB7V-Ipp5PtGEb3V1K7ijzSsxECVlDLkskcT1cix25Wrm0xN3EFx_4P-7x1rbYq6-J5crj-_CIu-tu8AFR0GHoLxB7yprETOP09lTg8_AOFGnBqQN1J06f0zOJTicyIdqGS9epe_fpMKi1uDwYmSQyVUfgfBAw/s320/IMG_6291.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Sweets from the Sweet shop..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaN6kLimvbtZhNOShu-3Jr-fWTDrKqTPrDyUWRs508Piqj_uzwSFMcgtVHAHR58WnybNa593V4G5_j2ETMFiXeVaJCbdaUTTCe2EAcsrznSzT4maQBA_rQnJ_Cni4s-CHKpFTRcZ64MttUdvykpIqrzEZm9bwJsX5-xiKRUfXrMZ6vbMn4g/s4032/IMG_6319.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaN6kLimvbtZhNOShu-3Jr-fWTDrKqTPrDyUWRs508Piqj_uzwSFMcgtVHAHR58WnybNa593V4G5_j2ETMFiXeVaJCbdaUTTCe2EAcsrznSzT4maQBA_rQnJ_Cni4s-CHKpFTRcZ64MttUdvykpIqrzEZm9bwJsX5-xiKRUfXrMZ6vbMn4g/s320/IMG_6319.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or how about the best bacon and brats in town from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Holmen Meat Locker...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We made sure emotional eating was a routine part of our day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We giggled as sis signed the papers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzi2zCFqo5va8OqeZma0wt3KKI3PZiRR6HnRLncY_Er52otahFOt5UUouK_NZ8-9gnRxUHq5IfN9Pa4AnXADDvOsAQ6GO83TfqInhnuHgswLM6Gj2jG40NBjhEZkxOJlFcHxxVeGqGY6RKJFZ1iHIHrjrpfmHLSmYH2Jvwg8378Zw3G0NSsA/s4032/IMG_6290.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzi2zCFqo5va8OqeZma0wt3KKI3PZiRR6HnRLncY_Er52otahFOt5UUouK_NZ8-9gnRxUHq5IfN9Pa4AnXADDvOsAQ6GO83TfqInhnuHgswLM6Gj2jG40NBjhEZkxOJlFcHxxVeGqGY6RKJFZ1iHIHrjrpfmHLSmYH2Jvwg8378Zw3G0NSsA/s320/IMG_6290.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and while it didn't trend on social media </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like King Charles' signing for his inheritance...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did still find a crown for the Executor to sport...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PWGHFXDfW6hgPJ0gi2QjU4345eX5qjZl7DHyU7oisZQB5ZSzL4KYakWbbfEcKKWbZTYCNpRyvt4PaUdCugn2H-lZRul0zpNQQTdFLiISs59uSOSI_01pJq8Yp9c_fvWRHMRN_s-Rj7Oxrdw_dGhEg2IsCSYb8HFX_Q-0AkTBtsOd_q0fHg/s4032/IMG_6311.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">And while they were willing and able to help...we'd pretty much gotten things sorted on our own..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9x7-zYDqOfGDPfYKGd0-NACx7k3QHJa2P4IIM2IriGy5M-3apNdKMO54VgNbKCbRwvOhBbNYQZ1SGR_a8VmEY2td0S5dvCy45kRMhzkbb_LWfPghM2KxIIbADDG_hlNBgGSc615JIh9uxVo7pyvgBsNkwXyCbS1ozlzqRdB7Hut1vsqh0A/s4032/IMG_6369.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9x7-zYDqOfGDPfYKGd0-NACx7k3QHJa2P4IIM2IriGy5M-3apNdKMO54VgNbKCbRwvOhBbNYQZ1SGR_a8VmEY2td0S5dvCy45kRMhzkbb_LWfPghM2KxIIbADDG_hlNBgGSc615JIh9uxVo7pyvgBsNkwXyCbS1ozlzqRdB7Hut1vsqh0A/s320/IMG_6369.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Harper had just started a new quarter at school-but was with us in spirit..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ipxleRxnLwbFcRtyqQgW5DrKCkuy5tsYK3yEd_r7BJ37XpDdqNOdYSHup07xR71nzhuv0QtdDf8ADfXaRJgGsh3em1v2xTWHrfPi37DZXtgsnDpWeJpvNF02k1yu7FTSDOMYUguHiXtoHkRSqY7jDyX3b2-F47dDnYn4RJjVhmYYw3M0Hg/s4032/IMG_6293.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ipxleRxnLwbFcRtyqQgW5DrKCkuy5tsYK3yEd_r7BJ37XpDdqNOdYSHup07xR71nzhuv0QtdDf8ADfXaRJgGsh3em1v2xTWHrfPi37DZXtgsnDpWeJpvNF02k1yu7FTSDOMYUguHiXtoHkRSqY7jDyX3b2-F47dDnYn4RJjVhmYYw3M0Hg/s320/IMG_6293.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Saturday, September 17- we gathered at Halfway Creek Lutheran Church</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrqAw4NdMSvnyefKXgkxGdjmBMw5OzFtiP9IDdUroCcCgTkom79Hkb6rocHumreyIn2G485UOAiBkgH2_4awIVN53SpvBIyVP_ghvzaaML2b1FHmz41plQIga_2tUcH3YwLy8whd96mXkG4vwsziMhqtsKeONYSXZsNQNS1qdjzd7lk9DXg/s4032/PXL_20220917_135302463.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrqAw4NdMSvnyefKXgkxGdjmBMw5OzFtiP9IDdUroCcCgTkom79Hkb6rocHumreyIn2G485UOAiBkgH2_4awIVN53SpvBIyVP_ghvzaaML2b1FHmz41plQIga_2tUcH3YwLy8whd96mXkG4vwsziMhqtsKeONYSXZsNQNS1qdjzd7lk9DXg/s320/PXL_20220917_135302463.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to celebrate the life of my dad...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT3i17bQWfplSfMVPCHBRc21qGLugU7T5MprzNX9J7CfuWZFopveGx18n4OO-yIS5i7YleACzEomflKtCuCwxykV3E-ejhSLOWhRRTO-Z1LNFZak-kwWtvTpGuTDJ_-MDrnZacVrDD3S1N4OeEsxYrwnspQ2mray8kd76Hx9oSrPP2oXivg/s4032/IMG_6379.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVT3i17bQWfplSfMVPCHBRc21qGLugU7T5MprzNX9J7CfuWZFopveGx18n4OO-yIS5i7YleACzEomflKtCuCwxykV3E-ejhSLOWhRRTO-Z1LNFZak-kwWtvTpGuTDJ_-MDrnZacVrDD3S1N4OeEsxYrwnspQ2mray8kd76Hx9oSrPP2oXivg/s320/IMG_6379.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We sang- </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ok...they sang- nobody needs to hear me sing..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RBFS0MTzQKkdMZ6xvHMzbza5Ufstep8yRQnhoJnFjTYhjpIrK2v521Inm_Y3BQ_xnqTxIbDErkhUxvn9QXDijj7S3l-lVVki1sbaHm6RQhYaeypkvhsObFvWocUwNJJyD-hMayrFvMTjSZNZDOjBpDBMsG869vopRbUizDE72EyZ83Q6xA/s4032/PXL_20220917_165238903.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8RBFS0MTzQKkdMZ6xvHMzbza5Ufstep8yRQnhoJnFjTYhjpIrK2v521Inm_Y3BQ_xnqTxIbDErkhUxvn9QXDijj7S3l-lVVki1sbaHm6RQhYaeypkvhsObFvWocUwNJJyD-hMayrFvMTjSZNZDOjBpDBMsG869vopRbUizDE72EyZ83Q6xA/s320/PXL_20220917_165238903.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We saluted...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my dad having served briefly in the 1950s </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAOIGBmK33BWtfhf5KrwsnYojHLlCuHLOI0UEMp37IvU-WOfskQaqMO9Xthz21bPgxNJyiZOq6PrzjXa3x1hzTZw2DwWJhMJLh3fEpy8eF1wmABbIkD2tvBEb2VH4VeX0fMjGH7YNcYDVafuhVW0QMZze1xUDqVKjdovk2n1565w5uHp7jg/s4032/PXL_20220917_170603599.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAOIGBmK33BWtfhf5KrwsnYojHLlCuHLOI0UEMp37IvU-WOfskQaqMO9Xthz21bPgxNJyiZOq6PrzjXa3x1hzTZw2DwWJhMJLh3fEpy8eF1wmABbIkD2tvBEb2VH4VeX0fMjGH7YNcYDVafuhVW0QMZze1xUDqVKjdovk2n1565w5uHp7jg/s320/PXL_20220917_170603599.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with special friends serving in the honor guard..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Golfing and Happy Hour Pals- Buck and Dave R</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuOqKq2jF0j4KsekZekYh5gvKQLPtJmNbuk8yit-c7W-fcG6ccNmT8SNWByuGd1Qol_lGvN9ptzrrTruINw0Q73g5xViYj40KdwkwFFi9WHb3aFh9_RBTj7D7s_-Pjr6ZywUpOajDaKU6MxMx05aCAYiqCJno0ax1IriC6bUjgscZv5bZcQ/s4032/PXL_20220917_175456148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuOqKq2jF0j4KsekZekYh5gvKQLPtJmNbuk8yit-c7W-fcG6ccNmT8SNWByuGd1Qol_lGvN9ptzrrTruINw0Q73g5xViYj40KdwkwFFi9WHb3aFh9_RBTj7D7s_-Pjr6ZywUpOajDaKU6MxMx05aCAYiqCJno0ax1IriC6bUjgscZv5bZcQ/s320/PXL_20220917_175456148.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we shared stories at Richard's <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh6Kr22YViX1pvTfD9l3Q9nrbOSGx-jPrppOzZ3DdOMv2C2lm2YuTn3qIuabC_VrlXbdM0iMqXua6DHPIEu_9CMsahbD_tBJ8cqZU-O5UYoexqWZvUzrN8CLaWBj2nqSCgEs9oofVdsiT8hfqSmnWKCUOI_1718NngSv6CH2RAu1W-Pm5uwA/s4032/IMG_6358.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">and hosted his "Last Call" Happy Hour back at the house</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSisdMz43MmAp2OxFBgnjQgKmg3Fbo0fLPNsImbnzVzGUbL_SoB0Bi-JFNA6RRBYQXepuHcBwb2iVezEBY29uwBNyp9TgLLO_2vzHMLzM5fY3mnVydiKbyUwOp5_H0-hIW4uro7l9aqAqTTyRXjiIBSGvHjnd32fPw_SZRZDp1N2gPZWcUHw/s4032/IMG_6340.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSisdMz43MmAp2OxFBgnjQgKmg3Fbo0fLPNsImbnzVzGUbL_SoB0Bi-JFNA6RRBYQXepuHcBwb2iVezEBY29uwBNyp9TgLLO_2vzHMLzM5fY3mnVydiKbyUwOp5_H0-hIW4uro7l9aqAqTTyRXjiIBSGvHjnd32fPw_SZRZDp1N2gPZWcUHw/s320/IMG_6340.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8PORixhUnlnNa6MPnsG52qEym8gBtX_I16tYEI4ZXAiNPVeAJUSxoyUQs06X_29TBRB3d1TX9by-22Njr9GStcyjPDuNdTNC3AjE9Q_nCoSRJzJ7wWyld07tWJp6-7fLAx5uU6lVgImZmyoTvCNl_Qjd6IssfTXhg3KiVDhkNgXB9z5l0w/s4032/IMG_6415.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8PORixhUnlnNa6MPnsG52qEym8gBtX_I16tYEI4ZXAiNPVeAJUSxoyUQs06X_29TBRB3d1TX9by-22Njr9GStcyjPDuNdTNC3AjE9Q_nCoSRJzJ7wWyld07tWJp6-7fLAx5uU6lVgImZmyoTvCNl_Qjd6IssfTXhg3KiVDhkNgXB9z5l0w/s320/IMG_6415.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where more stories were shared..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz3UiARA5UwUk0zH60dla9NKmrz0eoDWEygUhe-HokikUq56IO6QXhtNrgKu3IrPUndgeeXydiUN740FbZKhJMPeM5OyGzeXSZ0mN7eBKcXv_oc7eS8z7KB1oOEQZuIYTm7QA5gOjJo8m81eflRp0TipxrMreKPw_Kt2fQk7TwvIaI-RTsQ/s4032/IMG_6407.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtz3UiARA5UwUk0zH60dla9NKmrz0eoDWEygUhe-HokikUq56IO6QXhtNrgKu3IrPUndgeeXydiUN740FbZKhJMPeM5OyGzeXSZ0mN7eBKcXv_oc7eS8z7KB1oOEQZuIYTm7QA5gOjJo8m81eflRp0TipxrMreKPw_Kt2fQk7TwvIaI-RTsQ/s320/IMG_6407.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">connected with cousins (We missed you Kay!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieejKaQEXE54WJqpCdsPhhPwKPE67_Xh7Kg-0bFXHcSyG9QQT0yOGgrzEnAgH8OWA47deHjaOB7dpIlCdiTZmFtN1xssITgDUs-HQdluKKlNrdHu5ccq8WAsTaZIww4xqcVXU5ImM7AgNnHIEmY8xSrybr8xDS9Zri1r4npbubCRvK_VDTg/s4032/IMG_6400.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieejKaQEXE54WJqpCdsPhhPwKPE67_Xh7Kg-0bFXHcSyG9QQT0yOGgrzEnAgH8OWA47deHjaOB7dpIlCdiTZmFtN1xssITgDUs-HQdluKKlNrdHu5ccq8WAsTaZIww4xqcVXU5ImM7AgNnHIEmY8xSrybr8xDS9Zri1r4npbubCRvK_VDTg/s320/IMG_6400.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Passed the torch...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkA1p-2OAUmZNEPl8yYLEJtVSkGvVJF-r3Nzk5LIUYdQ1QHhVytj18wMJxb7F44mdMvE-JOd7sMiIBamVPmULzMBmRlA6wUaZvO79s93TpqP0L8RaY3KsSRUhV4WeDQcTofFV_pRpv0e1cyEpGBrOWcYSRG1rzc99mNavlIdtXgHYEI5gANw/s4032/IMG_6404.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkA1p-2OAUmZNEPl8yYLEJtVSkGvVJF-r3Nzk5LIUYdQ1QHhVytj18wMJxb7F44mdMvE-JOd7sMiIBamVPmULzMBmRlA6wUaZvO79s93TpqP0L8RaY3KsSRUhV4WeDQcTofFV_pRpv0e1cyEpGBrOWcYSRG1rzc99mNavlIdtXgHYEI5gANw/s320/IMG_6404.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for after 50+ years..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no Granum will be calling this place home..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQV2EEaJgunXZlh3EWnrhwuTHH_PvwkaMs5GCx2uBpku0uQ-hnpufMM9xSHOB1jJ-zQGPEB6xHh0Nn8qn5dxqZwMGWm5KSOEiwG3xpSmQMxxdIiHh-MknvK5P-7Eij7vRPH6RhTLE_wzdHKcFExP4Hlmt3Eb-ItGqNTVh1RRgmeJ6D6Cr_A/s4032/IMG_6393.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQV2EEaJgunXZlh3EWnrhwuTHH_PvwkaMs5GCx2uBpku0uQ-hnpufMM9xSHOB1jJ-zQGPEB6xHh0Nn8qn5dxqZwMGWm5KSOEiwG3xpSmQMxxdIiHh-MknvK5P-7Eij7vRPH6RhTLE_wzdHKcFExP4Hlmt3Eb-ItGqNTVh1RRgmeJ6D6Cr_A/s320/IMG_6393.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and found comfort in the arms of "forever friends"...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyfnC7m0y_rAdM9rbayrDQxup--PiPsPrnA0XBhRLzrCpfn9xxNGxLSjYSjAopFVx4omtnXe-PVfi9Vqawy10FyDPUyX0aCjm8M-vtEd-DGF2I60CifS6KZtyBObeRtP7wTPsQFRSogA6LL83SuZZ9abDSg1bfsXr-sld4dVcAc47obgsRQ/s4032/IMG_6389.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyfnC7m0y_rAdM9rbayrDQxup--PiPsPrnA0XBhRLzrCpfn9xxNGxLSjYSjAopFVx4omtnXe-PVfi9Vqawy10FyDPUyX0aCjm8M-vtEd-DGF2I60CifS6KZtyBObeRtP7wTPsQFRSogA6LL83SuZZ9abDSg1bfsXr-sld4dVcAc47obgsRQ/s320/IMG_6389.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrhZACaP0OPNFGyG-gIsHJrSRzVfF5Gxqy9uOsFbNsxO5GiGfy8cJyhThGrpwXumSv8PodKaiI5BKCMkhguYPptzAujCYRnIO2_hMatxu7gvMDhz-pcDs-X2RP4_RkHqqwad-MjqRnPiX87EgboVk_DKjPj7RNE_H5t6AyiJyr2Utk3i_Mw/s4032/IMG_6409.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">for as long as any of us could remember...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">S</span>eems it was part of a "shivaree" gift for Vera and Art Lysdahl..Aunt Birdie's mom and dad...How Dad ended up with it is anyone's guess (we suspect he bought it at an auction- the man loved hunting for treasures at auctions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>I'm feeling</b> at peace. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgciP38UtH1oAF3yGGUzkGrtSwuGoM8MYlD5Gm-4wBCGjmRxZX14zF9IzhnOhE5ZFh0T8So5UHJL08KrvyruXVAQq3keehGa-SYGN_4E67eLgfgYreqfJUYob7WnhRmeW5t5i3G28FbKrOe8OjNr4Sy3S2O9FMOpKrYD7aOuqwNsJ7YD_eiHQ/s1023/the-dash-poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgciP38UtH1oAF3yGGUzkGrtSwuGoM8MYlD5Gm-4wBCGjmRxZX14zF9IzhnOhE5ZFh0T8So5UHJL08KrvyruXVAQq3keehGa-SYGN_4E67eLgfgYreqfJUYob7WnhRmeW5t5i3G28FbKrOe8OjNr4Sy3S2O9FMOpKrYD7aOuqwNsJ7YD_eiHQ/s320/the-dash-poem.jpg" width="219" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In 2020- after some gentle natured teasing by sis and I- <span style="font-size: x-small;">when we discovered our uncle had written his own eulogy- </span>Dad sent us an 8 page document with all his wishes spelled out- from preferred bible verses and hymns to be sung, to what to serve for lunch. Shucks- he even requested a New Orleans Jazz parade (sadly- we weren't able to locate that request-) but we did end the service with the UGA-fight song (ok, most of you think it's called the Battle Hymn of the Republic).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Anyways- along with the requests was this poem- "The Dash"...I knew this was a favorite as he's referenced it a few times when he was in story telling mode. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPOQuPRDSOxse3UldWWEaK9KrCIm4DG1_AvvM2LenFi9Y1WNnWSNTG12X4DGCcYXmbG5m4cPXGr9fyokNF9rRpphejmBjFtZ-1Hst1TptXnPlT7W6DWTHODpX5gUetNhFiIV6Q8P87XtEABXc01_XG_9iyQvB9KkcQ_PXq64LUAfT3OIIsQ/s3706/Groom.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3706" data-original-width="2745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPOQuPRDSOxse3UldWWEaK9KrCIm4DG1_AvvM2LenFi9Y1WNnWSNTG12X4DGCcYXmbG5m4cPXGr9fyokNF9rRpphejmBjFtZ-1Hst1TptXnPlT7W6DWTHODpX5gUetNhFiIV6Q8P87XtEABXc01_XG_9iyQvB9KkcQ_PXq64LUAfT3OIIsQ/s320/Groom.JPG" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I feel that my dad used his Dash wisely- living a full and vibrant life-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3TG4ZeDfZUTcXxzHRDIfg8vvJM7htxgAKwBkefDnR65Gn5lDeMQsHDmz-f8QAVmX9L5OrWD6kpcloFcVy7vs59uzrbp9rrkM_8Z0ieeHsdbLTvAxjlVcFKe17QtGtD_qyodeHlRBeHiEcDjPoqgzZUjtufRCNc0wufANsq3wGJkQLUgZyA/s3000/Family%20man.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3TG4ZeDfZUTcXxzHRDIfg8vvJM7htxgAKwBkefDnR65Gn5lDeMQsHDmz-f8QAVmX9L5OrWD6kpcloFcVy7vs59uzrbp9rrkM_8Z0ieeHsdbLTvAxjlVcFKe17QtGtD_qyodeHlRBeHiEcDjPoqgzZUjtufRCNc0wufANsq3wGJkQLUgZyA/s320/Family%20man.JPG" width="203" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">be it traveling the country with his family in tow (determined to show "his girls" the joy of exploring new places),<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_n43lCQX4t0t7jKGH-CrQrZQAPhO79f3z9P0_4Z3jlmsm9FhhXX3ScNvu56sPJ4Qf5XCVt0tHs4lbh5I1Hv6cjzVRnvamNritM0zctemHuEvUeiBadKhDQWA0osKpsj14hcQJrn1hYfIEd5W5UIQNWdAXps-PogBmFrZ38cVrIx5a7VXyw/s2295/IMG_6471.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2119" data-original-width="2295" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_n43lCQX4t0t7jKGH-CrQrZQAPhO79f3z9P0_4Z3jlmsm9FhhXX3ScNvu56sPJ4Qf5XCVt0tHs4lbh5I1Hv6cjzVRnvamNritM0zctemHuEvUeiBadKhDQWA0osKpsj14hcQJrn1hYfIEd5W5UIQNWdAXps-PogBmFrZ38cVrIx5a7VXyw/s320/IMG_6471.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">making friends and maintaining friendships </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">(no easy task in a world before email/texting/and affordable long distance phone calls!)</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vCGF04szNplwxRAiBCUtpG0GJjGwfTn6sTcEP6Bd0nAjI-ZtZCKxEcA_1fXkeIAPVXAK2-l6ttbdpEQjilogNJ5Tm43Z8rC3vYvE2AQ5PcmgULeqWbFwuDpU8yu-tNuFcQulqv62CBDtaJurGf3yLVoKXhGpbPso45t2rBPakmFG3lovnA/s1440/C48BB6B7-E003-4C53-979E-40E8ED70ED11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vCGF04szNplwxRAiBCUtpG0GJjGwfTn6sTcEP6Bd0nAjI-ZtZCKxEcA_1fXkeIAPVXAK2-l6ttbdpEQjilogNJ5Tm43Z8rC3vYvE2AQ5PcmgULeqWbFwuDpU8yu-tNuFcQulqv62CBDtaJurGf3yLVoKXhGpbPso45t2rBPakmFG3lovnA/s320/C48BB6B7-E003-4C53-979E-40E8ED70ED11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;">He would show us that contrary to popular belief- one can "return home" as he settled back in Holmen-where his story began. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC5OD1ZcfMZJBeekOOuR9a-scfQLDF0J0MAIZY1PZsqtt0rv-yE04pBw6O2vQiupX5R6jqO5CPG9nsFUJZoK4IxCxSqZVBnqIbpS6j48jCA0SJ3s1N1XKbGQc7YXhIiDSuMs3XWvNHzz_4TB54NNS99R-swINDM1Ce1a_UG_S5NNOXfibLQ/s4032/PXL_20220918_201237173.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC5OD1ZcfMZJBeekOOuR9a-scfQLDF0J0MAIZY1PZsqtt0rv-yE04pBw6O2vQiupX5R6jqO5CPG9nsFUJZoK4IxCxSqZVBnqIbpS6j48jCA0SJ3s1N1XKbGQc7YXhIiDSuMs3XWvNHzz_4TB54NNS99R-swINDM1Ce1a_UG_S5NNOXfibLQ/s320/PXL_20220918_201237173.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;">Reconnecting with his past friendships while exploring new roles- from golfer to artist...Dad had some serious talents worthy of admiration. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">He was the epitome of living your best life possible...and for that I am grateful to call him dad. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1Oy74Qy1KdlvCwFOIRpz14DsHMelAx8vRSxqiU7Y67qX1uu0rTfyDeUeFQNuScbv1Pov0F55rSFgOEyWK2-GfDNMRn0m4MUd6tZ0uard-feQzAiw574xHcDAxmTxfDB6bWk0TnqMMM4za_pNMmTp5HACGLoBYIPz8B5H2lu4rn-efGsRrQ/s2717/IMG_0364.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2717" data-original-width="1959" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1Oy74Qy1KdlvCwFOIRpz14DsHMelAx8vRSxqiU7Y67qX1uu0rTfyDeUeFQNuScbv1Pov0F55rSFgOEyWK2-GfDNMRn0m4MUd6tZ0uard-feQzAiw574xHcDAxmTxfDB6bWk0TnqMMM4za_pNMmTp5HACGLoBYIPz8B5H2lu4rn-efGsRrQ/s320/IMG_0364.JPG" width="231" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;">Oh but wait- the title says August recap too- What happened then? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7p0PEjfbXHfuhgjmNnF3F7tVIyKpuq4Z_9w8zcBSbbrD2RoWpnVG4ug5Yw4m4H_-X4pf7hOTYTM4BnQi_5EWalELCEtmUf7FcNxFqW8hZZEx247UbcrNgD09i8tuhIF44xCrNlRWbtwPZJYgpRlHGrcs0SO3cCmXVE1M1Oz5FW2MeEXH4Q/s4032/IMG_6186.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7p0PEjfbXHfuhgjmNnF3F7tVIyKpuq4Z_9w8zcBSbbrD2RoWpnVG4ug5Yw4m4H_-X4pf7hOTYTM4BnQi_5EWalELCEtmUf7FcNxFqW8hZZEx247UbcrNgD09i8tuhIF44xCrNlRWbtwPZJYgpRlHGrcs0SO3cCmXVE1M1Oz5FW2MeEXH4Q/s320/IMG_6186.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seriously- I have no idea...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">got off the plane from Hawaii on August 1st- and was in the office 2 hours later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">August was a hot blur- back to school, brunch with the besties, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and well- just every day stuff I supposed</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Until next time...Remember your dash!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This summer I saw a shift in my perspective. I had one last big adventure to experience- an adventure that would take me right up until the final hours of summer break. And as a result-instead of that sense of dread and a hint of melancholy- well I had a lot of pep in my step- We are going to Hawaii! <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;">HEARD:</b><span style="text-align: left;"> I still pinch myself when I reflect back on when I heard my hubby agree to this trip. Last summer, over perhaps too much bourbon (is there such a thing?), our good friend Larry pitched the idea of joining him and his wife for 2 weeks on the island of Kauai. Hubby shrugged and said sure! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn9o28aIVIaNZH288gR8YvcMwThYic9yN1VdKs2BFne4i1x8DJQCarprDQ35c3Q9JOwpLPhhpWefopT5zmLipB2VWVbpKU3Ntso90v-uYbDKMcC8_1HFZs2Hrs4UaeOyb3ik4hCLQg_9-FwdI9OO8p6b5Rz4yEi9N8Fqf1cFS5htYmncp_A/s3089/June%202021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="3089" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn9o28aIVIaNZH288gR8YvcMwThYic9yN1VdKs2BFne4i1x8DJQCarprDQ35c3Q9JOwpLPhhpWefopT5zmLipB2VWVbpKU3Ntso90v-uYbDKMcC8_1HFZs2Hrs4UaeOyb3ik4hCLQg_9-FwdI9OO8p6b5Rz4yEi9N8Fqf1cFS5htYmncp_A/s320/June%202021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Most likely when Operation Hawaii first took shape..</span></div></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I just figured we'd never prioritize a trip to Hawaii. Hubby grew up in tropical areas- both in Honduras and later in south Miami. The sun and surf are not his jam. And me- well, I wasn't going to advocate too much to make it a priority. I prefer travel that is less mainstream (Yes, North Dakota-I'm looking at you!). </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With Hawaii- it seems like everyone has been to one of the islands. And the moment you share that's where you are headed- you are greeted with enthusiastic travel recommendations. Hearing these suggestions is all well and good-as I do enjoy connecting with people, and what better way than to connect through shared travel experiences. But, I also get a bigger thrill of "Ooo, I've never been there, you'll have to tell me what it's like". </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't get me wrong- I wanted to go- I mean- HELLO- Hawaii, two weeks, free lodging with friends...sign me up! But it remains a "pinch me" moment that we actually ended up going!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGdZpjzYrMO4XHm6HHvxtVLSG4q-wCWEo1KU2wlxEM6r9WZe-I6RPLw33sL51m6wEWpum9ePP58_vg9rbr8VOw1G2d959ji1RyYFyk9SVSxqyWvn6TwgcJQ8YsmBoBzuE_MsL1gD8p_c8tlrtaFo28oVjUtCaEP5-q5fuvvuk_ZNzqpi36g/s1440/BDFC5C76-51E5-463B-A1B5-97C3AA91575C.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1440" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiGdZpjzYrMO4XHm6HHvxtVLSG4q-wCWEo1KU2wlxEM6r9WZe-I6RPLw33sL51m6wEWpum9ePP58_vg9rbr8VOw1G2d959ji1RyYFyk9SVSxqyWvn6TwgcJQ8YsmBoBzuE_MsL1gD8p_c8tlrtaFo28oVjUtCaEP5-q5fuvvuk_ZNzqpi36g/s320/BDFC5C76-51E5-463B-A1B5-97C3AA91575C.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>DID</b>: Enough with the chatter, let's talk about what we did when we were in Hawaii! </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>For 14 days....</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl-WffQWiO-2fNCtNocnRWbd0ywNjCNcmgPScG1t-oyiC8VFhC8O-r1ULZtKS3K-H_C8sfgsbjIps62m8cJ-FpJWJdZOPEMeVGYb69hQ6MyE0EgOmXCLb88ZQ9qdS71ZS4yRjQGMtkR326gZwAn5RXFowI6VCNw-D_oDtlTLmK7s8d5Q7pQ/s320/FullSizeR.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and <i>celebrate the setting sun on yet another "DNS" day</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">DNS was code for Does-Not-Suck..which yep, applies a lot in somewhere like Kaui.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>We got to know the beauty that is Kauai</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4798x8iYh2P5n9rlfHzIA4As13ei-fdWVT3CmHXd0lKDdq7-4k9HXXWMgu5jtkESEOywSUQA0orvWQArZavIiswZdz1z38CKM04WeFIy0C8MCpoCErHUXqOkkPG4H1vn6bfaLjVDXMBbrnP5VSyMft5YvM1JOT_5Z6s_Uf1JYZsSgqWsQg/s964/A23470A4-BD92-4E45-8266-24265D1195C9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="964" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4798x8iYh2P5n9rlfHzIA4As13ei-fdWVT3CmHXd0lKDdq7-4k9HXXWMgu5jtkESEOywSUQA0orvWQArZavIiswZdz1z38CKM04WeFIy0C8MCpoCErHUXqOkkPG4H1vn6bfaLjVDXMBbrnP5VSyMft5YvM1JOT_5Z6s_Uf1JYZsSgqWsQg/s320/A23470A4-BD92-4E45-8266-24265D1195C9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Kauai is known as the Garden Island...which was apparent</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AYevtUoXwZPbGi4inpK8Z4XNJCxbKaEkLjYImLxiJdqIBc5LxcTJaoSrAVwMC4NHTSlSZ-A7qIjdPjuu6ngA9ueiifNuCUQ9XwO6vxRnIPhQLHj4WqMBPmN1CSTirZHjuSF_P2J_1autcB6iNSwh4oP0SXvFi3wKJ5iVOwj_nWx2CX3fTw/s4032/IMG_5782.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2388" data-original-width="4032" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AYevtUoXwZPbGi4inpK8Z4XNJCxbKaEkLjYImLxiJdqIBc5LxcTJaoSrAVwMC4NHTSlSZ-A7qIjdPjuu6ngA9ueiifNuCUQ9XwO6vxRnIPhQLHj4WqMBPmN1CSTirZHjuSF_P2J_1autcB6iNSwh4oP0SXvFi3wKJ5iVOwj_nWx2CX3fTw/s320/IMG_5782.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">whether traveling through the Tunnel of Trees</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEazn9tZsnh9_tA_dwyHqJ3QGv7w1YXbNDTneEAO-Av1SCGln72sPp6VEOh269cfA_T-BXD9-PT--AR5P4eUAxiZlNaujSccUz4qVUblLu9devaccLlv6CTXXnQDuPVL3GoH8uTzP6FVxsF_8jXT2OwbHQZPk3WglRsLuTQkd_xkAs_OSHw/s1280/IMG_5901.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1280" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEazn9tZsnh9_tA_dwyHqJ3QGv7w1YXbNDTneEAO-Av1SCGln72sPp6VEOh269cfA_T-BXD9-PT--AR5P4eUAxiZlNaujSccUz4qVUblLu9devaccLlv6CTXXnQDuPVL3GoH8uTzP6FVxsF_8jXT2OwbHQZPk3WglRsLuTQkd_xkAs_OSHw/s320/IMG_5901.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">or climbing the narrow winding road of Waimea Canyon..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">.so much to take in and fully appreciate!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>We met the locals- </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAChK1W5pjJkvN4fFfuRdKZkw94O4EqNz7XhGoaO5Gg1k0z12MUtVr8DIc0tJi6rSrbtPRxaJgY2p1YJyiNPWxd5U9S6-3y8qV9IUWBq1qVweT_T-GaBX29Yqf_jCGmUFQCtql9t6KK7oTVujsPI7FMXBLzG6ite9Foz5xVeiv3SQ5Vb69xQ/s961/2EA72561-6940-4FF3-A87F-9DFE2D875417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="961" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAChK1W5pjJkvN4fFfuRdKZkw94O4EqNz7XhGoaO5Gg1k0z12MUtVr8DIc0tJi6rSrbtPRxaJgY2p1YJyiNPWxd5U9S6-3y8qV9IUWBq1qVweT_T-GaBX29Yqf_jCGmUFQCtql9t6KK7oTVujsPI7FMXBLzG6ite9Foz5xVeiv3SQ5Vb69xQ/s320/2EA72561-6940-4FF3-A87F-9DFE2D875417.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Honu -also known as the Pacific Green Turtles...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">why they come to soak in the sandy beaches remains somewhat of a mystery- whether to avoid predators or digest their food- they are indeed an impressive sight to experience.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_8fmhtDLIIWDqKKr_kyCrBCZGGS9FwSlP1z2U7l_ZMacmIZLvuAO7JX0gfwuLxZ5IRXcJEXRTQt1TEPE1hWnV69PnkrwTx-3gE4dzsljdVPtOAk0443Bvv2VPR6x84ymg54binuq6INCW0Ddm7AEXwycFYwV1vTsZaqDkCUdfJy3EOKENQ/s320/DC76A0AC-54EC-40FC-91A7-ACE6F1325D0B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_8fmhtDLIIWDqKKr_kyCrBCZGGS9FwSlP1z2U7l_ZMacmIZLvuAO7JX0gfwuLxZ5IRXcJEXRTQt1TEPE1hWnV69PnkrwTx-3gE4dzsljdVPtOAk0443Bvv2VPR6x84ymg54binuq6INCW0Ddm7AEXwycFYwV1vTsZaqDkCUdfJy3EOKENQ/s1600/DC76A0AC-54EC-40FC-91A7-ACE6F1325D0B.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Monk Seal-in native Hawaiian known as lilo holo I ka uau</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These majestic mammals are few in number (so few that they are on endangered species lists) but are making a comeback. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">We were fortunate enough to see two moms nurturing their pups...but alas in each circumstance they were too far for us to take a picture.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxhUFgBoP762xPrZwzYBXLgo9btAGTFCHcdl4rttoedVZNN74qN9dhKgqMxyyHVaXJA3shHjF-eaxxnf9PVp7c2FgcigfcTdh292VMUxaOU3CJOKEWpmEsMHnw2ONHgr7CyPc-FvBSTFwGI6MqYMCL26cJlqNaVSqyixXhj8mRl4-S1FBkw/s1573/IMG_5649.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1573" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxhUFgBoP762xPrZwzYBXLgo9btAGTFCHcdl4rttoedVZNN74qN9dhKgqMxyyHVaXJA3shHjF-eaxxnf9PVp7c2FgcigfcTdh292VMUxaOU3CJOKEWpmEsMHnw2ONHgr7CyPc-FvBSTFwGI6MqYMCL26cJlqNaVSqyixXhj8mRl4-S1FBkw/s320/IMG_5649.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Crested Cardinal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The condo had beautiful landscaping that provided a welcoming environment to a wide range of feathered flock, but this little guy (and his kin) really caught my eye. We don't see many cardinals back home, and so to be greeted by this guy each morning as we sipped our coffee was an unexpected surprise. I was constantly reminded of the poem- When cardinals appear, loved ones are near. Yep-lots of cardinals, and surrounded by loved ones. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuY8JoSINr0P7yxCfz9zbWB0m5E32oaZvyWRKBZgYnBevFtivH_sWGRWIIS4VLGL3S3XP4Vi0yGUonfwFHpkmyc_tuGGLdUveUJCX8MLEbPzTyFe2brGej_xLilEJpWaxfTYSR_QGHCeakDEMFbmmiw6apCdK8sRSI78dBHXSyAH3bW3MWA/s1795/2CF3264B-96D0-4061-AA98-8574E898F199.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuY8JoSINr0P7yxCfz9zbWB0m5E32oaZvyWRKBZgYnBevFtivH_sWGRWIIS4VLGL3S3XP4Vi0yGUonfwFHpkmyc_tuGGLdUveUJCX8MLEbPzTyFe2brGej_xLilEJpWaxfTYSR_QGHCeakDEMFbmmiw6apCdK8sRSI78dBHXSyAH3bW3MWA/s320/2CF3264B-96D0-4061-AA98-8574E898F199.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feral Roosters (and chickens too<span style="text-align: start;">)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"> Experts note that while they were originally brought to the island by the Polynesian people, why they are in such an abundance on Kauai is up for debate. Filipino people would later move to Hawaii to work on sugar plantations. Cock fighting was one of their favorite hobbies, so they brought their own aggressive strains of chickens. Neither types of these chickens lay many eggs or get big enough for much of a meal so, eventually modern productive breeds were imported and kept in hundreds of backyard flocks throughout the islands.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Then mother nature took over. In 1982 fierce Hurricane Iwa hit the Islands. A decade later, Hurricane Iniki again tore through Hawaii destroying buildings, crops, and fences, freeing many backyard flocks. No matter the reason...they are everywhere- and takes a bit to get used to the sight of the rooster strutting his way across the restaurant!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>We did a little hiking...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_vlWyejxeWPPsVnTlHXr19scRHdSZjTAo5tYh7MTird2opR8UPOZ6KEwBWm1XkZIt1zvSJ5YOu-gkFwqrxqyOuQntyCG4kHHl9ztN4Uxs9rNVXyqwazVfwUXHjH4EQho8J4wCsWPaAWQRjucmO8BguJfh9SHRbm3MGAWWbPPyeGq39-FPg/s4032/IMG_5632.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_vlWyejxeWPPsVnTlHXr19scRHdSZjTAo5tYh7MTird2opR8UPOZ6KEwBWm1XkZIt1zvSJ5YOu-gkFwqrxqyOuQntyCG4kHHl9ztN4Uxs9rNVXyqwazVfwUXHjH4EQho8J4wCsWPaAWQRjucmO8BguJfh9SHRbm3MGAWWbPPyeGq39-FPg/s320/IMG_5632.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if just to reach the perfect spot for the photo...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5FmRn18RzOu5f4WMT8mIa9WZVkyQllld7inNmpRZia995wmL38fT39JwL7B2FSQdB7gt6rOoHij90cKSMZitfwtTCUBHbk0L6ROt5_8bFB_8uCSv3ZyfE75b7eIPv2Msf48BlJkMNnafsyv3gvv5UJJAQZJ5ngr4ldwoMDuFKYa4QyPFLg/s1280/Shipwreck%20Beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5FmRn18RzOu5f4WMT8mIa9WZVkyQllld7inNmpRZia995wmL38fT39JwL7B2FSQdB7gt6rOoHij90cKSMZitfwtTCUBHbk0L6ROt5_8bFB_8uCSv3ZyfE75b7eIPv2Msf48BlJkMNnafsyv3gvv5UJJAQZJ5ngr4ldwoMDuFKYa4QyPFLg/s320/Shipwreck%20Beach.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Naps were enjoyed on the lanai</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">From the NaPali Coast...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkag-ibkKKyzs3jA5pIuToTtFzG-a9TN08UR4EOHygJPLdJ8HDOiqiPNCqy2Q61hbRr1-PYRJckhsaA903VmhhBOjkx7mGFB-w-fT_bMQmumsOIyDt9L5Wqv3vpbOzgSMxKQB0YuYe1BXwesf8OH4FJZWmK8RtQd8H-w8XYVD6JhGtzdV8SQ/s4032/IMG_5733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkag-ibkKKyzs3jA5pIuToTtFzG-a9TN08UR4EOHygJPLdJ8HDOiqiPNCqy2Q61hbRr1-PYRJckhsaA903VmhhBOjkx7mGFB-w-fT_bMQmumsOIyDt9L5Wqv3vpbOzgSMxKQB0YuYe1BXwesf8OH4FJZWmK8RtQd8H-w8XYVD6JhGtzdV8SQ/s320/IMG_5733.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiK3DbQkYCM7xvZbkDtTaXQbFKvD-cnpKtM24RdtJAuXkvIZHxTjiVFK_g7gwmb0NmHyEUW-AxdnXe8Sl8A2dsaIcFdJpaUgjpHfE6L3UH9NnaaTAoWBhOcnzx_MFMbPeAxoKlNPIkt9UxUmPEAKRm9QZFV7v78YctnbPNd0POJ_7rBD4KA/s4032/IMG_5719.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiK3DbQkYCM7xvZbkDtTaXQbFKvD-cnpKtM24RdtJAuXkvIZHxTjiVFK_g7gwmb0NmHyEUW-AxdnXe8Sl8A2dsaIcFdJpaUgjpHfE6L3UH9NnaaTAoWBhOcnzx_MFMbPeAxoKlNPIkt9UxUmPEAKRm9QZFV7v78YctnbPNd0POJ_7rBD4KA/s320/IMG_5719.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to a Rum Safari</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbgeH8iipLsA36yXihO7zQqcLJ3ChzZYUweFfdwpm-OisKlrWuoDsw5MQaI6nCaHFpBPhUJDZdWS_nvDGxhdrJ-5zT7si1g_Uid2l8Tw55FLWx9VCOeRPhjUXqUil80bC1uxuzGTC2SO66ejhCaWWXer4FNMIqWF5a2EXxqMhE9XlQdmu7g/s1600/IMG_3933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbgeH8iipLsA36yXihO7zQqcLJ3ChzZYUweFfdwpm-OisKlrWuoDsw5MQaI6nCaHFpBPhUJDZdWS_nvDGxhdrJ-5zT7si1g_Uid2l8Tw55FLWx9VCOeRPhjUXqUil80bC1uxuzGTC2SO66ejhCaWWXer4FNMIqWF5a2EXxqMhE9XlQdmu7g/s320/IMG_3933.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where the emphasis was clearly the RUM</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPItkBU7CR1Wg1kS382d5QZRcjA0u_OwJrv2VkMxqZSp6PSFUusQocPbiBBQeL0hKxoLO6liuFRFfpMt_u-gu6K2WFQnuJpBncS8CLNZySzdc5IvpLDnm-5rwiAj2gwM_G3TKvJVGVYWaegwO8vN7wCVRQrQV4997EjaW8_NJr4gpBF1KWA/s2560/IMG_5813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="2560" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPItkBU7CR1Wg1kS382d5QZRcjA0u_OwJrv2VkMxqZSp6PSFUusQocPbiBBQeL0hKxoLO6liuFRFfpMt_u-gu6K2WFQnuJpBncS8CLNZySzdc5IvpLDnm-5rwiAj2gwM_G3TKvJVGVYWaegwO8vN7wCVRQrQV4997EjaW8_NJr4gpBF1KWA/s320/IMG_5813.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We sampled straight up rum</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and were served two "farm to glass" fresh cocktails...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpL84BcfwzpO-IL2sIY7utKg7ZuBXg6Iih9WeipT0_A8i3nT54mb68W0Fxle2ruoD6vab73OvcqCrsj_whmEd6P0npe-uE13ulYWOruP6GK47ldl7wUj643oFBxAC-uIr1MLHin3y6HVIvkzJjRFFxP_BK2gsG9H6WAlVi1gT84dD1A15WhQ/s1440/F089A267-C9DA-44BD-9E16-4933003301AA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpL84BcfwzpO-IL2sIY7utKg7ZuBXg6Iih9WeipT0_A8i3nT54mb68W0Fxle2ruoD6vab73OvcqCrsj_whmEd6P0npe-uE13ulYWOruP6GK47ldl7wUj643oFBxAC-uIr1MLHin3y6HVIvkzJjRFFxP_BK2gsG9H6WAlVi1gT84dD1A15WhQ/s320/F089A267-C9DA-44BD-9E16-4933003301AA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Made with passion and flair..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUXWShVdi5FqmlZNVwuLSB0HUIGbsZca07BN2ceRZ8umgmosJbxqKmZZNLQPDge0-FXAnt6Lm1siHgjc1vK4oKri2mr4TxAY6PlSXu_rVXRQjbG4erPyuU_h7RRfKNswR5E2gd8cdtRrxNGMLouZK9-HQzE974h1-qgZ-bWaTILWT9pFKLJQ/s4032/IMG_5846.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">And by "we" I really mean me...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpeXVsk9vZ_rls38V6ECEFuLworyZK-l7F2YX1zNCis75QIQN_FRXXah8qFPLHmkWt2izCpaDfU43N2QWJSVMfmH4dXPHTQyf--Yg4Kdswl40FJH1XpGmKi2-Yj03FGQ0YkVlEGTRoC0uW-ctOVnjJqjkmvwIns-seK5YlvEprxhAZbYmkQ/s400/IMG_5881.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpeXVsk9vZ_rls38V6ECEFuLworyZK-l7F2YX1zNCis75QIQN_FRXXah8qFPLHmkWt2izCpaDfU43N2QWJSVMfmH4dXPHTQyf--Yg4Kdswl40FJH1XpGmKi2-Yj03FGQ0YkVlEGTRoC0uW-ctOVnjJqjkmvwIns-seK5YlvEprxhAZbYmkQ/s320/IMG_5881.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I networked with other nurses..</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know what they say- safety first-drink with a nurse...this safari had 6</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Jane wisely opted out of the photo shenanigans once the rum kicked in</span>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf6XIfb7k8m4Bb0L4ElJbnEjguuKU4v5UfGqIsxmQMbVEENHQ5772l4eJ0qdWgZKf9m4mlJnvNr9QJxtPhaToXhYqcGj0GKxJRGXx3atYLbgm7NFxN_MwFflWUPRN8s3smA3M_nb7lB6bctcY0gI7W3Df8kRa_U-QCL-iw3iHWLC_UrCoLQ/s3088/IMG_3796.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf6XIfb7k8m4Bb0L4ElJbnEjguuKU4v5UfGqIsxmQMbVEENHQ5772l4eJ0qdWgZKf9m4mlJnvNr9QJxtPhaToXhYqcGj0GKxJRGXx3atYLbgm7NFxN_MwFflWUPRN8s3smA3M_nb7lB6bctcY0gI7W3Df8kRa_U-QCL-iw3iHWLC_UrCoLQ/s320/IMG_3796.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>and tried my hand at photo-bombing</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> the Insta-Influencers from SoCal</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSt0o1MRdxLqUN2OP1f-sdDqTYCL3z3swzIpsTcDCA7dShg_MjILoM4zpbetsV6GvA_nMTti0vdAH7oTOmwL7L70og0RxXVYJKP7gN4dT_ohkXxoBar_TfB-hFngB-co8nyca1avrgAQ6jcIlhNqmVZnOMS0hFE6jUFDLkC2IHobvKmdKDQ/s2773/IMG_5832.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2773" data-original-width="2407" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSt0o1MRdxLqUN2OP1f-sdDqTYCL3z3swzIpsTcDCA7dShg_MjILoM4zpbetsV6GvA_nMTti0vdAH7oTOmwL7L70og0RxXVYJKP7gN4dT_ohkXxoBar_TfB-hFngB-co8nyca1avrgAQ6jcIlhNqmVZnOMS0hFE6jUFDLkC2IHobvKmdKDQ/s320/IMG_5832.JPG" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the true wildlife was not very amused...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>We discovered there is such a thing as </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchvVTLvzkumq9_PuZVaheZ2mWjuKxM3pBdMCyoGY_iMnYlwFKUIwAA3l_ETcHfpRDRqvK4wSXJOREFqlx-F-lIIERDUCQP334K7iXRUWM14FEoIx5L6lrQfwPgiM0dCNrRTq_6hYu9pWgZPYPtBSqN-zS652pAHAU26eGM2X2i1tmx7CoUQ/s4032/IMG_5984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchvVTLvzkumq9_PuZVaheZ2mWjuKxM3pBdMCyoGY_iMnYlwFKUIwAA3l_ETcHfpRDRqvK4wSXJOREFqlx-F-lIIERDUCQP334K7iXRUWM14FEoIx5L6lrQfwPgiM0dCNrRTq_6hYu9pWgZPYPtBSqN-zS652pAHAU26eGM2X2i1tmx7CoUQ/s320/IMG_5984.JPG" width="240" /></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Too Much Chocolate..</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqL1vhVqJ4lUR5SmL2loBQdqeuHzgPBB5yRhgTFFPQA03Hv6j7c40kS43bTk9ObWSPgguv7tWAuI7Y9kp74x1E-kIv2mJfD9kCH_KRQjHE8F1tO7xMg5c0CuoRJLhwOM5d03pwHaAXE1BN85Skt9elTP_VHZ7eh0F_1sVVEiY72jDmlVQQhA/s2867/IMG_5982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">otherwise known as </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzb_Nb_ak1EGhjcObA8WeyJcecw347TLTfgR221n2O7TfMckXXBEbe0fdih8IuqOTNMg5hP2dqm-XxGOIRrCW8DshKJnlunveSW2DPiRxL0GMa5xGfDPsJEnbVFS0WjI1u0euhN0ZlQG0HLm9rXn2CoyaBGBtZs9DXIYxTnQrik5yz90Giw/s1800/8E506D24-33E8-4B84-95F9-799DAB912A0B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzb_Nb_ak1EGhjcObA8WeyJcecw347TLTfgR221n2O7TfMckXXBEbe0fdih8IuqOTNMg5hP2dqm-XxGOIRrCW8DshKJnlunveSW2DPiRxL0GMa5xGfDPsJEnbVFS0WjI1u0euhN0ZlQG0HLm9rXn2CoyaBGBtZs9DXIYxTnQrik5yz90Giw/s320/8E506D24-33E8-4B84-95F9-799DAB912A0B.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We sampled Hawaiian comfort food</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM6_lz5oRG0Nx3BBPsUMePOb0eVV1BY1X_1pDgkDdiu_EoiYvruQJYsmAwS6gfm98cuN3kijlgKVZ7UVnD3buiCL-NO1ySrqs8H_aMYsGOmfcteLSXw0c_y0yLyMbA69bDvCDG7bWiYEGV7V4l6hekrFWfEgiFgUe7qdtM_8xTAx3KS-fPQ/s1800/CC08F44A-8804-4DE0-B923-86293A7D97D3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNM6_lz5oRG0Nx3BBPsUMePOb0eVV1BY1X_1pDgkDdiu_EoiYvruQJYsmAwS6gfm98cuN3kijlgKVZ7UVnD3buiCL-NO1ySrqs8H_aMYsGOmfcteLSXw0c_y0yLyMbA69bDvCDG7bWiYEGV7V4l6hekrFWfEgiFgUe7qdtM_8xTAx3KS-fPQ/s320/CC08F44A-8804-4DE0-B923-86293A7D97D3.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">otherwise known as Loco Moco</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We dined in what was once the home of Sugar barons...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLanolFbOyX-qy_WFbLrY_ZfQLRCuBlPpHGg9u3TfRkc2XvRkyej4HTLzbU-_QenSy_YbcRsybwG1q3PYjGAY97qQN_9v6WCUwYrZ-V1n0VEvVOuZpiQh06p46S1E34XdzGvXFTg8GL6-oGj5bgv8r-_kbM1Ugm5yrQB1qNRVBsTdzNEB-kg/s4032/IMG_5862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLanolFbOyX-qy_WFbLrY_ZfQLRCuBlPpHGg9u3TfRkc2XvRkyej4HTLzbU-_QenSy_YbcRsybwG1q3PYjGAY97qQN_9v6WCUwYrZ-V1n0VEvVOuZpiQh06p46S1E34XdzGvXFTg8GL6-oGj5bgv8r-_kbM1Ugm5yrQB1qNRVBsTdzNEB-kg/s320/IMG_5862.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now serving the slightly rum-buzzed tourists..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXZevd701zYP-U7KNYXqC6URtwSQcioqEr3quIxPGkZDwZmVtw0LVuJCyD5yrARPuYJlg_gShN6h9JMyFLJwExg2ubc2EV5m3uiohekclhdFSxwWsmqLTe5j9YsKzsAo1lMvA14T2rSORIpg1hMYSHC5EqNMBf9ENQbozlHe0ur1KrEWhPA/s4032/IMG_5863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Kilauea Lighthouse</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Typ3LvH9xnD91dCKkKUXYSdbd2eB9Uj-x1cKfXBjAW0T89xv6F2WEbto7DvqdqVfmjZdXLOpxBSMT8JEbaZhT7GIhDbA3h98c-7wIWozTqWjnlSzwOwL4YiaHV8SRvdNgbJAsH86Jo8FXgnj3Y5-SE7aP_4ZWN058DcJPsR5_SDD-_Ehbg/s1800/2756FCA2-670A-448D-87D1-8606FA5DAD9C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Typ3LvH9xnD91dCKkKUXYSdbd2eB9Uj-x1cKfXBjAW0T89xv6F2WEbto7DvqdqVfmjZdXLOpxBSMT8JEbaZhT7GIhDbA3h98c-7wIWozTqWjnlSzwOwL4YiaHV8SRvdNgbJAsH86Jo8FXgnj3Y5-SE7aP_4ZWN058DcJPsR5_SDD-_Ehbg/s320/2756FCA2-670A-448D-87D1-8606FA5DAD9C.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkgtYHv6CHRQcACmunE_AngAwsbAgjpMr_krQcuJjT7epascm6ekMl5qwT9DvO8VA3twxMK2pXJ5rfNT-uIjckk7RDZ3L0CP6q92cmu1mEqs2slFkOQdSgDYfu9DPJtDZlGuW7nnzQFmt_h-BDYsl1Xh3xKBRj7wqZTovCHK921H6-QCdxA/s1800/6C64CB6F-119A-4429-A133-AADA2D25AA24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Spouting Horn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZrec_CA8Yjpsv7_nfOu9NpHtqnagw8i79su0ixmoGtO7XZhGEUfIui3Wj5Pp_zVfB1aH_nSr8Yz-pAkoWYhm3MDligq6mU0ZeuL_1Sv0319PRLKIe3eANR5TMdGLivC-slnbg3MWF-9_xdgN1vlX17y8JHQZu7NJAKNIeKWn-eJeEI16LA/s1795/75747694-07DC-410D-882C-A4AA9B6F0968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZrec_CA8Yjpsv7_nfOu9NpHtqnagw8i79su0ixmoGtO7XZhGEUfIui3Wj5Pp_zVfB1aH_nSr8Yz-pAkoWYhm3MDligq6mU0ZeuL_1Sv0319PRLKIe3eANR5TMdGLivC-slnbg3MWF-9_xdgN1vlX17y8JHQZu7NJAKNIeKWn-eJeEI16LA/s320/75747694-07DC-410D-882C-A4AA9B6F0968.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and of course...Hanalei Bay</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Yeah to science!</p><p style="text-align: left;">My dad was released on a Monday (6.20) -</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82pODmWreOIJvBvwO-AKSJ-VomId9y3BPF_UjsAYD8K56JRxPfdXXaQq6N24LKrL-MvPZxungNeaSS62D4gP-hx7qDrZQXjXbUjsSukWYKW01A373WK8P5Glf66FvSoz5DoUzHCPe9NYYi5dLiBUv1xe0NCRLBZtxboixIESrf4AJcai6TA/s2707/IMG_5343.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="1834" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82pODmWreOIJvBvwO-AKSJ-VomId9y3BPF_UjsAYD8K56JRxPfdXXaQq6N24LKrL-MvPZxungNeaSS62D4gP-hx7qDrZQXjXbUjsSukWYKW01A373WK8P5Glf66FvSoz5DoUzHCPe9NYYi5dLiBUv1xe0NCRLBZtxboixIESrf4AJcai6TA/s320/IMG_5343.JPG" width="217" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">and with each passing day I saw him gain strength and stamina</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4om0sGG25UwkL_SE0VoKyQ2AXvC2zHyAivr22FmaolrH3jC8vNXIRG7oJRPAGekal5qjtgQQoG7Z01kdfwPwzr9tt9cD0GT0npDXE3Th23cfOaRndVVcorm-ssdpPX0u_CY4b1Dc-8e7hmEOY5qJToReaJdl-wOC-SdJ725MWsRTGtLmfrQ/s320/IMG_5348.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Catching up with his neighbors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWcFXBEwGgRGSj2qYoLvp7h5xfwjxchox-GLTrzniDw1P84JHvtN7TqmxoKW-tINWuG9QVKBc6vzBjkSNXS93MAxkXmB3C6rIh6qDD524-XZjEPFsS12E6ejFG8jNjXSdfPi_C7yixn26oZV5wbLnJYPkXOXqYzSjjAzUHIHwCPHX820Ocg/s4032/IMG_5346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWcFXBEwGgRGSj2qYoLvp7h5xfwjxchox-GLTrzniDw1P84JHvtN7TqmxoKW-tINWuG9QVKBc6vzBjkSNXS93MAxkXmB3C6rIh6qDD524-XZjEPFsS12E6ejFG8jNjXSdfPi_C7yixn26oZV5wbLnJYPkXOXqYzSjjAzUHIHwCPHX820Ocg/s320/IMG_5346.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLmDif81dDbNc3HJ2sq2U5PPUbFGZRLEvdAGiqrYBbwNissvfdDthUacNqZUOluJ9w2VLC83eAskn1PkIz3KoEK0VXDvk0hh8audPUGkwL77yCsZiR5caoI5dJDiiCUqcZeW-FVE0D5Wzf3EnB3GrYduJ0wrrxlOX7ornFNyYbN9VMjmdiA/s1440/31FD15C5-1934-43D1-AB87-E6625032BBA4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1440" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLmDif81dDbNc3HJ2sq2U5PPUbFGZRLEvdAGiqrYBbwNissvfdDthUacNqZUOluJ9w2VLC83eAskn1PkIz3KoEK0VXDvk0hh8audPUGkwL77yCsZiR5caoI5dJDiiCUqcZeW-FVE0D5Wzf3EnB3GrYduJ0wrrxlOX7ornFNyYbN9VMjmdiA/s320/31FD15C5-1934-43D1-AB87-E6625032BBA4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He helped the neighbor take down one of dad's dead trees..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and by help- we really mean he watched in awe as Buck took the tree down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrrikJQGQ7BewhIuoXRGhYGCzmhEEYkpKije383jNi8RsmD7CEUMk2nEcIgzWmHmmsMaq2890_htvanQJQQMeYejsdNZxLG9S0EDwzqo6Iv4ML7F7h0IN01Teo3zMRmvuxn-XueUElDt7HR5ljyTImcXbrUYP8DpGanMGgp627beQBaBVbA/s1440/F5DAA7DF-0175-4AEC-872A-85FD30F1C357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1440" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrrikJQGQ7BewhIuoXRGhYGCzmhEEYkpKije383jNi8RsmD7CEUMk2nEcIgzWmHmmsMaq2890_htvanQJQQMeYejsdNZxLG9S0EDwzqo6Iv4ML7F7h0IN01Teo3zMRmvuxn-XueUElDt7HR5ljyTImcXbrUYP8DpGanMGgp627beQBaBVbA/s320/F5DAA7DF-0175-4AEC-872A-85FD30F1C357.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>with the finesse of a skilled chainsaw master...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCellHVByuWTDdRB2rZXhIlcy8YG9CVjJPb33YGO3yzud2H087nhlHud7MVSsMUBiEo03CeaXdOeEWIr4iRJkHcIQkwoXkYh73NA-xDsiGx3BJcuneY5E6SlDl37Qsh2eXX79fpuenjb16GQB0LoyRQ18Y3n9s3w89evW1Gf8Obb6zqTMxg/s1440/1FB7AC49-8C76-41F7-B4D3-EF557E1A2060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCellHVByuWTDdRB2rZXhIlcy8YG9CVjJPb33YGO3yzud2H087nhlHud7MVSsMUBiEo03CeaXdOeEWIr4iRJkHcIQkwoXkYh73NA-xDsiGx3BJcuneY5E6SlDl37Qsh2eXX79fpuenjb16GQB0LoyRQ18Y3n9s3w89evW1Gf8Obb6zqTMxg/s320/1FB7AC49-8C76-41F7-B4D3-EF557E1A2060.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And finally- we agreed it was time to hit the road and head back towards home..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>HEARD</b>: I heard the silence that can be had when camping during the week. On our way home, we stopped first at a COE spot just outside of Des Moines Iowa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3jw5Rh7yhXZsiIFbUWqgSHrrC6BY_tEwoYCC6nCgqd87PWzNt6wmWGuV5nZGY-50Bw6OIHdN0U8iQUsg7OgIuVY5cLgj6hbU-HXvte95pu1qVPCFVMvHONQ6GOMHsKuOd-5stPoGhPXhmZ78uQQACR0mnY-HIc5QTT7iATAwm7UeC3lUGQ/s4032/IMG_5398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3jw5Rh7yhXZsiIFbUWqgSHrrC6BY_tEwoYCC6nCgqd87PWzNt6wmWGuV5nZGY-50Bw6OIHdN0U8iQUsg7OgIuVY5cLgj6hbU-HXvte95pu1qVPCFVMvHONQ6GOMHsKuOd-5stPoGhPXhmZ78uQQACR0mnY-HIc5QTT7iATAwm7UeC3lUGQ/s320/IMG_5398.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prairie Flower Rec Center- Site D117</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOuwhmU6mYrJQyUwJqp0dWk1AuOMecUqIa6K_NPHVi7eaDFJP_aXnDNUGnp6a-8rvvAy482Jms6sS7zXgEma77FEJ5SjtjTV3qfj4x45oOIKNRZc3OFTJGNuhvzVFty0AHTpW7QUjSGrmj3biKz1DMXsF-NeTiKpNEkcXEWt2Ac_v96z88g/s1280/Kansas%20campground%20June.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="1280" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOuwhmU6mYrJQyUwJqp0dWk1AuOMecUqIa6K_NPHVi7eaDFJP_aXnDNUGnp6a-8rvvAy482Jms6sS7zXgEma77FEJ5SjtjTV3qfj4x45oOIKNRZc3OFTJGNuhvzVFty0AHTpW7QUjSGrmj3biKz1DMXsF-NeTiKpNEkcXEWt2Ac_v96z88g/s320/Kansas%20campground%20June.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>followed by West Rolling Hills-A12- just outside of Ft. Riley Kansas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Both of these places offered us a chance to unwind and relax- with near perfect camping weather, spacious sites and what makes us both happy- quiet fellow campers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">However, as the week progressed, more campers arrived at Rolling Hills- bringing with them their love of loud music and barking unattended dogs <span style="font-size: x-small;">(don't get me wrong- I love dogs-I just find it rude when folks bring their dogs, tether them outside to bark away and proceed to ignore said precious pet that had to brought along). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hubby and I agreed- it was time to make that final push to home</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacUGiBHNobV9v-VIhqjt38ZU6B20rhkf1VxHKa4BG90rFbv8G-Zlj0pSIrTwRViH1Y0ooBfa32cyIuMlUL7mK-yfjc1Sju-E0BeND6AWq3OC2SKPpa2ce2cPurC6uJU-AOSpVORc6Qxj6yTqZtWTOEZ0mY4YKoVX4_IIy8otO6O0NuT488A/s400/IMG_5430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="400" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacUGiBHNobV9v-VIhqjt38ZU6B20rhkf1VxHKa4BG90rFbv8G-Zlj0pSIrTwRViH1Y0ooBfa32cyIuMlUL7mK-yfjc1Sju-E0BeND6AWq3OC2SKPpa2ce2cPurC6uJU-AOSpVORc6Qxj6yTqZtWTOEZ0mY4YKoVX4_IIy8otO6O0NuT488A/s320/IMG_5430.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>but would also help us find our way back home...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQFfudIyQNW5QpnS6M4nHmTlE_MRpO-bi9DvT-r6RRGeombbqfGImF5VAAQ-PAH6q9zWjGHrWdUv_ll0zTALW_8EN24xgums5i0HnVN1w-PtdUEASwyMK1U5J1dJ2jbEZ2qB3eE3V-ID04k7WAdOxi9eJzMVSoKYI_UMKAxpYmk2XiKCedQ/s1280/IMG_5442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="1280" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQFfudIyQNW5QpnS6M4nHmTlE_MRpO-bi9DvT-r6RRGeombbqfGImF5VAAQ-PAH6q9zWjGHrWdUv_ll0zTALW_8EN24xgums5i0HnVN1w-PtdUEASwyMK1U5J1dJ2jbEZ2qB3eE3V-ID04k7WAdOxi9eJzMVSoKYI_UMKAxpYmk2XiKCedQ/s320/IMG_5442.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">All along, I joked that this was a <i>tour of obligation-</i> spending time with dad, connecting with him on his home court to see where assistance could be offered. I intentionally set out to add some new experiences to this trip- hence the addition of North Dakota and some camping on the way home- to sort of balance out the family obligations of this summer adventure.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We did it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Would we do it all again?....most likely not..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">But ya know what-<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWv8iK-B95wyxgPbe2lXsmtafGYWLwV7bH0-02XpedMEGFGAzjqAVlzmIpZN1R8IFWAdNeXNANN7qEAE69NEYy0LJ2ZEnR1QZsttQmM81Z2qfWrlzxU-rT8_2y8j_riJE6EKOJy-vnQzAFZkzFCPbjgWq8LPh_56a37XoX2o0Lv_Bt7TUvbQ/s1440/E4876D48-9F78-4CC8-974D-AFD5152227C9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1440" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWv8iK-B95wyxgPbe2lXsmtafGYWLwV7bH0-02XpedMEGFGAzjqAVlzmIpZN1R8IFWAdNeXNANN7qEAE69NEYy0LJ2ZEnR1QZsttQmM81Z2qfWrlzxU-rT8_2y8j_riJE6EKOJy-vnQzAFZkzFCPbjgWq8LPh_56a37XoX2o0Lv_Bt7TUvbQ/s320/E4876D48-9F78-4CC8-974D-AFD5152227C9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>While this trip certainly wasn't as perfect as I'd hoped- I had the perfect traveling companion by my side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> Not only does Hubby provide a steady- high quality source of photos to claim as my own on social media <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(yeah, I'm THAT kind of poster) , </span>does all the heavy lifting (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">just ask me how we got my dad out of the bathroom and ready for the ambulance crew)</span>, takes on the driving (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">even while recovering from COVID)</span>, humors me when I suggest something I found on <a href="https://www.roadsideamerica.com/">Roadside America- </a>he provides me and the Things something even more precious- Unconditional love and support...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Until next time ...I am reminded of this quote...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMY63SHQMLastE14F4vYZK-qmvJu4o226--fTzL2qU2EI9WWrBELJ2eWQb0pi2jkPtmA1hiUF4d5uEude1ECvJtnmPVmjut2H-ZPwBce1r7hrexrE2Z4b2DcnfBizJn-sis_wIAVMFzJ0sc5kGMXvqxjA0zcixdJZZ2OvmkztaCDaA_Ea2g/s848/Travel%20quotes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="848" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMY63SHQMLastE14F4vYZK-qmvJu4o226--fTzL2qU2EI9WWrBELJ2eWQb0pi2jkPtmA1hiUF4d5uEude1ECvJtnmPVmjut2H-ZPwBce1r7hrexrE2Z4b2DcnfBizJn-sis_wIAVMFzJ0sc5kGMXvqxjA0zcixdJZZ2OvmkztaCDaA_Ea2g/s320/Travel%20quotes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-29884720769002342712022-06-20T08:24:00.003-06:002022-07-10T09:26:07.823-06:00Summer of Fun-Chapter 2<p style="text-align: center;"><b> SAW-HEARD-DID</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>SAW: </b>Since I last checked in, I have seen how quickly things can change. Mostly in terms of physical health and well being but other ways as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMlSxM3_LEbIZvEJyK0Tp-ttWPLj8KMtojxcYh0o2ej2aJk0tPwo98WmP5z8P74ZYoaULHL2CCaHBNf7bx4ghzy31Of8IMURwNt8gOhaseD22hBiWd-N-rUM0WRLHof7Tez_1Kg7jC8ONGTXer6uA2UtBBAsxXGN1s1p2yFM_XvK1QjLdCA/s398/IMG_5211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="398" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMlSxM3_LEbIZvEJyK0Tp-ttWPLj8KMtojxcYh0o2ej2aJk0tPwo98WmP5z8P74ZYoaULHL2CCaHBNf7bx4ghzy31Of8IMURwNt8gOhaseD22hBiWd-N-rUM0WRLHof7Tez_1Kg7jC8ONGTXer6uA2UtBBAsxXGN1s1p2yFM_XvK1QjLdCA/s320/IMG_5211.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A perfect place to recover from my Scooter road rash-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A COE campground near Spring Valley WI</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKYW0SnZ_Eaucd2Z6WjPNVIhCd8S5thLxnGQ5FcGEjmKMkCDtTdtkq56Fi4XO3LNvc0suW0ISi1j73kDNuEEfdyOFPk7hCdUj-WGi9Ny1CyVvjUl1hAZ0qQOZwGhuTaxd3F_3Yz_bK9EBq_WIzcnKGuyx2ir-l1aD-tIQJlxw6bz-RHX3nQ/s868/FD281ECA-0B82-43DA-9B6A-FA620BC57079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="868" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKYW0SnZ_Eaucd2Z6WjPNVIhCd8S5thLxnGQ5FcGEjmKMkCDtTdtkq56Fi4XO3LNvc0suW0ISi1j73kDNuEEfdyOFPk7hCdUj-WGi9Ny1CyVvjUl1hAZ0qQOZwGhuTaxd3F_3Yz_bK9EBq_WIzcnKGuyx2ir-l1aD-tIQJlxw6bz-RHX3nQ/s320/FD281ECA-0B82-43DA-9B6A-FA620BC57079.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoying all the traditional sights of rural WI...from classic red barns</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="585" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAw3ntw7axXUa0Tv-KJ7-4qsGYdeSygWJO65-ia8PaRoQ5jmTvE23m7HP2glutLERaUaxRRaF88lgHtZpMTzpGUQFYJLEeQNXhKTCulCAzDW5Wpq-CQ7mCm3Ok_kiBouOoCNi1TJcQmzMe7dxkLJ8c5vXxW60zBr9Pa-F_qy2N6Kg1dgJnSw/s320/087D4BD7-7EF4-480E-8367-6DBE0DBC7F0B.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where the fishermen haul their boat with the buggy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJgKSAMNe4O91i3yAAMQVvbOiE6_BLSnww6xNlM85XqT96x59XSt5X9LmTjbcVy76ZRkjA38MxYGQ5qjbeMiGv64EpiMpex7rL6gINH1ZmfEEnTKFrgatMrzdnQhzHB3QR_a9TU6xaKzz_vRX5deAhJfBzZz6DfyVgYCrs0awxX0TQpUHBQ/s320/A2B79B29-E949-4703-A3E3-C8C104F74009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="320" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJgKSAMNe4O91i3yAAMQVvbOiE6_BLSnww6xNlM85XqT96x59XSt5X9LmTjbcVy76ZRkjA38MxYGQ5qjbeMiGv64EpiMpex7rL6gINH1ZmfEEnTKFrgatMrzdnQhzHB3QR_a9TU6xaKzz_vRX5deAhJfBzZz6DfyVgYCrs0awxX0TQpUHBQ/s1600/A2B79B29-E949-4703-A3E3-C8C104F74009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I got myself back in the saddle after my tumble</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJ76zC0HZdPDl8yNbdLBvxz8t3EqoTD38ssOldikQUhqsT43WtvZw-rm35lMCca67iT9m2jPe53CSGIs1cXeAirTsjEsyr8DwjlhbFU9tMfG1wOL3Pu2euMkcR6TSquCoxybAVD0pay_HDLD-F5B6tojL6TIydtGJerdXg8cTb72j9f8NOQ/s585/A5102ED9-5F1D-4944-B1FB-C2B8E48F8457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="585" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJ76zC0HZdPDl8yNbdLBvxz8t3EqoTD38ssOldikQUhqsT43WtvZw-rm35lMCca67iT9m2jPe53CSGIs1cXeAirTsjEsyr8DwjlhbFU9tMfG1wOL3Pu2euMkcR6TSquCoxybAVD0pay_HDLD-F5B6tojL6TIydtGJerdXg8cTb72j9f8NOQ/s320/A5102ED9-5F1D-4944-B1FB-C2B8E48F8457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ah, goodness Guernsey, can't you just smell the "Dairy Air"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">We arrived at our planned destination on Friday, 6.10. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaRl088bW_aRB4y9_owJH-TEWDW9P-Ed6yxDLwrx15BU3MzpkooCnouXjhS6hW33eEtVLmKfEi8pkTncELX30WQr99x5xeXgvqwwxKNyQN2mz9WK7dXRWCzVFi_80AitEvbevNwBp_8oVf_tPSt-xq49USw7Tn0GmlGv8ETDiWRIWB7_Rpw/s1795/6C88753E-64E5-49EB-AF38-1FC6E79DB2ED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaRl088bW_aRB4y9_owJH-TEWDW9P-Ed6yxDLwrx15BU3MzpkooCnouXjhS6hW33eEtVLmKfEi8pkTncELX30WQr99x5xeXgvqwwxKNyQN2mz9WK7dXRWCzVFi_80AitEvbevNwBp_8oVf_tPSt-xq49USw7Tn0GmlGv8ETDiWRIWB7_Rpw/s320/6C88753E-64E5-49EB-AF38-1FC6E79DB2ED.jpg" width="257" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The summer plan has always been to spend some quality time with my dad- to help<i> gently encourage</i> him to consider "what next" when it comes to declining health and independent living. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Well, so much for gentle...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnZGY4nSJrCyh-NSmTcaOoLamFQlygF6KKTX7cmExvyta5Zj8sCSlgiGasAgwi1QGl2-6_wBkBEu9YRl-5yXHFsB2wvTqgysP1as7LGvgPRkoxbarIAwReqlKXz7bd_7XK-q-4AtNu1yyCrLjKM848tY1iVwdw_bGB-kIEdRDwJFPn9wz4Q/s1795/6DB3652A-275B-4702-80D9-2113B9B5197C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnZGY4nSJrCyh-NSmTcaOoLamFQlygF6KKTX7cmExvyta5Zj8sCSlgiGasAgwi1QGl2-6_wBkBEu9YRl-5yXHFsB2wvTqgysP1as7LGvgPRkoxbarIAwReqlKXz7bd_7XK-q-4AtNu1yyCrLjKM848tY1iVwdw_bGB-kIEdRDwJFPn9wz4Q/s320/6DB3652A-275B-4702-80D9-2113B9B5197C.jpg" width="257" /></a></div></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Friday my dad shared that he'd been exposed to COVID earlier in the week. Ok, no big deal-he's been vaccinated and boosted-and had little symptoms.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Saturday-he thought "maybe I should take a COVID test". Not really mentioning symptoms, I figured it was just a courtesy thing knowing we were due to attend a family wedding later that day.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpK6oBhnrlwXyAL-7ne3nGwYy-lVUR6YhXmVwj4ZQgzBmhocAURiBTaEZ38TBIsZClSeZishO7ZG5ANseV-RypRT8XzmzdNmVJBqDSByYpuIMPdJkavMn-GmfGovholBTzVKm9IxwcM1Nek4FykHlPpBbHKVY2Vd0Vf0pwfRLb2ToVq774g/s4032/67664665549__F37133E0-CB49-4988-8BB7-D987C9145F34.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpK6oBhnrlwXyAL-7ne3nGwYy-lVUR6YhXmVwj4ZQgzBmhocAURiBTaEZ38TBIsZClSeZishO7ZG5ANseV-RypRT8XzmzdNmVJBqDSByYpuIMPdJkavMn-GmfGovholBTzVKm9IxwcM1Nek4FykHlPpBbHKVY2Vd0Vf0pwfRLb2ToVq774g/s320/67664665549__F37133E0-CB49-4988-8BB7-D987C9145F34.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">When it turned positive (faint on the home test), we shifted gears and decided I'd leave the men folk here and I'd go to the wedding solo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">By early Sunday morning, my hubby had called-using his calm but concerned voice-"things are ok, but I need you home as soon as possible". I've heard that voice a time or two...and knew that something wasn't right back at my dad's place...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiz89KdiWfBNo85OJPwOqdh1S9ctC4u251KJkBhbVvDtWLRJMK9t1ZNxrH464dIvXaEg7bOhJnfjgkK9Gn9nHWT3UQLuDEUA3-hKBohx4fUVNk8mD4pDzntH1UpatHCBclyxK2sWA1nZJoKEDg_axN1QHQ-AT6pfJfH8fyTXhPcbXoZCIkdw/s4032/67675106983__2DCD585C-98AE-43E3-B17B-A32169844924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiz89KdiWfBNo85OJPwOqdh1S9ctC4u251KJkBhbVvDtWLRJMK9t1ZNxrH464dIvXaEg7bOhJnfjgkK9Gn9nHWT3UQLuDEUA3-hKBohx4fUVNk8mD4pDzntH1UpatHCBclyxK2sWA1nZJoKEDg_axN1QHQ-AT6pfJfH8fyTXhPcbXoZCIkdw/s320/67675106983__2DCD585C-98AE-43E3-B17B-A32169844924.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I skipped my plans to see the sights of Chippewa Falls, and made the 90 minute drive home.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Within a matter of hours- we were calling 911 and my dad was on his way to the ER for evaluation of a variety of symptoms.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Talk about pivoting on a dime...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_bU5aWp7VpS2PTItxqUBydGsr0X1NjvzPF5RxSS2ZquFYDf_LBUunga0sRM-MTQngF9_KssgxYshbqOqCK_kAlXRuHo_tpcbWp_Sep3T3wUXckDlUOF7GZaSH-0DpB_aC9BkIED6JIAqy4-WeLrnOS8G2BL9QB93lH1Eg0rGBPnxFzfoAw/s4032/IMG_5303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_bU5aWp7VpS2PTItxqUBydGsr0X1NjvzPF5RxSS2ZquFYDf_LBUunga0sRM-MTQngF9_KssgxYshbqOqCK_kAlXRuHo_tpcbWp_Sep3T3wUXckDlUOF7GZaSH-0DpB_aC9BkIED6JIAqy4-WeLrnOS8G2BL9QB93lH1Eg0rGBPnxFzfoAw/s320/IMG_5303.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dust is settling- the patients are recovering and we shall survive.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh yes- patients as in plural- in Hubby's effort to be superman for my dad- he was exposed to a significant viral load and he too is recovering from COVID. With the exception of a trip to urgent care (to score some antiviral medication), he's been able to recover outside of hospitalization.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKFr2cVjZCzojGgJuR5gbRE171DPkSOM17XbrFR-fERYFRnvnBbZgOtCJNR961h_GRZvepqGzBSmuwgYlll5IoGu_zIjlAeKg2hLA9HrgFCxB4qtsBRgWFKGtVUdI-KEa7kxgrDY-zS5YtfkWw1p0BTqaNfND8xAH2NXFXV6DGXXXULG27w/s4032/IMG_5284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKFr2cVjZCzojGgJuR5gbRE171DPkSOM17XbrFR-fERYFRnvnBbZgOtCJNR961h_GRZvepqGzBSmuwgYlll5IoGu_zIjlAeKg2hLA9HrgFCxB4qtsBRgWFKGtVUdI-KEa7kxgrDY-zS5YtfkWw1p0BTqaNfND8xAH2NXFXV6DGXXXULG27w/s320/IMG_5284.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>HEARD</b>- In between the chaos- I have heard the calming voices of ER and hospital staff. Two years into this process, I was happy to see both the ER doctor and the inpatient internist taking my dad's health seriously and looking at the big picture</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvNhe5ZhywURpNrXQC3Eg9nt4vibQ32pkOpMpTCdzt_CeDdo1ZsX-BL2h4VZmKXQyhgrpiz4yP24rtT1qLIIzsRzCWnkzOiPeGhQY6IU0adPZronAnedZGp2VN6vTx7finmG5ypeBJ_KI8pbPCS-vnaxN3TDW3Ajc9Fo-e531HatDkeidLQ/s4032/IMG_5311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvNhe5ZhywURpNrXQC3Eg9nt4vibQ32pkOpMpTCdzt_CeDdo1ZsX-BL2h4VZmKXQyhgrpiz4yP24rtT1qLIIzsRzCWnkzOiPeGhQY6IU0adPZronAnedZGp2VN6vTx7finmG5ypeBJ_KI8pbPCS-vnaxN3TDW3Ajc9Fo-e531HatDkeidLQ/s320/IMG_5311.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The inpatient rehab team-seems to have a narrower lens of "move 'em in, move 'em out" which I can appreciate to some degree but being on the patient end of things- it's been a bit of a bummer.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>DID</b>: Well, before the COVID hit the fan, I was able to sneak away for the family wedding. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUvmHaerE4egSbtbrhtGYkLYmA66Ws3DeFeKLneHQ-uZkLep4PcsV10gzvwEM9Hbp_E8ng6TDr37c4IY-7rfU9ivGKqZSdg9N50BQj4TaXNa77rLDEgXT_dBDOazjS59ukdqazMMx8nIBZE8kmGNNt5CNFwm6xPSe4_zLPvpTAsB1q1HUsA/s4032/IMG_5259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnUvmHaerE4egSbtbrhtGYkLYmA66Ws3DeFeKLneHQ-uZkLep4PcsV10gzvwEM9Hbp_E8ng6TDr37c4IY-7rfU9ivGKqZSdg9N50BQj4TaXNa77rLDEgXT_dBDOazjS59ukdqazMMx8nIBZE8kmGNNt5CNFwm6xPSe4_zLPvpTAsB1q1HUsA/s320/IMG_5259.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">My cousin's youngest son was the groom- and attending this event gave me a chance to see my paternal aunt and her kids in a happy setting. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVB97MZVS43NEq42fxb88LnlLgA6YCic7YssAQaCiEYaBKJy09EeS2UAs1ze5TEvnWAjnOU8aZ3a6aprKtEutQxN67aJcvZlEIlkeLyh8jtYwu0C4ybPorgIBW2b4w6PyTr4ZVS7LW7er50NJz3hwJrwJwvYGCyLQKETJ0nSCMpYKA08Jqw/s4032/IMG_5263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVB97MZVS43NEq42fxb88LnlLgA6YCic7YssAQaCiEYaBKJy09EeS2UAs1ze5TEvnWAjnOU8aZ3a6aprKtEutQxN67aJcvZlEIlkeLyh8jtYwu0C4ybPorgIBW2b4w6PyTr4ZVS7LW7er50NJz3hwJrwJwvYGCyLQKETJ0nSCMpYKA08Jqw/s320/IMG_5263.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Beautiful wedding on a lake- aside from a downpour just an hour before the ceremony-it was a perfect day for a wedding. Wisconsin weather at its' finest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98yR3eYLWS-k8QPWINnKiKaPjf-jU6FVtWh5uct2qmod2wjas-jOdi4-g_1tKnMLD11MT1X-R6BAPrXVyvCb-YMbBRvKsnmepLpWYXwtrN6_ZOXc5gfVjRzQPfd2HrsUpcOadnZrSQKJKpfEfwpUOe_b1Q1nout8wePKHUOQTwMdQ7R_T8A/s4032/IMG_5272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98yR3eYLWS-k8QPWINnKiKaPjf-jU6FVtWh5uct2qmod2wjas-jOdi4-g_1tKnMLD11MT1X-R6BAPrXVyvCb-YMbBRvKsnmepLpWYXwtrN6_ZOXc5gfVjRzQPfd2HrsUpcOadnZrSQKJKpfEfwpUOe_b1Q1nout8wePKHUOQTwMdQ7R_T8A/s320/IMG_5272.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbF7NsQQEc4TzNhy7ixPnrO1j4ekdDEgXvFp_nDrYoIN_yUtkJIaIZNeziTmFyAPTjOQ4Vx5MeIik49ZtnJG724qe_7Zlp8EKAHjCXj2a-M0FJx_InUjxpJoj4kIwkbQMIQzpGYY2NMJ5zt1fGArdWNmtG0zTpYPSSXD7FgSzhl5R57WW7Q/s4032/IMG_5269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbF7NsQQEc4TzNhy7ixPnrO1j4ekdDEgXvFp_nDrYoIN_yUtkJIaIZNeziTmFyAPTjOQ4Vx5MeIik49ZtnJG724qe_7Zlp8EKAHjCXj2a-M0FJx_InUjxpJoj4kIwkbQMIQzpGYY2NMJ5zt1fGArdWNmtG0zTpYPSSXD7FgSzhl5R57WW7Q/s320/IMG_5269.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I also took a day for some self care- taking a drive up the Great River Road. Starting in Lacrosse, I crossed the mighty M, and drove along to the Minnesota town of Winona, and then crossed the river again, and headed back to home base here in Holmen. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Along the way I </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vUa7VJZyPxJRGXIZpkqWNhkDWHtkeCulqok8dGNZBffMdTs14clHkZsKyQZFMzOOm1BzG4CHt4QYkUql0Iyq_FKLqgT0yenIFg9KOLoJSi5zoetHs4jx-to1tuqTl9E-BvbL9_R6frynBAarTIOx9clGE2BeMoEA2Ztfp05fV9hN2f670A/s4032/IMG_5316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vUa7VJZyPxJRGXIZpkqWNhkDWHtkeCulqok8dGNZBffMdTs14clHkZsKyQZFMzOOm1BzG4CHt4QYkUql0Iyq_FKLqgT0yenIFg9KOLoJSi5zoetHs4jx-to1tuqTl9E-BvbL9_R6frynBAarTIOx9clGE2BeMoEA2Ztfp05fV9hN2f670A/s320/IMG_5316.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Picked up a flight of wine to go </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">(the patio was perfect for sampling wine-just not somewhere I wanted to explore solo).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfqE2wcE90tAjiNHzvzVp9HlU2Z96oYyQja6G8tPt9DskUcNKcEMaga5IM7vO03l2ZJ41GP3v6eTmxGPfUi2UiBq9zAhaK1iHnBj40YmwAY3hLJU2WBI9gFRP1aE-E1CzRQQK5Mz05dM55_YOrwrA1aimNrDQR_sOufM0i1W87xK-T7FwXQ/s4032/IMG_5328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfqE2wcE90tAjiNHzvzVp9HlU2Z96oYyQja6G8tPt9DskUcNKcEMaga5IM7vO03l2ZJ41GP3v6eTmxGPfUi2UiBq9zAhaK1iHnBj40YmwAY3hLJU2WBI9gFRP1aE-E1CzRQQK5Mz05dM55_YOrwrA1aimNrDQR_sOufM0i1W87xK-T7FwXQ/s320/IMG_5328.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Strolled through the 2008 winner of "Scenic Beauty award" </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">by a team called Citizens for Scenic Wisconsin <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(never knew such a committee existed, but there ya go</span>)...Galesville, WI</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">While in the moment, I still felt my head and heart filled with worries- Recovering from COVID is challenging enough, but you toss in some "co-morbidities" and well, the worries just climb.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxYStIsoiAJKkeeWX_elwlGyLfKazbb8y-OBTQEltJrNUBVSjVIUwLyx0mNB9cGAxxvZ-NpmT_GZYutnnKlMirzbKZqa_GtnytUtqI0pLSjch2xlKzNP_2IWcQjNxHnJeBhCwk1MXa-9z9sRd9-7-TJMEuIFC0yM9FmE6LSMtsDWjoQCagg/s4032/IMG_5276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxYStIsoiAJKkeeWX_elwlGyLfKazbb8y-OBTQEltJrNUBVSjVIUwLyx0mNB9cGAxxvZ-NpmT_GZYutnnKlMirzbKZqa_GtnytUtqI0pLSjch2xlKzNP_2IWcQjNxHnJeBhCwk1MXa-9z9sRd9-7-TJMEuIFC0yM9FmE6LSMtsDWjoQCagg/s320/IMG_5276.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I guess that's it....Until next time- wash your hands, cover your cough, get the 2nd booster, save room for pie...and enjoy the ride...ya never know when the views will be changing...</div></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-35704251964810477412022-06-07T17:32:00.000-06:002022-07-10T09:26:18.657-06:00Summer of Fun- Chapter 1<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>Saw- Heard-Did</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">In keeping with my summer tradition- it's time to dust off the "saw-heard-did" prompt to reflect on our summer adventures. I wish I could commit myself to updating weekly- but I've found through trial and error- that just doesn't happen. So instead- when the summer spirit moves me, and I have access to my laptop- I shall try to update the blog. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Saw</b>- I saw myself reaching the finish line of the school year. I believe this is my 12th year as a school nurse- proving again that while the days are long, the years fly by. This year seemed like it would never end, and then once we hit May- time sped up. Oh yeah- I can live with that. Of course, now I kindly ask that it slow down so I can savor the 9+ weeks of time off.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5SQpc661HM4j-Hqcany800d1g1hykJbGVhgwwWV-XDsUgypPl6irlRdi2NrIwYkQg3PEVKuYP1-CpV9yvLaiDEtgnsYWstYkgqluPu8f96AE8ObHsnNoT8s5I3CfTchjCizICAH05cYIDNfAb5tHV0_o_MqKiKPvFJsL6YU9p9M4ElAvyw/s4032/IMG_5002.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5SQpc661HM4j-Hqcany800d1g1hykJbGVhgwwWV-XDsUgypPl6irlRdi2NrIwYkQg3PEVKuYP1-CpV9yvLaiDEtgnsYWstYkgqluPu8f96AE8ObHsnNoT8s5I3CfTchjCizICAH05cYIDNfAb5tHV0_o_MqKiKPvFJsL6YU9p9M4ElAvyw/s320/IMG_5002.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I also saw how Hubby and I had to work together, along with the support of friends near and far, to help ensure we were all set to leave town as planned. Technical difficulties with the preferred tow vehicle meant if I wanted to do any sight seeing- I needed to agree to the side car or consider gearing up to ride the Scooter. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Come on Stewie- let's hit the road...</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6J2Se2iruI-Vk8BaS8I7qf2bnslQZiJ3CzkZ5mvYkdQ2ZTDQj4rnnIT6LMjoHQJ8Ck6CcZxp-EmH6qIshR96mjPTSiJp5Sfs8W2kM4VD6E-DFKUQhE7DXq5GI-uYU4sBd30K_A4FZMWkL6-g1NFRK2QfhrymHbzcYOJwatmpK-gff5BRwfg/s963/6506130B-9B12-4FF4-AC0F-2361E1FFDF81.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="963" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6J2Se2iruI-Vk8BaS8I7qf2bnslQZiJ3CzkZ5mvYkdQ2ZTDQj4rnnIT6LMjoHQJ8Ck6CcZxp-EmH6qIshR96mjPTSiJp5Sfs8W2kM4VD6E-DFKUQhE7DXq5GI-uYU4sBd30K_A4FZMWkL6-g1NFRK2QfhrymHbzcYOJwatmpK-gff5BRwfg/s320/6506130B-9B12-4FF4-AC0F-2361E1FFDF81.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Heard</b><b>: </b>This first week of travel- we've heard the whistling of the trains (perhaps too often in Crawford Nebraska- apparently it's a popular freight route), the swoosh of the wind across the Dakota territory and the crunch of gravel (no photos-but let's just say Stewie and I briefly parted ways when we encountered gravel and a turn at too much speed). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> We heard tales of Custer's last home-before he headed off to the Battle of Little Big Horn. </div></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivi_XGrmJo1ZhO4qNtzlIfzoEI0ACPL7Z5m0s1xyeCBUHQ12APdEDzAvoTT14PBr0FZr1TcEMN43fJisjB1SZ7ctq587w_eSTp27diK6K2178RJaeFoVOYFKiDfBu1Ka0oc_nZTjgWaSWC_jNpsFdUBqiKfMgfGew61nF_7jncSrMfdMlcJg/s1279/CD4B5CB9-4D92-466C-937C-C6EB54467B61.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="1279" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivi_XGrmJo1ZhO4qNtzlIfzoEI0ACPL7Z5m0s1xyeCBUHQ12APdEDzAvoTT14PBr0FZr1TcEMN43fJisjB1SZ7ctq587w_eSTp27diK6K2178RJaeFoVOYFKiDfBu1Ka0oc_nZTjgWaSWC_jNpsFdUBqiKfMgfGew61nF_7jncSrMfdMlcJg/s320/CD4B5CB9-4D92-466C-937C-C6EB54467B61.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>As the tour guide showed us the piano could use a tune up...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfQb8sOyWdVyLl_fvjyn7y_N6b8v8nu8LjTGID73hil7uLoTaDQhhlZ7oIrD55FrzE0XS00j-uQ1F0uPRUBIyVbgIF3rKxFWCoCHKPQW58V2nqWDIaWusQ0Szp3CGPAVJNOma7bNQ2lU3UCXDLOgU2ZbgB1WZsNMS94jvSdjpQfB0kqZJhw/s4032/IMG_5158.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfQb8sOyWdVyLl_fvjyn7y_N6b8v8nu8LjTGID73hil7uLoTaDQhhlZ7oIrD55FrzE0XS00j-uQ1F0uPRUBIyVbgIF3rKxFWCoCHKPQW58V2nqWDIaWusQ0Szp3CGPAVJNOma7bNQ2lU3UCXDLOgU2ZbgB1WZsNMS94jvSdjpQfB0kqZJhw/s320/IMG_5158.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep-General Custer was quite the avid hunter...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRnQWfGOcVF9LxKdFhYqaUBZt9BMeY7dMdEWSlcRjeXoz7c8-9Npv2eLTnotbTVKc68xwvmJrBArsREzu5eNc1ykdnxLzzX_4N5q6JqbcEVP2Y9G3JGOIpXmLXkfPb8ERFnJJ0mELLwOWADIMuBIK2GXVLUqpddvgCdpOoHUjMIOqgvE4ag/s1440/82D52320-DCEF-4E44-AA59-8019C8114DFF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRnQWfGOcVF9LxKdFhYqaUBZt9BMeY7dMdEWSlcRjeXoz7c8-9Npv2eLTnotbTVKc68xwvmJrBArsREzu5eNc1ykdnxLzzX_4N5q6JqbcEVP2Y9G3JGOIpXmLXkfPb8ERFnJJ0mELLwOWADIMuBIK2GXVLUqpddvgCdpOoHUjMIOqgvE4ag/s320/82D52320-DCEF-4E44-AA59-8019C8114DFF.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Nope- so far, we're off to a great start in terms of finding quiet campgrounds-clean and respectful fellow campers...and buffalo that keep to themselves (mostly-this guy was serving as the guard of the restroom- good thing we travel with our own toilet on board!)</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDv5Q6Hrq5J9r4is7ULIM40aKVYnzI42IlS8MGkuyPWjt8idt4WCv2iIq_Ket_uqd8lRpO4hy9LP4gguJ01b39s-gj5KKjIx9cyR9V0IMrB9H_58UqO10GtuPSKmlg8VQ6TtQdynP0ZCb6mSQI79wXP9kOkarMTqkOMH6D1tpOIfs2_DFJEA/s723/BA72E95E-E78A-42E1-874B-EDF2B89292D7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="723" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDv5Q6Hrq5J9r4is7ULIM40aKVYnzI42IlS8MGkuyPWjt8idt4WCv2iIq_Ket_uqd8lRpO4hy9LP4gguJ01b39s-gj5KKjIx9cyR9V0IMrB9H_58UqO10GtuPSKmlg8VQ6TtQdynP0ZCb6mSQI79wXP9kOkarMTqkOMH6D1tpOIfs2_DFJEA/s320/BA72E95E-E78A-42E1-874B-EDF2B89292D7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Did:</b> We did the Dakotas! Still not sure why- other than I've had it in my head for the better part of the year that I wanted to check out Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP). I had heard that it was here that Roosevelt came up with the idea for the national park system. Was curious what would be so inspirational for him to commit to such a concept? I have since learned that it was here that he came to heal his grieving heart, fell in love with the western frontier and returned to the east coast- ready to face life's challenges and enter the world of politics. And well, the rest is history.... </p><p style="text-align: left;">Taking this more northern route would add only about 300 miles to our planned route, and allow us to see something new. With the promise of lighter crowds and cooler temps, Hubby was of course all in. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Did it meet our expectations? </i> Yes-I believe it did...but then again, the bar was set rather low. I mean come on- we live in Colorado and we go to ND to see beauty? Even the flag guys at the construction site were questioning "why'd you come here" (side bar- never realized when you are stuck waiting for your turn on a road construction, when you are on a scooter-the crew gets a little more chatty-it was actually a pleasant way to pass the time-and we learned that all the green we were seeing-was far from the norm-rather a result of late wet spring.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Ok, enough with the slams about ND- we were pleasantly surprised to see how green these plains are, the gentle roll to the terrain was another pleasant surprise, and the near empty highways were equally welcome treat.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>What took us by surprise? </i> For starters, we both agree that the Badlands of SD are a 'been there-done that" sort of place. We'd visited about 5 years ago- and actually stayed at the same area. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDHFgi2ZJekWjnRKn7hj-1v4HAVOKXGLlpbE1wCRqOOIn6r_HLNt0Ez07qfPQUBW6tz5BB5UkDbBE3_FjrUiKhdDv_uUWVBlbRUm2xAEW5jqIjikmWutIsFjFWzNT8gbX77Vsf5__llgOq5IOCtvKQtXj3dXsqsKGZbRzphuHXALh9A2M-w/s1280/IMG_5096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="917" data-original-width="1280" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDHFgi2ZJekWjnRKn7hj-1v4HAVOKXGLlpbE1wCRqOOIn6r_HLNt0Ez07qfPQUBW6tz5BB5UkDbBE3_FjrUiKhdDv_uUWVBlbRUm2xAEW5jqIjikmWutIsFjFWzNT8gbX77Vsf5__llgOq5IOCtvKQtXj3dXsqsKGZbRzphuHXALh9A2M-w/s320/IMG_5096.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"> Way more crowded with fellow boondockers this time- but luckily very quiet and clean compared to some of the popular BLM spots we've visited in Colorado. The drive itself through the Badlands is not nearly as impressive the second time nor does it capture my heart like the rocks of Utah. But hey- it beat driving through the more crowded areas of the black hills so all in all it was good.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhef_8JXExYlaoJLaUBcZPfcOE6QqfBZ8x2SDwN3hq4mwTRS1Cw_5OhkhYzW7daSVOomWHViRLe_cPYMnZfT57hvqPn5bqnoFLZXDq7s3zOTfXVatD0Y2ZhmwjwujejYQD6f3AKmL59BraB-AffB77ARXVS-gJVzj28GavnRlcOpQ3H9PaU-A/s1173/C2E36274-CC0E-4039-9E5A-34A4D6138E9D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1173" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhef_8JXExYlaoJLaUBcZPfcOE6QqfBZ8x2SDwN3hq4mwTRS1Cw_5OhkhYzW7daSVOomWHViRLe_cPYMnZfT57hvqPn5bqnoFLZXDq7s3zOTfXVatD0Y2ZhmwjwujejYQD6f3AKmL59BraB-AffB77ARXVS-gJVzj28GavnRlcOpQ3H9PaU-A/s320/C2E36274-CC0E-4039-9E5A-34A4D6138E9D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The ND department of tourism really tries hard- there are so many of these various roadside "giants", all decently maintained (even if a little weather weary- ND does have some rough winters I hear), with good spots to turn around an RV hauling a trailer. And a little "phone in" narrative about the history of these roadside attractions.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijc0EHJtwhfwbUP3aAsJ9xNDG9lzUOBpFVVRZoqH13PQINGmfHqBHsp11iACHUtjWMxI3Rsxb-J-G7QT1RtV351_OLy3Rolq674CQ8UlhbtaKYvWcz_xIrazDhxku1rX_W1umyNo82CbuZW295qfBSyc0_GAKzruwV8YBlcwWJuwHPTa48GQ/s676/D68F44AB-2644-4E86-9D00-BA1027AEF42C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="676" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijc0EHJtwhfwbUP3aAsJ9xNDG9lzUOBpFVVRZoqH13PQINGmfHqBHsp11iACHUtjWMxI3Rsxb-J-G7QT1RtV351_OLy3Rolq674CQ8UlhbtaKYvWcz_xIrazDhxku1rX_W1umyNo82CbuZW295qfBSyc0_GAKzruwV8YBlcwWJuwHPTa48GQ/s320/D68F44AB-2644-4E86-9D00-BA1027AEF42C.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFHoAz8JtLZQpo68lM26RS7nrIuWfYXlX6fi17FwNOXkFAKIWamooXRhAT_c98M0TyppUEDvF6g-xSTFoAca5t2XfuwmfLmRH_UDyxitGOj8r5W74WiDGAbMjGFaYjmz09jnilbSFy_nlxhhLWKhewpCZyh5jIp0HScqJHnsuMAexRPapow/s1280/IMG_5124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1280" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFHoAz8JtLZQpo68lM26RS7nrIuWfYXlX6fi17FwNOXkFAKIWamooXRhAT_c98M0TyppUEDvF6g-xSTFoAca5t2XfuwmfLmRH_UDyxitGOj8r5W74WiDGAbMjGFaYjmz09jnilbSFy_nlxhhLWKhewpCZyh5jIp0HScqJHnsuMAexRPapow/s320/IMG_5124.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And their state parks? A+ for maintaining nice spacious campground, with the best shower house I've visited settled right in the middle of a historically rich area. It sure made for a pleasant way to spend a rather overcast-drizzly Sunday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58hiIVE5pVuBBFXNVc-cJSxxm9d3ZD1K0lS9H41-fTLAFN-yKPVEkcyeu1ZoNsbFplMFzvGjVfBoMW5agYJS_dMQlKUqzkShCJXJQf2xHmHpb0eyrSbwFCbI-wWBjzWyRv14LBK7GYr3HXhJS68j97hDwGnWnQ1MeeTRBDKK0cyV_Vl4_Mw/s1280/IMG_5177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58hiIVE5pVuBBFXNVc-cJSxxm9d3ZD1K0lS9H41-fTLAFN-yKPVEkcyeu1ZoNsbFplMFzvGjVfBoMW5agYJS_dMQlKUqzkShCJXJQf2xHmHpb0eyrSbwFCbI-wWBjzWyRv14LBK7GYr3HXhJS68j97hDwGnWnQ1MeeTRBDKK0cyV_Vl4_Mw/s320/IMG_5177.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And well now...it's time to wrap this up (and my wrist too-it's starting to ache a little more after my tumble earlier today)...and check out the "pick me up" treat we found after I took a tumble..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECfVx6gxdxVp7EYy4uizfIE9zjv2A73zwZs2izp7hJuKwexTKd1BU0vifcR9qNcR4tmC9wKqjCZvY4VSa2yatvCEANjLJQUPE2hM0_rIPWQdSrsyDFAgRvjvLrf2eW8OMJ4lmlVS2tsJ7XI1SymhYKEPohC_kvBdGGJyP2ilUuQZSmuC_QQ/s4032/IMG_5201.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECfVx6gxdxVp7EYy4uizfIE9zjv2A73zwZs2izp7hJuKwexTKd1BU0vifcR9qNcR4tmC9wKqjCZvY4VSa2yatvCEANjLJQUPE2hM0_rIPWQdSrsyDFAgRvjvLrf2eW8OMJ4lmlVS2tsJ7XI1SymhYKEPohC_kvBdGGJyP2ilUuQZSmuC_QQ/s320/IMG_5201.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Until next time...keep wandering and wondering...</div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-12418893151451577072022-05-26T11:04:00.000-06:002022-07-10T09:26:39.680-06:00Right Now- May Recap<p style="text-align: center;"><b> RIGHT NOW...</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening to </b>the morning chatter of the last day of the school year. Staff coming in with that sense of excitement and anticipation. Seems this is a popular day for me to do my May update- last year I recalled the same sounds but it really is a unique vibe- when all of us (save a couple administrative positions that work year round) head out for close to 10 weeks of unpaid time off. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaS8il63JNTwErzpikA1lf2zTyKAP79v8QZyVxxSojHSIMyRyWjgu8NToTP95X6Y1zvrXX8JMO4AN5NrHMiO2GIw9KLPnz6GQPnsCE0JiHqMM_cFU3jAPNyESKL-X34Vvds4xSeNAEVlbfGceiScUFR2rWNQS9G325PA-Plu8r9mkW0ggDw/s3780/AEF2094A-192D-40E2-B543-7D195F54ED21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaS8il63JNTwErzpikA1lf2zTyKAP79v8QZyVxxSojHSIMyRyWjgu8NToTP95X6Y1zvrXX8JMO4AN5NrHMiO2GIw9KLPnz6GQPnsCE0JiHqMM_cFU3jAPNyESKL-X34Vvds4xSeNAEVlbfGceiScUFR2rWNQS9G325PA-Plu8r9mkW0ggDw/s320/AEF2094A-192D-40E2-B543-7D195F54ED21.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When National Nurse Day falls on the same day as staff appreciation day- you really haul in on the sweet treats! </div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikat7E9JYcX8VJbwbiXS6oZU9tgpKd7lK1p15ytIpB9T_dnjYZ2AEx2S6QT6O1faXNY1Z7AUw3TVbgDRK5tl_9h6uyfZ7gsv1ykRDbtMvcz2X11nqBKvHBHVwTriIHo9SsWlADhR7kFDlxzX3oxOrAP7GS5l_YG9_twV4x7HIfaIVMnH0pZQ/s4032/IMG_4965.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikat7E9JYcX8VJbwbiXS6oZU9tgpKd7lK1p15ytIpB9T_dnjYZ2AEx2S6QT6O1faXNY1Z7AUw3TVbgDRK5tl_9h6uyfZ7gsv1ykRDbtMvcz2X11nqBKvHBHVwTriIHo9SsWlADhR7kFDlxzX3oxOrAP7GS5l_YG9_twV4x7HIfaIVMnH0pZQ/s320/IMG_4965.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><b>I'm loving</b> that this month has flown by...with minimal work drama, plenty of sunshine and some fun times spent with family and friends.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5xpbMwGtsTjunLj9wcqDizv-hQUrsy127X6r3ZCf9VZCWVA0kZyYeJRUMNTs9LJ674ao8aBkGrrLi3zZo3LCN94j9jKBYQV_M_9_qappjgOKJk6Q_dE70pHeJUe1_KAB7OeiYeLdXSG6aYZ1sM1NJApv3W0J-Vb4zqszw0ZiZPTezOS44w/s4032/IMG_4914.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV5xpbMwGtsTjunLj9wcqDizv-hQUrsy127X6r3ZCf9VZCWVA0kZyYeJRUMNTs9LJ674ao8aBkGrrLi3zZo3LCN94j9jKBYQV_M_9_qappjgOKJk6Q_dE70pHeJUe1_KAB7OeiYeLdXSG6aYZ1sM1NJApv3W0J-Vb4zqszw0ZiZPTezOS44w/s320/IMG_4914.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Let's start with family</i>- I was asked to join my god-daughter Sam as she received her nursing school pin. As nurses, we consider the pinning ceremony to be almost a bigger deal than the graduation itself. It is a time for reflection both on our own practice and a time for celebration, welcoming new graduates into a profession. With my own retirement on the near horizon- I found myself reflecting on how my practice has changed in 35 years, and what changes will Sam see over her career as a nurse. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnh0DR2mtXeN9XF8wLQXreTo3xImSZVvp3kTp_A8_gEiRBbH9KaLChXTqumxzEJq52wuv_ZFv7dfY7HzKZZQhaCDfr4st5OaZaNmjE-XvULoWtua2t9c0gWDqc8ercTqrGERtBbDip3f2QC0o4dUI0kTfAd9y8lQEBrs0WDEaZhTvr80Xkg/s4032/IMG_4939.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnh0DR2mtXeN9XF8wLQXreTo3xImSZVvp3kTp_A8_gEiRBbH9KaLChXTqumxzEJq52wuv_ZFv7dfY7HzKZZQhaCDfr4st5OaZaNmjE-XvULoWtua2t9c0gWDqc8ercTqrGERtBbDip3f2QC0o4dUI0kTfAd9y8lQEBrs0WDEaZhTvr80Xkg/s320/IMG_4939.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Saturday, we drove up to check in on my mom and other relatives. This is the year of "firsts" for my cousin, with her mom (my aunt) passing away this past August. It's always calming to walk through the cemetery, reading the inscriptions and recalling snippets of stories my grandmother would have shared (she was a private woman, so not a lot of stories were shared, but names were familiar)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpKuXYSl6FIq3kkG3V9VyPSUzMq15sZgMHPKkIvFBauIo3KZ3qDUyUrB1AWSDv_dZddUnjM3VS1x5ETqz4cBLQewXcV9z0rytGc6_wKNxYVhnmBtub12US-OuKBzcvcUwcSjMR2N58PX7Z3kRcQOe0lUUUzxOact1p0swJkPMX3obA40mjQ/s2334/IMG_4935.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="2334" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpKuXYSl6FIq3kkG3V9VyPSUzMq15sZgMHPKkIvFBauIo3KZ3qDUyUrB1AWSDv_dZddUnjM3VS1x5ETqz4cBLQewXcV9z0rytGc6_wKNxYVhnmBtub12US-OuKBzcvcUwcSjMR2N58PX7Z3kRcQOe0lUUUzxOact1p0swJkPMX3obA40mjQ/s320/IMG_4935.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One last shot of the little white church along the Wolf River...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxUTGogOmcz-QE7_Y79ICysV4mAeASASqpXEkEYReu31_72tZHC_j27p5vR8VLWqOS3AiHCRZuXrR4_FuQS75GYv6jMbFxaIJ2bPe_-6PD9vCyE4dLFrwX8f9JuidLqs2vB6zWgwtqvHOp6WXD6a6klj2MKKhJVXRPdOPosjP4II_Agy5qQ/s3024/IMG_4938.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2863" data-original-width="3024" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxUTGogOmcz-QE7_Y79ICysV4mAeASASqpXEkEYReu31_72tZHC_j27p5vR8VLWqOS3AiHCRZuXrR4_FuQS75GYv6jMbFxaIJ2bPe_-6PD9vCyE4dLFrwX8f9JuidLqs2vB6zWgwtqvHOp6WXD6a6klj2MKKhJVXRPdOPosjP4II_Agy5qQ/s320/IMG_4938.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next stop on the day of nostalgia was at the Red Mill</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzaWhOwW37_sNRxfoD7503CGVx3mJ7fcOEp4TsrmJTTrqbfqD8Yw7Fzc9blCsmKyJoUnyQAx1hXkv4C2smlBbdg3IVttfuG3Rf4FX_g00Nmx37HMpCmBySRpcGNGp9OlhoNV_CJP3J4hOgHsDAHMP-5CuFu18Lg7ZJk7jqcbYdqjUBCXKsQ/s3024/IMG_4950.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="3024" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzaWhOwW37_sNRxfoD7503CGVx3mJ7fcOEp4TsrmJTTrqbfqD8Yw7Fzc9blCsmKyJoUnyQAx1hXkv4C2smlBbdg3IVttfuG3Rf4FX_g00Nmx37HMpCmBySRpcGNGp9OlhoNV_CJP3J4hOgHsDAHMP-5CuFu18Lg7ZJk7jqcbYdqjUBCXKsQ/s320/IMG_4950.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Growing up, Cousin Sarah and I would spend a week with our grandmother. One given was that during that week long stay, Grandma would load us up in her car and we'd head over to the Red Mill. First built in the 1855, it was operational for close to 100 years and served as a resource for area farmers to grind both flour and livestock feed. In 1959, some retirees from Menomonee Falls (another curious coincidence as that is the small town that both my mom and my aunt spent years raising their families) bought the property at an auction, added a decorative water wheel and would later add a covered bridge and a small chapel. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qEWzTVPNl4VzhHSFM4BUOf0syl9z-m_p1dM2amzIqyB5093QSwa4AsryuYWt6ugKb6fEyFUuyyrfvCOKJfQvbBS7yAKwtIWHhiHUuSr-fYoQTW6bk5yqnWWmuHVZB3dhi9NyK7kl-356hz37ZdPMz_ErDlfAk__oI96pgIDQEj7FkZelbw/s4032/IMG_4955.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qEWzTVPNl4VzhHSFM4BUOf0syl9z-m_p1dM2amzIqyB5093QSwa4AsryuYWt6ugKb6fEyFUuyyrfvCOKJfQvbBS7yAKwtIWHhiHUuSr-fYoQTW6bk5yqnWWmuHVZB3dhi9NyK7kl-356hz37ZdPMz_ErDlfAk__oI96pgIDQEj7FkZelbw/s320/IMG_4955.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For Sarah and I- it is as time stood still- with many of the favorites still present...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hBGuXj_4onU7MCNUrkC72DHI_YtdJHqedtkN2sE6x_o8QYDXICawbTOJNeXnNftbXu9ajmM8q4SNQ4sWFDOrr66Dq_8bdzLVgoeQdu7MfkCwoDbMf8pBX1oycCOKr-COkBD776cd0eVaVjrt6wb9PODMeMScZqyFPb4vWHIa3P5mQiDBlg/s4032/IMG_4953.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hBGuXj_4onU7MCNUrkC72DHI_YtdJHqedtkN2sE6x_o8QYDXICawbTOJNeXnNftbXu9ajmM8q4SNQ4sWFDOrr66Dq_8bdzLVgoeQdu7MfkCwoDbMf8pBX1oycCOKr-COkBD776cd0eVaVjrt6wb9PODMeMScZqyFPb4vWHIa3P5mQiDBlg/s320/IMG_4953.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>From there, we swung by the small town that my maternal grandma and Sarah's maternal and paternal grandparents called home. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFueYfwncS-3vuUsWOTFIQq7DH5aXB0A2GO4QMuRBmf_YYgcN3fgvBH-IUY_Um2JXRKaDPR-xY7_34sLrCs2frSHa7a-4ea755EQbt-SQztKwIYOVScc8imM8UYehgz479lPovnTVYap0LdcIhsU67TzkvZthpJqJHWZp0NLkbXdIJ9XqEA/s4032/IMG_4978.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgFueYfwncS-3vuUsWOTFIQq7DH5aXB0A2GO4QMuRBmf_YYgcN3fgvBH-IUY_Um2JXRKaDPR-xY7_34sLrCs2frSHa7a-4ea755EQbt-SQztKwIYOVScc8imM8UYehgz479lPovnTVYap0LdcIhsU67TzkvZthpJqJHWZp0NLkbXdIJ9XqEA/s320/IMG_4978.HEIC" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grandma's cute little house on Birdsall street has seen better days...but fortunately, the root beer stand still serves yummy ice cream treats! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-42S7GJUwD4dpnf8TWpp9u61ihEaQTHiU0fvEz7s7h-b_HPBkQ5ieUMzNllR8_nyleh4gwCA-hYtDu0_sH-kTZY1c4Wd7dcWKptWFa5p6dtqIHSGIO3frP8TbHlm4ZrkAzWq3D7xgAgttvx6qajmyYdw0nsTMeYA9GpjXMTrzUPv74QpOg/s4032/IMG_4979.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-42S7GJUwD4dpnf8TWpp9u61ihEaQTHiU0fvEz7s7h-b_HPBkQ5ieUMzNllR8_nyleh4gwCA-hYtDu0_sH-kTZY1c4Wd7dcWKptWFa5p6dtqIHSGIO3frP8TbHlm4ZrkAzWq3D7xgAgttvx6qajmyYdw0nsTMeYA9GpjXMTrzUPv74QpOg/s320/IMG_4979.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">While in WI- I was fortunate to stay with a childhood friend and her husband. Nancy has recently moved out of the urban area, into the same bedroom community that my cousin has called home. </p><p style="text-align: left;"> While having been in her new house for less than 2 months- she still scouted out some fun stuff for us to check out. We visited the Museum of Wisconsin Art- which is a very small gallery featuring the works of Wisconsin native artists. From there, we hiked on one of the many bike/walking paths that had once been part of the rail system.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QFO4mCPMV-DaUphRIqtk3il2w1I3YUwwmuDNEM-FcyZW23syKa3OR7JVkLpc-w7P3LvCqC1mUmLVE2zS6xiNd5M-KPVySHc21_pOZyRPXVqdmp6cdq8IV7eiao1c5dvX8bSO3OIYqcI5wh-2QpjMzuBNrNaK0TZUPZFC_Ga-dapG6uOkRg/s4032/IMG_4983.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QFO4mCPMV-DaUphRIqtk3il2w1I3YUwwmuDNEM-FcyZW23syKa3OR7JVkLpc-w7P3LvCqC1mUmLVE2zS6xiNd5M-KPVySHc21_pOZyRPXVqdmp6cdq8IV7eiao1c5dvX8bSO3OIYqcI5wh-2QpjMzuBNrNaK0TZUPZFC_Ga-dapG6uOkRg/s320/IMG_4983.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">The weather was perfect, the time with traveling down memory lane was just right...and while a sliver of nostalgia crept in, I was eager to get back to where I have established my home- here in CO.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4TYNuszCj0qWKScGydFAsk_XGp0rPQnkcCxDiYitG23HT-bzHrngNv_Pmf_t7V8VQceS3y-gDg-TjrFVSobyiaNCxBzxkOAxxKyEtSFJAgTE2i6vZGBxy4tY1pScMP7mBt_GGIAhRjtQY3mgKQw6ZVGFEG71Iw5mvmtN9Solna7-qBwBqw/s2870/IMG_4980.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="2870" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4TYNuszCj0qWKScGydFAsk_XGp0rPQnkcCxDiYitG23HT-bzHrngNv_Pmf_t7V8VQceS3y-gDg-TjrFVSobyiaNCxBzxkOAxxKyEtSFJAgTE2i6vZGBxy4tY1pScMP7mBt_GGIAhRjtQY3mgKQw6ZVGFEG71Iw5mvmtN9Solna7-qBwBqw/s320/IMG_4980.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Moving on to time with friends</i><span style="text-align: left;">- the highlight was the derby party hosted by MB, and Jerry. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXN6OH4PBgnmlzRkJ7lHaDQCVKxLj1MyA-RHLEUDx5v6yJXNvDFfhjf11ALzXeaQKlYOdtu1-oalmofnwDiSIYUJ7QSgfN7-MRG66XsjLpS8BYESp4tuDicl7ZGJvF1mE6WCxG0LgIEFbd2G2A-yxQbRAHRXVeeRM7_ZiVv7Jdsama8vU5_A/s833/IMG_4841.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXN6OH4PBgnmlzRkJ7lHaDQCVKxLj1MyA-RHLEUDx5v6yJXNvDFfhjf11ALzXeaQKlYOdtu1-oalmofnwDiSIYUJ7QSgfN7-MRG66XsjLpS8BYESp4tuDicl7ZGJvF1mE6WCxG0LgIEFbd2G2A-yxQbRAHRXVeeRM7_ZiVv7Jdsama8vU5_A/s320/IMG_4841.PNG" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not my picture- but one I swiped from Instagram..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">How fun to see all of us in our finest derby hats and this year, mother nature cooperated with near perfect weather. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCqeoUm_zbdEsVzv05oftrX0Rq-9PaNLzJN15Fv9AulPqrlrzCss-vsOrycIJG1YU2kXMq5T49NQBal8dtQ8LQKwUYIIziE0GsJRcr14hez2zf92Jex8M1rytCIa_MODFMrverc4snyPL6nMWzuF6SXh1RqvsNzj6OyhuaYvQhXVet0ncig/s4016/PXL_20220508_002443374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="4016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCqeoUm_zbdEsVzv05oftrX0Rq-9PaNLzJN15Fv9AulPqrlrzCss-vsOrycIJG1YU2kXMq5T49NQBal8dtQ8LQKwUYIIziE0GsJRcr14hez2zf92Jex8M1rytCIa_MODFMrverc4snyPL6nMWzuF6SXh1RqvsNzj6OyhuaYvQhXVet0ncig/s320/PXL_20220508_002443374.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwhO8CZdxzaN5PpbLi_EnL_FRHyhMpa4RfVVasv3lU0gO4-k9fUypT01Gr5V7-0eHu1oSJqaPYJYwdciovn2q9u75J9DPDsepoXYt9bhcRuVHiTWCABsaNvKI_fOW4mNABMoBe_yxtvq5k6kSo3bFApCaA6UrsOdPv1YzAcLACHb5-dEthw/s3435/PXL_20220508_001250878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2545" data-original-width="3435" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwhO8CZdxzaN5PpbLi_EnL_FRHyhMpa4RfVVasv3lU0gO4-k9fUypT01Gr5V7-0eHu1oSJqaPYJYwdciovn2q9u75J9DPDsepoXYt9bhcRuVHiTWCABsaNvKI_fOW4mNABMoBe_yxtvq5k6kSo3bFApCaA6UrsOdPv1YzAcLACHb5-dEthw/s320/PXL_20220508_001250878.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling excited.</b> It's been a bumpy couple of years navigating a pandemic in a school setting. I personally have reached a point of saturation- that's not to say I don't care about COVID but I am not letting it rule the day here at work. I'm excited for the variety of travel Hubby and I have planned for the summer- some time just wandering, some time with family, some time exploring new areas with old friends. Wherever the road takes us- I say BRING.IT.ON!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3F9zF-DyyCHxK9Fl93m5oVxVlBi6XOO4RDHSroQD6V8JnDB6fGrYEdOoGk29NjLKLznkhTdjISgyNb1JBPlW0gVweLFoX6AU2mPQptjGlT29Shr6b339pOUz_QsX9j6ihu4Hnxv69NghBUzcEkpnuHcMqxpfUREliXRJf-rdI2EJvjOFcQ/s3088/IMG_4869.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3F9zF-DyyCHxK9Fl93m5oVxVlBi6XOO4RDHSroQD6V8JnDB6fGrYEdOoGk29NjLKLznkhTdjISgyNb1JBPlW0gVweLFoX6AU2mPQptjGlT29Shr6b339pOUz_QsX9j6ihu4Hnxv69NghBUzcEkpnuHcMqxpfUREliXRJf-rdI2EJvjOFcQ/s320/IMG_4869.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15504252339539190830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16695389.post-75907628314583895202022-04-30T11:52:00.000-06:002022-07-10T09:26:51.686-06:00Right Now-April Recap<p style="text-align: center;"> <b>RIGHT NOW</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm listening </b>to the sounds of Saturday chores. The washer has been purring since I first got up, and will likely stay busy for most of the day. The wind is also howling, but luckily not as fierce as last night when the crazy cat was certain there were intruders in the attic-as the baffles of the attic fan flapped in the strong breeze generated by Mother Nature</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving</b> that what I consider to be '<i>the longest month of the school year</i>" has come to a close. Now we just have to slide our way through the 4 weeks of May (we finish up right before Memorial Day). </p><p style="text-align: left;">To help pass the time, I found myself tapping into my silly-sassy self (something I don't usual express that much at work-where I am more the super nurturing den mom type of school nurse) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFkoW284indrPpcBLXZHoC7osznZbx7Mn9Fc3wlKHCeSfJLtbp4DUV11SsMENo8TjLq0b0h8CdzGt7zbgC6C29siZ_loUAu-Sn2R2WH-HLX-pGqIUK0GjYAb6tMkEWRkpfL6FtWW5XWRp90X9O_bhr_q7C3yQCLphfJY0eWvamU4cDWCnDg/s4032/IMG_4743.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFkoW284indrPpcBLXZHoC7osznZbx7Mn9Fc3wlKHCeSfJLtbp4DUV11SsMENo8TjLq0b0h8CdzGt7zbgC6C29siZ_loUAu-Sn2R2WH-HLX-pGqIUK0GjYAb6tMkEWRkpfL6FtWW5XWRp90X9O_bhr_q7C3yQCLphfJY0eWvamU4cDWCnDg/s320/IMG_4743.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be it brownies on 4.20</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGDrn9pILnm4dzMkJ5traZEi0B5MFyJ0PZZSk6mWunP6oiGpFJ6L5ClT07QYmrDbpBdCwbCjss034cCgf4efLL9dMgPgEEK6N2ukERVOsiIVoxQnhO9TyAOicUD3Mi-YK4BqK_zhjEa0br3Byl9HzU17-V76oTfnLtBtGNr773btqeHuHaQ/s4032/IMG_4645.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGDrn9pILnm4dzMkJ5traZEi0B5MFyJ0PZZSk6mWunP6oiGpFJ6L5ClT07QYmrDbpBdCwbCjss034cCgf4efLL9dMgPgEEK6N2ukERVOsiIVoxQnhO9TyAOicUD3Mi-YK4BqK_zhjEa0br3Byl9HzU17-V76oTfnLtBtGNr773btqeHuHaQ/s320/IMG_4645.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or veggies in place of Crumbl cookies on April 1st..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Both pranks provided the team with some good natured chuckles (<span style="font-size: x-small;">especially a marijuana themed joke-it was curious to hear which co-workers were disappointed to learn I hadn't made "special" brownies</span>)and helped pass the time as we count down to summer vacation <span style="font-size: x-small;">(as I am not the only one who feels like April will never end!). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">O</span>h who am I kidding...even in my prankster moments-I'm nurturing--bringing in treats is my love language..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-H6ApfRLF7l3sP76yKivzD6HBD5zzjGn4VIBK2fiilCGNHe-aj4M1_5A-y8MCuoJZoMyQXwfJW1nwMW18QQQ7Nv4h5g1HQqsrax2OEV2Pzs0UEaOLmZ1RUFw-mofu3EjgEc8KzWHvZNz1PyA6p6oh94lnOge605K5GIgzf-_JvHm1ktJGaQ/s4032/IMG_4678.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-H6ApfRLF7l3sP76yKivzD6HBD5zzjGn4VIBK2fiilCGNHe-aj4M1_5A-y8MCuoJZoMyQXwfJW1nwMW18QQQ7Nv4h5g1HQqsrax2OEV2Pzs0UEaOLmZ1RUFw-mofu3EjgEc8KzWHvZNz1PyA6p6oh94lnOge605K5GIgzf-_JvHm1ktJGaQ/s320/IMG_4678.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div>I broke out of my routine-and went to a happy hour on (gasp) a school night.<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCbGYmt4TxqKR1Be8WwptPhP_K9ZedvCfXWZ7L-wXgMljN-thaS48E_qXWVfMcfRZbvRB8TZbshthZ4Dz92nw9hvcC6-qgyeb6UoJIH6JAG_y4RmYWc60nAlC9KS6_zsvmvvvguINIjSSS_sKYSMynXGakO0QHpO-k1zZfXxAIOWpaxNHgQ/s4032/IMG_4710.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCbGYmt4TxqKR1Be8WwptPhP_K9ZedvCfXWZ7L-wXgMljN-thaS48E_qXWVfMcfRZbvRB8TZbshthZ4Dz92nw9hvcC6-qgyeb6UoJIH6JAG_y4RmYWc60nAlC9KS6_zsvmvvvguINIjSSS_sKYSMynXGakO0QHpO-k1zZfXxAIOWpaxNHgQ/s320/IMG_4710.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..but I couldn't pass up the chance to wish one of my favorite former co-workers a Happy Retirement. Memories of her hearty laugh will always make me smile...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speaking of laughs...a few of us got together for a benefit show</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAXLIXx-Zapb2DdTvUMyeDBfbiVIqF1sldp0cjVUDN5N4LcCzwU6kgUJ0Kf3rOgWl8wLr7UPHhD6Za6G8FWbagiTQXx7rFGg25nzYvP7G_cSmgw4oAb5zJM6DCDs2uBFJyVBLj8l8zPoWYc_Mdy_wcwkjOk8MbKa0KgXhR9JA4_VaIs4BcQ/s842/Pie%20Lady%20Cabaret.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="596" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAXLIXx-Zapb2DdTvUMyeDBfbiVIqF1sldp0cjVUDN5N4LcCzwU6kgUJ0Kf3rOgWl8wLr7UPHhD6Za6G8FWbagiTQXx7rFGg25nzYvP7G_cSmgw4oAb5zJM6DCDs2uBFJyVBLj8l8zPoWYc_Mdy_wcwkjOk8MbKa0KgXhR9JA4_VaIs4BcQ/s320/Pie%20Lady%20Cabaret.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">featuring our favorite drag queen-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBUk7rmIjohy66lExnceohajkb0is9v_a2TyVF_ojvz6pmrxKeRWiA5b_nRcZNyqa_Ajxzkm5s8WJZiUxf4uyLlbvXeZtRfMgcpk86JMkHsbb2blbuL4NQYusAJRp4oedgugctmMGcPiWKCg7Z8UVyBU508qQtYyKwK_B8ngoaQkrX5Eguw/s4032/IMG_4763.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBUk7rmIjohy66lExnceohajkb0is9v_a2TyVF_ojvz6pmrxKeRWiA5b_nRcZNyqa_Ajxzkm5s8WJZiUxf4uyLlbvXeZtRfMgcpk86JMkHsbb2blbuL4NQYusAJRp4oedgugctmMGcPiWKCg7Z8UVyBU508qQtYyKwK_B8ngoaQkrX5Eguw/s320/IMG_4763.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Pie Queen as she kept us entertained with song</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ta16o2zVxkDPnfBWz_kjm9CAqR427eBjYaElxiggPAujLSzxiigq-ow3xLnPHo9cAkdB_9oL1TcVMjcRp_wCOgpkH1FImCB7P3Qgamd-ynaB0Mfbvo5C9agiOD7LIEOGWXYG2m8NQxukQaqw79kf-KGVTWoYT7682YQdTwJrmhn3rLM7rg/s2048/Pastries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1690" data-original-width="2048" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ta16o2zVxkDPnfBWz_kjm9CAqR427eBjYaElxiggPAujLSzxiigq-ow3xLnPHo9cAkdB_9oL1TcVMjcRp_wCOgpkH1FImCB7P3Qgamd-ynaB0Mfbvo5C9agiOD7LIEOGWXYG2m8NQxukQaqw79kf-KGVTWoYT7682YQdTwJrmhn3rLM7rg/s320/Pastries.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">offered platters of tasty pastries</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGC7TltMXkSNv8QWbI9WAsYL82HvmZ2Tpc07Vz023HBwlWEMeTCCY3hKhCZetvrtXidBIOYrPFPopfVi6qbUFH87HJDu61EfqiG2qGv_AjYexW7UxhrvshazFaeUqCVzDeA5HIOixGXOzKkjQxke4BlyCarRy2OdRIVhLLbmxoSZj51qF3A/s4032/IMG_4756.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGC7TltMXkSNv8QWbI9WAsYL82HvmZ2Tpc07Vz023HBwlWEMeTCCY3hKhCZetvrtXidBIOYrPFPopfVi6qbUFH87HJDu61EfqiG2qGv_AjYexW7UxhrvshazFaeUqCVzDeA5HIOixGXOzKkjQxke4BlyCarRy2OdRIVhLLbmxoSZj51qF3A/s320/IMG_4756.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and even kept the spirits flowing freely in the basement of 1st Baptist Church of Denver...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqBpAnrj6KNR63StPAR_lfeE8tA7gKFTxWbC6OMJPo6_VsspIy3t5BBXziNHHPqLxIMLf_WtYzogzOHncUjDAeC2osASOJtiNQmkKjwbWrmT5DT33L0ClvVeXmm6Q2h0mA2Bxri1MbA6uC_rllO9k_7uR50GB5fDrceaMm7WrNyLXX98MHQ/s4032/IMG_2607.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYqBpAnrj6KNR63StPAR_lfeE8tA7gKFTxWbC6OMJPo6_VsspIy3t5BBXziNHHPqLxIMLf_WtYzogzOHncUjDAeC2osASOJtiNQmkKjwbWrmT5DT33L0ClvVeXmm6Q2h0mA2Bxri1MbA6uC_rllO9k_7uR50GB5fDrceaMm7WrNyLXX98MHQ/s320/IMG_2607.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clearly this would not have happened in the basement of Grandma's Baptist church..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but hey-it's 2022- times are a changing I suppose...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm Feeling</b> energized...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_KTsGtTX80ks3Tg5GYWC95LMyZrIKPQb5Bq4wftB9-wSKnkc8crqRQba8DjMSkGuX9K-zhY4Qe1JhdvKf7X1-3TkWq0G5Q6xXpLTwYJHhFutUj0z_NrE8iS3LqixPJQRnh_HIT5QbOgYwFQ2BAu1hAHDSMNOO7FEyKsQLDYmebX7dVxkBA/s4029/IMG_4768.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="2582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_KTsGtTX80ks3Tg5GYWC95LMyZrIKPQb5Bq4wftB9-wSKnkc8crqRQba8DjMSkGuX9K-zhY4Qe1JhdvKf7X1-3TkWq0G5Q6xXpLTwYJHhFutUj0z_NrE8iS3LqixPJQRnh_HIT5QbOgYwFQ2BAu1hAHDSMNOO7FEyKsQLDYmebX7dVxkBA/s320/IMG_4768.HEIC" width="205" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My book club gathered for brunch-where I was pleasantly surprised to discover most of us had read both books and had some thoughts worth chatting about.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuf6TWgL5hhefCMqzof58WizK9wciB_Md_wNuFjlv8ZkFdc5Vcw-aLOYr-H7dH8Mg0EfKfFRYUptSscN3W6_cnjguZzlZwcp1ZBu9dTxKjKSSG-0PRzMoZmTxSJFU-moZn7Z0qEFDLx_3qaSGgHZC2J96M2TUwJazeqaoO0AYVQLoz7qTeoA/s4032/IMG_4671.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuf6TWgL5hhefCMqzof58WizK9wciB_Md_wNuFjlv8ZkFdc5Vcw-aLOYr-H7dH8Mg0EfKfFRYUptSscN3W6_cnjguZzlZwcp1ZBu9dTxKjKSSG-0PRzMoZmTxSJFU-moZn7Z0qEFDLx_3qaSGgHZC2J96M2TUwJazeqaoO0AYVQLoz7qTeoA/s320/IMG_4671.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided "what the heck" and got myself a 2nd booster..not sure it was necessary-but then again Thing 2 is still recovering from some angry immune reactions after her brief encounter with "Rona last month.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-HPMtcowH6JOzlyl7l_5Ch-OXA7-F1Kllw6VFsnPbQ_vN4MqoIj4sj71OzQqcvRa_5wxdBpa0ICr-AUUOlwQKQd1im4EWPhjooCpK_48dElmF4CYUPdzX82PV0bVhSF3mMwRinDEemUHhwRl1T7DNSZUVyrvfeOIP9ujfM-J_6w9rc8M4A/s1280/IMG_4731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-HPMtcowH6JOzlyl7l_5Ch-OXA7-F1Kllw6VFsnPbQ_vN4MqoIj4sj71OzQqcvRa_5wxdBpa0ICr-AUUOlwQKQd1im4EWPhjooCpK_48dElmF4CYUPdzX82PV0bVhSF3mMwRinDEemUHhwRl1T7DNSZUVyrvfeOIP9ujfM-J_6w9rc8M4A/s320/IMG_4731.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>After 90 days of boondocking in the deserts of NM, AZ and UT-my happy retiree returned home...<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Seems some folks forgot to look at the calendar before they got excited to see a box of cookies at our sign in desk. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPllLqo6SxuzWV9rEhz8F8Jp9P8gj9dy94SSpLUSLHShXt4idTkGxZpKKIgaUpQsHnq5MBE02_TWCtQk4ORS63vEBPXewBAjeFe7eLcnSO3bfkAvjc5pI5R6pIslzY81svQe9NDfF_IBwZ0sSPucXRXOiVu5ga7rKGLVnz7UlivC0I-7W9A/s1800/411076BC-467E-4177-B88C-39BDAAE80FE5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPllLqo6SxuzWV9rEhz8F8Jp9P8gj9dy94SSpLUSLHShXt4idTkGxZpKKIgaUpQsHnq5MBE02_TWCtQk4ORS63vEBPXewBAjeFe7eLcnSO3bfkAvjc5pI5R6pIslzY81svQe9NDfF_IBwZ0sSPucXRXOiVu5ga7rKGLVnz7UlivC0I-7W9A/s320/411076BC-467E-4177-B88C-39BDAAE80FE5.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FTMJHMu8I8IscxP9bYhX6whhPvcymP7djr1id0O80LnUEMxcCDawKzelCnMl6lArbh__I1fjp6RuS1Nv73nw4dNckMoZxz00SSP-Xc3r3_X1RzjgO9L2csezTcCz-pFQLpKg4pT2Y3KbyokN777Z4KvNu7iBb6nHyuON5DCSJZnjFU3X7A/s1800/EB33165C-9976-4E79-A22B-4359364B20CD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FTMJHMu8I8IscxP9bYhX6whhPvcymP7djr1id0O80LnUEMxcCDawKzelCnMl6lArbh__I1fjp6RuS1Nv73nw4dNckMoZxz00SSP-Xc3r3_X1RzjgO9L2csezTcCz-pFQLpKg4pT2Y3KbyokN777Z4KvNu7iBb6nHyuON5DCSJZnjFU3X7A/s320/EB33165C-9976-4E79-A22B-4359364B20CD.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess my team didn't know my family reputation of Mischievous Martha?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm loving</b>- that the calendar says it's officially spring and for the most part, Mother Nature received the same memo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Y3IRFqDdL1MtxhJuW1hpIqaGii5dFvadtIhXucmz2DQ9jLIlpuToCPP1WQQW2dRQQsF7--dY0rknwdrQwSbegb02LBWn0uajVaH5Yb1AZHt59RTp5rn4HuINRBwJHUIrCfgsTwyX9Xu7yT3XhnKOU6uf2j7bTXi1-7BMSDPxyZNhuwQYjg/s1024/E24w5w4w4w4a4srsrs000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Y3IRFqDdL1MtxhJuW1hpIqaGii5dFvadtIhXucmz2DQ9jLIlpuToCPP1WQQW2dRQQsF7--dY0rknwdrQwSbegb02LBWn0uajVaH5Yb1AZHt59RTp5rn4HuINRBwJHUIrCfgsTwyX9Xu7yT3XhnKOU6uf2j7bTXi1-7BMSDPxyZNhuwQYjg/s320/E24w5w4w4w4a4srsrs000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little after hours team bonding with my co-workers...to kick off Spring Break</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUplYTOgA1IqMzqLMnnLhXyYZhNkd1rBA2zosiQzwjNQRuEw-PLJOQ6SoCR16ShnIilyoxorEdBp2jamGFt0XjlMTqUfUD4mJyxzDx96XJWn9gmb6rOv3ymaBQRdWr5pFPPNEvQHhG2DPyCkVW9q9UftzULyuogI6IPQ5M6KPw0YELc0Leg/s4032/IMG_4580.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUplYTOgA1IqMzqLMnnLhXyYZhNkd1rBA2zosiQzwjNQRuEw-PLJOQ6SoCR16ShnIilyoxorEdBp2jamGFt0XjlMTqUfUD4mJyxzDx96XJWn9gmb6rOv3ymaBQRdWr5pFPPNEvQHhG2DPyCkVW9q9UftzULyuogI6IPQ5M6KPw0YELc0Leg/s320/IMG_4580.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Without a doubt, there is no reason to quit my day job and become an artiste!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the rest of Spring Break- I found myself sticking close to home- taking time to read a couple good book (<u>Dial A for Aunties</u>- a super silly caper type mystery all occurring during an elaborate wedding involving Chinese-Indonesian characters and <u>The Prodigal Summer</u>-which was the perfect read for spring fever), watching a couple movies with friends, going for lots of walks. In other words, lots of self care but not necessarily picture worthy activity. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTm9qwsKWOFpiTwj-rrWlxcPBKDmzt92xBlamFinchUR1k01H9nLV4VjXA8gc7CM7FUvhS4sL7xuPbMCNhhiyeDPtnNuj-QUV0_2Oec_0ma3uNyIfwlduCBcuCL13uQdXrt4isditeNB4DchYPYlOwhWiyTo4vPT6yspB4ui3N5tp-uofNQw/s3780/90A78A41-6F1D-4F2F-B32C-9286B961A9AD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTm9qwsKWOFpiTwj-rrWlxcPBKDmzt92xBlamFinchUR1k01H9nLV4VjXA8gc7CM7FUvhS4sL7xuPbMCNhhiyeDPtnNuj-QUV0_2Oec_0ma3uNyIfwlduCBcuCL13uQdXrt4isditeNB4DchYPYlOwhWiyTo4vPT6yspB4ui3N5tp-uofNQw/s320/90A78A41-6F1D-4F2F-B32C-9286B961A9AD.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the one day during break when Mother Nature decided to "shower us" with some moisture, Thing 1 and I tackled the basement storage areas with amazingly good results...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfP3y7wZj67_YQKL3oqd4aEHFSFCj-AD9PnxS4_6CuzXWduUPgYsSqbkFKT3ytyfD7ZRvh9dmZzQxa9bAeawnNQSNBY3x6BOrgHiu3qPO2iumAgJFqPlYV9MW7B7zC2wVM1zCwQ9BAUFStspCbL4edaS5NhfdPYDmgR-uvE7roUqWTl-D5MQ/s4032/IMG_4595.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfP3y7wZj67_YQKL3oqd4aEHFSFCj-AD9PnxS4_6CuzXWduUPgYsSqbkFKT3ytyfD7ZRvh9dmZzQxa9bAeawnNQSNBY3x6BOrgHiu3qPO2iumAgJFqPlYV9MW7B7zC2wVM1zCwQ9BAUFStspCbL4edaS5NhfdPYDmgR-uvE7roUqWTl-D5MQ/s320/IMG_4595.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ah- now I can find what I need..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwk5UL9QF17OjZYUfNnD9XgASzakDdgFXaZ6o-3tcLktrJVoqROD54HIttBO2f2aBG88Wqr3nG2aCodf9zbQpNx9CauPYVVJyDOodXeBqfr-Ex6Hb7RuiQQMP8WXNS0O5iZjw5a4PcTLX1F74VpuMWgtNsqXZ9XFPVbLwU3DS55SorzLI3Wg/s4032/IMG_4596.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwk5UL9QF17OjZYUfNnD9XgASzakDdgFXaZ6o-3tcLktrJVoqROD54HIttBO2f2aBG88Wqr3nG2aCodf9zbQpNx9CauPYVVJyDOodXeBqfr-Ex6Hb7RuiQQMP8WXNS0O5iZjw5a4PcTLX1F74VpuMWgtNsqXZ9XFPVbLwU3DS55SorzLI3Wg/s320/IMG_4596.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Goodbye Basement-Hello Goodwill!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">I finished up the week, with a BAGS Birthday celebration- </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Theme was Cocktails, Caftans and Canines </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFzkJ5FdWEdJNx5JpEqSGMVxNxzG7og93qu7b79sKlTdJUgZoCE0J5sL6ILxGv_-VesLY-guSfdn41nnAjdlN3dVRNKoi_ZMDxUVxxH9diFLWb18BCRe_FjHV4jj67azo3Nhxy6Tj5Z4P3McC0_voWxn-cfWOv4LzexJDPPZkvJs0dd0IMA/s2048/IMG_0011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFzkJ5FdWEdJNx5JpEqSGMVxNxzG7og93qu7b79sKlTdJUgZoCE0J5sL6ILxGv_-VesLY-guSfdn41nnAjdlN3dVRNKoi_ZMDxUVxxH9diFLWb18BCRe_FjHV4jj67azo3Nhxy6Tj5Z4P3McC0_voWxn-cfWOv4LzexJDPPZkvJs0dd0IMA/s320/IMG_0011.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where we sported the latest in caftan fashion...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOac8zv0YimsE45HnDUK-m5CmuYnnJQaIgZlfwVIhmtPSgCVP-kalXel_dLwt3HINsCXzHP32DFZV_1YARejX-Be0rOCwY0iiPlr6IZ9oCiF30-E9S1U6yDWSVyO6XXZLAb8-iWVSBpNfYgiZVvmFPYleCf5ShfDenGsuwJ3qysREIvp90tA/s2048/IMG_0010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOac8zv0YimsE45HnDUK-m5CmuYnnJQaIgZlfwVIhmtPSgCVP-kalXel_dLwt3HINsCXzHP32DFZV_1YARejX-Be0rOCwY0iiPlr6IZ9oCiF30-E9S1U6yDWSVyO6XXZLAb8-iWVSBpNfYgiZVvmFPYleCf5ShfDenGsuwJ3qysREIvp90tA/s320/IMG_0010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Got our sillies on with the photo worthy pooches..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes- this was after a glass (or 3) of mimosas...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8mVgaSCmLlXYuc72YzXB_epMtyy8hFMIZpCftKtWO0iUa5aQXBFmh2gP0ea1fCKsa3Y8qnJdQDN2_QTYuLEVzH-K5ke8BiBdz4iDjr3fFmPaPNUcTT4TqAqXmlKOg3Lspz7VbbPZImYuvl9p0sZdv-SIiNM_tV72qIluteqxNJLnzRMLLg/s2049/IMG_2274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8mVgaSCmLlXYuc72YzXB_epMtyy8hFMIZpCftKtWO0iUa5aQXBFmh2gP0ea1fCKsa3Y8qnJdQDN2_QTYuLEVzH-K5ke8BiBdz4iDjr3fFmPaPNUcTT4TqAqXmlKOg3Lspz7VbbPZImYuvl9p0sZdv-SIiNM_tV72qIluteqxNJLnzRMLLg/s320/IMG_2274.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and rounded out the celebrations with assorted cream puffs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello- who knew there were bakeries dedicated to assorted cream puffs? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The more you know...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxp6CLlcf3zgheZntex-XH6aen2BImbAZ3n2AwFJ_gwg8NYp5V2sIwO1Kumiqj0xS_ER7gaux_O_SqPyuX_-Rvn5cTkE-L81qA5dazrzFrfL4Gik9Qkj16jFCmnjyjeK56_7dU1QSTIVlS46OIfF5wStsCHoCz78HlaAiIoKklmFA6Crd1kw/s2049/IMG_2339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxp6CLlcf3zgheZntex-XH6aen2BImbAZ3n2AwFJ_gwg8NYp5V2sIwO1Kumiqj0xS_ER7gaux_O_SqPyuX_-Rvn5cTkE-L81qA5dazrzFrfL4Gik9Qkj16jFCmnjyjeK56_7dU1QSTIVlS46OIfF5wStsCHoCz78HlaAiIoKklmFA6Crd1kw/s320/IMG_2339.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>The more often the temptations arise...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>I'm feeling </b>at peace. Sure we had a little blip on the radar when this Thing caught COVID</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggITc_UXvxpQIZ_F5JN8MwMj0T0Q8gZ1MYs1idqOub0xTy3kyC2zG2w3ngpC9wrUv6e78gIhC9_bSseI-6ghLRnGVEp3hH_aEvoqLV2zbrNMUrMJtZKY3Wu3-F4sDXWGcaa8CR5zw-OQt_-sjls6beQ0EFSZrXo1B7Jok6y-ceyUehr6OMvg/s4032/IMG_4620.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggITc_UXvxpQIZ_F5JN8MwMj0T0Q8gZ1MYs1idqOub0xTy3kyC2zG2w3ngpC9wrUv6e78gIhC9_bSseI-6ghLRnGVEp3hH_aEvoqLV2zbrNMUrMJtZKY3Wu3-F4sDXWGcaa8CR5zw-OQt_-sjls6beQ0EFSZrXo1B7Jok6y-ceyUehr6OMvg/s320/IMG_4620.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No- not the cat the human.. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We still consider ourselves extremely lucky- for a family of 4- 2 of us have been working in health care during the entire pandemic, while the 3rd one has been employed in the grocery industry. To make it 2 full years before any of us had a dance with old Rona is truly a testament to the value of masks, handwashing and vaccines/boosters. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">After completing the required isolation (where yeah, she was pretty miserable but way less severe than had she not mitigated the impact through vaccinations)...she was up and ready to start the 2nd quarter of nursing school</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTp3Timqe3og7c7RvcFTm9kz7xKCbpOE8GqlFWjgVFTwuhlqDXt4rzpKTnyfVS6G4Wl6OkyOIIuKdVqbrE2SHnZ1o2M2SnieNUeF9gL9yaE8nDv5gsgFK01T32d9Lar2ljGLLt02R9uKKhoZXKdaCzb9Uq4pbBCTJCC0eMzoCaorCsfGyabw/s1422/IMG_4640.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTp3Timqe3og7c7RvcFTm9kz7xKCbpOE8GqlFWjgVFTwuhlqDXt4rzpKTnyfVS6G4Wl6OkyOIIuKdVqbrE2SHnZ1o2M2SnieNUeF9gL9yaE8nDv5gsgFK01T32d9Lar2ljGLLt02R9uKKhoZXKdaCzb9Uq4pbBCTJCC0eMzoCaorCsfGyabw/s320/IMG_4640.PNG" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this cool cat...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd5XYWPf2giPq4FN4ciI4bYYfk2kcpMuS4XB9de3wiP79vb3Bj5WXybErVMnERY86PGEQy5Xjj85PXPSTD9oBmfVSVfhVy47wckOM8CVR5oKdIWwIEakHG54u7uUGoshsOJ3tlKSCLetK5UFpU9uqSK9JFgDC8tDeh7BbheRUVCiZamXKeA/s1307/IMG_4637.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1307" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd5XYWPf2giPq4FN4ciI4bYYfk2kcpMuS4XB9de3wiP79vb3Bj5WXybErVMnERY86PGEQy5Xjj85PXPSTD9oBmfVSVfhVy47wckOM8CVR5oKdIWwIEakHG54u7uUGoshsOJ3tlKSCLetK5UFpU9uqSK9JFgDC8tDeh7BbheRUVCiZamXKeA/s320/IMG_4637.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">continues to reign supreme in the House of Chang</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQo8fGtcFipNT7nLD7rIyDrPqvOFi3GQs4mY0DPiHT8j5Tjg_spvexrkgqKktD6PVEiimgje6baNLm9l0Tpo1zn1WlBbx32mRx3kE1cxq0jdXNLdr58APWpiH3rT6ZY5fsWI5eTCiON-f-FnfZIIuksGZ52NQlmaA9BcWltvu4n3z2Yyk5oQ/s2761/20220330_140613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2071" data-original-width="2761" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQo8fGtcFipNT7nLD7rIyDrPqvOFi3GQs4mY0DPiHT8j5Tjg_spvexrkgqKktD6PVEiimgje6baNLm9l0Tpo1zn1WlBbx32mRx3kE1cxq0jdXNLdr58APWpiH3rT6ZY5fsWI5eTCiON-f-FnfZIIuksGZ52NQlmaA9BcWltvu4n3z2Yyk5oQ/s320/20220330_140613.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">finding the sweet spot in Uncle Patrick's new bed...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Until next time...</i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HJiibX2Dtg92zrw5EYFkO-AHuMSfy8O_q2j9IBi0y-Io7Eviaf3dNB7yU4j0LjYStHBloBsopn38FyurKpVjpkKow9imqdd4nhv44ZUOCtzuMcpnnIN7Uw35OTtrztvfl5UNCrPKmF5gTPzRZx5TOXMbkpS0KKjVWPVZqE6lFHACQ7CJog/s1800/Small%20stuff%20quote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HJiibX2Dtg92zrw5EYFkO-AHuMSfy8O_q2j9IBi0y-Io7Eviaf3dNB7yU4j0LjYStHBloBsopn38FyurKpVjpkKow9imqdd4nhv44ZUOCtzuMcpnnIN7Uw35OTtrztvfl5UNCrPKmF5gTPzRZx5TOXMbkpS0KKjVWPVZqE6lFHACQ7CJog/s320/Small%20stuff%20quote.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">A reminder more for myself than anyone else who might stumble upon my blog...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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