tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26345286507614030072024-02-06T22:31:36.436-08:00Tarra's TravelsTarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779813576780479004noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634528650761403007.post-1212463770164626862023-12-27T13:14:00.000-08:002023-12-27T14:26:52.057-08:002023 Grandkids, Wisconsin and Ireland<p></p><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/AVvXsEj9rjadConZFQSHBf2eNjsMcbeVEqSWVZAPMlbEhUS2VlPbqwfFlcK1eb6IbNYHi5rnBaGWL0nFLMesWldOhER7mBTR4YIIfWV7fasR4o4nCd6lXWzTiV56hyphenhypheno3zDbZcUL-T-giDFT83IzRO3N0GDC6VuEGVvEci27e3Mg-ylWuBWCgs-aB19vFkU77i_MU/s3806/20230127_121358%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="3806" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rjadConZFQSHBf2eNjsMcbeVEqSWVZAPMlbEhUS2VlPbqwfFlcK1eb6IbNYHi5rnBaGWL0nFLMesWldOhER7mBTR4YIIfWV7fasR4o4nCd6lXWzTiV56hyphenhypheno3zDbZcUL-T-giDFT83IzRO3N0GDC6VuEGVvEci27e3Mg-ylWuBWCgs-aB19vFkU77i_MU/s320/20230127_121358%20-%20Copy.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;">In January we took our friends, Rick and Donna, over to see Salvation Mountain and Slab City. Always an interesting place to visit, they now have a new community of artists that have made their home here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLeyPbmT_oByaFexDZOJouzTuYpOJOFXoES3_40E5k6fEaT7GyUo52oYpaN2fEBtAP5LtRWPq4u3Y9uMIYIKrO6ODet2v-GHTxTk-kUROc7AByDngOg3cK5CnNc2KlelP8eYvLSAKZ8p9MCEVtzmuyutiIjMgyEzu8ho74Ix6q-KvdC6GSndZP0d5kkOo/s3732/20230216_101013%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3732" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLeyPbmT_oByaFexDZOJouzTuYpOJOFXoES3_40E5k6fEaT7GyUo52oYpaN2fEBtAP5LtRWPq4u3Y9uMIYIKrO6ODet2v-GHTxTk-kUROc7AByDngOg3cK5CnNc2KlelP8eYvLSAKZ8p9MCEVtzmuyutiIjMgyEzu8ho74Ix6q-KvdC6GSndZP0d5kkOo/s320/20230216_101013%20-%20Copy.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;">Back at the campground, I spotted this tent. This would make a perfect sunroom on those cooler days when the high temps are only in the 60s, but the sun is shining.</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/AVvXsEiaIYYkkMldDZcAyaM1OETfQxeQstK9j77tBaSKqbY6PJbKnwvRi9_pHmFQMBccfqJD8q2Lgj7-tmdNnTH0wbeBI1VME5yVz4XYRc-7s2qpatH523yWZB9kXt5SW_j-Ruv7RK3C7z8apy4_GP-CFT2vBI1TG15u8X2r3Xt19jKDBBIvhw5ffkIQfJ7l5Ej5/s4000/20230122_111802%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIYYkkMldDZcAyaM1OETfQxeQstK9j77tBaSKqbY6PJbKnwvRi9_pHmFQMBccfqJD8q2Lgj7-tmdNnTH0wbeBI1VME5yVz4XYRc-7s2qpatH523yWZB9kXt5SW_j-Ruv7RK3C7z8apy4_GP-CFT2vBI1TG15u8X2r3Xt19jKDBBIvhw5ffkIQfJ7l5Ej5/s320/20230122_111802%20-%20Copy.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;">Now that's an anthill !</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFlBs0DvYF_WV63r8xktk0vmoJq9PKJj0m9aSX36oK8CXiIx9zCqaYbYu4ePz2JiVjfS0YDhtHrs0cYJ3zksVZduyspaHmPv0M-weBscYuXNhyGWaAEjTME2AL71bVeJ_XklcQttcD1GzVFyr2JA5wqCChA56bqZQbbmKh1hPv8tFykWQ0W8mjeIodJ99/s2763/20230228_115848%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2211" data-original-width="2763" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFlBs0DvYF_WV63r8xktk0vmoJq9PKJj0m9aSX36oK8CXiIx9zCqaYbYu4ePz2JiVjfS0YDhtHrs0cYJ3zksVZduyspaHmPv0M-weBscYuXNhyGWaAEjTME2AL71bVeJ_XklcQttcD1GzVFyr2JA5wqCChA56bqZQbbmKh1hPv8tFykWQ0W8mjeIodJ99/s320/20230228_115848%20-%20Copy.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;">I did a few hikes along the Colorado with Paula...</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/AVvXsEixnw25RLkybQ_g69vGOPCo70QXzT-bWHORuCVBMmn4XOYW9hIdU4uOqXly5OeBTuiLbg-d3OO4-JdFyFDeFtooP74AlciBt7snxedZK7S8k9HmUQ0i8zqEUDCPzGK-vGCm-TUEQP3TKzZWaItkCmZeSTOu1br2NCu78kYLtk4nTLEBva1r-pdY8YBt-5wb/s3476/20230311_092411%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2530" data-original-width="3476" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnw25RLkybQ_g69vGOPCo70QXzT-bWHORuCVBMmn4XOYW9hIdU4uOqXly5OeBTuiLbg-d3OO4-JdFyFDeFtooP74AlciBt7snxedZK7S8k9HmUQ0i8zqEUDCPzGK-vGCm-TUEQP3TKzZWaItkCmZeSTOu1br2NCu78kYLtk4nTLEBva1r-pdY8YBt-5wb/s320/20230311_092411%20-%20Copy.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;">and Julie...</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/AVvXsEiWPhQqcjLlGymGNPuJVrTFyJw2jg83qePyVJHcWUjOdggjECFY139WMtNP8GIDGaF0f7iljNTf90dWb8D5R-1POCbYPwlSBIDxkv4Ewu0krIrYiQPNvgFrbOVCiQUUPqnP9NJNrgrggOfmLFHxegPl4asTnKpd5XoCJ6mkn5s5Hf-oSO2TMSwPlmZN522x/s1648/20230320_112352%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="1561" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPhQqcjLlGymGNPuJVrTFyJw2jg83qePyVJHcWUjOdggjECFY139WMtNP8GIDGaF0f7iljNTf90dWb8D5R-1POCbYPwlSBIDxkv4Ewu0krIrYiQPNvgFrbOVCiQUUPqnP9NJNrgrggOfmLFHxegPl4asTnKpd5XoCJ6mkn5s5Hf-oSO2TMSwPlmZN522x/s320/20230320_112352%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a bike ride with Julie on a very warm, sunny day when the rattlers were out sunning themselves! Needless to say, there was plenty of zoom involved in this picture.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrlLz3JJm3W1hkWPI1jMPRepUhyphenhyphenT1xT5PdtnjrTgyfCzDJ-TSxlqlTPeodJMVBH6d2FpvgBioMahn3JuFObX-udyPLbmLJrjr6VxJii2N2wGhOTQ59Q2hvt-Ux_kJoQHdGrKtTz1MXUfjOxDYqSqgdPRettTu4qhW2m1Kk08184HNd9CrijNAI0NkDgvW/s4000/20230305_183956%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrlLz3JJm3W1hkWPI1jMPRepUhyphenhyphenT1xT5PdtnjrTgyfCzDJ-TSxlqlTPeodJMVBH6d2FpvgBioMahn3JuFObX-udyPLbmLJrjr6VxJii2N2wGhOTQ59Q2hvt-Ux_kJoQHdGrKtTz1MXUfjOxDYqSqgdPRettTu4qhW2m1Kk08184HNd9CrijNAI0NkDgvW/s320/20230305_183956%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mexico, here we come!</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/AVvXsEhkQsUB9hoo5xeHSSSKw2h36av4PX82Id1olVM1B4cNvTryEJ13ef30IhZ_6Ct-3lwMwShGaeoiLFMLlhX16WUZfVgcbuEqM7VNu_kZqp-87e3emKNEjzIeDyzPCX_0CEUyvoW7xixr88fWTSO3paC8s3wTO2_1mR4LbD59flKclnAi4Cv3npMTqTPcGNUL/s2218/20230314_162921%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2218" data-original-width="1479" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQsUB9hoo5xeHSSSKw2h36av4PX82Id1olVM1B4cNvTryEJ13ef30IhZ_6Ct-3lwMwShGaeoiLFMLlhX16WUZfVgcbuEqM7VNu_kZqp-87e3emKNEjzIeDyzPCX_0CEUyvoW7xixr88fWTSO3paC8s3wTO2_1mR4LbD59flKclnAi4Cv3npMTqTPcGNUL/s320/20230314_162921%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where did Karolyn go?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPvjCg4Rq_IXt1BAlcxK_FTK91bHgunoJ9JbC1WuuhQfcmCENQXNnfTtZGncqceu39TQxjkaXxUJECDBJqwmJJG42FBqzPiCPC0_ghgIhiLCJDKa3f3vY-PC-jk4_GO7ckPSNfz82CV8QB4KBi4zT5yQRZ75VcXhLqboGHXomsLt-94wl3CtHi30h4TgP/s3654/20230314_161858%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3654" data-original-width="2307" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPvjCg4Rq_IXt1BAlcxK_FTK91bHgunoJ9JbC1WuuhQfcmCENQXNnfTtZGncqceu39TQxjkaXxUJECDBJqwmJJG42FBqzPiCPC0_ghgIhiLCJDKa3f3vY-PC-jk4_GO7ckPSNfz82CV8QB4KBi4zT5yQRZ75VcXhLqboGHXomsLt-94wl3CtHi30h4TgP/s320/20230314_161858%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yikes! Remember Karolyn, not everything that happens in Mexico stays in Mexico! C'mon girl, we've got margaritas calling us. 😂</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRrFzd-tcAb9H8cTPgpUwJV3NoEIx4f9HBgcEFgIsBCCdqIG4c5T50DIvJEkozTHn3yqPZzzhINyw8e2xxT1_R-4N685YRcup6G7b_rHberlPj7IDOMVMzfRhVouTUp3OoESr8buVaYmI0gwxKFv5NL0GTlPYH_YJt-Us9v1sOJPvJMVtiMUUKdgVgHBR/s2849/20230321_125356%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2650" data-original-width="2849" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRrFzd-tcAb9H8cTPgpUwJV3NoEIx4f9HBgcEFgIsBCCdqIG4c5T50DIvJEkozTHn3yqPZzzhINyw8e2xxT1_R-4N685YRcup6G7b_rHberlPj7IDOMVMzfRhVouTUp3OoESr8buVaYmI0gwxKFv5NL0GTlPYH_YJt-Us9v1sOJPvJMVtiMUUKdgVgHBR/s320/20230321_125356%20-%20Copy.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;">Back at the campground.</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/AVvXsEjD53CvYhsssXmhoBIHbMChDXZpbtLwEdowc8BvMRltLkBjsORQizK7a4EoEWwILQxQR1RpSUi3BrzpOxygU9_YL34LDaZGVi5y8x1zYNB334fS-Lzipw-i8rcnzY6U2dJ1bkfvM7sV9gQj2M4vInbLiFwO5xSbEYjoQWpKYm6Kb7XEijvbpCvmlVGdK2Zq/s3372/20230321_125814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="3372" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD53CvYhsssXmhoBIHbMChDXZpbtLwEdowc8BvMRltLkBjsORQizK7a4EoEWwILQxQR1RpSUi3BrzpOxygU9_YL34LDaZGVi5y8x1zYNB334fS-Lzipw-i8rcnzY6U2dJ1bkfvM7sV9gQj2M4vInbLiFwO5xSbEYjoQWpKYm6Kb7XEijvbpCvmlVGdK2Zq/s320/20230321_125814.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;">These nifty little creations have been all over the campground since before we started coming here ten years ago.</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/AVvXsEjtfgvA-IHfJ3ncCOLPsd-WO-BBBkpITmhUC7j2o-IX71_uV7zwZ-_FBtxc4FhW-TuRcRp8-SExl6pTDV1d0hvtVXJQNQpB-UZisp5lpLhxlXnuD3K0s5_FdsoeUtA1u68YVi5l9DET-HV0CANiVIUT4CcgAY9NFvctvFZ98KbtUnIxfH7t-cuhzn-g8cXB/s3216/20231221_112122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3216" data-original-width="2035" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfgvA-IHfJ3ncCOLPsd-WO-BBBkpITmhUC7j2o-IX71_uV7zwZ-_FBtxc4FhW-TuRcRp8-SExl6pTDV1d0hvtVXJQNQpB-UZisp5lpLhxlXnuD3K0s5_FdsoeUtA1u68YVi5l9DET-HV0CANiVIUT4CcgAY9NFvctvFZ98KbtUnIxfH7t-cuhzn-g8cXB/s320/20231221_112122.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I imagine the guy that created them is long gone, but they keep painting them up every year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2750" data-original-width="4000" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs02kuCjonXPsPRMdA_6C4NJkKqd36uSeg4uVCraPyJzM9iAI2FnOuoAGhK1GhvIMbhe3U1BjT9fPaMe77DmvjiFWUSNtza1SSzIFhsacQXHKoxQ1d-_uOveWOZIoBz151iv6V_Axvuoi-gbkiCFdZEPLKnV-9-bC8nZiMMuC7sLmKAIG6S-5JJBDbKEDa/s320/20230401_132736%20-%20Copy.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;">Well, our winter just flew by with line dancing, swimming, movies and trying out new restaurants. This is heading up toward L.A. in April on our way to see John's sister. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPK-LrBtCldM3CiqmaeiU_SYaZRVitvPK3eAxZiyDABAAX8obHzenNYxJumLJT4a4xV4qZUMDrfeqiqdJThWxPomPKj_c7y5oXsbZgDp_-D9LGtN-v6ZYi_-dOuaFkAW7PLaRKXYdUMoMB9OEBr5PyOQ_6y4inV3xBJKtXyR5Yo-87kCAFPuDF4jiuafkY/s2432/20230401_115639%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1714" data-original-width="2432" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPK-LrBtCldM3CiqmaeiU_SYaZRVitvPK3eAxZiyDABAAX8obHzenNYxJumLJT4a4xV4qZUMDrfeqiqdJThWxPomPKj_c7y5oXsbZgDp_-D9LGtN-v6ZYi_-dOuaFkAW7PLaRKXYdUMoMB9OEBr5PyOQ_6y4inV3xBJKtXyR5Yo-87kCAFPuDF4jiuafkY/s320/20230401_115639%20-%20Copy.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;">It's hard to make out the flowers in the picture above, so we stopped for a close-up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRLvZsgQix_UMJGHtKcXhwXIEDpYxuBB_Lwyc3sOx1QYaV4hhwCoZ2YgYkX3pPFyezL1ySKLcBvYKmvPHpjRw0bfhyPwrn4nymzJU7IXm3gvEpc-nixx5jm_HvpDqfJQ4G2wKFmVWkxRYOXGKUPXUljNhdRDwicF2yQr-zl06POyoi5L1V0xgRx-D-0sf/s4000/20230416_141335%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRLvZsgQix_UMJGHtKcXhwXIEDpYxuBB_Lwyc3sOx1QYaV4hhwCoZ2YgYkX3pPFyezL1ySKLcBvYKmvPHpjRw0bfhyPwrn4nymzJU7IXm3gvEpc-nixx5jm_HvpDqfJQ4G2wKFmVWkxRYOXGKUPXUljNhdRDwicF2yQr-zl06POyoi5L1V0xgRx-D-0sf/s320/20230416_141335%20-%20Copy.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;">The kids were all excited to see us back in Helena and they got a new dog, Ava.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgfFJYIY4xa5ZKS8vMtWxr6xUwQrRtrSrkfRIdNxqNyj1w6CAuML67SuAJs3zZXXwPitEdgnyPvbks2HPCniXqF7QVVk-tzNqZ-Xgn8emXkZvmNqkUnIuE283Olsa3pw97_IWuQZ-2j7oriOPWUYxPDqHtg8Igm9iWgyhgDJo6ti9PXBpZpNJlOjCQ3C5/s4000/20230420_094249.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgfFJYIY4xa5ZKS8vMtWxr6xUwQrRtrSrkfRIdNxqNyj1w6CAuML67SuAJs3zZXXwPitEdgnyPvbks2HPCniXqF7QVVk-tzNqZ-Xgn8emXkZvmNqkUnIuE283Olsa3pw97_IWuQZ-2j7oriOPWUYxPDqHtg8Igm9iWgyhgDJo6ti9PXBpZpNJlOjCQ3C5/s320/20230420_094249.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;">OOPS! We might have come back just a tad bit too soon. Get those heaters under the water pipes, John!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ixWeVgjMV9lLVKR7zvl8yz3AtPzlwq4QsXxEmH7DwA41AwUU2ADiguUvwBcEzNDjcm_9H0v4UaLhJ4eftmNFNorRJalEnrgHH_HX2LQLMmnZjvjbUkG8p3aOt4pckSZMKfKiPMw8u4YeL0zQupHeuFaZwq9d5WLBsnDkCbCbF6rZEBtYulnHKZP126eF/s2952/20230420_165509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2952" data-original-width="2214" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ixWeVgjMV9lLVKR7zvl8yz3AtPzlwq4QsXxEmH7DwA41AwUU2ADiguUvwBcEzNDjcm_9H0v4UaLhJ4eftmNFNorRJalEnrgHH_HX2LQLMmnZjvjbUkG8p3aOt4pckSZMKfKiPMw8u4YeL0zQupHeuFaZwq9d5WLBsnDkCbCbF6rZEBtYulnHKZP126eF/s320/20230420_165509.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dallas wasn't home from school yet the day I took this.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrrbzkdOUQYqzJ2fTV7IUqvkXzBpT9MUaJjk7EOwKOWphX447n0B8H5d6DiB-5hVOXE5xx3wamKpZGRhLsuAxXgQfFORkNigxVL_Oelg1ctuZPvqVRrhLUm_yEWZdAIajeAFZm7z_v65Xs2YEwuxP_ZGtW9fgGxHrkCsfQLF83ZVYGPkNrTtdJH28d5D0/s4000/20230427_130433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrrbzkdOUQYqzJ2fTV7IUqvkXzBpT9MUaJjk7EOwKOWphX447n0B8H5d6DiB-5hVOXE5xx3wamKpZGRhLsuAxXgQfFORkNigxVL_Oelg1ctuZPvqVRrhLUm_yEWZdAIajeAFZm7z_v65Xs2YEwuxP_ZGtW9fgGxHrkCsfQLF83ZVYGPkNrTtdJH28d5D0/s320/20230427_130433.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We all went to the Flying Giant to celebrate adoption day, April 22nd, for Tierney, Tally and Benny. Convenient that three of them have the same day to celebrate. Go Tally!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_8TLYRDB4LeuzRPlDlw5nA-ujZOhHMnVlqXbXXKNHQ_j04cuh7NakDU4IqiCvye_s1PduGkk-CjXNFmWb4OXJsnjG_4KN-0GYGpP_S_pHKOQx3z3svaR5B-T1UEdoJwomVmfla8Q5rF6POwY7oi86VFXCcPk4AMKJZFCzc0Vm3q2EKpbBH7N_e4yVaIV/s4000/20230427_131006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_8TLYRDB4LeuzRPlDlw5nA-ujZOhHMnVlqXbXXKNHQ_j04cuh7NakDU4IqiCvye_s1PduGkk-CjXNFmWb4OXJsnjG_4KN-0GYGpP_S_pHKOQx3z3svaR5B-T1UEdoJwomVmfla8Q5rF6POwY7oi86VFXCcPk4AMKJZFCzc0Vm3q2EKpbBH7N_e4yVaIV/s320/20230427_131006.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;">Dallas</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wow, Grandma Wald, look at all the irises you brought from Great-Grandpa's farm!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7r-2KdpGUa7rGNt0r7r5QPdq68Nju-ezFC-uIOz3YQ_nTGTWBeGF506FecOnF61ncoO4qa55cdz4uetKP502Tq8oWWeLu4LybMLU2N9zDwXuyK3YKVFSPlKmwI0eFM4T7VeQdKod2IX5ygmmpcSG78cKGsI-QGIVvLRJU5CaJftw-1EcelhDtU8glw5A/s2292/20230528_133356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2014" data-original-width="2292" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7r-2KdpGUa7rGNt0r7r5QPdq68Nju-ezFC-uIOz3YQ_nTGTWBeGF506FecOnF61ncoO4qa55cdz4uetKP502Tq8oWWeLu4LybMLU2N9zDwXuyK3YKVFSPlKmwI0eFM4T7VeQdKod2IX5ygmmpcSG78cKGsI-QGIVvLRJU5CaJftw-1EcelhDtU8glw5A/s320/20230528_133356.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TeePee Burner for burning sawdust leftover from logging days.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4aqlENu_gV1uaGC0Gucsf-mq-DUSiSDXyBTNW35qy3_gEgI0YzO45U0IkHufcdRSHNDuRf9QLfgEgC33VLL-il8VchQSI8gMqqpfAHDUxzaLJSEZc3RuFFacoOUKkOqsj0NP0Slkj_9SxGE-Hrdlf-2bX5VPiNUuzHBrXcRE8cPcerL7R0N-1zx5exdh/s2533/20230530_125916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2533" data-original-width="1688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4aqlENu_gV1uaGC0Gucsf-mq-DUSiSDXyBTNW35qy3_gEgI0YzO45U0IkHufcdRSHNDuRf9QLfgEgC33VLL-il8VchQSI8gMqqpfAHDUxzaLJSEZc3RuFFacoOUKkOqsj0NP0Slkj_9SxGE-Hrdlf-2bX5VPiNUuzHBrXcRE8cPcerL7R0N-1zx5exdh/s320/20230530_125916.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stopped at a creek on the way home to play.</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/AVvXsEgJy83jDNbN0hKCokbm4zdHmAm6dVMJFA-3ZrzejhXAKKhqk__UJRkhImH9cK5dRaw76XRo9ykHDiO0jUDNAszH5YkUHR3CZIkKr-rNo-ROOOPq9u757gXtKPCYThESu-qz_F0PEfmpu4TckcKm5mTZ7Cf_bMYVAa80elLJKtXmaMWwpNlVy2MR6K2peUjY/s2330/20230530_152717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1810" data-original-width="2330" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy83jDNbN0hKCokbm4zdHmAm6dVMJFA-3ZrzejhXAKKhqk__UJRkhImH9cK5dRaw76XRo9ykHDiO0jUDNAszH5YkUHR3CZIkKr-rNo-ROOOPq9u757gXtKPCYThESu-qz_F0PEfmpu4TckcKm5mTZ7Cf_bMYVAa80elLJKtXmaMWwpNlVy2MR6K2peUjY/s320/20230530_152717.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;">It was surrounded by purple, yellow and white wildflowers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2iLESqFO11tjSP9q5LV07zGpyCOt4EGon-Jlt0JjLmwYtsS5jZfEJPJPU1kcp6h8npkPrTeTzpvPAxwhsFIpYso4oMiDUB09PUzV5YRcaaRENgjMaId0TbFzGjbVxdxMj6H4-bFIPhH3ShfsN5PBHR_KG1N3LTXfTIKQGiQgU-8fyDoSBFTNg-uQwiNs/s3301/20230602_095331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="3301" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2iLESqFO11tjSP9q5LV07zGpyCOt4EGon-Jlt0JjLmwYtsS5jZfEJPJPU1kcp6h8npkPrTeTzpvPAxwhsFIpYso4oMiDUB09PUzV5YRcaaRENgjMaId0TbFzGjbVxdxMj6H4-bFIPhH3ShfsN5PBHR_KG1N3LTXfTIKQGiQgU-8fyDoSBFTNg-uQwiNs/s320/20230602_095331.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;">Grandpa happy time.</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/AVvXsEjvmb8dF4cdUvxSQ9l15RgYVPbPp_KVT4HVaRD5HBV_sPdm4xgElJbtPpP9OHWMzHHeXdU-Yb6UN63REnw1G-VFc2M-sEm6eUE7Oj-IOMpmhrVl8OmUq3lyj0RmRp3zO4mYNXwjR50_76ghk9s1l5p3dZf4ckYP2udLSYaQg98IywHh-_EQWCPEb9Pt4FCF/s3701/20230609_110136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2517" data-original-width="3701" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmb8dF4cdUvxSQ9l15RgYVPbPp_KVT4HVaRD5HBV_sPdm4xgElJbtPpP9OHWMzHHeXdU-Yb6UN63REnw1G-VFc2M-sEm6eUE7Oj-IOMpmhrVl8OmUq3lyj0RmRp3zO4mYNXwjR50_76ghk9s1l5p3dZf4ckYP2udLSYaQg98IywHh-_EQWCPEb9Pt4FCF/s320/20230609_110136.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;">In June we headed to Wisconsin for some sightseeing and visiting. This is where we spent our first night in Wisconsin.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQ4J7o13vkV6umPW4t7FDfYLGR3KfhICcmqlTfgrfLBc_moJ6FuYQalI75PwbuenRwgzzKiCSk7JsZndljYZgaBfFHmn73EYqXbNRj-jQvDEL45Xhefh2FCWY-M598fFDtnkc1vtCPkXKsVz48ja3mIp0L1f0ke-qy21393AMNihc1fSAOi2FK-KOpByW/s4000/20230608_194651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2609" data-original-width="4000" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQ4J7o13vkV6umPW4t7FDfYLGR3KfhICcmqlTfgrfLBc_moJ6FuYQalI75PwbuenRwgzzKiCSk7JsZndljYZgaBfFHmn73EYqXbNRj-jQvDEL45Xhefh2FCWY-M598fFDtnkc1vtCPkXKsVz48ja3mIp0L1f0ke-qy21393AMNihc1fSAOi2FK-KOpByW/s320/20230608_194651.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View of the golf course from our room.</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/AVvXsEgt_MDmOYvV-zOQBBL4UGGisRKZckQTXlpv5F2YQBwqXw110Wqc28hiWvzouYFj5_p7NH1hzU08J8VYl18gGYDNDJ_XAzoFnfQH85P2zqWZc56gR2rDWTHewOeUixhDwtDtYmCbWtfnWer2DE5lRsMu4hsndWIZ_hHrK1q0WwMWqtXrA4Q9cu_w_CIU2gB-/s2973/20230609_160420.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2369" data-original-width="2973" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_MDmOYvV-zOQBBL4UGGisRKZckQTXlpv5F2YQBwqXw110Wqc28hiWvzouYFj5_p7NH1hzU08J8VYl18gGYDNDJ_XAzoFnfQH85P2zqWZc56gR2rDWTHewOeUixhDwtDtYmCbWtfnWer2DE5lRsMu4hsndWIZ_hHrK1q0WwMWqtXrA4Q9cu_w_CIU2gB-/s320/20230609_160420.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;">We spent most of the next day touring the House on the Rock. John standing in the Japanese gardens.</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/AVvXsEgh7-c3yOBidM2fn0lZlOSKtpWF6Zm-_Or7hwZngdRhfiaglvRbyM6focRsZLRjyj0szzEfKokqqQwX7bK9RxhFuim-4BXFWtg7D8crKlh_376k078c_E-N2BUTjBfQxQ6Px9FyeAKaH7BN3AI2KZBclFtN85xYTHU88cbxM_ky8VqVYw8_0_rSYcROGUIg/s4000/20230609_111534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7-c3yOBidM2fn0lZlOSKtpWF6Zm-_Or7hwZngdRhfiaglvRbyM6focRsZLRjyj0szzEfKokqqQwX7bK9RxhFuim-4BXFWtg7D8crKlh_376k078c_E-N2BUTjBfQxQ6Px9FyeAKaH7BN3AI2KZBclFtN85xYTHU88cbxM_ky8VqVYw8_0_rSYcROGUIg/s320/20230609_111534.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;">The guy built a house carved into the side of a hill/mountain. Some of the rooms are very low ceiling and cave-like. Some of them are made with stacked rock.</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/AVvXsEjw3wc8lbC2f11_hQRfr5uTUSjIC0IqUi-eWHHWVCB0f6a5CQHojM7px5IB7ABf_O5m2bhVADTuknJWbPgcfR90QUmbxn8hhOB2Df1Xk5c_97Gn9dGfO_h5rn8tM22B6lWUdA9XklXcoV9zPgICFF0Fk7F06eR5HyLPRrnuXfsKLsgC-qtOqGt4ajX2Rrmx/s4000/20230609_114239.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3wc8lbC2f11_hQRfr5uTUSjIC0IqUi-eWHHWVCB0f6a5CQHojM7px5IB7ABf_O5m2bhVADTuknJWbPgcfR90QUmbxn8hhOB2Df1Xk5c_97Gn9dGfO_h5rn8tM22B6lWUdA9XklXcoV9zPgICFF0Fk7F06eR5HyLPRrnuXfsKLsgC-qtOqGt4ajX2Rrmx/s320/20230609_114239.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;">He incorporated live trees into his construction wherever they happened to be growing.</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/AVvXsEggX3NfdDpUAO_EWOubLsLUDAHdzlUiuzjyKaHNzhJ9QQGPTaC0OGiIObw90Rbn-n8_1K26VLlSbMsrXIgsknGK9CcX82L8hIEQptk_0dXVQ3xGrOhdE7mb8-9-HhWitAL-sZZZnY7iXP54WmR5IrOO58Djnz_AkcUSBAUBMGu_vCZ_pZ17KIK3De45bngd/s4000/20230609_112309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX3NfdDpUAO_EWOubLsLUDAHdzlUiuzjyKaHNzhJ9QQGPTaC0OGiIObw90Rbn-n8_1K26VLlSbMsrXIgsknGK9CcX82L8hIEQptk_0dXVQ3xGrOhdE7mb8-9-HhWitAL-sZZZnY7iXP54WmR5IrOO58Djnz_AkcUSBAUBMGu_vCZ_pZ17KIK3De45bngd/s320/20230609_112309.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There are swords and military uniforms, antique cash registers, ladies fans, hats and masks, china, chandeliers, puppets and shelves and shelves of toy delivery trucks from all kinds of businesses.</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/AVvXsEiPmynDy5pgVxhZAgLuGNgP2f-HGonS7IjECN0yW43CBZ2gh4-BitF2qLTa0MxRawgIgMLDjWWhwI86fnxQf4I-HJVPOVTGg1DcIy_VtMplVavSohqhaNvrqjgTO63aqrSCv791bGVXFHkHC6IHVjE__YGqBmDmInNLfp_KMEXnqBHLtVw4PZrEIvk25rco/s4000/20230609_134604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmynDy5pgVxhZAgLuGNgP2f-HGonS7IjECN0yW43CBZ2gh4-BitF2qLTa0MxRawgIgMLDjWWhwI86fnxQf4I-HJVPOVTGg1DcIy_VtMplVavSohqhaNvrqjgTO63aqrSCv791bGVXFHkHC6IHVjE__YGqBmDmInNLfp_KMEXnqBHLtVw4PZrEIvk25rco/s320/20230609_134604.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;">Scads of intricate scrimshaw carvings. There are front pages of newspapers lining long hallways splashing headlines from historic events like D-Day or the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby.</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/AVvXsEgzNdbODnSC2QwI9iVbYBRBawl_MUu11KM6ZE-0Tv9DPQyMwyl9ov6tlChGDTZfRebbD5aKILO_zdkqQLwfFR7GLMzH921W8Aks7zMgGdio0zFTC6NPgObDuOeDm6xIasomnA1IvViz8-4x2H88j2imSTw3nF6nOQPzPL67vxqwb2TnWpw4YtsJ65M7hgpt/s2712/20230609_144759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2170" data-original-width="2712" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNdbODnSC2QwI9iVbYBRBawl_MUu11KM6ZE-0Tv9DPQyMwyl9ov6tlChGDTZfRebbD5aKILO_zdkqQLwfFR7GLMzH921W8Aks7zMgGdio0zFTC6NPgObDuOeDm6xIasomnA1IvViz8-4x2H88j2imSTw3nF6nOQPzPL67vxqwb2TnWpw4YtsJ65M7hgpt/s320/20230609_144759.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 half dozen huge pipe organs.</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/AVvXsEghAeEKR9cfEg_BI48Kz6tqPUVHk5kMuJNU7nMx2hKrnNyEgpNaEnLP1NiqLfl8Oj4SdB_rtqn1XB1ZDtKdreFPv1h2mB5mXam8qhC5jKyVglIKsnsy2HM43f6mMuIIKpoL7xfelTLH_UXvmmJYHofP35eNWm4Va_QT7Ok-7y7b-p6tXchK6FTvei_U2s8p/s4000/20230609_150423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAeEKR9cfEg_BI48Kz6tqPUVHk5kMuJNU7nMx2hKrnNyEgpNaEnLP1NiqLfl8Oj4SdB_rtqn1XB1ZDtKdreFPv1h2mB5mXam8qhC5jKyVglIKsnsy2HM43f6mMuIIKpoL7xfelTLH_UXvmmJYHofP35eNWm4Va_QT7Ok-7y7b-p6tXchK6FTvei_U2s8p/s320/20230609_150423.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 huge room full of miniature Big Top Circus displays plus shelves and shelves of the little circus wagons, animals and people.</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/AVvXsEhKI1R-nUn10piGvlRInd1BQ1mrYHVupO4zMKUNdsNttPBx2zID19rdFQtwpMZo4cQQKlEfQmFC0EHAirp1nm10eJCdcFuCIqc3v6661a8GziiIDjOBG3xJrthirGONX8b3qJ1LQp8R3LX45WBN7EnGDzRoLBG4FKxYXMGSgCRiYO7BNubtNo8sIGAgwoRO/s4000/20230609_154710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI1R-nUn10piGvlRInd1BQ1mrYHVupO4zMKUNdsNttPBx2zID19rdFQtwpMZo4cQQKlEfQmFC0EHAirp1nm10eJCdcFuCIqc3v6661a8GziiIDjOBG3xJrthirGONX8b3qJ1LQp8R3LX45WBN7EnGDzRoLBG4FKxYXMGSgCRiYO7BNubtNo8sIGAgwoRO/s320/20230609_154710.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 room with nothing but crown jewels on display. 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text-align: center;">Even one being swallowed by a whale that is two stories high.</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/AVvXsEgcWmlhun03aUpUZ5-iDxnNnlewfwSr8jIVahrIVfYI3d9-JPiBnnWS-IFgrz8K4A9kTb3o-BIkVS2dMvjit-NF90r9pE_90UyAVr1uZQDe5U6g3B8BUtkvbLRDot1Ji5he7ZotwOtKHFKzlh6alikv4Mrf03QN-_HILn_UbBupMpLLBFbA3FbbjP8NVoCW/s4000/20230609_121705.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWmlhun03aUpUZ5-iDxnNnlewfwSr8jIVahrIVfYI3d9-JPiBnnWS-IFgrz8K4A9kTb3o-BIkVS2dMvjit-NF90r9pE_90UyAVr1uZQDe5U6g3B8BUtkvbLRDot1Ji5he7ZotwOtKHFKzlh6alikv4Mrf03QN-_HILn_UbBupMpLLBFbA3FbbjP8NVoCW/s320/20230609_121705.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below the whale on the first floor is Ringo's "Octopuses Garden" with the sea creatures all playing the song.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are carriages and sleighs and whiskey distillery vats and water wheels. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaawQQ-buSQQS7ooNUXKH7O_rKCUy4_-6qmUTNU6PuknaQTqWlddKQavLqFVFzHAlkZZbcf4S-cRffm0YYx6iFqdAZteCapitS2As7piiad7qu8MxUcjL03r0t8pRgxeEDbP3nu2dbEJZK9Dof6guDYO0m-0bgqfh4vT14qCmlI2lUBNjZNw84JNKWSaU/s3803/20230609_130728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2717" data-original-width="3803" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKaawQQ-buSQQS7ooNUXKH7O_rKCUy4_-6qmUTNU6PuknaQTqWlddKQavLqFVFzHAlkZZbcf4S-cRffm0YYx6iFqdAZteCapitS2As7piiad7qu8MxUcjL03r0t8pRgxeEDbP3nu2dbEJZK9Dof6guDYO0m-0bgqfh4vT14qCmlI2lUBNjZNw84JNKWSaU/s320/20230609_130728.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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One room had a full symphony orchestra that was automated machines that would play when you put in a token.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGanFO1bnMMJHcdE26LGKxa-49GmcqretiRf595BAHwVZeIVSI4czF51q4-a3XUjNcgbyq20-iuZAqOlKFDaLnV9Uw4yCJ6u4r7VaCoTz6keY1-EdiD7FJlgXS_jmG_Bcc_ES1gSKT92u16Ac8y3hOGJVJWUejcGFRasSoVV9Z3Vdjxbv8fFF-CESLdpb/s4000/20230609_155402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGanFO1bnMMJHcdE26LGKxa-49GmcqretiRf595BAHwVZeIVSI4czF51q4-a3XUjNcgbyq20-iuZAqOlKFDaLnV9Uw4yCJ6u4r7VaCoTz6keY1-EdiD7FJlgXS_jmG_Bcc_ES1gSKT92u16Ac8y3hOGJVJWUejcGFRasSoVV9Z3Vdjxbv8fFF-CESLdpb/s320/20230609_155402.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In case he ran short on horses and other animals for his carousels, there were several walls covered with extras!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtK_fUF33aDY9zQ_qVI-vITPFrTDDIc7ZunIKoPYGoEvY_3iAzEc-4dAqN3zIK-Qqkntd1obCzQYy4hcFEhAZjM2dhLSA-lGaBmQbsYkbIwnGvrhbXIUoVBTuU4osE4fWgoYw31tMM2j4O4HGxFLCk6XzZPi5cMschdiSbfAt7pDWkUHe_qgIwcUSkLb9/s4000/20230609_144851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtK_fUF33aDY9zQ_qVI-vITPFrTDDIc7ZunIKoPYGoEvY_3iAzEc-4dAqN3zIK-Qqkntd1obCzQYy4hcFEhAZjM2dhLSA-lGaBmQbsYkbIwnGvrhbXIUoVBTuU4osE4fWgoYw31tMM2j4O4HGxFLCk6XzZPi5cMschdiSbfAt7pDWkUHe_qgIwcUSkLb9/s320/20230609_144851.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another of his carousels. There was also a six-story one with dolls riding all the animals. You just have to see this place to believe it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQU0SdAFN6zZRukqnGRv7R791vYeY2qqOIAVnCB6R75UEFed3j6VntZupb8VI3-VYNcAeWXEI4Q2FNbuEpY33dHMYqGj8Jn8CYEVMd7qkcHAsmpK4qtOPXd5-a-TFZm2VkdYUMJsiHBLV_31nV7YUHbVZzPXmpZTsZJNk1slSm1RKI7jgmJgygiNLhFxA2/s2992/20230609_181843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQU0SdAFN6zZRukqnGRv7R791vYeY2qqOIAVnCB6R75UEFed3j6VntZupb8VI3-VYNcAeWXEI4Q2FNbuEpY33dHMYqGj8Jn8CYEVMd7qkcHAsmpK4qtOPXd5-a-TFZm2VkdYUMJsiHBLV_31nV7YUHbVZzPXmpZTsZJNk1slSm1RKI7jgmJgygiNLhFxA2/s320/20230609_181843.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;">After a very long and fascinating day, we stopped here at the Green Acres Restaurant for a very lovely early supper before heading to Green Lake to spend a couple days with John's cousin Nancy and her son and daughter-in-law.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqZym2DyLJW6K4iq4uNkgiX3dwXjoWVOpAQ9dIGUAv02FRMTyoilDCf7-JtdS9TkEkOID-s0DAZUsMV4BVxu-tpiRLL_37AmW-AtlY5IusV5t_hqpGwQCTRhvu_vfhW7WfSKMUL6yF6OCcoy5MyJGvswldNVAr2xK_wOky1Ndj2FYz0etVC1OpBRUaKzd/s2468/20230609_193601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="2468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqZym2DyLJW6K4iq4uNkgiX3dwXjoWVOpAQ9dIGUAv02FRMTyoilDCf7-JtdS9TkEkOID-s0DAZUsMV4BVxu-tpiRLL_37AmW-AtlY5IusV5t_hqpGwQCTRhvu_vfhW7WfSKMUL6yF6OCcoy5MyJGvswldNVAr2xK_wOky1Ndj2FYz0etVC1OpBRUaKzd/s320/20230609_193601.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;">We passed a few Amish buggies on our way there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9KlZN-8sovlDdI8uyaRJkTI2YzcWy0s802dAEa3Aj5SwLT2so_lkaJurH2naVpY0PX1qWg96uCEbP_D0-B-lw3HnJJxcEOPo1ckuBNhQyublAB4lIv2szCI11Malwpe4PfCLuktvnb5VzX00PKFaFaC4KJQoEV45RHN7pDUmnfyA-2WQyvV_7nFSpVSX/s3858/20230610_114748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2771" data-original-width="3858" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9KlZN-8sovlDdI8uyaRJkTI2YzcWy0s802dAEa3Aj5SwLT2so_lkaJurH2naVpY0PX1qWg96uCEbP_D0-B-lw3HnJJxcEOPo1ckuBNhQyublAB4lIv2szCI11Malwpe4PfCLuktvnb5VzX00PKFaFaC4KJQoEV45RHN7pDUmnfyA-2WQyvV_7nFSpVSX/s320/20230610_114748.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;">Chris took us all on a tour of the very large and beautiful Green Lake. Thank you all so much for the nice visit and all your hospitality.</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/AVvXsEioXZcWlkiDTZ2nyWFKdJ3HsZsFMwRiCawJeKAUI-h-H-TyQDdrhyphenhyphenpkW4GB3beVnaDGHjJfRbz8T0aOtXD-SDh_3o0DLoVggmmAxY3bTi5HK5ibHpHf_yqC0ISfvh9t7ZjU7df0Byqy7SJKRoJoUk5zPvjQpk3XxiTEQ55EqennYUQaQkFWkKc3ROjHALHl/s3422/20230612_112305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="3422" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioXZcWlkiDTZ2nyWFKdJ3HsZsFMwRiCawJeKAUI-h-H-TyQDdrhyphenhyphenpkW4GB3beVnaDGHjJfRbz8T0aOtXD-SDh_3o0DLoVggmmAxY3bTi5HK5ibHpHf_yqC0ISfvh9t7ZjU7df0Byqy7SJKRoJoUk5zPvjQpk3XxiTEQ55EqennYUQaQkFWkKc3ROjHALHl/s320/20230612_112305.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;">Our next stop was Circus World at Baraboo, Wisconsin on the Baraboo River. I'm sure my mouth was just hanging open watching this guy. Incredible!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUe5fLVP-AB2MTBddmLr7hO3fn7EloHWJ_1xNx1sDgylHcRV6sqyP7_IR17YyxBYsbrxvMPwBKcKpdqPkP44hm-QqTlmnfPLQlbg69dji5yojOpirmCTpwzWMYXUZlC1rnOFSjstzJbnXgjch0DkZymivouXykAnl4JI4KvFdrsibXD4UMZkMToAc0Hsz/s4000/20230612_114341%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUe5fLVP-AB2MTBddmLr7hO3fn7EloHWJ_1xNx1sDgylHcRV6sqyP7_IR17YyxBYsbrxvMPwBKcKpdqPkP44hm-QqTlmnfPLQlbg69dji5yojOpirmCTpwzWMYXUZlC1rnOFSjstzJbnXgjch0DkZymivouXykAnl4JI4KvFdrsibXD4UMZkMToAc0Hsz/s320/20230612_114341%20-%20Copy.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;">This guy was pretty amazing, too, juggling while cycling.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPmUa6wFUCxvyY3y-QVE8dLTjAh7taLDZN2D-Vy4vUxxnmafuso7bLc-CvqzD0FejTx4hGcbVXNzeuYEOVZKJxGKR5F_ODaPgmQMcRj7nsm4BEZTkL8OnyTegiJ_ESaeGHoR_T7ghbGafzvRazZX9u8bLvDcC9lbz9SmYRr2EmEUoY-NeQQ-3di-WxHbv/s4000/20230612_114516%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbPmUa6wFUCxvyY3y-QVE8dLTjAh7taLDZN2D-Vy4vUxxnmafuso7bLc-CvqzD0FejTx4hGcbVXNzeuYEOVZKJxGKR5F_ODaPgmQMcRj7nsm4BEZTkL8OnyTegiJ_ESaeGHoR_T7ghbGafzvRazZX9u8bLvDcC9lbz9SmYRr2EmEUoY-NeQQ-3di-WxHbv/s320/20230612_114516%20-%20Copy.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;">He needed ladders to get on these two!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E9oLJwYHjPCHNj2Gpg9U7fx0DNoxxe1R2M_VyCn1o8LVSKYu6g6sjdaiZ7XwZG8_YrGi-3Y2B4G6M7SXF4E3jtbGU_Vy_kObk5vVHG2tF2PGm1cZKJ0XJjBDa3bPFY4yUHvk518tSdltfb8ZwdXmvs_GM5_hqmdMvikacel96TWDZHCEqhk2-b-WPMx-/s4000/20230612_114809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E9oLJwYHjPCHNj2Gpg9U7fx0DNoxxe1R2M_VyCn1o8LVSKYu6g6sjdaiZ7XwZG8_YrGi-3Y2B4G6M7SXF4E3jtbGU_Vy_kObk5vVHG2tF2PGm1cZKJ0XJjBDa3bPFY4yUHvk518tSdltfb8ZwdXmvs_GM5_hqmdMvikacel96TWDZHCEqhk2-b-WPMx-/s320/20230612_114809.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5tIX9AaqZGXogZ4amuR1eknXr7H5kzFjjvjmxEyblRJkJl4uvoBnJ9zfoN_1axVf4HzhixqVDiSISfbr3tkoxXMPpPLWoPdAkCvTCw45VyKbBHXeKfQhQSyoLScEz-xUAMWvGOaNI2FzFruDOPwdlZfapaJqmrldxy1WzHHYS752y9jgaYFYrOBH48pC/s4000/20230612_115356%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ5tIX9AaqZGXogZ4amuR1eknXr7H5kzFjjvjmxEyblRJkJl4uvoBnJ9zfoN_1axVf4HzhixqVDiSISfbr3tkoxXMPpPLWoPdAkCvTCw45VyKbBHXeKfQhQSyoLScEz-xUAMWvGOaNI2FzFruDOPwdlZfapaJqmrldxy1WzHHYS752y9jgaYFYrOBH48pC/s320/20230612_115356%20-%20Copy.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;">This was the last year they would be having elephants in their show. PETA and all that stuff, you know. There were ponies and goats performing and a couple song and dance shows and clowns. It was another full day to see it all. There is a huge museum and I think seven of the original barns where they kept elephants and all the other animals. Over 100 different circuses called Wisconsin home over a 175 year period starting in 1847. Circus World is a National Historic Landmark. It opened on Water Street in 1959 with six wagons, a miniature circus, posters, costumes and props. During the winter they would make new canvas for the big top and all the costumes, wagons and equipment were designed and made here. Ringlingville became a city onto itself in the winter. One small circus in 1903 had 75 ponies and 35 dogs and a bunch of monkeys. Ringling Brothers had their winter headquarters in Baraboo for 35 years until they combined with Barnum and Bailey in 1927 and moved their headquarters to Connecticut. John Ringling eventually moved his headquarters to Sarasota, Florida. You can tour his home there and the circus museums and his art gallery, all totally amazing!</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/AVvXsEhKtFD0o-nrrhUENK1MJM1iA1_zdqYYgVjqHkOos1v3fUIPDUnQ-R-08UdHXIjey3GG2dihMdItL0MGyPwMlBkq4WKR67z-1OgWxWKMRb_YiVmWN3ZetgELzOAL9UtE0xkGHQCN4HOqCo98jzh043gi4cSY6T_nEwZWsC5jo0Zg-_0WFO4neK82sXwgTXl1/s3980/20230612_123539%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2025" data-original-width="3980" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtFD0o-nrrhUENK1MJM1iA1_zdqYYgVjqHkOos1v3fUIPDUnQ-R-08UdHXIjey3GG2dihMdItL0MGyPwMlBkq4WKR67z-1OgWxWKMRb_YiVmWN3ZetgELzOAL9UtE0xkGHQCN4HOqCo98jzh043gi4cSY6T_nEwZWsC5jo0Zg-_0WFO4neK82sXwgTXl1/s320/20230612_123539%20-%20Copy.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;">Of course, they also had lots of miniature circus stuff.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKqjL9-ieetEHEdyJdHRCB5hqY0mdjktArMW89tHBvcMXVwDRElXbE70B9OHytybs5PyWNvTZiTignhVZKrwqvnX9-n2VNarJvyhrkiaSjPa23PiaFVXaojgtbG9qlPbNE55P8B38ZjiukTEy98GVRByESvKG5v6BIugRLZcOmiy21wlGSfNuC1YqNJOu/s4000/20230612_124527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKqjL9-ieetEHEdyJdHRCB5hqY0mdjktArMW89tHBvcMXVwDRElXbE70B9OHytybs5PyWNvTZiTignhVZKrwqvnX9-n2VNarJvyhrkiaSjPa23PiaFVXaojgtbG9qlPbNE55P8B38ZjiukTEy98GVRByESvKG5v6BIugRLZcOmiy21wlGSfNuC1YqNJOu/s320/20230612_124527.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;">And a warehouse full of all kinds of circus wagons.</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/AVvXsEhEGRyKOkgp_hXKtyRAGW2UaHcbqM5-eEqRQkddQbxUXhc6JB4zsfmYCrghFRX-RIUFFRjNXOmgPgr4OVa5tJZ5Ttjisd-QLmkD1ID2cHwx8P8qMGH2-Z5kqkFQbXGhYeqy_xMlYCtQwiBk8tmazYylKeFI4s-k6S32TBdds5SOKt-qVGIDbrMEbJMtlZAz/s4000/20230612_123144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGRyKOkgp_hXKtyRAGW2UaHcbqM5-eEqRQkddQbxUXhc6JB4zsfmYCrghFRX-RIUFFRjNXOmgPgr4OVa5tJZ5Ttjisd-QLmkD1ID2cHwx8P8qMGH2-Z5kqkFQbXGhYeqy_xMlYCtQwiBk8tmazYylKeFI4s-k6S32TBdds5SOKt-qVGIDbrMEbJMtlZAz/s320/20230612_123144.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;">When the Feld family acquired the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1967, they established a clown college that ran for thirty years and trained 1,400 people who went onto every field of entertainment. There was a rigorous application process, but tuition was free to the 30 to 50 students accepted each year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3PoHhva2fGTl5JHXUKSZkp2njDEHIRrIKPYVOYClzpjejIUEkPBx5VJeoDY3CnnC-6NZcRSjAxlMQmcE02_jSsLUdqTY-k-3Z2qU99nZTW-QFySUGtvY1lCE4Vm4PI6rHn7C8mr70x1cy2vGSgG7-IbUNmsNStj_Us3HMpqk_gGQdRv1mg39XvnIW4cs/s3753/20230612_140320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3753" data-original-width="2464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3PoHhva2fGTl5JHXUKSZkp2njDEHIRrIKPYVOYClzpjejIUEkPBx5VJeoDY3CnnC-6NZcRSjAxlMQmcE02_jSsLUdqTY-k-3Z2qU99nZTW-QFySUGtvY1lCE4Vm4PI6rHn7C8mr70x1cy2vGSgG7-IbUNmsNStj_Us3HMpqk_gGQdRv1mg39XvnIW4cs/s320/20230612_140320.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of posters showing incredible performances. No business made wider use of posters than the circus. The poster crew arrived two to three weeks ahead of the circus. Targeting fences, barn sides, store windows and abandoned buildings a good bill-posting crew could paste 6,000 to 8,000 posters a day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They eventually transitioned from the circus wagons to trains. Ringling Brothers combined with Barnum and Bailey in 1918. In 1927 they traveled with over 100 double length rail cars. 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Great to catch up. After a couple days in Greenfield with Bruce and Gerry and lunch with Gene and Julie we headed back to Dawn's in Sioux Falls.</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/AVvXsEgzMZ3z9yT0nsFOcIFtkw0IoAgNZIoWj0JTZov7YCYY0DOR-3rCnIauLbc_i-0Nd-alWoMwqksKe1CTgdDoEtPEGeA9bV0VCECisGqncpLEyFwYtJVlPp0B1S6kbj7hvJbzTAozWdwk45hloRG5gxe9WYJQ4SjTbS76EJMW9_hKnA7Wq2ggbxO5Gtpxj7Zy/s3579/20230616_145818%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2684" data-original-width="3579" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMZ3z9yT0nsFOcIFtkw0IoAgNZIoWj0JTZov7YCYY0DOR-3rCnIauLbc_i-0Nd-alWoMwqksKe1CTgdDoEtPEGeA9bV0VCECisGqncpLEyFwYtJVlPp0B1S6kbj7hvJbzTAozWdwk45hloRG5gxe9WYJQ4SjTbS76EJMW9_hKnA7Wq2ggbxO5Gtpxj7Zy/s320/20230616_145818%20-%20Copy.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;">Along the way, we stopped to tour the Blue Bunny Ice Cream Museum in Le Mars, Iowa.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwqL-x-_YSEsTD_f35jPy3riiwQdTuE1jfz1rOCIX2M2lr2miAdl8uRGp4PDcIlMVXm0wCCTZFhdQEZTgpVq-vR4fi6y9ZWq9TwhZDtTaihEeopHBWYXSyKb1Qk2iMhri6vsx60x3oxYAqtGvToExTSVNx3rq2FzpXw5eXDpT-EyIL0yDf1GgQCy77T18/s3528/20230616_143446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3528" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwqL-x-_YSEsTD_f35jPy3riiwQdTuE1jfz1rOCIX2M2lr2miAdl8uRGp4PDcIlMVXm0wCCTZFhdQEZTgpVq-vR4fi6y9ZWq9TwhZDtTaihEeopHBWYXSyKb1Qk2iMhri6vsx60x3oxYAqtGvToExTSVNx3rq2FzpXw5eXDpT-EyIL0yDf1GgQCy77T18/s320/20230616_143446.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;">Free, fun and interesting and you get a free ice cream cone! Totally worth the stop. We spent a few days with Dawn before heading back to Montana.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EZJYd9cVXDItVV691OaYDGojj4-k8TavTPo3n8yKIW05SXZCe0L7E5dM2z8suYA435-AXI-n4rCc_oGAA90Be-DD8Wqwp2NQfUeBosBqF9O3DVfdJSb6ZVQwMmgO1G71J2g1riQpgNkVb7-hYcx4DC3uIrC9D-QptdJe1OA-tlwQ0AO3ue-dSlEgrkLT/s4000/20230616_200247%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EZJYd9cVXDItVV691OaYDGojj4-k8TavTPo3n8yKIW05SXZCe0L7E5dM2z8suYA435-AXI-n4rCc_oGAA90Be-DD8Wqwp2NQfUeBosBqF9O3DVfdJSb6ZVQwMmgO1G71J2g1riQpgNkVb7-hYcx4DC3uIrC9D-QptdJe1OA-tlwQ0AO3ue-dSlEgrkLT/s320/20230616_200247%20-%20Copy.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;">She has been gradually digging up all the grass in her yard and putting in a variety of flowers and plants. A lot of work, but it is starting to look very nice.</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/AVvXsEi-itUpLwvOCQ-tfEOUqncOFLvE3lNUiPnhviRi_1JSGBCgPKCJwbaJ3iVMaVRqIBWc0tzcxH0oqZqLqevtcm8LWwbIm8wY-J1REB3zL311OcIIxvwajlUKH_DL9EP6_MgHugiilG2EovUOYv8Up3RXohbfmNOwl02nmU9IcdWLzj6LHMFB8wOWRi7qBdyq/s4000/20230915_145621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-itUpLwvOCQ-tfEOUqncOFLvE3lNUiPnhviRi_1JSGBCgPKCJwbaJ3iVMaVRqIBWc0tzcxH0oqZqLqevtcm8LWwbIm8wY-J1REB3zL311OcIIxvwajlUKH_DL9EP6_MgHugiilG2EovUOYv8Up3RXohbfmNOwl02nmU9IcdWLzj6LHMFB8wOWRi7qBdyq/s320/20230915_145621.jpg" width="240" /></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/AVvXsEiDgrfwGSmA8eaY5IGKm8waSuSl5QPTek3sPCLVo3AAhNSnsT5nx-9zLDJSwMRmpgQkCKd3z1W0myU8oYOr-BP4r_CBpoV9_wEwHXXth6Aeadnhtkxqsr8aQ5P5YcY9jCyT5sx11H9he2Innq6qRdsGvxCF92PmGl-ZGd4xn8I3MDkLw6mtDh2rQp0y5iqG/s4000/20230915_145010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgrfwGSmA8eaY5IGKm8waSuSl5QPTek3sPCLVo3AAhNSnsT5nx-9zLDJSwMRmpgQkCKd3z1W0myU8oYOr-BP4r_CBpoV9_wEwHXXth6Aeadnhtkxqsr8aQ5P5YcY9jCyT5sx11H9he2Innq6qRdsGvxCF92PmGl-ZGd4xn8I3MDkLw6mtDh2rQp0y5iqG/s320/20230915_145010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPw001lS-vGPdO2jsjGNVPP2svfXGa3NPwDvIb7G6llLSYcbTSkk36GuxftJ43VwRoDxB6VYs8BWtHlnLiNp3mwWAsySc2_BKS8z0ZokJ_hqGTzht3yirhWyXe9xSTOlr0gzHxWlc9yBOMmoKJ_54ZOZXdzNKlZWYxk-E36Kwt1wiAOvgpBgGeQd-7BXeV/s4000/20230624_105514%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPw001lS-vGPdO2jsjGNVPP2svfXGa3NPwDvIb7G6llLSYcbTSkk36GuxftJ43VwRoDxB6VYs8BWtHlnLiNp3mwWAsySc2_BKS8z0ZokJ_hqGTzht3yirhWyXe9xSTOlr0gzHxWlc9yBOMmoKJ_54ZOZXdzNKlZWYxk-E36Kwt1wiAOvgpBgGeQd-7BXeV/s320/20230624_105514%20-%20Copy.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;">Cruising through the Badlands on our way back to Helena.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9us1ZizvkJLPG4AqB8PMZATs3PzVRk7L0WHwvbMNh4aORJZ_HelfO2JjGMOb2SD65B4kDlcczYRsFxsZ7K0kPFeECau7lvQGI7Ikn5KgLoQdOoHuoqh6-8_yyHBF6A52yBrewshVCjaO4KpT7uWqEMcIqNDWFyxvyWGjgOREneZD5DDjAXUTpwEIMJvRw/s3165/20230710_104607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2623" data-original-width="3165" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9us1ZizvkJLPG4AqB8PMZATs3PzVRk7L0WHwvbMNh4aORJZ_HelfO2JjGMOb2SD65B4kDlcczYRsFxsZ7K0kPFeECau7lvQGI7Ikn5KgLoQdOoHuoqh6-8_yyHBF6A52yBrewshVCjaO4KpT7uWqEMcIqNDWFyxvyWGjgOREneZD5DDjAXUTpwEIMJvRw/s320/20230710_104607.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;">Celebrating Ninja Boy's adoption day!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAaBLTB0sfegLqYeRD0sbmaqHrYH-1JOw_qwkmAnNYaQM4ORPfwlmECgf6DzqqiINnWMmAPAzlzOOqQKx9kGh1UpF5i73zQgku9b_3AbgqcFUxqq7F1bYIFVHpvumGkzWGhyHwNKt_bBOHPJ3yf5CQJ68Fewobcbhv47gZYlQcohEyBHlH-th0vyThRWK/s4000/20230711_114136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAaBLTB0sfegLqYeRD0sbmaqHrYH-1JOw_qwkmAnNYaQM4ORPfwlmECgf6DzqqiINnWMmAPAzlzOOqQKx9kGh1UpF5i73zQgku9b_3AbgqcFUxqq7F1bYIFVHpvumGkzWGhyHwNKt_bBOHPJ3yf5CQJ68Fewobcbhv47gZYlQcohEyBHlH-th0vyThRWK/s320/20230711_114136.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 big old windstorm came through and broke a very large limb off one of the huge evergreen trees. It took the mirror off the camper and totaled the old swing set. Could have been much worse.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSTqo13mQFoNg2BdSsecDMFBHiI4kqkQ7mG718i973g62b023DU2KPi2XJn58faCOGxblCcMXs9VamRs0BAlzzX-Tb3MXgNfOmxuLuDCuUHtVshYInKUVU4oyT8YZnCmYa-kPjY1LCpwfau90pmlB6UY_tVoiEwwvcMAmzFF8AMg562PukeaZJXmtghr7/s4000/20230718_111008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSTqo13mQFoNg2BdSsecDMFBHiI4kqkQ7mG718i973g62b023DU2KPi2XJn58faCOGxblCcMXs9VamRs0BAlzzX-Tb3MXgNfOmxuLuDCuUHtVshYInKUVU4oyT8YZnCmYa-kPjY1LCpwfau90pmlB6UY_tVoiEwwvcMAmzFF8AMg562PukeaZJXmtghr7/s320/20230718_111008.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;">Grandpa is back doing his favorite thing with the littles, while I went on my first ever white-water rafting trip with Hilary and Jeff and their friends from Illinois and the older kids. So much fun!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uxB8JeDVo0UjV-DXaXELQ8YlCMfZoqI2Ye4xm6qSAbGzsa_SSz_HkkFHP_x0dEhndTRf7I7rXYqIdHu9B518dTsVdAoMkolCWnei9KlTQzha6W72eh9HitJFhEhM-UorggR1aWbGcNNnf3i-6VYujX4F9VG6iBb5k4uAhKH_M8oiGTLYfwIGeyFo-YCk/s3170/20230725_190351%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2608" data-original-width="3170" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uxB8JeDVo0UjV-DXaXELQ8YlCMfZoqI2Ye4xm6qSAbGzsa_SSz_HkkFHP_x0dEhndTRf7I7rXYqIdHu9B518dTsVdAoMkolCWnei9KlTQzha6W72eh9HitJFhEhM-UorggR1aWbGcNNnf3i-6VYujX4F9VG6iBb5k4uAhKH_M8oiGTLYfwIGeyFo-YCk/s320/20230725_190351%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybIIm69i259HRjRgmUMirsHG_UVhZansauM9nO83zPVEO9m1-DwZR8YWcoC8vSZBnRAJmIvfg55orlKb1SUyYoKG5aHIkaVr04W34f_NAwXri2q7SeBwhVbj9n_UgXt7fsq_g3vKyPwm1Y59HGqUzTvXaQIRkRkfoqi5WeV1lL8KKQvG1fipPg-58ToNI/s3698/20230726_180657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3698" data-original-width="2465" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybIIm69i259HRjRgmUMirsHG_UVhZansauM9nO83zPVEO9m1-DwZR8YWcoC8vSZBnRAJmIvfg55orlKb1SUyYoKG5aHIkaVr04W34f_NAwXri2q7SeBwhVbj9n_UgXt7fsq_g3vKyPwm1Y59HGqUzTvXaQIRkRkfoqi5WeV1lL8KKQvG1fipPg-58ToNI/s320/20230726_180657.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are all making our own shishkabobs tonight. Benny is having pineapple and grapes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKx3CaqOUkNxaDSS03ZT30wMbeh4EV_Os_oZuqyPlRUpPg-WgMQJbnj69gKz7JHkI-tEOQDw1za88MVs45aRaEHcFtMjOrbxgOGvrZ3Cwn49Rsbh4q5dZ5oTX01SpCcld_wBu-0hyphenhyphenYxERNfZX80sn_5J6-W-T6ev_XT_Vd_A5IUd6EJt7Or5KdK-8MvaR/s4000/20230729_121237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFKx3CaqOUkNxaDSS03ZT30wMbeh4EV_Os_oZuqyPlRUpPg-WgMQJbnj69gKz7JHkI-tEOQDw1za88MVs45aRaEHcFtMjOrbxgOGvrZ3Cwn49Rsbh4q5dZ5oTX01SpCcld_wBu-0hyphenhyphenYxERNfZX80sn_5J6-W-T6ev_XT_Vd_A5IUd6EJt7Or5KdK-8MvaR/s320/20230729_121237.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aww Mom, he's so cuuute! Please? Absolutely Not!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhlvbL-Q3PbOj9tIID2Vs20xGr9Hon-l5c8Cxj9raKnpZmpmrs2_4gjGxfMcQOfbk6pLMx4yoUuRQjvMg9Z_jiXfawLufOzD3Q9JbyXyFBhnky9YgrcNhCCdE6Y88Bp427g4JrjE4Ng4nrUu3KGoETi3Mj_gbFQql6zNVqEmj1ND2cNcwqsT9cA-MvXPZ/s1700/20230729_125644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1700" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxhlvbL-Q3PbOj9tIID2Vs20xGr9Hon-l5c8Cxj9raKnpZmpmrs2_4gjGxfMcQOfbk6pLMx4yoUuRQjvMg9Z_jiXfawLufOzD3Q9JbyXyFBhnky9YgrcNhCCdE6Y88Bp427g4JrjE4Ng4nrUu3KGoETi3Mj_gbFQql6zNVqEmj1ND2cNcwqsT9cA-MvXPZ/s320/20230729_125644.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;">Watching the Last Stampede Parade.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Ride with Unicorns. Swim with Mermaids.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-s2yMASCdTfrursr9gsUsUPTC7wSlaFDMUT_ZWUj80PsKRL1PZYWrHjQow54viPXOGrgDBp6bfHxk-z3iE04XqHG8SvDawcgZpoI5T6yi7iWZd4kjc7YqvRkOUIqZygNX4izNetJNVp1ZcT8G9cnmqSB_r4CLoULx2837atXOJX9sUBg0NS_UsR6Nopj/s2514/20230810_124927%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2514" data-original-width="2494" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-s2yMASCdTfrursr9gsUsUPTC7wSlaFDMUT_ZWUj80PsKRL1PZYWrHjQow54viPXOGrgDBp6bfHxk-z3iE04XqHG8SvDawcgZpoI5T6yi7iWZd4kjc7YqvRkOUIqZygNX4izNetJNVp1ZcT8G9cnmqSB_r4CLoULx2837atXOJX9sUBg0NS_UsR6Nopj/s320/20230810_124927%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of my wildflowers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVklSlRaUuUEGavlhxBcjRe57a5JNBvSNNAqenkUPUjIH9GgH3R7MI1hw81mQfRKZQFeip5BxOBb3czxT1-SnEUePBkITrypPdOu4gOK0cwHB3szbwHF0UaxQLhB-MaFOJFgvPiJqMCM7vZ0IEsqJ0UPmgUWu_MIR8052ljGkRb-I1te5DdDD3Pj3cPh1O/s4000/20230812_111023%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVklSlRaUuUEGavlhxBcjRe57a5JNBvSNNAqenkUPUjIH9GgH3R7MI1hw81mQfRKZQFeip5BxOBb3czxT1-SnEUePBkITrypPdOu4gOK0cwHB3szbwHF0UaxQLhB-MaFOJFgvPiJqMCM7vZ0IEsqJ0UPmgUWu_MIR8052ljGkRb-I1te5DdDD3Pj3cPh1O/s320/20230812_111023%20-%20Copy.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;">Everybody pitching in to help with the new patio walkway.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zMcGGWJa0_m3Q_pX2jOd7bAdyQ07AcLEiRV5bjSoqW2ZbN79kgUa3ZklPm-2lTDoaMkdTV3VSlU_azjhGcKTFnpgxOBNA3NVse1lEi-cwRWaUkhZmbJjCjlhOZ7pBWzldWlizBzr26g2pkdLk5GcMTT3RzahS0TJk4JaqBKVX1cidQgr_8Lmyac5aTG7/s4000/20230827_194309%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zMcGGWJa0_m3Q_pX2jOd7bAdyQ07AcLEiRV5bjSoqW2ZbN79kgUa3ZklPm-2lTDoaMkdTV3VSlU_azjhGcKTFnpgxOBNA3NVse1lEi-cwRWaUkhZmbJjCjlhOZ7pBWzldWlizBzr26g2pkdLk5GcMTT3RzahS0TJk4JaqBKVX1cidQgr_8Lmyac5aTG7/s320/20230827_194309%20-%20Copy.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;">Benny got a new warm, fuzzy quilt from the neighbor lady for his birthday. I think they've got a special thing going, but I can't say I blame her. He is a little charmer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uNfJZYgC85JvwWy6QIYN-wpwYPLGAICsCrBe-oNTmEbhlGF6Ujt_v-GuUKQbXS65zl08CEKxFx21tvCkDbPj2LIUXXP40Lwcz39B8unADJ7bI51ZtlMx-hTUsxUCXoR39NXMTLToU6dnQJwFCczdN6eI307-1ElP2hlyo_vDilXTNkjvDjib6o2XSiVL/s3512/20230828_190253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="3512" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9uNfJZYgC85JvwWy6QIYN-wpwYPLGAICsCrBe-oNTmEbhlGF6Ujt_v-GuUKQbXS65zl08CEKxFx21tvCkDbPj2LIUXXP40Lwcz39B8unADJ7bI51ZtlMx-hTUsxUCXoR39NXMTLToU6dnQJwFCczdN6eI307-1ElP2hlyo_vDilXTNkjvDjib6o2XSiVL/s320/20230828_190253.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;">Benny is 6 today.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBXOWvBG5e-I-GY3iTG-YMOKy6NeUGeWdBm8k_QRXxuTmBkD6CvtdSMVI3tG1tS78LLh0a5dCt2gsRexldWQ6a7v_NeiLR_v7UfISfr6rOFbx4oAUsHPHmRqqlZv-kF0IIgAJ-tpqd8hUoJzY5uVFd5nLcALBnrZvofrDZwakvTSls7ZhYrYWpslQaG36/s4000/20230829_102437%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBXOWvBG5e-I-GY3iTG-YMOKy6NeUGeWdBm8k_QRXxuTmBkD6CvtdSMVI3tG1tS78LLh0a5dCt2gsRexldWQ6a7v_NeiLR_v7UfISfr6rOFbx4oAUsHPHmRqqlZv-kF0IIgAJ-tpqd8hUoJzY5uVFd5nLcALBnrZvofrDZwakvTSls7ZhYrYWpslQaG36/s320/20230829_102437%20-%20Copy.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;">Lunch on the patio? Did you make any for anybody else hmmm?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPd7bmZT5oyAmxYZlXahL7iw2wvrItHnoqZX_gzgRAcV-ibXhxeSJSVhVlZ2gHo1XlPisavb6YdP_omZjLJGdt1BqSSwF84AOWt5vxNW-VJ2be2L3R-P0jw-lnHbz80xD9Cv-G9xpeAfX3KrLaguDBN2OsiTr8G5JBmaNOYgwNujvGm2hszgrSrbBc3uLk/s2919/20230911_191411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2919" data-original-width="2744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPd7bmZT5oyAmxYZlXahL7iw2wvrItHnoqZX_gzgRAcV-ibXhxeSJSVhVlZ2gHo1XlPisavb6YdP_omZjLJGdt1BqSSwF84AOWt5vxNW-VJ2be2L3R-P0jw-lnHbz80xD9Cv-G9xpeAfX3KrLaguDBN2OsiTr8G5JBmaNOYgwNujvGm2hszgrSrbBc3uLk/s320/20230911_191411.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Great Grandma Clem's 89th birthday party!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="3265" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdV4plaE3jVUsQdqFP9va0zH1mpdxQSbPoiuMbVEbYHQmlaT8A72aB9ZfUK9uWFtbvg_tRFUkgMXjj9RdOMWhnsaagDLZQLQg2GcWiyRc73TH-2s4cHJI2LLtoezLMlN8vg-XuV7bicwx9pRMkRvXYeDiijUgKD0miIuowLtvgBPvN5ySw-iyE20eewMLx/s320/20230918_122836%20-%20Copy.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;">Walking through the gardens near our hotel in Dublin.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-N4lhf32up8i9m0NifvxZnnn-ouTYxiubzFQMHafi_r4AgYxbuHO5D3uHjX-hD-8so5KzwSCNy8gBuhQbuSb9cdg-O3skxwaNP5TDoC5cl_-dM1W3gDU-kYTlvO5bv7ABmYWu9gKxFqtbt4TB5z07ed04bqhyiW0l86wa6_3ElBTzPvAR5wNa3vDVD65/s4000/20230918_124833%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking around inside the completely walled-in Trinity College Dublin, home to the Book of Kells, which we did not get to see.</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/AVvXsEi8TUGDwHRwjD3RblvphakCb_ffIJM7sf5hYxdAoM9Wy61HvuuwwCn8weput6Qs6RfBleaXAQ1v9CbvAtkrLzGGPRRtqktdqpVVczscqU412pZna0YnpQ9m1eOj9j6VR3adbN4R82EondQi4hIDtTrjOp0dkTP-rhsnd1RtFwvPW25uoXF02T9iwhk0_Fn7/s4000/20230918_135345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TUGDwHRwjD3RblvphakCb_ffIJM7sf5hYxdAoM9Wy61HvuuwwCn8weput6Qs6RfBleaXAQ1v9CbvAtkrLzGGPRRtqktdqpVVczscqU412pZna0YnpQ9m1eOj9j6VR3adbN4R82EondQi4hIDtTrjOp0dkTP-rhsnd1RtFwvPW25uoXF02T9iwhk0_Fn7/s320/20230918_135345.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;">Molly Malone statue was erected in front of this church 1988 for Dublin's millennial celebration. She is an Irish folklore fishmonger who died suddenly of a fever. Her ghost began haunting the streets of Dublin and she was often called "the tart with a cart". She might be based on a real woman who died in 1699. Sweet Molly Malone has been called the unofficial anthem of Dublin, aka In Dublin's Fair City or Cockles and Mussels. James Yorkston wrote and composed the first version of the song in 1884. Molly Malone Day is celebrated June 13th with a parade, live music and street performers. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceWjaTCzHppF_wwtaobt3aL8ae6jhAPdA24Mopv6OZ7FP1oiNU0SeI3Ku45W6UURmbxvA0KbXFlNeI4Suo7sbyIPcN96A4id2a5XHibmSZPR70-QXpXQdZ_E-lmtjKzVN-PO_yMpC3pzBYd449CIDrfJ6IiO7nmyDPb4UOPOJukfDHVWIMM-gddlVxwhb/s2901/20230918_135541%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2614" data-original-width="2901" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceWjaTCzHppF_wwtaobt3aL8ae6jhAPdA24Mopv6OZ7FP1oiNU0SeI3Ku45W6UURmbxvA0KbXFlNeI4Suo7sbyIPcN96A4id2a5XHibmSZPR70-QXpXQdZ_E-lmtjKzVN-PO_yMpC3pzBYd449CIDrfJ6IiO7nmyDPb4UOPOJukfDHVWIMM-gddlVxwhb/s320/20230918_135541%20-%20Copy.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;">In Dublin's fair city where the girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone. As she wheeled her wheelbarrow through the streets broad and narrow, crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o! Alive, alive o, alive, alive o, crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o! She was a fish monger, but sure twas no wonder, for so were father and mother before. And they each wheeled their barrow through the streets broad and narrow, crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o! Alive, alive o, alive, alive o, crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o! She died of a fever, and no one could save her, and that was the end of sweet Molly Malone. But her ghost wheels the barrow through the streets broad and narrow, crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o! Alive, alive o, alive, alive o, crying cockles and mussels alive, alive o!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT1GAMDAkRc57IiknbRz84gdNzgwWf1ADKxdvRY4zX7HveGNrQeOJNIKpHuzPKPtM7OrmEXJw5imlPhymfHXY7VFafp0ct6450y9RsLHY7K6OBPoOR4KlOFObuAPHdhjjr1DhsZpkheHLAuMoVfYeHoGXj-0KHI-0VvVRNO8-DUIK1HOTdddd_o2hS9YL/s4000/20230918_151108%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPT1GAMDAkRc57IiknbRz84gdNzgwWf1ADKxdvRY4zX7HveGNrQeOJNIKpHuzPKPtM7OrmEXJw5imlPhymfHXY7VFafp0ct6450y9RsLHY7K6OBPoOR4KlOFObuAPHdhjjr1DhsZpkheHLAuMoVfYeHoGXj-0KHI-0VvVRNO8-DUIK1HOTdddd_o2hS9YL/s320/20230918_151108%20-%20Copy.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;">City garbage truck picking up in front of downtown businesses.</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/AVvXsEhK_7qU4E6RGoZgX7rxowowTZhhICRQV8i0OX_9GIRQo1XVaIz6D2mziOYXsdM67ZMOlEdzY3fi7wXcGyyRHtXs1XseWmVP35QBtJHhNXX4ftsoyZxXJ53hf4zPNFRj5oHAlsqq_HhD0UFzOVIWhWK1QXTgMZiV_EKgEemsF4UT6biJSiuHyip9_8l9AMtv/s4000/20230919_121628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_7qU4E6RGoZgX7rxowowTZhhICRQV8i0OX_9GIRQo1XVaIz6D2mziOYXsdM67ZMOlEdzY3fi7wXcGyyRHtXs1XseWmVP35QBtJHhNXX4ftsoyZxXJ53hf4zPNFRj5oHAlsqq_HhD0UFzOVIWhWK1QXTgMZiV_EKgEemsF4UT6biJSiuHyip9_8l9AMtv/s320/20230919_121628.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;">St. Patrick's Cathedral and Collegiate Church and Park just kitty corner from our hotel. It is Ireland's largest church and the resting place of Jonathan Swift. Built between 1191 and 1270, it stands on the spot where St. Patrick himself reputedly baptized the local Celtic chieftains in the 5th century.</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/AVvXsEj5G2VhPPCqs4qe8uH1N7de1wa5P8yjcNPdUeSiGX-7vdDULcvD5JCnuCdSScaQSMAQQ_DeydGt2RHFjhgjMv4pE9V0bDjxkbK_B5kuPLe-C8l4XRVivvPMAxawZVg-fm_yDg24uf-uKD-_1mGIREINw6whXF8RhjeaYBgqPKlnBK2pITeM95hdQG9Mxsve/s2992/20230919_191957%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5G2VhPPCqs4qe8uH1N7de1wa5P8yjcNPdUeSiGX-7vdDULcvD5JCnuCdSScaQSMAQQ_DeydGt2RHFjhgjMv4pE9V0bDjxkbK_B5kuPLe-C8l4XRVivvPMAxawZVg-fm_yDg24uf-uKD-_1mGIREINw6whXF8RhjeaYBgqPKlnBK2pITeM95hdQG9Mxsve/s320/20230919_191957%20-%20Copy.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;">John having a little break. Lots of walking today.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwFZ4RUYriKmE34KN8kV9ETXPiNwwAtNoCoebVgBjqIQxU9O-I7MdaV7E5vMOnBEVC5bO94ASLSwc_PvAK7xSVeDYYDmhSP-PdfV1Xnf_9kCwMBOYJrrhAeDlPWZqrzmIbXexcMuw1qZQ8VfCVqckg5Wi0rYZag0bbbZ2eaZDbL-rL7civjYTu-WPb2Gt/s4000/20230918_152723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwFZ4RUYriKmE34KN8kV9ETXPiNwwAtNoCoebVgBjqIQxU9O-I7MdaV7E5vMOnBEVC5bO94ASLSwc_PvAK7xSVeDYYDmhSP-PdfV1Xnf_9kCwMBOYJrrhAeDlPWZqrzmIbXexcMuw1qZQ8VfCVqckg5Wi0rYZag0bbbZ2eaZDbL-rL7civjYTu-WPb2Gt/s320/20230918_152723.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;">Lovely church grounds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leave it to Dawn to find this little message amongst all the graffiti.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvhH77XRWdO4ejT3QEaXQiKLMLY-oyGL0swOvBEXsrgryabJDb44EwRtfv7pVF3evSq6_IX8ViIVL-ERRXYyf0WjA8ugRnpGUTcsL4dF3129fbrXeT6aKY0liqy2rJzBNFZvIkc_Msnqq8Z-eWiMEqYqZDojuMFq2TjEOEhRKv52VgUQT_FHaMH20UXQQ/s2745/20230919_122328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1729" data-original-width="2745" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvhH77XRWdO4ejT3QEaXQiKLMLY-oyGL0swOvBEXsrgryabJDb44EwRtfv7pVF3evSq6_IX8ViIVL-ERRXYyf0WjA8ugRnpGUTcsL4dF3129fbrXeT6aKY0liqy2rJzBNFZvIkc_Msnqq8Z-eWiMEqYqZDojuMFq2TjEOEhRKv52VgUQT_FHaMH20UXQQ/s320/20230919_122328.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;">We saw several of these towers on apartment buildings as we walked around and assumed they must have added elevators to make them handicap accessible or just more rentable. Or maybe that is just how they build them here?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKmrsiydgRkLokaFDBRkKkUQ475TeGLyvDfrE3JDS8469osE-oVUjMMf5iu82hU1bPzy55vVcnlsEya-oRHzoOcOBLKdZLTNcxw31Abp86RrZPiGuqk-1Vmr3rah137aX1BKoqtibP2J992XfG1Qi_N50_1AcIdLmQsscVBZGtZG2TjsbXX2smEUDlyfn/s4000/20230919_130817%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeKmrsiydgRkLokaFDBRkKkUQ475TeGLyvDfrE3JDS8469osE-oVUjMMf5iu82hU1bPzy55vVcnlsEya-oRHzoOcOBLKdZLTNcxw31Abp86RrZPiGuqk-1Vmr3rah137aX1BKoqtibP2J992XfG1Qi_N50_1AcIdLmQsscVBZGtZG2TjsbXX2smEUDlyfn/s320/20230919_130817%20-%20Copy.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 memorial to the dead from a battle that took place here in the park.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLn88ls0kkshI6BwH-velApaPzVcrzqF14zL5oC0-xO1Ru56uiHfd-gSBnu4Tg7t-ATCf9EjH4UV27J6KQF43U9bTfNoV1_aMyOLQ_cS3bFa_ac50XMSeXUMOh4OTWPiz-DasGl1A2I22KB47spAqdmBZ5a44N7tqWI8kChsfXSC-BuouF_P4egnKgMqM/s2765/20230919_131218.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="2765" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLn88ls0kkshI6BwH-velApaPzVcrzqF14zL5oC0-xO1Ru56uiHfd-gSBnu4Tg7t-ATCf9EjH4UV27J6KQF43U9bTfNoV1_aMyOLQ_cS3bFa_ac50XMSeXUMOh4OTWPiz-DasGl1A2I22KB47spAqdmBZ5a44N7tqWI8kChsfXSC-BuouF_P4egnKgMqM/s320/20230919_131218.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;">Oscar Wilde.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVWzp2shWUa7VKWt1ckWBlEKiwSiUEuIWhvO6xc1KvJU_0EQq9XMGeojRkm3cax-TGdTzErSO50SNl-xjcr-8ZQDRbmqsqsZm1dtN1GK3vLw4WDTow5gu7jrRU3zaSY23IOTLDeiGchG1-rq35H5who9SIXLBaayj7nQIDL0xxc1buMANO0aTIiiM41dm/s4000/20230919_131909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVWzp2shWUa7VKWt1ckWBlEKiwSiUEuIWhvO6xc1KvJU_0EQq9XMGeojRkm3cax-TGdTzErSO50SNl-xjcr-8ZQDRbmqsqsZm1dtN1GK3vLw4WDTow5gu7jrRU3zaSY23IOTLDeiGchG1-rq35H5who9SIXLBaayj7nQIDL0xxc1buMANO0aTIiiM41dm/s320/20230919_131909.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvt9Kxg9QSaAqIGVGCkW8jVxv9QFk_wo0hJAGfTvsgn5n7U3mQDJ0YEcv3wAQaM5_uKYqGfMR5OIvPdVzmLU5MSKyqM26r_V8koNBw3xnDY5xkK59G2VrVt6AKNmEe69J666sUHL2OLMph6BIQiKX0lj9y9UqCLQY0XKUfsBS1Cj3nCWUAMxg3bH80v97L/s2766/20230919_132757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2679" data-original-width="2766" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvt9Kxg9QSaAqIGVGCkW8jVxv9QFk_wo0hJAGfTvsgn5n7U3mQDJ0YEcv3wAQaM5_uKYqGfMR5OIvPdVzmLU5MSKyqM26r_V8koNBw3xnDY5xkK59G2VrVt6AKNmEe69J666sUHL2OLMph6BIQiKX0lj9y9UqCLQY0XKUfsBS1Cj3nCWUAMxg3bH80v97L/s320/20230919_132757.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;">Monkey puzzle tree. We first saw these when we were in the Sidney Botanical Garden in Australia.</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/AVvXsEgyeYoK8vecMUMAcYWpkG80mA-NUGy10_yZTrdyRQE6Y2EEkR_ewq7AsIuP91u3l2Oa7wKQZ96HJJiYYkYT3CCu_lOZrTN30B77I_llz0VNNvyXdKFAZLsySBaNdn5fxSzO0_JS_Hb9RgscV-Npjihexr9rzfq_N9LNWzIyN9oETTLnAVIykYhdDhhke9m-/s4000/20230919_130537%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyeYoK8vecMUMAcYWpkG80mA-NUGy10_yZTrdyRQE6Y2EEkR_ewq7AsIuP91u3l2Oa7wKQZ96HJJiYYkYT3CCu_lOZrTN30B77I_llz0VNNvyXdKFAZLsySBaNdn5fxSzO0_JS_Hb9RgscV-Npjihexr9rzfq_N9LNWzIyN9oETTLnAVIykYhdDhhke9m-/s320/20230919_130537%20-%20Copy.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;">National Gallery of Ireland</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMW4eLu-rRhchx29NSbErKCh4pzcGR8tllKrDxqCQglIb5bYGkzUmtV6Zk6OsxKcO8NXEgQ0M00eMAewwAr56w9RqqHlYgy-GyMysPHj9WtTYlTgIWvnLo56JqJGxKF5i6bkThdBZGDcLivylKR8xScfob7LwTSL8e8TYwfphMh_CzQmQhZFhMpT184kEo/s3581/20230919_153809%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2524" data-original-width="3581" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMW4eLu-rRhchx29NSbErKCh4pzcGR8tllKrDxqCQglIb5bYGkzUmtV6Zk6OsxKcO8NXEgQ0M00eMAewwAr56w9RqqHlYgy-GyMysPHj9WtTYlTgIWvnLo56JqJGxKF5i6bkThdBZGDcLivylKR8xScfob7LwTSL8e8TYwfphMh_CzQmQhZFhMpT184kEo/s320/20230919_153809%20-%20Copy.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;">The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes by Giovanni Lanfranco in Parma, Italy 1582 to Rome, Italy 1647. I am always in awe at the sheer size of these paintings. It covers one whole wall between two doorways. It is only part of a cycle of eight huge canvases and three frescoes that he painted for a famous basilica in Rome.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiID0LWOQKhM37N0cC8G5_fGCqEbAF4c6ZQ9xUqxgSPz0Jewrp1rC3N7uudQNpArReqIHoW0sUlSol29zegOJ64K5_QIh7pQxCh2e8tI0ch0CYFsHUJjVDw-cYMCw9POZJiO3KbQ4o3Zy7NUHGRE4RkQ1yjgv6fghaIUNDbFsCTP-q3kDadJD0ZHsFoEAu/s2971/20230919_173209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2971" data-original-width="2444" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiID0LWOQKhM37N0cC8G5_fGCqEbAF4c6ZQ9xUqxgSPz0Jewrp1rC3N7uudQNpArReqIHoW0sUlSol29zegOJ64K5_QIh7pQxCh2e8tI0ch0CYFsHUJjVDw-cYMCw9POZJiO3KbQ4o3Zy7NUHGRE4RkQ1yjgv6fghaIUNDbFsCTP-q3kDadJD0ZHsFoEAu/s320/20230919_173209.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time for supper and a pint at the pub again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBHbkzlrMppMnCGmKa1TYNe1Hv5iXHKwdmIPTYDUVPRpjeD2i9Ib0AI6JDKqzajI1YzWnWWhqYAESwGQFoWEvbDi6GvujoUVWloFaWygW-Z46m4lVF0Phg86Kbs4Xj4vbKlNbFHgY_6Dd6Ae3wbdtFmzFb5jmkJovGCxvckFje8NXDOtc6LtmWupSDYNA/s2992/20230919_190712%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBHbkzlrMppMnCGmKa1TYNe1Hv5iXHKwdmIPTYDUVPRpjeD2i9Ib0AI6JDKqzajI1YzWnWWhqYAESwGQFoWEvbDi6GvujoUVWloFaWygW-Z46m4lVF0Phg86Kbs4Xj4vbKlNbFHgY_6Dd6Ae3wbdtFmzFb5jmkJovGCxvckFje8NXDOtc6LtmWupSDYNA/s320/20230919_190712%20-%20Copy.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;">City Hall Plaza built in the 1760s next to Dublin Castle which was built in the 12th century at the confluence of River Poddle and River Liffey near Dark Pool (Dubh Linn) which gave Dublin its name.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5K4V_tIDpOkRHQtvx9O1GJRQWmodmCzR9UN7YmHp2uMP1d8N7gZ1JTTwJCOb931WPaM02RXek559GsUjpfyVp4I0znOwJSZ158ZOE2zZKKWyKbcqlfvngN9XiMor2lzho4_KXvXEcl4qYBdxO7coQE7acKgNgaeaDYpOQhdfsnoaNRZE2LFv_hjZv_qc-/s2992/20230919_191310%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5K4V_tIDpOkRHQtvx9O1GJRQWmodmCzR9UN7YmHp2uMP1d8N7gZ1JTTwJCOb931WPaM02RXek559GsUjpfyVp4I0znOwJSZ158ZOE2zZKKWyKbcqlfvngN9XiMor2lzho4_KXvXEcl4qYBdxO7coQE7acKgNgaeaDYpOQhdfsnoaNRZE2LFv_hjZv_qc-/s320/20230919_191310%20-%20Copy.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;">So many churches!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9uYwbZxR57dc8ZILVHo9_u43nkOZ6sKul1MDfKMWuyPkll6d5Wb6zXG3g5s-9HJrarak3Vp5O_Lsu_3gDC0DSTi0sZqGlmYvRl6H2QLd49_aq-vQhiRGl8Z-IaZ054Ud8mIRoTX4lW2ZEqQV7G4FWsgqfrlPjiWDpII54_ldOqaMbrYFEGy7yDoM-gS8/s2239/20230920_170331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1885" data-original-width="2239" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9uYwbZxR57dc8ZILVHo9_u43nkOZ6sKul1MDfKMWuyPkll6d5Wb6zXG3g5s-9HJrarak3Vp5O_Lsu_3gDC0DSTi0sZqGlmYvRl6H2QLd49_aq-vQhiRGl8Z-IaZ054Ud8mIRoTX4lW2ZEqQV7G4FWsgqfrlPjiWDpII54_ldOqaMbrYFEGy7yDoM-gS8/s320/20230920_170331.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;">Rock of Cashel</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkVPIM-JNcK5MdS0Ul1whQ15OtiOt12t1-w7rLL0NoP6FfVgAhRHdt4RvM-W2FLi5res9fgD_nl143NNzxnXtHHrzjbsAXNONNztWAXYmUEIsw9Qsl6UQ-ZAG7uMLcY_TGHIJDXbfaDYwpQqh87wKz-pMP-tbYRcwbA1Ns50X9zEEqHsWt5ZVRt1AUSTj/s4000/20230920_150002%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkVPIM-JNcK5MdS0Ul1whQ15OtiOt12t1-w7rLL0NoP6FfVgAhRHdt4RvM-W2FLi5res9fgD_nl143NNzxnXtHHrzjbsAXNONNztWAXYmUEIsw9Qsl6UQ-ZAG7uMLcY_TGHIJDXbfaDYwpQqh87wKz-pMP-tbYRcwbA1Ns50X9zEEqHsWt5ZVRt1AUSTj/s320/20230920_150002%20-%20Copy.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;">The reason we have come to the little town of Cashel.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHz6_b38AAxvAC-fW5wKw6MYIWySKLmhM9ZgRFQBCnq97vSdx5iFv-oKCB1Vyhl3fNk7uA13sPYi-2MeW82GvP5v0huX7xJ4mj2vKO6WzThGveKDfULmdWmGQMex14VgURf735bu9PQiuBhPZuWzNzzPDp_a6FK9VCDZA4wMQN9xh37JFq5kU4NnL5YmU/s320/20230920_161405.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;">The views of the town and countryside are beautiful.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3uKmwVbo780YkI5E4yIyHB6Ztwkp8zd6M8Ef00hWVPuzVFn71p2MfOaGt-trJBtGLUz9m80cUXnFqJuVTjsU62QP0ph2lZb3fTWmRm_-2G56qjft-lIJr5uEEgk_WrAqVlPK7fl2Ki9Cr8IA6z3M9AuTzbL3N_wO1pZjId4ktOmylH5a2tqSx9X3SMqm/s3558/20230920_161904.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3558" data-original-width="2326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3uKmwVbo780YkI5E4yIyHB6Ztwkp8zd6M8Ef00hWVPuzVFn71p2MfOaGt-trJBtGLUz9m80cUXnFqJuVTjsU62QP0ph2lZb3fTWmRm_-2G56qjft-lIJr5uEEgk_WrAqVlPK7fl2Ki9Cr8IA6z3M9AuTzbL3N_wO1pZjId4ktOmylH5a2tqSx9X3SMqm/s320/20230920_161904.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dawn and John</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXncyncNS7EWwcAqCZcbshBeJLBRzv3XA4Z17JDbVKq1SiMivY6oqvh5uENdXtE-DJOMGY3Y13dcCk6eWkUQmTJjI8DKVcLyTkt8cP7rVcy9E-6DTbJqw2-ikDOo3raeEA77RfYknizmrxjMhyDnh00ygJrwZm82Rw3ab6O7aMzUwvvmaNjwuO7-_gdKq/s3589/20230920_165820%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2534" data-original-width="3589" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXncyncNS7EWwcAqCZcbshBeJLBRzv3XA4Z17JDbVKq1SiMivY6oqvh5uENdXtE-DJOMGY3Y13dcCk6eWkUQmTJjI8DKVcLyTkt8cP7rVcy9E-6DTbJqw2-ikDOo3raeEA77RfYknizmrxjMhyDnh00ygJrwZm82Rw3ab6O7aMzUwvvmaNjwuO7-_gdKq/s320/20230920_165820%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQhkWMuHp2jhTwp_8bxINg2DcQYpfbdg2QSZhCCUXGkahtP4xp9c_Tao3JEuU128ryEv27scpxiurvcTt8a-Qt_rox4G0VZbWHqsunMcR8wqVhC6PVQEQVMEXOZioqxuLKN4elVVdZ3pw0g7eU7c2W9RghmXcFwD45S-KNM54EovmBERxsVLM6ERPBNNe/s320/20230921_105310.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;">We are staying above the City Bar tonight in a lovely two-story, two-bedroom apartment.</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/AVvXsEj5eN_-kLAIwwKE4ZxXTZCfTRTPIfZtdb8eHkCx_Y2JKxeDhlGofCLssRr08m40m3TLmw9IyM-53dRorFyV4QSYhyFfn7E7mbx7f2JMvW0xPGHGQntYrkJcWnt5XUHPypEczRn3yv9NnzRROZ3R0bS_7REsIYfEli3bXqE6M2jZVgZrZe2XfaRHm7MbhGsB/s4000/20230920_174754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1710" data-original-width="1970" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSlFafGrG61-Nj9zM1jwMvXWk3sHSMKdN1H6tOx_WHrlcNFs7GtkWN6RLZ88e-8rJmBLUUSUN0vFzf__-GN3DjztFvrRQRHpQ9tx2T_nwnlpwXejK2sTUDKTexSWoGKRyIxQP0pzAnlciT3fIiNPsbAOrQaLS-AgpLoT5oEpC6U3kWS_uNeSe9IuFOLdf/s320/20230920_180552.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;">We ate supper at this very nice Chinese restaurant on the second floor right across the street.</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/AVvXsEjWH15-QEndrCBcdRGSD4bFBm2KpK7UJLipzPIqE0s9ZfwWgpMb0A9N1iq3ZfWny9DsyVZSFhEEq7FxsU02nFXjl4Ppvz-Mpi2nj6qsetiQirUCeBe-cH_cpxXvqkqzsfkv1FdetsqM7Pb_x3hRvIcT2xGvLwwM9avS7SugQ0pcmNEWJw4prfQMK6TICiTu/s4000/20230921_133710%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We could just barely see the smaller and older James Fort across the bay.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Qt5l4WRyhSlnn48CM6Fyy3Qmyql9Mzo6AMlZBeotXtRa_C7FCQrAR5rMETSpGR1eWQC3Yjn2fwDRkLmeXClFnaQDyDQFTbysi8WasQZIIvHQxVf6s3zQaj7XS_7zDEWzFfaeCNHPkF0F_O3G3dyvN19vkviZEJsIbDFfdwWUu4qxmcuZ499aaHyagpXA/s4000/20230921_155131%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Qt5l4WRyhSlnn48CM6Fyy3Qmyql9Mzo6AMlZBeotXtRa_C7FCQrAR5rMETSpGR1eWQC3Yjn2fwDRkLmeXClFnaQDyDQFTbysi8WasQZIIvHQxVf6s3zQaj7XS_7zDEWzFfaeCNHPkF0F_O3G3dyvN19vkviZEJsIbDFfdwWUu4qxmcuZ499aaHyagpXA/s320/20230921_155131%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuugkvwzPab7rXwyhGd-ACnSBtrqc6HmmlggkLrDQfwzWXR8KP6OxGU_VLYZHQNNFBsNhKGeH4aLCjutJXRcAaw3908kcK90Br_pcbZSnHxiczvqWiZx2YEFwoh8chQvM2EXmv-lRml1ESTMFEmmcVTGLIEecPuO4eZFBIYNBf0T0XFvOORoMgqFC670bs/s4000/20230921_155433(0).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuugkvwzPab7rXwyhGd-ACnSBtrqc6HmmlggkLrDQfwzWXR8KP6OxGU_VLYZHQNNFBsNhKGeH4aLCjutJXRcAaw3908kcK90Br_pcbZSnHxiczvqWiZx2YEFwoh8chQvM2EXmv-lRml1ESTMFEmmcVTGLIEecPuO4eZFBIYNBf0T0XFvOORoMgqFC670bs/s320/20230921_155433(0).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeOLFK30Qk2Mph5hB45pY7TGGqOLwqYoeW_w-WVR1rzM8w7ZnzJHvANWJ_tBQyrVXHXjUZ6Lu2g24Jb2U7zFZiBh2F-eQ2Fwx4HwXs2JElh_jsyuAkmh93U8pSqvvbOxgMg_vXweYbGAblTDmBF4gEjyeod89jW-xDj_7oUaaouWi7lVVg5fdnb_Z-7eb/s4000/20230921_162128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeOLFK30Qk2Mph5hB45pY7TGGqOLwqYoeW_w-WVR1rzM8w7ZnzJHvANWJ_tBQyrVXHXjUZ6Lu2g24Jb2U7zFZiBh2F-eQ2Fwx4HwXs2JElh_jsyuAkmh93U8pSqvvbOxgMg_vXweYbGAblTDmBF4gEjyeod89jW-xDj_7oUaaouWi7lVVg5fdnb_Z-7eb/s320/20230921_162128.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On our stoll back to town we stopped at the tiny village of Summer Cove for a pint where Dawn and I discovered a really yummy cider called Orchard Thieves.</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/AVvXsEjBHFC_wB9Ydq4lLvsaqqMAjMexQTrWQigH0lAcxJ6iqvSlvR4HUfg4FTWlhLQUYdP0Tm60HfmoHzJnYVTKrTeHHl_2yasu39KHtdQIwP8f388CbDLo-qVYIa7E5of2QMC9iijmjJlg5I8iGQJQa2r-UXgY5N0aiQHiAky4f83qDOf5yzRpk76u1_H0BSBE/s4000/20230921_190605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHFC_wB9Ydq4lLvsaqqMAjMexQTrWQigH0lAcxJ6iqvSlvR4HUfg4FTWlhLQUYdP0Tm60HfmoHzJnYVTKrTeHHl_2yasu39KHtdQIwP8f388CbDLo-qVYIa7E5of2QMC9iijmjJlg5I8iGQJQa2r-UXgY5N0aiQHiAky4f83qDOf5yzRpk76u1_H0BSBE/s320/20230921_190605.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;">The next morning, we met at the Visitor Center to join Don and Barry's Historic Stroll around Kinsale. This tour is highly recommended by Rick Steves, and we enjoyed it very much.</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/AVvXsEiVZaAWGpZB9rSTq0fWWTGv5p1GC2NuSt13kBxko2LDJlk4sV2KkmAs7doP9FXd9GvY8rvqq2iTDqaA_sBG4VCt17UV-GWIcLreKt1asVqdxLLTfgl53Z4vFsViqe4l8kIXWTF8gFQMK725qN8GNTVlPTMES5-PG9IX8g_NH0kvAu2Ydx211tzJ31dp_pvG/s4000/20230921_130934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZaAWGpZB9rSTq0fWWTGv5p1GC2NuSt13kBxko2LDJlk4sV2KkmAs7doP9FXd9GvY8rvqq2iTDqaA_sBG4VCt17UV-GWIcLreKt1asVqdxLLTfgl53Z4vFsViqe4l8kIXWTF8gFQMK725qN8GNTVlPTMES5-PG9IX8g_NH0kvAu2Ydx211tzJ31dp_pvG/s320/20230921_130934.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbXm6koZJ5C2HCTxnhmg5-c8a7jkQWsDtqVlyaDxzt42qCfpcxfzNh1AJe_itz4O9QBexNM96jUEC5HgQZClULrmM0P-I79IhyphenhyphenTKUUtQs3zDo_CgFHKWs4XNIye_c8BjSUFK08Ug6GvdszIjFajXZGTJXKCIpUZu7h56Y7WBG1XP6afbzFALNEFQZi1_W/s4000/20230922_114908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I think they are so interesting. Maybe I am just weird.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBE8e54jhyphenhyphengR44Ca0FKmqcvTG8ErJIUOLb_5CItFwGnQfUZaWHWEL4nU8oYS7y5-WTb7Dbj7aTU4bYi70BaKYOuc3FS_Svt-cmO1jxqX7NaLYPEFzV_Xa1DotySC52nuCPe26-DcWgwRg3ISTpejVmhYAXNdLk7iBaeCiCcCsaMhGWFuc-9Bd3_VLJVR6/s4000/20230922_133434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBE8e54jhyphenhyphengR44Ca0FKmqcvTG8ErJIUOLb_5CItFwGnQfUZaWHWEL4nU8oYS7y5-WTb7Dbj7aTU4bYi70BaKYOuc3FS_Svt-cmO1jxqX7NaLYPEFzV_Xa1DotySC52nuCPe26-DcWgwRg3ISTpejVmhYAXNdLk7iBaeCiCcCsaMhGWFuc-9Bd3_VLJVR6/s320/20230922_133434.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;">We had a little time to spare before our next destination, so we decided to hike up to James Fort.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I love the landscaping around the big rock formations, that just naturally jut out of the ground everywhere.</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/AVvXsEiudSUFfbRot-iecyNObOPL-nybbNtHNFcc2TCNWp5E1HG_MHKvlJ5Lpe2Uw8BMpX0a_ucEYYd8gddD7UlIzps8l6dsg7K6pCQWcqhPU1Q3Ys0l_y4NcDL6R9u0tbPwCLkT1J6m5EcKT3BEPk9wBLuWeQ_YDuipU_qVZQZf_9DxOo6D1zo8Z3ZvTGJm8SCQ/s4000/20230923_101742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudSUFfbRot-iecyNObOPL-nybbNtHNFcc2TCNWp5E1HG_MHKvlJ5Lpe2Uw8BMpX0a_ucEYYd8gddD7UlIzps8l6dsg7K6pCQWcqhPU1Q3Ys0l_y4NcDL6R9u0tbPwCLkT1J6m5EcKT3BEPk9wBLuWeQ_YDuipU_qVZQZf_9DxOo6D1zo8Z3ZvTGJm8SCQ/s320/20230923_101742.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Fifteen stones arranged in a circular form with one stone in the center, the only monument of its kind located close to a town. This is what we were looking for on our way to the pub.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGqkPoyleYFCGZWxSelThFY2ftYYcoQLanzKexrS5JZjKIg0Sbk1-TL1orvsXTfy5TlQd8MfIoffrPRX8892ChD5yE1nc9vDy0Hr0DjRKyJSW3nBMGVxkjftQdMRl4ql-A0tO8-IQas18vn0vTA38Z6U_5F2ytuNaKRr0Z2VzscRZNHszg7q8t46Ma1ja/s4000/20230923_094932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGqkPoyleYFCGZWxSelThFY2ftYYcoQLanzKexrS5JZjKIg0Sbk1-TL1orvsXTfy5TlQd8MfIoffrPRX8892ChD5yE1nc9vDy0Hr0DjRKyJSW3nBMGVxkjftQdMRl4ql-A0tO8-IQas18vn0vTA38Z6U_5F2ytuNaKRr0Z2VzscRZNHszg7q8t46Ma1ja/s320/20230923_094932.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;">I don't remember what was going on here, but it looks like John didn't get enough sleep. Good thing Dawn is driving!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFPVLKk9Mm3xbnEV2x3rd5r6cwl70JK-KE-jmsyQbjSrkKwo9gh4_fWAd7a4ElE0L0-IQ8iHWVzdwZIend9bxiG40HY5Qbs7jslvw_MyW-KWBiiuAc5Y9jf9PTKzLFUsQpR_HQ2lQPRXZHwuALtuI8qk3PwEpLOnlHxn2p2pHXIgaCb-6AQaoEPSZ5CPj/s2992/20230923_121652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFPVLKk9Mm3xbnEV2x3rd5r6cwl70JK-KE-jmsyQbjSrkKwo9gh4_fWAd7a4ElE0L0-IQ8iHWVzdwZIend9bxiG40HY5Qbs7jslvw_MyW-KWBiiuAc5Y9jf9PTKzLFUsQpR_HQ2lQPRXZHwuALtuI8qk3PwEpLOnlHxn2p2pHXIgaCb-6AQaoEPSZ5CPj/s320/20230923_121652.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUqLV2j_QhnADCH8UyPs4ExxtZNNZ9SOjrNTC15CIUizxwG0sBFRILFuZcABQ9vMRWW1fOXKlndAQ2yKOr5s-HB6lZJ3BiI2dicDRL7t1F5fkVyZMwhHwU-t8Ez3UtBsTHKEUMnyg0TuhqpJBXyCLbMYbD2FCFVQCsGMn_q-s8egqbnKgTlXFiDuUxJxJ/s4000/20230923_123555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUqLV2j_QhnADCH8UyPs4ExxtZNNZ9SOjrNTC15CIUizxwG0sBFRILFuZcABQ9vMRWW1fOXKlndAQ2yKOr5s-HB6lZJ3BiI2dicDRL7t1F5fkVyZMwhHwU-t8Ez3UtBsTHKEUMnyg0TuhqpJBXyCLbMYbD2FCFVQCsGMn_q-s8egqbnKgTlXFiDuUxJxJ/s320/20230923_123555.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;">Try to stay on the correct side of the road, Dawn.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mp-5XLv7J0X0vu3omIaYN3L3GxsiktwGjlyAUuPOQjms5UPnFuVFPcCOeineKrTR-Pb1vBgqw9Nyc2qFu_bE4GdlvSAMDmP-PgUk188PY_64CuNAnQQM6vI3mDcQuDI-Hy3WoczaJ4E5eRG6hj1kj99bfWbt_yuga2cMRMILz-g1_xHuJcKRn8ikShIy/s3494/20230923_123614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2309" data-original-width="3494" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mp-5XLv7J0X0vu3omIaYN3L3GxsiktwGjlyAUuPOQjms5UPnFuVFPcCOeineKrTR-Pb1vBgqw9Nyc2qFu_bE4GdlvSAMDmP-PgUk188PY_64CuNAnQQM6vI3mDcQuDI-Hy3WoczaJ4E5eRG6hj1kj99bfWbt_yuga2cMRMILz-g1_xHuJcKRn8ikShIy/s320/20230923_123614.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;">Oh sorry, there doesn't seem to be two lanes. Just keep it between the shrubs and pray we don't meet anyone.</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/AVvXsEgoyHhylGW6miCT0szfPOJTtQaz824Eu60zZR9Tg21ssNPK06pTk_HuEfdP7KLF7zTVkXr7yDyokRDechdFtIWdzvmstVCw03HZYG9Z7W_u2BVOO1ntF5cPXd50lqe6cMB2hUiApmIGkxAyoGltLMaydZnsPO9qCh-6xBbB42lt820z6D0YG8nkLy4Rer2H/s2992/20230925_091234.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyHhylGW6miCT0szfPOJTtQaz824Eu60zZR9Tg21ssNPK06pTk_HuEfdP7KLF7zTVkXr7yDyokRDechdFtIWdzvmstVCw03HZYG9Z7W_u2BVOO1ntF5cPXd50lqe6cMB2hUiApmIGkxAyoGltLMaydZnsPO9qCh-6xBbB42lt820z6D0YG8nkLy4Rer2H/s320/20230925_091234.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;">We have arrived at The Plough B and B near Dingle and the view is awesome!</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/AVvXsEj4y7heTGYXad2ceY5eaxkK2LShhjTwDYOFF2NKj4SjK_pBk0nyOnZEr6TtM6QsoiKrzwd6XhMNrtkt7fchoDOCAxvReu8P0mBG3ffJlI8Ym-aUsSb34gIFLMOVm6tde2XgsNq2u0LM_PQ8GDsoO6fb6opUHmSYhLyTWUEOeQqorWao-o4PdpdRzlR09-cJ/s4000/20230923_125909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4y7heTGYXad2ceY5eaxkK2LShhjTwDYOFF2NKj4SjK_pBk0nyOnZEr6TtM6QsoiKrzwd6XhMNrtkt7fchoDOCAxvReu8P0mBG3ffJlI8Ym-aUsSb34gIFLMOVm6tde2XgsNq2u0LM_PQ8GDsoO6fb6opUHmSYhLyTWUEOeQqorWao-o4PdpdRzlR09-cJ/s320/20230923_125909.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;">Once again, we were able to order a hot breakfast off a menu and our hostess, Beatrix, was very gracious.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ54zj2AFh8v6NCBaXFM5S4VRQz4JqEmAo1JItCK3itFEq-JI0-BQRny_QPpzkuFvj0VDagXnG-mbBbYoJ-KHVzqtNSNDiD9hBuy28Kf2g4220xZHvUwGx1PDE1E3r_AnV5Fa2UyB0mDDnhORMUYO8PENMTMigaM3Cj803kzBAdbFd2tj_Y_MwhmVAEdIw/s4000/20230923_134210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ54zj2AFh8v6NCBaXFM5S4VRQz4JqEmAo1JItCK3itFEq-JI0-BQRny_QPpzkuFvj0VDagXnG-mbBbYoJ-KHVzqtNSNDiD9hBuy28Kf2g4220xZHvUwGx1PDE1E3r_AnV5Fa2UyB0mDDnhORMUYO8PENMTMigaM3Cj803kzBAdbFd2tj_Y_MwhmVAEdIw/s320/20230923_134210.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;">The seaside village of Dingle was very busy with tourists.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHArgLvIiYT3XuHHYF35rCy1UJU-EZFpslfsnKU3JjU0EeEE5okZYCEZUsWdWBVUM5FZiDpdCnPPFAZa-SfmKcpQCkok4PE94bvXxhe_EvhOXR5RpP7ZbDkKMTSS_hLzWVhVmnSlrYlNuw6UWYNh_cEt-kYNyVEzoVmKSl_vdyYauwrNfoBafmd-6BWK25/s2622/20230923_135510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2622" data-original-width="2049" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHArgLvIiYT3XuHHYF35rCy1UJU-EZFpslfsnKU3JjU0EeEE5okZYCEZUsWdWBVUM5FZiDpdCnPPFAZa-SfmKcpQCkok4PE94bvXxhe_EvhOXR5RpP7ZbDkKMTSS_hLzWVhVmnSlrYlNuw6UWYNh_cEt-kYNyVEzoVmKSl_vdyYauwrNfoBafmd-6BWK25/s320/20230923_135510.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Front and back of the church.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMfzLK9VP3sKpDG8XmY07FAQk80HJIRTrwhh7vuAjoIEQDcBOQ_6dPlmEqEg4G-LsexnlhtmqmbwIXUvJBXLHfJNCEuNzs0nA9gMIntyioWacmOSc0B2gNW8fatAaMWIZpKqxqumLC-F599ed1ldrMQu32bJRrXuaSif5d30pewkL023DGlT-JcCcUN0v/s2670/20230923_140719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2232" data-original-width="2670" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMfzLK9VP3sKpDG8XmY07FAQk80HJIRTrwhh7vuAjoIEQDcBOQ_6dPlmEqEg4G-LsexnlhtmqmbwIXUvJBXLHfJNCEuNzs0nA9gMIntyioWacmOSc0B2gNW8fatAaMWIZpKqxqumLC-F599ed1ldrMQu32bJRrXuaSif5d30pewkL023DGlT-JcCcUN0v/s320/20230923_140719.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We did poke our heads in for a look, but it was very packed and noisy, I think a hot local spot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkhx1AvW4FQXMnOi-pnV8yBQgF6CwZWWvOHcdPSlZAQK6141izQYxpg5E2n4n_tjaU5OY_DRixqzQpVmY87tegW4tC1QmkZefv4fK9lQnyZ2A7_4xY8OSvBZoTgZ6scFhyphenhyphenDln14rGurZoX6c98BfJKakEaj_nE6xo1aggdRKd8HbNlh_mCbBXumLEr_JS/s2904/20230923_141532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2904" data-original-width="2178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkhx1AvW4FQXMnOi-pnV8yBQgF6CwZWWvOHcdPSlZAQK6141izQYxpg5E2n4n_tjaU5OY_DRixqzQpVmY87tegW4tC1QmkZefv4fK9lQnyZ2A7_4xY8OSvBZoTgZ6scFhyphenhyphenDln14rGurZoX6c98BfJKakEaj_nE6xo1aggdRKd8HbNlh_mCbBXumLEr_JS/s320/20230923_141532.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqp-n1NpAD18YppM5aFWXwQgOsLEDVJ39x_A9-EvoWzph68tk5zd0zA1pqy_7jgO9IulIYRCcrr7vqWZy7TpbcsFDZ4-WoPD7Q2it71T7Lk-yescij5IjnHgE8w6fRI1pRTV79np6BWs6YpiNKj2NDNZqum8jPkSIfPGpBXTrMw7_DWIg0CkXrBhSFZFLo/s3125/20230923_141728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3125" data-original-width="2134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqp-n1NpAD18YppM5aFWXwQgOsLEDVJ39x_A9-EvoWzph68tk5zd0zA1pqy_7jgO9IulIYRCcrr7vqWZy7TpbcsFDZ4-WoPD7Q2it71T7Lk-yescij5IjnHgE8w6fRI1pRTV79np6BWs6YpiNKj2NDNZqum8jPkSIfPGpBXTrMw7_DWIg0CkXrBhSFZFLo/s320/20230923_141728.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You will see signs like this in Europe and I always think it's interesting how they follow our political hub bub, sometimes even more than the average American does, I think.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL65td1RYdmYsXOMSpXY7icsDq2pTRUE_EdusrL-RfV7FX8WX3cUFM2-3CdzKPWV6yZArQegqGOrtMK_aGUgsDNd7lwfKqFS5RqcO_4JRZxrXYnyJBog50vQhVItc75d3WOiXrX0JPm8XoaXM23_j3B-Bm8pqpatI4ltwk-XrXZnXxJ2MghfX0ympyck0/s4000/20230923_142553.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL65td1RYdmYsXOMSpXY7icsDq2pTRUE_EdusrL-RfV7FX8WX3cUFM2-3CdzKPWV6yZArQegqGOrtMK_aGUgsDNd7lwfKqFS5RqcO_4JRZxrXYnyJBog50vQhVItc75d3WOiXrX0JPm8XoaXM23_j3B-Bm8pqpatI4ltwk-XrXZnXxJ2MghfX0ympyck0/s320/20230923_142553.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;">Dingle Pub</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QIJkZ4kwRfnkc4IeV_4-W2pAYaFWWiPPPABXWLYRw5QQunhMeWJByMMYAVSKmdZ7cbb00UP5fmWcm6nnPMR6aDMCm3ZplG0CZMGO2AnjNleRkpWBnyl10CDEFPt5h0U_qc-uRrXlWQICqKk4DF2B2qDnWSGtVim69NAndcCuYJPadQF-9bDajBra2Gn2/s3151/20230923_153425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2970" data-original-width="3151" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QIJkZ4kwRfnkc4IeV_4-W2pAYaFWWiPPPABXWLYRw5QQunhMeWJByMMYAVSKmdZ7cbb00UP5fmWcm6nnPMR6aDMCm3ZplG0CZMGO2AnjNleRkpWBnyl10CDEFPt5h0U_qc-uRrXlWQICqKk4DF2B2qDnWSGtVim69NAndcCuYJPadQF-9bDajBra2Gn2/s320/20230923_153425.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 little something different than we see in the grocery stores at home, but it looks yummy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzUly-dUSQjXZGXt68gThtsJTUk5Rmh6s9pbsZTAmm7NEvSPTdQCCLvpwg9B_ZzEpDCl277AcaQKW_QLHLf3CvwVPANQuNYeaSmqUyZ358c3BSP0KoC7HJgZ4Ypb6lO0eqB8rL5oGbVUwUcGnMbLjzcT3EmGtfAJK2OxEiZrLU4cJgVQNOtGankCNC0-F/s4000/20230923_154245%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIzUly-dUSQjXZGXt68gThtsJTUk5Rmh6s9pbsZTAmm7NEvSPTdQCCLvpwg9B_ZzEpDCl277AcaQKW_QLHLf3CvwVPANQuNYeaSmqUyZ358c3BSP0KoC7HJgZ4Ypb6lO0eqB8rL5oGbVUwUcGnMbLjzcT3EmGtfAJK2OxEiZrLU4cJgVQNOtGankCNC0-F/s320/20230923_154245%20-%20Copy.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;">Well, you know me and cemeteries. This one was really old.</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/AVvXsEhRJcIvbKtBT0cwop0EhrNdl8u5o1eYms9uWsmaEwxsl3kF7vtlyiIoEOd1ZbGm0C2K-xU72jzq96bGm5Y8UEGbYcwdY6A37t2dYuabnP3VjXC4qRI1NvWUFrWxqY7fyIU90K8-Xgr2xLdHXJS69A5tmA3_adEHAzWFwxpylwkeOVkK9-2vjPWJwIMcNBea/s4000/20230924_102914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJcIvbKtBT0cwop0EhrNdl8u5o1eYms9uWsmaEwxsl3kF7vtlyiIoEOd1ZbGm0C2K-xU72jzq96bGm5Y8UEGbYcwdY6A37t2dYuabnP3VjXC4qRI1NvWUFrWxqY7fyIU90K8-Xgr2xLdHXJS69A5tmA3_adEHAzWFwxpylwkeOVkK9-2vjPWJwIMcNBea/s320/20230924_102914.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;">Some views along the coast.</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/AVvXsEgWwx5RPppNL1szt1IkrwN6S9M8cQ7v9FpuFizp0DGin-qgGBWnklXQyLOG24fQJ8kLLpYcIJbQ5sTJH-w58b6F9BMirxHObJuvMovrIlS2k_qEYWN_8zv0yFNqLG6elPCfRGR6oVNPBjgIk8j4j6jr5p6Yub7K0UW5-LoKUKX6r6toZhOTRf50UMntqaEI/s4000/20230924_152516%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwx5RPppNL1szt1IkrwN6S9M8cQ7v9FpuFizp0DGin-qgGBWnklXQyLOG24fQJ8kLLpYcIJbQ5sTJH-w58b6F9BMirxHObJuvMovrIlS2k_qEYWN_8zv0yFNqLG6elPCfRGR6oVNPBjgIk8j4j6jr5p6Yub7K0UW5-LoKUKX6r6toZhOTRf50UMntqaEI/s320/20230924_152516%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz_k0vwt79d1NBGOtEB_SBZJ5p7qzHnh-p5XaqY10PqxdsGDt-aije4B51G5dt9kYObmCLuFtCBVi5FKdpg1DEKBQ7PYZp5IFe8xdo7FYL_-AO1hmnNjW3iGBLf6IaNZmCxllXuYmGUmzPBFV9jcjrAgdK-n6fcaL1aimYbzhUgtqD6PrWIf70o3RffSs/s4000/20230924_113632.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz_k0vwt79d1NBGOtEB_SBZJ5p7qzHnh-p5XaqY10PqxdsGDt-aije4B51G5dt9kYObmCLuFtCBVi5FKdpg1DEKBQ7PYZp5IFe8xdo7FYL_-AO1hmnNjW3iGBLf6IaNZmCxllXuYmGUmzPBFV9jcjrAgdK-n6fcaL1aimYbzhUgtqD6PrWIf70o3RffSs/s320/20230924_113632.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;">We drove from the clifftops down to the beach here and there was a defibrillator thing mounted right to the stone wall.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY10OwOE9luHKYS_NebGL2ZN7bNsub6sKJlL3jmedrx2teG2bG16OJNTbEP7n0Jzuao9o9HiNDvvGHiyGf5AvWk733L6MAVdMfOhVaO74uEeHtPu_qR6hB6B5yC9ZRcL0DyEdYs88KFqsLbw-sEe0rbgAHpDy4G7kwX1QWa0jBvrkh1Nm3F2zUBlTqn2Or/s2449/20230924_141740.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2449" data-original-width="1633" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY10OwOE9luHKYS_NebGL2ZN7bNsub6sKJlL3jmedrx2teG2bG16OJNTbEP7n0Jzuao9o9HiNDvvGHiyGf5AvWk733L6MAVdMfOhVaO74uEeHtPu_qR6hB6B5yC9ZRcL0DyEdYs88KFqsLbw-sEe0rbgAHpDy4G7kwX1QWa0jBvrkh1Nm3F2zUBlTqn2Or/s320/20230924_141740.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what a good hair day looks like in Ireland. Taken at the Blasket Islands Museum which is very new and very nice.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyzey-ZwhZqSgrahmLqspZCRQsVN6xqK5Hf1twyIyb-X8_ZhWi1dE9-egVEQe7nprDveqU0eSBPNR4Pg8-pp2md_L8o23qGj0armFJgR8l95IssytL5DFcA24pF9ZmWEmjudjGtlwAe63Ato3P6hOoIxUTCX3TBqwi_vb1bTIjwyvgwfejn8b-B3qI1Aa/s4000/20230924_154059%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFyzey-ZwhZqSgrahmLqspZCRQsVN6xqK5Hf1twyIyb-X8_ZhWi1dE9-egVEQe7nprDveqU0eSBPNR4Pg8-pp2md_L8o23qGj0armFJgR8l95IssytL5DFcA24pF9ZmWEmjudjGtlwAe63Ato3P6hOoIxUTCX3TBqwi_vb1bTIjwyvgwfejn8b-B3qI1Aa/s320/20230924_154059%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't remember exactly where this was, but my little grandsons would have loved it. Somewhere on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry where they did some Star Wars filming.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsHJ2QcudVVjnoOw0VnSexXPaHFyx-ZuxTS5Kgs5d1poBTrHX3U2JPbtJwubgwr7yVswJY209by_o0Opw3QPrqgsNYSOGg3xK_eZUTu4LKIMTaLBcTvSUpuXHkIpX2caMWTY8781PjpmUNSZ9tDWGKhE9Zo8U90VXi6nPgkUvH9jf3fp_wFemwBxQ63RE/s4000/20230924_162224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsHJ2QcudVVjnoOw0VnSexXPaHFyx-ZuxTS5Kgs5d1poBTrHX3U2JPbtJwubgwr7yVswJY209by_o0Opw3QPrqgsNYSOGg3xK_eZUTu4LKIMTaLBcTvSUpuXHkIpX2caMWTY8781PjpmUNSZ9tDWGKhE9Zo8U90VXi6nPgkUvH9jf3fp_wFemwBxQ63RE/s320/20230924_162224.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;">The Gallarus Oratory built in the 7th or 8th century was possibly a chapel. The name interprets to house or shelter for foreigners. It is the only perfect remaining example of its kind.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Ji5cLiI41zURUkbdaTgiIe_9efNHtOwmbU7cgc9qTS1idyN-erq3qsFU1stxbCr_rmr3mRl-n2FUEOq74xJkC44j1bOhXWNfaB4qnMOEZOGzh1VPj7IV2f-iERUrRCzJlO_JteXDjLUGqjt9_HODd4gMJ2XSaQjCCnSb0dgVw-g8rv4Avi5s0v_mL4P/s4000/20230924_162650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Ji5cLiI41zURUkbdaTgiIe_9efNHtOwmbU7cgc9qTS1idyN-erq3qsFU1stxbCr_rmr3mRl-n2FUEOq74xJkC44j1bOhXWNfaB4qnMOEZOGzh1VPj7IV2f-iERUrRCzJlO_JteXDjLUGqjt9_HODd4gMJ2XSaQjCCnSb0dgVw-g8rv4Avi5s0v_mL4P/s320/20230924_162650.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSR47n4U7ccVO7WomWKgcvpUJnjDB3_N9tyNlMnXeehmq5Ct3h7bHXfhmesT785H6Fh7thX9UNo58gEj7GyqyVhIQcAu150y1ocwYaij4hgruDhAZadSUOktR50fBNyOqAd1HATOXBnnpIVl-H93MU0AHIWGgWtdpLsA3xIQ9vOmz-M0yWsBoMxFpQzGR/s2583/20230924_163902.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1937" data-original-width="2583" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSR47n4U7ccVO7WomWKgcvpUJnjDB3_N9tyNlMnXeehmq5Ct3h7bHXfhmesT785H6Fh7thX9UNo58gEj7GyqyVhIQcAu150y1ocwYaij4hgruDhAZadSUOktR50fBNyOqAd1HATOXBnnpIVl-H93MU0AHIWGgWtdpLsA3xIQ9vOmz-M0yWsBoMxFpQzGR/s320/20230924_163902.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;">When there is only one lane, who has the right of way?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgebaUC4KQdk4DrDSibEUye0Y_BZS_Yp9voezueh6wcJe7JlP7KmyNldyuiOb4mkpg9WEQTtXmO3BrSOIkgMEZcx1vTKY4tseS9ahTpG2cDs6u34wWgi5Nc_wdWOBqNRoBJH1UN1oIQiGnJRvVy9JEEIBgYIycgjDdGVmcKm0B_7IbKDGGiA-PjkwoR1s/s4000/20230924_171635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgebaUC4KQdk4DrDSibEUye0Y_BZS_Yp9voezueh6wcJe7JlP7KmyNldyuiOb4mkpg9WEQTtXmO3BrSOIkgMEZcx1vTKY4tseS9ahTpG2cDs6u34wWgi5Nc_wdWOBqNRoBJH1UN1oIQiGnJRvVy9JEEIBgYIycgjDdGVmcKm0B_7IbKDGGiA-PjkwoR1s/s320/20230924_171635.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;">Pint time again!</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/AVvXsEj0Il8AlzZSjzgD9crcF9n78EEvECzokBIYVLblTtuvmwAO2qFaVUgDwbogL2XJRbjqWGaUtQriq8gRUqaCUVpDo106OmTQMyIIxWY67QNrpSu0ukDtvxvFmLfkQaYWJW9848Tppgkr_oumrCQubLvOLxPRtNKteGgqCeoAQDh9HR6cd59PtMJ4dnhEHBvO/s3298/20230923_160750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="3298" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Il8AlzZSjzgD9crcF9n78EEvECzokBIYVLblTtuvmwAO2qFaVUgDwbogL2XJRbjqWGaUtQriq8gRUqaCUVpDo106OmTQMyIIxWY67QNrpSu0ukDtvxvFmLfkQaYWJW9848Tppgkr_oumrCQubLvOLxPRtNKteGgqCeoAQDh9HR6cd59PtMJ4dnhEHBvO/s320/20230923_160750.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacgA-vYnv79mShGRpNzmlM7rJj-le6JsTL2Ara4JuaY1paIhzOq4FDV9SgNwkpVTSkN2pM9ARioEakt1zDHTt3vVXNNpMl4fWtFwb_QWrFdCJho9HdkRE_E8BADOa4l1ptFpBZJKm_VWspirO7ZY9IbNWr7UX22Ix0ABLpxfmLeyZrZftq949l4es2wOf/s4000/20230924_173225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacgA-vYnv79mShGRpNzmlM7rJj-le6JsTL2Ara4JuaY1paIhzOq4FDV9SgNwkpVTSkN2pM9ARioEakt1zDHTt3vVXNNpMl4fWtFwb_QWrFdCJho9HdkRE_E8BADOa4l1ptFpBZJKm_VWspirO7ZY9IbNWr7UX22Ix0ABLpxfmLeyZrZftq949l4es2wOf/s320/20230924_173225.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;">Ah yes, pub grub. Yum!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeqwfVO0HERutE-OyLdJJgN0kTSqpFwEozrzlwCdUG4i3JfxIf8lNq6QnOz-um3AbS8Llg-JHNN57cpmuY0HxLpIXCyV-5ctXCPJKwZECU7tUObuPpWljwtQB1cIUTwUMzZgAZUqDrUw82T8iCE6YUIZH0Cp-_4gVRY5tpukB6q-p1LtM7LVebQAgrLdE/s4000/20230925_095539.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeqwfVO0HERutE-OyLdJJgN0kTSqpFwEozrzlwCdUG4i3JfxIf8lNq6QnOz-um3AbS8Llg-JHNN57cpmuY0HxLpIXCyV-5ctXCPJKwZECU7tUObuPpWljwtQB1cIUTwUMzZgAZUqDrUw82T8iCE6YUIZH0Cp-_4gVRY5tpukB6q-p1LtM7LVebQAgrLdE/s320/20230925_095539.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCcshSaXCu7Im60lbqm9tIQt38yxKIdEcF6NxlhLYQFs-cIXZG15xr9kbdpf_Dzu_L_j14Vm2RAtOdKrUU4Zx-1mf5fnxWpNfGS1dXdQhCrb_5cJ9Z4-rpljyiIMji6RlCLOpOEg07lRzs16WhyJ-zv5GBqKEwjhVostSlkzONmMFxlEYS47jyAIcXiIP/s4000/20230925_100425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopping the ferry to see the Cliffs of Moher.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzp4IBjQQUxd9tMMP0J3UCMTFKVhOLOqyLHj1SXUxb23RLd3kcCtL4_4L5WfL-jgvmBkjBgGVyfdqF7UeBXhvsuubd7DxOofutbPUKJh1M3V6C5Cf8w_02_ox1J5j7Z9mYTku4EprszUa9SvrIDxlPEjjQ2sg4w_cxQReRJ78kh8fPZ3iyzfIf72SjAxTd/s4000/20230925_142216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzp4IBjQQUxd9tMMP0J3UCMTFKVhOLOqyLHj1SXUxb23RLd3kcCtL4_4L5WfL-jgvmBkjBgGVyfdqF7UeBXhvsuubd7DxOofutbPUKJh1M3V6C5Cf8w_02_ox1J5j7Z9mYTku4EprszUa9SvrIDxlPEjjQ2sg4w_cxQReRJ78kh8fPZ3iyzfIf72SjAxTd/s320/20230925_142216.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;">There are quite a lot of steps to get up here for the very best views, but you can get really good views from much further down.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsu_rVzzy80D1PzUeOHh5gNq4OwxD1ERa5NfqbM5orZVRw7Ry2NrxgXGnqh7GS6L_vFxQWdBXH1PzDmdrqWPxVjDTL5lKytoYN_Gt7U2fCZYiLazg0djdj4AcgpZbk-XE25Nx1oGI5yaAuFq_vR1tMDsFn0ze2dl9jxhoFM-OMXzA6QCvy-4vK6vEl-cQ/s4000/20230925_143002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsu_rVzzy80D1PzUeOHh5gNq4OwxD1ERa5NfqbM5orZVRw7Ry2NrxgXGnqh7GS6L_vFxQWdBXH1PzDmdrqWPxVjDTL5lKytoYN_Gt7U2fCZYiLazg0djdj4AcgpZbk-XE25Nx1oGI5yaAuFq_vR1tMDsFn0ze2dl9jxhoFM-OMXzA6QCvy-4vK6vEl-cQ/s320/20230925_143002.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;">The Cliffs of Moher</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yhjM3GReyWKilsGu9-TOS7N7pLl3mV27gojdihgS1SBjqeUNjzC5XpONspgPT6WY61RKyxoWedp3U_wZ-D7ibtQ2NMkumW4lVuNNLfL37RtgvKw57WW_ut7thusmivpB0Eb_QIRBTyjZ6tWcuAlYrpjz4gC7MKXresuZI7csDQGumVp9B7v9IhWSwYvs/s4000/20230925_143014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yhjM3GReyWKilsGu9-TOS7N7pLl3mV27gojdihgS1SBjqeUNjzC5XpONspgPT6WY61RKyxoWedp3U_wZ-D7ibtQ2NMkumW4lVuNNLfL37RtgvKw57WW_ut7thusmivpB0Eb_QIRBTyjZ6tWcuAlYrpjz4gC7MKXresuZI7csDQGumVp9B7v9IhWSwYvs/s320/20230925_143014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy64jNVK0PwwU2kqFBR9ktNY2cG7RmAaxY5m88l7Twn8HJ8tAvO1IcVZithLsq63reQb5b0tY_nO2NoSJkcJdLYv4tWKpmr-BnmNGrSF_djjhRBhHR0Hh5KtrYMegDZwNrem9UMfWbOuoHcHdtdtZ6LLCxXMnZ5ZecMTpGPt16_XiS_DXhJd4FRmEl5fec/s4000/20230925_143856.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy64jNVK0PwwU2kqFBR9ktNY2cG7RmAaxY5m88l7Twn8HJ8tAvO1IcVZithLsq63reQb5b0tY_nO2NoSJkcJdLYv4tWKpmr-BnmNGrSF_djjhRBhHR0Hh5KtrYMegDZwNrem9UMfWbOuoHcHdtdtZ6LLCxXMnZ5ZecMTpGPt16_XiS_DXhJd4FRmEl5fec/s320/20230925_143856.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;">The Burren (rocky district) and Cliffs of Moher are a UNESCO Global Geopark.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CIjOePqAWMRK-vO293bX8svA8jrMqfr64RqP1qeX5-3rtIGWMSNGFj3Xj1VETmF6bLVlYNQhDxct-4MYrXRfjC8ZcIsHYjciJlj3d3h9o7fQ09yMBSZoJI_m7w-oVroBE_FNhKBgP73lTObD0Cqd3TuIAjb4q5cfRMRDrp3fBNGhQKCz6A4aOcnsKnXc/s4000/20230925_150136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Dawn and I went for good way, but John opted out.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-w_20lSH90CSqE9tlW11gInSc_bITgdFqkOZ5FU6mTZwSoTzLAUQvYdTeDj33e4573H9BydyDFunxMYQxgWIBMQQNB3OSAtP3-kSBaIOIoobCoGZTt54LHclyPvurbMJu2OTsakYCIOYkoFzrhex_U4hZCYgZs8-0MuZYTvGfJzVECxbQjKLPRBxZaCj/s4000/20230925_153028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-w_20lSH90CSqE9tlW11gInSc_bITgdFqkOZ5FU6mTZwSoTzLAUQvYdTeDj33e4573H9BydyDFunxMYQxgWIBMQQNB3OSAtP3-kSBaIOIoobCoGZTt54LHclyPvurbMJu2OTsakYCIOYkoFzrhex_U4hZCYgZs8-0MuZYTvGfJzVECxbQjKLPRBxZaCj/s320/20230925_153028.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The museum and gift shop are built into the side of the hill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">JFK</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FLB3-7OgvL7vH5inuwA_wxW-ReW9yDgXupKAmj_JG61WMUIy9AerEJlcFLtmAoeY4VZgqz_Jd1uXk9A2_CQiZSwEUzPZzTuEYOl6ydpg4xAZv7i4Ak_RlnHktvEOsTtnvvF-nTpwUbayylBEcgaHE-GW9FC0ExegDmdDlnkzVoQUC7qkkPVQ-FIJ5Qq3/s4000/20230926_112100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="4000" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FLB3-7OgvL7vH5inuwA_wxW-ReW9yDgXupKAmj_JG61WMUIy9AerEJlcFLtmAoeY4VZgqz_Jd1uXk9A2_CQiZSwEUzPZzTuEYOl6ydpg4xAZv7i4Ak_RlnHktvEOsTtnvvF-nTpwUbayylBEcgaHE-GW9FC0ExegDmdDlnkzVoQUC7qkkPVQ-FIJ5Qq3/s320/20230926_112100.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;">St. Nicholas Church built in 1320 A.D. is Ireland's largest medieval parish church still in use. St. Nicholas was a 4th century bishop from Greece (area that is now Turkey). On a trip he took to the Holy Land there was a terrible storm. He commanded the waves to cease and became the patron saint of sailors and mariners. Christopher Columbus prayed here in 1477. He was also known for his generosity and kindness to children, making him the patron saint of children. Today he is better known as Santa Claus. There is an actual tomb where he is buried, so he must be real. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise kids! The richly decorated church is a testament to the prosperity of the merchant tribes of that time. It was originally built as a Catholic church. In 1484 the merchants petitioned the pope to release it from the diocese. It received collegiate status allowing it to be run by a warden and 8 vicars. In 1652 Oliver Cromwell and his soldiers used it to stable their horses desecrating many stone carvings and tombstones. Catholics lost their freedom to publicly practice their faith after the Reformation. The church has remained Church of England to this day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpuY_xAsPNPwiofPSjMJJO68sPO2WLG55qH-lyS4_Sye4Y73dluI0bgyQHDcid-DWW07EC0RhazHE32kryegijheYwJhsdkNGjfUvyK-hQ9b-oyFm88dGfxrU74NzTd-wrUtxyCX6jpp1T4S3xmZbFulIo60d4chZZ62kHkcH8SiRwc99o-8fYtz36i9J/s1409/20230926_112804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="989" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpuY_xAsPNPwiofPSjMJJO68sPO2WLG55qH-lyS4_Sye4Y73dluI0bgyQHDcid-DWW07EC0RhazHE32kryegijheYwJhsdkNGjfUvyK-hQ9b-oyFm88dGfxrU74NzTd-wrUtxyCX6jpp1T4S3xmZbFulIo60d4chZZ62kHkcH8SiRwc99o-8fYtz36i9J/s320/20230926_112804.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just for fun because someone offered to take our picture.</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/AVvXsEgzVSJbcVwKccSHSpjP2rIy1-unl3ORwYv3GnjG-8vAeEk5fAfpoX9ZjAEtxdQIcL3PyaAvWz1My01W5s0lUbWWCp3WvFBr9724EXMy-XLp6csHSTYM8ZDA6xVvGIjFgjLADFqX65oSD2Ubw_UF5JDoKvxtX2xxT9dN0OjY7G7jhyQozX5VPnzzEIckyOQ0/s4000/20230926_115748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVSJbcVwKccSHSpjP2rIy1-unl3ORwYv3GnjG-8vAeEk5fAfpoX9ZjAEtxdQIcL3PyaAvWz1My01W5s0lUbWWCp3WvFBr9724EXMy-XLp6csHSTYM8ZDA6xVvGIjFgjLADFqX65oSD2Ubw_UF5JDoKvxtX2xxT9dN0OjY7G7jhyQozX5VPnzzEIckyOQ0/s320/20230926_115748.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;">The remains of a 13th century medieval hall (oldest building in Galway) discovered in 1997, probably part of a much bigger castle, parts of which have been discovered since. The Hall of the Red Earl, a municipal building built by Galway's founders, the De Burgos was used for tax collection, town hall courthouse and banquets. It took its name from Richard de Burgo, Earl of Ulster, grandson of the town's founding father. In the 15th century the famous Galway tribes seized power and ran them out of town. It was abandoned, fell into ruin and was built over. It was found when they went to add onto the Customs House next door. A 1651 pictorial map listed the site as the "old castle of the most illustrious Lord Richard de Burgo". I think John might like it if I referred to him as "most illustrious Lord of the RV. Well, that's certainly never going to happen! Anyway, they enclosed this discovery in glass and continued the addition on stilts above it. They have so far excavated 11,000 artifacts.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLMMsrnthdQcRSBENYH9W4mSi0GF3MCotyrkCTApFUNqhaGpW_rU1hJl9B9SAMb_Ep62zpy2ezx9vZB0ODM9_X7YCO3YqQloPurUpL2mk7XKy82ynAvIIbtHw1tl3jrCQmikaNzNCMj11INK8KMxWYe2SlJR958MEeTIwpiO98LfTPqgeeowjFfvwqrEp/s2425/20230926_155813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2300" data-original-width="2425" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLMMsrnthdQcRSBENYH9W4mSi0GF3MCotyrkCTApFUNqhaGpW_rU1hJl9B9SAMb_Ep62zpy2ezx9vZB0ODM9_X7YCO3YqQloPurUpL2mk7XKy82ynAvIIbtHw1tl3jrCQmikaNzNCMj11INK8KMxWYe2SlJR958MEeTIwpiO98LfTPqgeeowjFfvwqrEp/s320/20230926_155813.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lynch's Castle, now AIB bank, was built by the Lynch family, one of the powerful 14 tribes who ruled Galway, for protection from raids. The castle was built around 1500, but Thomas de Linch was provost of Galway in 1274. James Lynch was mayor in 1493 when he hanged his own son for the murder of a Spanish sailor after he winked at his girlfriend. Some believe that is the origin of the word lynching. A total of 64 Lynches has occupied the office of mayor since then. It is the best-preserved, fortified town castle in Galway. Its four stories are embellished with carved windows, gargoyles, ornamental moldings and cornices. The Lynch coat of arms is on the front of the building as well as that of Henry VII and the Fitzgerald's of Kildare.</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/AVvXsEhimQcTtVbxygtuXamdfL1JnztSzodEPsuD27Rgme3HkSpNrLqY1WhHkzkpNNWSOvVj1qAhV8eP7AVSlgK_SNeKHh98d4PYJJWw2HSU4HbCAz7CnXX1LH3UKEUjjYIjfcSLRJ96yF9pQy9noX0ExyHo6xk9fbRDXOyO1nO4psMuXNVHkP051bFCCuZ8RveM/s3583/20230926_113308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3583" data-original-width="2559" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimQcTtVbxygtuXamdfL1JnztSzodEPsuD27Rgme3HkSpNrLqY1WhHkzkpNNWSOvVj1qAhV8eP7AVSlgK_SNeKHh98d4PYJJWw2HSU4HbCAz7CnXX1LH3UKEUjjYIjfcSLRJ96yF9pQy9noX0ExyHo6xk9fbRDXOyO1nO4psMuXNVHkP051bFCCuZ8RveM/s320/20230926_113308.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is where we ate supper after a long and interesting free tour that we stumbled across when we found the excavation of the Red Earl's Hall. The Kings Head, three floors on High Street in the heart of the Latin Quarter, is over 800 years old and has live music seven nights a week. When King Charles I was executed in 1649 the London executioner refused to do it. It was originally the mayor's home (Thomas Lynch Fitz-Ambrose), but the rumor was that it was taken and give as a reward to the man who executed the king, known as "the Price of Royal Blood". Richard Gunning, Stubbers neighbor, bragged around town about being the executioner, but it was thought to be Colonel Peter Stubbers himself, a trusted military henchman of Oliver Cromwell. The town surrendered after the siege in 1653 and the notoriously ruthless Stubbers became the town's military governor. When the local council complained of his barbarous ways, he ousted them all and became mayor and seized the mayor's majestic townhouse, now Kings Head. When the English monarchy was restored in 1660, the king's son Charles II issued the Act of Indemnity that pardoned those who conspired against his father, but Stubbers was explicitly exempted from pardon, and he quickly disappeared after the restoration.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNkLC78ovVsaD2MgTQaNOxYOaIJVGuLecb4o3T_nDJ96kUKlBDbuSIQq-9IhjxLUEl2w72n3IGSCapV50cFca9MlN-clj3w8PVk9XyNj6VXkiHksUD4Bys202TvoFpR6dGHOHyrZrZWMX2m0Zl1fT92NQ6MAtj7GNjZY_rUnmbUuFqY11OFDVxlVxVmIO/s3115/20230926_113931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3115" data-original-width="2871" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNkLC78ovVsaD2MgTQaNOxYOaIJVGuLecb4o3T_nDJ96kUKlBDbuSIQq-9IhjxLUEl2w72n3IGSCapV50cFca9MlN-clj3w8PVk9XyNj6VXkiHksUD4Bys202TvoFpR6dGHOHyrZrZWMX2m0Zl1fT92NQ6MAtj7GNjZY_rUnmbUuFqY11OFDVxlVxVmIO/s320/20230926_113931.jpg" width="295" /></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/AVvXsEhWPl0df_VEYDkMj4nWLeUTJHnNvc2OaWTmZpEJGgmxF5LXe6Sy3xutl14Hxt4Hyojy8ZS4cWKAV0McjRXlj4yiwIimLoM8sg7e1hfA6OA_nVGlBpw2m6vLmUI4Rrl_LPdjXUFOVitNfpGdCkzh7Z-pvyyuslKrhK1tiQP65ju49URNz5CDBF7_YmL9xiot/s4000/20230926_121245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPl0df_VEYDkMj4nWLeUTJHnNvc2OaWTmZpEJGgmxF5LXe6Sy3xutl14Hxt4Hyojy8ZS4cWKAV0McjRXlj4yiwIimLoM8sg7e1hfA6OA_nVGlBpw2m6vLmUI4Rrl_LPdjXUFOVitNfpGdCkzh7Z-pvyyuslKrhK1tiQP65ju49URNz5CDBF7_YmL9xiot/s320/20230926_121245.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;">Claddagh Quay where the river meets Galway Bay.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wN19_58H57_C7W6TFNypprNwzoKpp2q_FBUYxfvz500X0M4FLJOCasW8V7HvHQniRUjp0n2xqAn0f9vJYjK3qJ5TXgWlq2MSAomP9uhmn0wd5Eq7SzVxEw4jd5fzLJuUGScnS7utOfNp4W_QiQTntXjN0mxR0w2Kzc8mkF1ZRWu4hnF_7GNJYwdeoanj/s3024/20230926_122545.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Built 1580 A.D.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_gWOTelQqSQEU9BwENMaLY-gbZJyHbo1v9LHvtSUsxt09IBpt3LhjvRk8ublvdl7WZdUH0xccw_AVz2rSXg7cZ7fMiegEND6wMC1qnGrnQZNW_rGWjF3LBhcaFpqamvkJEvjq4RxHpgQsN41NcggGWfvB8bmfxoPQ03jilR0BPNAU_VzIJOVJ2StJZsE/s4000/20230926_162440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_gWOTelQqSQEU9BwENMaLY-gbZJyHbo1v9LHvtSUsxt09IBpt3LhjvRk8ublvdl7WZdUH0xccw_AVz2rSXg7cZ7fMiegEND6wMC1qnGrnQZNW_rGWjF3LBhcaFpqamvkJEvjq4RxHpgQsN41NcggGWfvB8bmfxoPQ03jilR0BPNAU_VzIJOVJ2StJZsE/s320/20230926_162440.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;">This underground-level mall incorporated parts of the original castle walls.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvnDdaCYtMAkuZTIOcOLpo2l-2VO571afs90ZWHsLDXAfwojD71ufXLelqICsX-WgX5WdBy6JJzq20iJj9dnry4Xh___5LReZ_WQI8BxCaQDPckLlrv4l9h-byK7kD854p_R1qzo_1TCH6x-PlYxmiM4HyvD_vawHm4X4NaAm1FalrF6h23btSi0vZ0t0/s3328/20230928_093524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2469" data-original-width="3328" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvnDdaCYtMAkuZTIOcOLpo2l-2VO571afs90ZWHsLDXAfwojD71ufXLelqICsX-WgX5WdBy6JJzq20iJj9dnry4Xh___5LReZ_WQI8BxCaQDPckLlrv4l9h-byK7kD854p_R1qzo_1TCH6x-PlYxmiM4HyvD_vawHm4X4NaAm1FalrF6h23btSi0vZ0t0/s320/20230928_093524.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In Belfast we had a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment on the 10th floor. This was the view from our patio of the famous ship-building cranes of Harland and Wolff.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-rKpkpDZTCmbsc1ESAnuWX8DROEZtC2FyvWOmwCpIAiHcVaKLKJ8ZNOq12f85X4SySpBKiBFrIEzpnayzzp14uhlhy9V_07X-tysdXmnYwbcYA1XRdwNYFqeRT0vEjn-xp6u83qEY84-TvbMOELAryZY8-rxhbeB9wYO-ELZ-hksW5rAzU3itjtZSTjB/s1510/20230927_145830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1510" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-rKpkpDZTCmbsc1ESAnuWX8DROEZtC2FyvWOmwCpIAiHcVaKLKJ8ZNOq12f85X4SySpBKiBFrIEzpnayzzp14uhlhy9V_07X-tysdXmnYwbcYA1XRdwNYFqeRT0vEjn-xp6u83qEY84-TvbMOELAryZY8-rxhbeB9wYO-ELZ-hksW5rAzU3itjtZSTjB/s320/20230927_145830.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a washing machine in our apartment, and I found the settings interesting compared to what we have in the U.S.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0KCHCtwqRODachEGXL4t5nw65Nlye8QQyZ3zZ8CfFZAUlexZF5qy7_PWqqmcu-ZJIaXiP3DvjEm_wIf25G8L-HxRIRYHxwOgirqTceJIJHpti-BktumlH7hx5E4XlWkmSAHHj51wPukVVgDFxzEgQqs_kpu98OxwEPgIch2I6cU5KLbkzzFFBSZQ2jSHz/s3811/20230928_110204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2597" data-original-width="3811" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0KCHCtwqRODachEGXL4t5nw65Nlye8QQyZ3zZ8CfFZAUlexZF5qy7_PWqqmcu-ZJIaXiP3DvjEm_wIf25G8L-HxRIRYHxwOgirqTceJIJHpti-BktumlH7hx5E4XlWkmSAHHj51wPukVVgDFxzEgQqs_kpu98OxwEPgIch2I6cU5KLbkzzFFBSZQ2jSHz/s320/20230928_110204.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;">Our second day in Belfast we hired a cab driver/tour guide to show us around and explain the time of The Troubles. There are tours available with two separate cabs that give you the perspective from both sides, but they were all booked. So, we just got the perspective from the Catholic side, but it was very interesting, one of the best things we did.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuoDHmXsYZHpEDbLUVPT7ErCfpiNpvv5OD0awHPXxAF7ur6MR188j7hr7qWuPqMtrcpeAlBsu-D9RENezfsyzqyS3_7q9C6ldOSQVlKjpjs9FJDJZe5iNSbUtt7qMTlhhJ4AEFgVjcK_C1Z2cauS09rud4-FrI5cCiVYQsUrnp7POwz3iwSYkdJNvKEPm/s2751/20230928_110747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="2751" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuoDHmXsYZHpEDbLUVPT7ErCfpiNpvv5OD0awHPXxAF7ur6MR188j7hr7qWuPqMtrcpeAlBsu-D9RENezfsyzqyS3_7q9C6ldOSQVlKjpjs9FJDJZe5iNSbUtt7qMTlhhJ4AEFgVjcK_C1Z2cauS09rud4-FrI5cCiVYQsUrnp7POwz3iwSYkdJNvKEPm/s320/20230928_110747.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;">This mural was kind of creepy. As we walked by their guns followed us. They always seemed to be aimed right at us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Rx2PBzSkO2WThcgU96RGW8QseAWMXU867p6NOx14m3RuvKYULzjyWO-fKgbqy23C05OXn-FXQUzVafkfk-alFRrsiGYxuNKEsYZhSLuESWH7N_3Wyxw32quLSkOdlB3l6zI5-wnB1Qcy_UwOYi7BwEXM0Srvha541jDn0jbmu-AU3-IOn4m06wEstwLV/s4000/20230928_113926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Rx2PBzSkO2WThcgU96RGW8QseAWMXU867p6NOx14m3RuvKYULzjyWO-fKgbqy23C05OXn-FXQUzVafkfk-alFRrsiGYxuNKEsYZhSLuESWH7N_3Wyxw32quLSkOdlB3l6zI5-wnB1Qcy_UwOYi7BwEXM0Srvha541jDn0jbmu-AU3-IOn4m06wEstwLV/s320/20230928_113926.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This wall is two miles long and divides the Protestant community from the Catholic community. At every cross street opening there are huge barrier doors that are closed every night at 7 PM curfew. During the day they all intermingle and go about their business, but it is an uneasy peace or truce. Our guide said they would throw Molotov cocktails over the wall into the Catholic neighborhood indiscriminately. So, they added a taller barrier above the wall and then another even taller barrier was added.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTFnep9v_B0hO9mRLc8bc3YseObZ4PsUWDFgSa5gQg8zimgfcO_iIZzWg9BeoLvkjmVd7get7p4RuvQlgLVpQWVnTACookF4_XipFpwEHwPzVfew6nA_ZpePC7carC8RNJMUbWBNuAqFoH53Sl82NaMU46teJjmvfJS0iBNObpWtcMJx0g9eLyfcUkCtV/s4000/20230928_115023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNTFnep9v_B0hO9mRLc8bc3YseObZ4PsUWDFgSa5gQg8zimgfcO_iIZzWg9BeoLvkjmVd7get7p4RuvQlgLVpQWVnTACookF4_XipFpwEHwPzVfew6nA_ZpePC7carC8RNJMUbWBNuAqFoH53Sl82NaMU46teJjmvfJS0iBNObpWtcMJx0g9eLyfcUkCtV/s320/20230928_115023.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is on the back side of that wall showing just how close their back yards were to the wall and the lengths they had to go to for protection of their families. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVgiBT3DJHHhvPQBc3m74yyF1FKezGYd-CtlGYa5Wt4HRUqJFbIFgdO75uQ5UxZSKUOABhUFby7V0Tm0nYWE1P6pDTiTMk5T39qubUN2j3oVmn42MFkOra66lorfHIa3xnkDfztwfMbtRjftCwibjeQhSqz3qJBcKi76HgJubJNAF4g6RwIP4OIFQsv_r/s1765/20230928_115330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1765" data-original-width="1371" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVgiBT3DJHHhvPQBc3m74yyF1FKezGYd-CtlGYa5Wt4HRUqJFbIFgdO75uQ5UxZSKUOABhUFby7V0Tm0nYWE1P6pDTiTMk5T39qubUN2j3oVmn42MFkOra66lorfHIa3xnkDfztwfMbtRjftCwibjeQhSqz3qJBcKi76HgJubJNAF4g6RwIP4OIFQsv_r/s320/20230928_115330.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He showed us examples of the rubber bullets they fired at them at 180 mph. I wish we could have had the tour from the other point of view. Always best to hear both sides.</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/AVvXsEjiD1hFwKcYEXA1AUqBsTv97hjTCwQOce1W9epXCD0KnCcRQPTIHpCY_sZa51yOJLLqt9z8FtbY0I69t_EXU-7cU61sAYGYzgwDaFlGMPMOyC5uEytUsd-Str6gHHo_iUM2mPhAC8uZqB4FK98Z4YTwaLLLF_1zxVCnGp7GcrbK9vnb8To-Mb1Ck-rCoI0N/s3450/20230928_120032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2365" data-original-width="3450" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD1hFwKcYEXA1AUqBsTv97hjTCwQOce1W9epXCD0KnCcRQPTIHpCY_sZa51yOJLLqt9z8FtbY0I69t_EXU-7cU61sAYGYzgwDaFlGMPMOyC5uEytUsd-Str6gHHo_iUM2mPhAC8uZqB4FK98Z4YTwaLLLF_1zxVCnGp7GcrbK9vnb8To-Mb1Ck-rCoI0N/s320/20230928_120032.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;">This is the church where peace talks were held when President Clinton was here.</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/AVvXsEiDAeTiroj6G7QUJUba-GoLJp3aCqjc_ES5LglR4GQCfPB_Rrf57QZmqUcN5do-uU7r6m_zSwO7xV2Kg__gq8BM17G7W3BvaouStKndB09O61-6Cflz8FtlVoQQ0345bcLJbV_hPrMyBn-HuVpFg30A7DtdjmR5VyssFj9gMjOxS7HGDx54TUIKZI98MRI9/s3803/20230928_120408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2828" data-original-width="3803" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAeTiroj6G7QUJUba-GoLJp3aCqjc_ES5LglR4GQCfPB_Rrf57QZmqUcN5do-uU7r6m_zSwO7xV2Kg__gq8BM17G7W3BvaouStKndB09O61-6Cflz8FtlVoQQ0345bcLJbV_hPrMyBn-HuVpFg30A7DtdjmR5VyssFj9gMjOxS7HGDx54TUIKZI98MRI9/s320/20230928_120408.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;">Mural of Bobby Sands and the other hunger strikers who died in prison in 1981 for the cause of freedom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9mMr2v1MA4MQ7hOcB5BAmW-t2KH0qhhCPmOlXB9uyLmy4PJJLVJLzCco2mj0rKSgiup5NxcZ5B9SR_NP4u5PiTnP31vax1pTGj7bX5pkhSM5eb4iEEa1UQLnQHA1BhZGGUOfGw_1-Y6XgBIDXWNIzFSKb_jOI3fCluDjKve0htm5VwwN9Poj0JzYiizA/s2113/20230928_120301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="1934" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9mMr2v1MA4MQ7hOcB5BAmW-t2KH0qhhCPmOlXB9uyLmy4PJJLVJLzCco2mj0rKSgiup5NxcZ5B9SR_NP4u5PiTnP31vax1pTGj7bX5pkhSM5eb4iEEa1UQLnQHA1BhZGGUOfGw_1-Y6XgBIDXWNIzFSKb_jOI3fCluDjKve0htm5VwwN9Poj0JzYiizA/w366-h400/20230928_120301.jpg" width="366" /></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/AVvXsEje84Wa-YwGXGATvpX0iQyhSDMB5lCYpkDNQAIIngIJxmHN4V1CChBlC10vq-0t_fz5hxinP2ElX0QKUW_k0w-nsWb5I5DxSo38DFPtsh9nE8iOPrBBdMJkuHT3FPGV46TpQB6fVxwRg5R7u_ySCHWu_l7XT_FPKCoshycQqOeH35cUI6pD7vjmrAzUFsF9/s4000/20230928_125455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje84Wa-YwGXGATvpX0iQyhSDMB5lCYpkDNQAIIngIJxmHN4V1CChBlC10vq-0t_fz5hxinP2ElX0QKUW_k0w-nsWb5I5DxSo38DFPtsh9nE8iOPrBBdMJkuHT3FPGV46TpQB6fVxwRg5R7u_ySCHWu_l7XT_FPKCoshycQqOeH35cUI6pD7vjmrAzUFsF9/s320/20230928_125455.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;">Next on the schedule was the Titanic Museum. In the foreground is a dry dock area where the SS Nomadic sits. It is the last surviving White Star vessel in the world. It was built by Harland and Wolff to ferry first- and second-class passengers to and from the Olympic-class ocean liners as she did for the Titanic.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8znk4koFbMPGVpFpQMFRt7nZVoy0nJkiacbjo0mxw5BhDAyyz2zM3akOxi9FpRW8mwaIrQr-OYbD0AjSg6nl93zUvj0wNcu4-eHS3CD36OKyi0uOiv9x7qrNXM06WKs7tMj2ni3UeWtCyARlYD3zTLXxNmMwx6gHvUZt2bkLvopg6erVF8-rOtUrCt96/s3487/20230928_164256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2653" data-original-width="3487" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8znk4koFbMPGVpFpQMFRt7nZVoy0nJkiacbjo0mxw5BhDAyyz2zM3akOxi9FpRW8mwaIrQr-OYbD0AjSg6nl93zUvj0wNcu4-eHS3CD36OKyi0uOiv9x7qrNXM06WKs7tMj2ni3UeWtCyARlYD3zTLXxNmMwx6gHvUZt2bkLvopg6erVF8-rOtUrCt96/s320/20230928_164256.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;">The museum ticket included a tour of the SS Nomadic.</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/AVvXsEh6cKK9BDYdIXl9pb2RXRAR0K60k_GGlcYPt7auOY8AgY4YuUuuGftiqNNmtbqoO0EgL9qQTHJZLLzRuZL5yz1mA06AR8X0U6BOzQk-nKBgVnc56UiUTBS_5EnVzYssExXI6GqPptlfzQA6Tdv-lo2A-31C8BGQpMijIGlnu02H3Q3ENOrtou-k252VCxeR/s4000/20230928_164714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cKK9BDYdIXl9pb2RXRAR0K60k_GGlcYPt7auOY8AgY4YuUuuGftiqNNmtbqoO0EgL9qQTHJZLLzRuZL5yz1mA06AR8X0U6BOzQk-nKBgVnc56UiUTBS_5EnVzYssExXI6GqPptlfzQA6Tdv-lo2A-31C8BGQpMijIGlnu02H3Q3ENOrtou-k252VCxeR/s320/20230928_164714.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;">The interior is beautifully refurbished and the engine room, pilot house, workers quarters were all interesting to see.</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/AVvXsEj-lSi-Gv8gWLvqolQMbwduy9PRMoKxUw0SWIHZSuP2aSsZEDEXCmWtNKIXmbOh1WE76gLRlDzfIJEF36irm-vT_PNdFLGIYliROqMUvRzK8KQnuW7GNHUANGRT4ErDXOHLueHuyIcTJ5OqU4jqjPqB45PdeZXozf_H8WLgi0B8hpUhMhu6otaXmJIWNKCl/s4000/20230928_164002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lSi-Gv8gWLvqolQMbwduy9PRMoKxUw0SWIHZSuP2aSsZEDEXCmWtNKIXmbOh1WE76gLRlDzfIJEF36irm-vT_PNdFLGIYliROqMUvRzK8KQnuW7GNHUANGRT4ErDXOHLueHuyIcTJ5OqU4jqjPqB45PdeZXozf_H8WLgi0B8hpUhMhu6otaXmJIWNKCl/s320/20230928_164002.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Onto the museum. In 1911 Harland and Wolff launched 10 new vessels including the Titanic. The plates that made up Titanic's hull were mostly 30 ft. x 6 ft. and 1 inch thick and weighed over 4 tons. Over 3 million rivets were used on Titanic. To keep sailing Titanic burned around 600 tons of coal every day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpjZLWCf0QHlZBhzY4ewyqsSZ5Igmir6F8rnhFAjkEYm-GwYAJLNgXEJRdKx7ALsYcSg5OTR2T5s8IAcLcQGxNr2Dia6B17VycngrMr6jkyswIjBPYtqYEr1afJgBu8BlqALV1_4AJ3GOT7FJZgODNAlHeMjlguyvYu-UtYhKJKI-l7rIANZH_Qon_dR9/s4000/20230928_161259.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpjZLWCf0QHlZBhzY4ewyqsSZ5Igmir6F8rnhFAjkEYm-GwYAJLNgXEJRdKx7ALsYcSg5OTR2T5s8IAcLcQGxNr2Dia6B17VycngrMr6jkyswIjBPYtqYEr1afJgBu8BlqALV1_4AJ3GOT7FJZgODNAlHeMjlguyvYu-UtYhKJKI-l7rIANZH_Qon_dR9/s320/20230928_161259.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;">This was kind of mesmerizing. Lights going out one at a time as the ship slowly sinks. A very cool museum.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPjHGxUcOMVEkDTSRei5Rl-DoHYJNhfiXgf_Yh-oRM3h-rZF-XHL25n7xYnhINWLV9keNUqBosDSR5n3QPvM-8k2IrpbUZ_EVvPgSg0ovYTF2zNFM5xfw0Yb91SfOKAXoahBR-zwRaKrQ0Pe9kXA_WS8Cxjqlb2ojv0ZQYkxP0xZkCkH11_-a0q2wk-hC/s1754/20230929_124418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1754" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPjHGxUcOMVEkDTSRei5Rl-DoHYJNhfiXgf_Yh-oRM3h-rZF-XHL25n7xYnhINWLV9keNUqBosDSR5n3QPvM-8k2IrpbUZ_EVvPgSg0ovYTF2zNFM5xfw0Yb91SfOKAXoahBR-zwRaKrQ0Pe9kXA_WS8Cxjqlb2ojv0ZQYkxP0xZkCkH11_-a0q2wk-hC/s320/20230929_124418.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;">Cargo Bike</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcr0ceAsfL059aXlcts-GRvNH7kRGKh4jgLhCyoFPTGAFDsJHeWJFdMJXNXAju-UNSoVO12jxjK6rOzoMRRv1KTKUmIEQ39SCHMo2EpYjMaBqVicVncDVWMd5dKJdPUTIjS4iv8Io9htSxkqFCWcesCFCpj2xN-6pCHRh0jyK5h4ut8YnDYmWWw0PdpWz/s3244/20230929_132026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="3244" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcr0ceAsfL059aXlcts-GRvNH7kRGKh4jgLhCyoFPTGAFDsJHeWJFdMJXNXAju-UNSoVO12jxjK6rOzoMRRv1KTKUmIEQ39SCHMo2EpYjMaBqVicVncDVWMd5dKJdPUTIjS4iv8Io9htSxkqFCWcesCFCpj2xN-6pCHRh0jyK5h4ut8YnDYmWWw0PdpWz/s320/20230929_132026.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;">I liked this sign at the gas station. Come for the fuel, stay for the drool. I never thought of gas station food being that tempting. The gas prices are per liter, so it comes out to around $8 per gallon. Lucky for us, Ireland is a small country and we only had to fill up once.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsq6UtC55e98lL6ErbQqrLm3XlRAjzFeJa8avHR7WiAV27TXND4x8lSUfuO2mJgHpNFlNJnIXcBx-kNRXy7I2-mGYdKEY_138yvyr_PJnPH_LVXaDXQ4QxIUaB4sc6acZ2CeI7ho9W2S-PWSLJttwS45dX7vPUNGHPfjFSJaCdVQymgkUf-ynFHslktvII/s4000/20230930_082516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsq6UtC55e98lL6ErbQqrLm3XlRAjzFeJa8avHR7WiAV27TXND4x8lSUfuO2mJgHpNFlNJnIXcBx-kNRXy7I2-mGYdKEY_138yvyr_PJnPH_LVXaDXQ4QxIUaB4sc6acZ2CeI7ho9W2S-PWSLJttwS45dX7vPUNGHPfjFSJaCdVQymgkUf-ynFHslktvII/s320/20230930_082516.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;">Our last night back in Dublin we stayed at the Clayton Hotel near the airport. What a great trip!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hk0_YHV-_V8qmUFo34oy0lKi5jOBnVugqOisCGfE2wS5zqqXHgt9adQxrRG_6M1-D9jIsKWwFFALRo2ePTPO5WXbHFPqF-PQYnvIQGsoAE21Y4eMfNxZoce4JoAWLSLPceHqjgKkgzPrPUEPkjfim3oiCDqYFBpvxiMfNpz01K6Qpk14d2Oy_s_nJd6r/s4000/20231004_114825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hk0_YHV-_V8qmUFo34oy0lKi5jOBnVugqOisCGfE2wS5zqqXHgt9adQxrRG_6M1-D9jIsKWwFFALRo2ePTPO5WXbHFPqF-PQYnvIQGsoAE21Y4eMfNxZoce4JoAWLSLPceHqjgKkgzPrPUEPkjfim3oiCDqYFBpvxiMfNpz01K6Qpk14d2Oy_s_nJd6r/s320/20231004_114825.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;">After leaving Sioux Falls, we stopped at the Spearfish National Cemetery where John's biological father is buried.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oops, looks like we might have stayed too long again! Get those heaters under the water pipes, John.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL5RwFymthKmdLZNMnVHnuapBmWMWxu62NHcrQwpSJcixNDzEEexpauyTtsIAkpCgrpkzwHQc407FqMpLVx0IR7Tmmb5UiSCfFl572JsRpGgkv0IjtQvpVtTTS0BwpCJXzbrKl1HiLC4-ZO-OW4tsn9aTuLpqwMDIboBL8_E_SpX5rBxGEEVF0beqjwX6/s3185/20231030_190156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2769" data-original-width="3185" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL5RwFymthKmdLZNMnVHnuapBmWMWxu62NHcrQwpSJcixNDzEEexpauyTtsIAkpCgrpkzwHQc407FqMpLVx0IR7Tmmb5UiSCfFl572JsRpGgkv0IjtQvpVtTTS0BwpCJXzbrKl1HiLC4-ZO-OW4tsn9aTuLpqwMDIboBL8_E_SpX5rBxGEEVF0beqjwX6/s320/20231030_190156.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;">Happy Birthday, Grandpa!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsPZ11rb2TLgUiioDYptNzHR4QaLy9KcaDO0SBTkABnYusD3jd1uFeGYMFDI2FK5YQKfxVgWLhEsvhz6q6ZLcZIo59ri5Up-nA1lrdx3n63doLbvuoE0XMfUv0ZxzGCIGjlSV_XcYP9uXP3RlZmPBQs1ghItcBmJaP82ikKvWV23NSLD-FY_lcAa0A6_C/s2881/20231106_184044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2881" data-original-width="2182" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsPZ11rb2TLgUiioDYptNzHR4QaLy9KcaDO0SBTkABnYusD3jd1uFeGYMFDI2FK5YQKfxVgWLhEsvhz6q6ZLcZIo59ri5Up-nA1lrdx3n63doLbvuoE0XMfUv0ZxzGCIGjlSV_XcYP9uXP3RlZmPBQs1ghItcBmJaP82ikKvWV23NSLD-FY_lcAa0A6_C/s320/20231106_184044.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Happy Birthday Grandma! Our birthdays are two days apart, so yay ice cream cake twice in one week!</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/AVvXsEjLH-nJuO9kU0trxUTfSJOrSyqVlJxw31YVNMeDewLLuhiW0X-8fn7cu61ChS8rcopreYcUDsB-EBHj7TD2dssqRnTuNksliqL_FmNtEU6Cy7PfRoIlwxKg-9sCHISDT51fACZ9kkOMIIIe0faIZS2C3xHp3K25Hp2tOZ1Sbwdgtqu0Z_3u_qpBFx4BdFDK/s924/25002.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="660" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLH-nJuO9kU0trxUTfSJOrSyqVlJxw31YVNMeDewLLuhiW0X-8fn7cu61ChS8rcopreYcUDsB-EBHj7TD2dssqRnTuNksliqL_FmNtEU6Cy7PfRoIlwxKg-9sCHISDT51fACZ9kkOMIIIe0faIZS2C3xHp3K25Hp2tOZ1Sbwdgtqu0Z_3u_qpBFx4BdFDK/s320/25002.jpeg" width="229" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also made it to our 50th anniversary this year and we are taking the whole family to Disney Land in January to celebrate. So everyone is pretty excited about that!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32iQQzCZeGom0ZoHy-0us7r0tgcVd3xgm2xY3LvsEW19VEViAc6J9FFrQrzIc7D_1FsjraX0_aD-knpx9HB4AVe5dcQmaAY8oC8-58ZBQdQheDM86811J5wOxFbRSKLJRwlVKGq3u6dvcSd53aVoZcxU31ZKJzktL5VyEjY03p6iugLOEioFRPkBbu3qn/s4000/20231111_180002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32iQQzCZeGom0ZoHy-0us7r0tgcVd3xgm2xY3LvsEW19VEViAc6J9FFrQrzIc7D_1FsjraX0_aD-knpx9HB4AVe5dcQmaAY8oC8-58ZBQdQheDM86811J5wOxFbRSKLJRwlVKGq3u6dvcSd53aVoZcxU31ZKJzktL5VyEjY03p6iugLOEioFRPkBbu3qn/s320/20231111_180002.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 little nightmare traffic in Salt Lake City.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I got my bike all decorated up, so I could join my line dancing buddies in the golf cart Christmas parade.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUphFEU_3RAs4ceH8GsDxRFMWPXzx0gBkBb-gK0XNfi60bLU69aFj3eRE923Yh6wSmvy5Ihx9s4DIEp32JQYnoIBMpUnWKHHHJq_jYYqjo1ukmSEz-zqBV2w1HwPaly_RbnMR9MztUjErhx9DArog7Thp1jsRXS4F14cp8M6bACsyUMuHPqKyX6tWEIMDr/s3387/20231208_191738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2828" data-original-width="3387" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUphFEU_3RAs4ceH8GsDxRFMWPXzx0gBkBb-gK0XNfi60bLU69aFj3eRE923Yh6wSmvy5Ihx9s4DIEp32JQYnoIBMpUnWKHHHJq_jYYqjo1ukmSEz-zqBV2w1HwPaly_RbnMR9MztUjErhx9DArog7Thp1jsRXS4F14cp8M6bACsyUMuHPqKyX6tWEIMDr/s320/20231208_191738.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Tarra</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>Tarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779813576780479004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634528650761403007.post-74741958194502109552022-12-19T19:48:01.098-08:002022-12-26T14:45:00.102-08:002022 ?? How Time Flies !!!<p style="text-align: center;"> January 2022 - December 2022</p><h1 style="text-align: center;">Wow!</h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"> I can't believe we have been on the road living in our RV for over 13 years!</h1><div style="text-align: center;">We started October 1, 2009 and I did 33 blogs in three months that year. 2010 I did 77, 2011-77, 2012-42, 2013-17, 2014-16, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-9, 2018-4, 2019-7, 2020-3, 2021-2 and this year 1. There seems to be a trend or pattern forming. We must be losing our oomph. We just don't seem to go anywhere new or very interesting anymore. I guess we have officially become fuddy duds. Oh no, that can't be true! Total malarkey!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFEq9Nn6U7QoA1wklE7Z_ftxZJlp3say-DohlI3ujxAbL-4WmPgXKK0vSQ3qTXG5pfbRG6Z6VfidtkZBwUzaNY_te3lPBjTBulftHjtxpZIbpllN0Nc1xPs3jcNa7vXoHrBRl48D2_MnANNZhf5Y79qejAnnx8W1QF-VgEHUIGlrCDyLEeQpgaeXw4g/s1330/20220127_110133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1330" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFEq9Nn6U7QoA1wklE7Z_ftxZJlp3say-DohlI3ujxAbL-4WmPgXKK0vSQ3qTXG5pfbRG6Z6VfidtkZBwUzaNY_te3lPBjTBulftHjtxpZIbpllN0Nc1xPs3jcNa7vXoHrBRl48D2_MnANNZhf5Y79qejAnnx8W1QF-VgEHUIGlrCDyLEeQpgaeXw4g/s320/20220127_110133.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;">I finally arrived in Yuma on January 8th, after waiting three months in Helena to get our wrecked car repaired. The farm workers were already busy picking spinach next to our campground. The oranges in the background had already been picked over Christmas week.</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmONMWTN8ZGmXCocTWaPkD6B1WVICd9GN1LFCeMISJrDo3xC34yQECS0-WA6rKJeaEz7zy-Mzc5paCPyyzbLIX847-GCxsOoSYbR8Xzd7Hry2sT83C3dx3BC-vBP4h2KYNYyz5w6RBInA5_fc73zWAEY_KQxLzAdnAUZzIaRm6RoxGxIXqeT_0MAWyFQ/s4000/20220226_133446%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmONMWTN8ZGmXCocTWaPkD6B1WVICd9GN1LFCeMISJrDo3xC34yQECS0-WA6rKJeaEz7zy-Mzc5paCPyyzbLIX847-GCxsOoSYbR8Xzd7Hry2sT83C3dx3BC-vBP4h2KYNYyz5w6RBInA5_fc73zWAEY_KQxLzAdnAUZzIaRm6RoxGxIXqeT_0MAWyFQ/s320/20220226_133446%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My first week back, I headed to the outdoor market. This little kiosk had lots of stuff made out of tires.</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_hJioMtqkOQ5iO7atljgQViTB33TG1BM3_X9qPsX2W2CXBQw8Lpry9hic0KKsHbiIXAQwJbpCtkntCKdnKMZ5F11ekoQUyHUe5Gkew5M6XoeG1E6CvRRGNJTOf61_j9AKLLCYzu77n56v8m-kCrtRC1iCVQRrAxrdA2LN4RTe2e_NnSYDEnZbxEeow/s4000/20220226_133615%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_hJioMtqkOQ5iO7atljgQViTB33TG1BM3_X9qPsX2W2CXBQw8Lpry9hic0KKsHbiIXAQwJbpCtkntCKdnKMZ5F11ekoQUyHUe5Gkew5M6XoeG1E6CvRRGNJTOf61_j9AKLLCYzu77n56v8m-kCrtRC1iCVQRrAxrdA2LN4RTe2e_NnSYDEnZbxEeow/s320/20220226_133615%20-%20Copy.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;">Cute little armadillo, just what everyone needs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwXRCNT0M9wsCKC7zfIOBdyfCaf4vLqx6UngCpCgoDEGBf7uUsjL26kLLDCjPsRtNh0h8TVY22r9o0FedEkT8Cn3W3f1mt1E1IaaqsOGyp_HPI-lYLj8-DyCVRHy55DK8-NhoJEYzzMc8KKCarsaRqf1i6KKc5w2DH17iv1Cqn4PVK_khth-6eaGpVQ/s4000/20220226_133531%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwXRCNT0M9wsCKC7zfIOBdyfCaf4vLqx6UngCpCgoDEGBf7uUsjL26kLLDCjPsRtNh0h8TVY22r9o0FedEkT8Cn3W3f1mt1E1IaaqsOGyp_HPI-lYLj8-DyCVRHy55DK8-NhoJEYzzMc8KKCarsaRqf1i6KKc5w2DH17iv1Cqn4PVK_khth-6eaGpVQ/s320/20220226_133531%20-%20Copy.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;">All sorts of pitchers, planters, birds, chickens, etc. Even alligators and who doesn't want a big black alligator sitting in the flower bed next to your front door?</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/AVvXsEgHpAqrWC5aTW5uAV_Z7496sUnZzdEtsrL2m2VB29qTwZFEhGegdK0e4WMscuLb9O8a61eGILxdl6w1vr65G-eD19_e99hGBV4yy-7gGNnyY34dFFOdl29YYtt_LdAZ4DqM9fnfW57oSw-LVlIonLT1MY6J9ACVedVHM_5bjkNEPfoeMAh1EpDowTxlMg/s4000/20220311_140733%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpAqrWC5aTW5uAV_Z7496sUnZzdEtsrL2m2VB29qTwZFEhGegdK0e4WMscuLb9O8a61eGILxdl6w1vr65G-eD19_e99hGBV4yy-7gGNnyY34dFFOdl29YYtt_LdAZ4DqM9fnfW57oSw-LVlIonLT1MY6J9ACVedVHM_5bjkNEPfoeMAh1EpDowTxlMg/s320/20220311_140733%20-%20Copy.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;">Lots of fun t-shirts. You can find anything you need at this market, including hardware, kitchen stuff, RV furniture, awnings, upholstery, clothing, food, live music, etc. 10AM to 4PM every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.</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/AVvXsEh1lnv3OdbTpG1o0TfZHxjU3Pw3y5quez6us46CZRL9FcdMRKM6oqCTg9Y1XJ-dNfLN8BObSZKU9ijyIZGNt8GgxEvOhH8a2EGNKT88nY0SpQf2kpBJkr6yIXzIBF-YOfpJeqh2Sm2F9Gj2rr5gwOgTapZCcFKi674Tmv5jTlh5oC3W9yfQaksHfAHjVQ/s1216/20220311_145728%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="1216" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lnv3OdbTpG1o0TfZHxjU3Pw3y5quez6us46CZRL9FcdMRKM6oqCTg9Y1XJ-dNfLN8BObSZKU9ijyIZGNt8GgxEvOhH8a2EGNKT88nY0SpQf2kpBJkr6yIXzIBF-YOfpJeqh2Sm2F9Gj2rr5gwOgTapZCcFKi674Tmv5jTlh5oC3W9yfQaksHfAHjVQ/s320/20220311_145728%20-%20Copy.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;">I'm not sure which one my family thinks I am... but I would guess "bossy ass". Somebody has to take charge, right?</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/AVvXsEjgQuKuncUWxXLgU3-_apj8dVTXTpE3WPQCiaMSX2EbhskDbV4bkqKclWShkkb7FYMZjWO61vTut61jRdfEudp4V5LxYbCeVGmg7lWBhkQWABDJOmYJOGtqQfkaGP_i2ki91uAWX7FHG7jkcjUmucgJcFx0n6NL1YBPcYwigQqgIfTIeqpDN7JapWpMsg/s1642/20220226_095745%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1642" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgQuKuncUWxXLgU3-_apj8dVTXTpE3WPQCiaMSX2EbhskDbV4bkqKclWShkkb7FYMZjWO61vTut61jRdfEudp4V5LxYbCeVGmg7lWBhkQWABDJOmYJOGtqQfkaGP_i2ki91uAWX7FHG7jkcjUmucgJcFx0n6NL1YBPcYwigQqgIfTIeqpDN7JapWpMsg/s320/20220226_095745%20(1).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;">One of our neighbors must have hit someone on Halloween and never bothered to peel them off the front of their truck. 😂</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/AVvXsEhOZaqeYyTwP_0c6RCK_Oanf9kvvdstjoL8WqpU-kz5VnmGm1xqVYi8RVWMcEJcS1Ja2WuC7HCHsl5qxu5xMwj9rNz1TWYVAjwbxZCr6MLkzRpEY8GJB96criGbpKsNLNp59D3sIliDf5M8k8vJOzgoG-MUC_IeFdrNC-f8EdZBeU159B6_MeX7czjzWQ/s4000/20220305_104119%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZaqeYyTwP_0c6RCK_Oanf9kvvdstjoL8WqpU-kz5VnmGm1xqVYi8RVWMcEJcS1Ja2WuC7HCHsl5qxu5xMwj9rNz1TWYVAjwbxZCr6MLkzRpEY8GJB96criGbpKsNLNp59D3sIliDf5M8k8vJOzgoG-MUC_IeFdrNC-f8EdZBeU159B6_MeX7czjzWQ/s320/20220305_104119%20-%20Copy.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;">Old friends Karolyn and Julie walking Julie's dogs around the lake at our campground.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCHyoz5YO7r7bM-nkhDovqabyoCqw1VqsRax2hKi81AJlMGADOVEXQr536mLlneYpy6vlN9Vf12MAXIdc1xaC2UKm_-SVqxDbcsM1LJoK0bdPm9uvUQre3-_XOzt9DCLTt6eUoWqn3cXOs0sMCPbnDnewPz0zcJ28ivEKZPhk9ZcKhJ4ceElIbvLORg/s4000/20220308_100223%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCHyoz5YO7r7bM-nkhDovqabyoCqw1VqsRax2hKi81AJlMGADOVEXQr536mLlneYpy6vlN9Vf12MAXIdc1xaC2UKm_-SVqxDbcsM1LJoK0bdPm9uvUQre3-_XOzt9DCLTt6eUoWqn3cXOs0sMCPbnDnewPz0zcJ28ivEKZPhk9ZcKhJ4ceElIbvLORg/s320/20220308_100223%20-%20Copy.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;">This badass RV, made from an old airplane body, was in the parking lot when we girls headed down to Algodonos, Mexico for the day. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTedzsZzp4ArAm6lVjUwvOAinyYme-rcf_3_T8VBh04OnLaSeMQYDIQHXEBuaITXwGvTXF2cSX_4lGb7q4o8m8xfQuxUjClrzBK17HZ92xuEnZ99NijPCtCvqgTTMWsFZCQETeJ9VZx-L_ZfGpVsAVEBf4axcRytjmezY3zLrND8Px1yOWrBkC_9kPKA/s4000/20220308_150624.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTedzsZzp4ArAm6lVjUwvOAinyYme-rcf_3_T8VBh04OnLaSeMQYDIQHXEBuaITXwGvTXF2cSX_4lGb7q4o8m8xfQuxUjClrzBK17HZ92xuEnZ99NijPCtCvqgTTMWsFZCQETeJ9VZx-L_ZfGpVsAVEBf4axcRytjmezY3zLrND8Px1yOWrBkC_9kPKA/s320/20220308_150624.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;">Karolyn schmoozing with the local vendors, wearing her new hat that she just bought.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifel3g1WVzDQLIrGj98qeDQzTv2PRDa6rMq9yhqsTvPY6JHYmURXGntvgv_-0Ekk0DhwqbsUfCpBw9A0Tu0rnRXaQTHE4y5kBSbCIZNcusAQ9zaE6ryRbF3M5l4SojsUAh5JB4VHhUIBUgAMYyr0ZZBfLn35K8K3kARlUKw3YBIBujinWVtnRCUzspw/s4000/20220308_155802%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifel3g1WVzDQLIrGj98qeDQzTv2PRDa6rMq9yhqsTvPY6JHYmURXGntvgv_-0Ekk0DhwqbsUfCpBw9A0Tu0rnRXaQTHE4y5kBSbCIZNcusAQ9zaE6ryRbF3M5l4SojsUAh5JB4VHhUIBUgAMYyr0ZZBfLn35K8K3kARlUKw3YBIBujinWVtnRCUzspw/s320/20220308_155802%20-%20Copy.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;">When I am with my girls, the margaritas just keep coming! Julie, Karolyn and Terri are a bad influence on me, but what happens in Mexico, stays in Mexico!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8MlhRSVIsmfCpC55znQherzgSmHR5IOVyL8ZhyKKKQS2UwSE4Adzz00dR_YfcPxjW8_gAqRZraHVXOIVhXg3dYHyo68VMxv-odMiBwV8rTf3J6X-a3iTBtG-YtRUi6dKCJpFUj_65Fr_cTTcRCjudEXbOkxOVyh9ajOFYAGa47S9gAikcSaukECIjA/s3039/20220309_135920%20(1)%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2337" data-original-width="3039" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8MlhRSVIsmfCpC55znQherzgSmHR5IOVyL8ZhyKKKQS2UwSE4Adzz00dR_YfcPxjW8_gAqRZraHVXOIVhXg3dYHyo68VMxv-odMiBwV8rTf3J6X-a3iTBtG-YtRUi6dKCJpFUj_65Fr_cTTcRCjudEXbOkxOVyh9ajOFYAGa47S9gAikcSaukECIjA/s320/20220309_135920%20(1)%20-%20Copy.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;">Gravestone I had painted for the grandkid's dog, <b>Digger.</b> There are some amazingly talented people in Algodonos.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YJCCu2GFcZCQ541bpeRMwxCTaWt0ywVECCoBFGX9a8QAfCSrCsC_sCtKD_FQ5RfUP_DHlgFVS49VDlSskDSY0haQ-93Zr-xnDMNzUei7nsRVQ2-fW9SFnlwCSeQMCKNCLWZc_80W3aqw39wP2qMgeBAcoqsk3GuRdMPtIt99SWc669irm_am1nhYyw/s3107/20220309_172258%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2829" data-original-width="3107" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YJCCu2GFcZCQ541bpeRMwxCTaWt0ywVECCoBFGX9a8QAfCSrCsC_sCtKD_FQ5RfUP_DHlgFVS49VDlSskDSY0haQ-93Zr-xnDMNzUei7nsRVQ2-fW9SFnlwCSeQMCKNCLWZc_80W3aqw39wP2qMgeBAcoqsk3GuRdMPtIt99SWc669irm_am1nhYyw/s320/20220309_172258%20-%20Copy.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;">One evening we went to the oldest home in Yuma for dinner and a talk on the history of Yuma and the area. Very interesting and a good meal.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIYjHxyR9T8U3qfc4oNCbSyCh19VzjA9JXyd9wZK5QrhUsr-B-9Zt5te0wj_18YjWBgirfduk84sOWZUeOKIEHcCs5wqdhTlPfWgR-bKtWbItz5LiP_tRbRTJFTPKJejKXV-S4Hg0QfWl8V42bJK2cfU-cMLu8Fwnb1SYSq4vGi7nM7I0PeItEcNC6Q/s4000/20220309_174652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIYjHxyR9T8U3qfc4oNCbSyCh19VzjA9JXyd9wZK5QrhUsr-B-9Zt5te0wj_18YjWBgirfduk84sOWZUeOKIEHcCs5wqdhTlPfWgR-bKtWbItz5LiP_tRbRTJFTPKJejKXV-S4Hg0QfWl8V42bJK2cfU-cMLu8Fwnb1SYSq4vGi7nM7I0PeItEcNC6Q/s320/20220309_174652.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am truly too old for more than three drinks and certainly nobody wants to see that! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eSKyVBmhpYhV6gnSp2VXxClMjxEd7BKlndr5e_3z5q9PcjRjpn0ZN788avEvDoz-Rd3D7hOskqw3vJpWtNpfzyWGmnyWHR6a4opNh7wQggQRQJ3E4cILs24vgjecU5muoqPiQjO8ha8ZNGCesdvgiiEDnyKu-I31il4sBFjz_e1_bO18LNuLd7w_Sw/s4000/20220312_192334%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eSKyVBmhpYhV6gnSp2VXxClMjxEd7BKlndr5e_3z5q9PcjRjpn0ZN788avEvDoz-Rd3D7hOskqw3vJpWtNpfzyWGmnyWHR6a4opNh7wQggQRQJ3E4cILs24vgjecU5muoqPiQjO8ha8ZNGCesdvgiiEDnyKu-I31il4sBFjz_e1_bO18LNuLd7w_Sw/s320/20220312_192334%20-%20Copy.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;">With new friends at the St. Patrick's Day Dance.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfwhxI1hRCJkNn934i8wQJQT21daHw5JU3yrU3_g2kn5XZp2E_TGGdyhAMD6NANjAPlzXD7a14zKoIvkiXcIOdba-7SshY_YcmgufFbWf4ApS_ks-XzIXHkXsHntaVNq3oWMeme3nCL9C4InJjkNRuFIrwS48O0shRjZTbaOiPUH1udX4LUmOPpOUkQ/s2386/20220329_190851%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2057" data-original-width="2386" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfwhxI1hRCJkNn934i8wQJQT21daHw5JU3yrU3_g2kn5XZp2E_TGGdyhAMD6NANjAPlzXD7a14zKoIvkiXcIOdba-7SshY_YcmgufFbWf4ApS_ks-XzIXHkXsHntaVNq3oWMeme3nCL9C4InJjkNRuFIrwS48O0shRjZTbaOiPUH1udX4LUmOPpOUkQ/s320/20220329_190851%20-%20Copy.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;">Friends Craig and Terri spent a week with us at Emerald Cove on the Colorado River by Parker.</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/AVvXsEg1nFwWBURq2yN48X4VswglN41v-DH2HWMflwoBvMRTqCuicsV7CuchzCsscXdYRotgZ--t-TzkPG0OExYOXkkX4G9P5utQNLir_GvL00MFXwgeAOESytZB8wOGQUOX-JHzHK71qcdlJnzIRXSCVtMGVPDfjItEN5CMBlyRRyaS9H6A5RKtlh8nTpUNjw/s2992/20220328_125408%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nFwWBURq2yN48X4VswglN41v-DH2HWMflwoBvMRTqCuicsV7CuchzCsscXdYRotgZ--t-TzkPG0OExYOXkkX4G9P5utQNLir_GvL00MFXwgeAOESytZB8wOGQUOX-JHzHK71qcdlJnzIRXSCVtMGVPDfjItEN5CMBlyRRyaS9H6A5RKtlh8nTpUNjw/s320/20220328_125408%20-%20Copy.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;">We showed them around the area a bit. This is the memorial for the Japanese Internment Camp at Poston. The buildings are nearby, totally abandoned and overgrown with weeds, but still interesting to see.</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/AVvXsEgDPR-6dA6Ke9JbEwiQwz41Ing2qFf-R_ht8mgn32fb9VhjK2rg_Onb0g1Xyp7p1Sn4UCXYergNoLLs71a1S9a3Ax8KeLonE4EW668inQ9dZxHgH4zCWSivCIL2x-ZmP2AzBFYZlCEFYIXxNvPsfkh4l-VRY3KHIci-iiGArr7Fgddgj4Mu5oBdioJ_bA/s4000/20220324_125535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPR-6dA6Ke9JbEwiQwz41Ing2qFf-R_ht8mgn32fb9VhjK2rg_Onb0g1Xyp7p1Sn4UCXYergNoLLs71a1S9a3Ax8KeLonE4EW668inQ9dZxHgH4zCWSivCIL2x-ZmP2AzBFYZlCEFYIXxNvPsfkh4l-VRY3KHIci-iiGArr7Fgddgj4Mu5oBdioJ_bA/s320/20220324_125535.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;">We also took them to this campground about ten miles out in the boonies on windy, gravel roads. They have this nice marina and a small grocery store, as they really are way far away from town.</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/AVvXsEgKrMmpcKPAXk7j_zMKzylVQjOtlO5aJ7NgdHVGfYslEKbZp9yQkGTY-bgiR58_u22QQKhDW8enuFvdC7FfcEwOVTJ1dpOX-6XK-XkDYk-deA22e7ee2g4_W6mS-7ZTRy2ILNHfpMBFtZkAT2VNU6xpDmb34hJLPgFIHjQUQr7xmqBsvs8h4RR0ZCRzuw/s4000/20220324_124417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrMmpcKPAXk7j_zMKzylVQjOtlO5aJ7NgdHVGfYslEKbZp9yQkGTY-bgiR58_u22QQKhDW8enuFvdC7FfcEwOVTJ1dpOX-6XK-XkDYk-deA22e7ee2g4_W6mS-7ZTRy2ILNHfpMBFtZkAT2VNU6xpDmb34hJLPgFIHjQUQr7xmqBsvs8h4RR0ZCRzuw/s320/20220324_124417.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;">They also have a nice little golf course up on the bluff overlooking the river and the burros just love the green grass. There were at least a dozen burros hanging around this campground.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SKxuTc7r6-zFj0BxdPl-b3_Swm6o4EzEk9Mxl0PnH1MfnxezX0AMYSLEtJLD1vAnkbBMxAPh5AXelgLNrb3PTDznri2DTrLvRggkPZj1pZhYdtt7u997KnlRO4Xv0wJiEUOeo1URQ5_r4K6xvKU5HX94rltptt5bQAfO4CqQRq8qATojdjj9s4uV2A/s4000/20220329_191030%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SKxuTc7r6-zFj0BxdPl-b3_Swm6o4EzEk9Mxl0PnH1MfnxezX0AMYSLEtJLD1vAnkbBMxAPh5AXelgLNrb3PTDznri2DTrLvRggkPZj1pZhYdtt7u997KnlRO4Xv0wJiEUOeo1URQ5_r4K6xvKU5HX94rltptt5bQAfO4CqQRq8qATojdjj9s4uV2A/s320/20220329_191030%20-%20Copy.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;">Back at our campground, the burros still manage to get in even though they have fenced in the whole thing in the last couple of years except for the two entrance driveways. They do raise havoc with the dumpsters.</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/AVvXsEhlX-BL7WB0PXaAvMFncU4Zno8MKJdq721ud2WYOaEY717SNC86hWFsCiy2vxypbwrfW6zQMBVk1um0A61mw4DudfPmepj4T4lGd7aGa2RyuRmqOAeJyVLedV3K5XctSqDWpOlSydG9jPhrw_MNLjIlW_HD9GqR-5u878VUfA42-dx6GcNrI3LF9BtHJg/s1996/20220402_063045.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1996" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlX-BL7WB0PXaAvMFncU4Zno8MKJdq721ud2WYOaEY717SNC86hWFsCiy2vxypbwrfW6zQMBVk1um0A61mw4DudfPmepj4T4lGd7aGa2RyuRmqOAeJyVLedV3K5XctSqDWpOlSydG9jPhrw_MNLjIlW_HD9GqR-5u878VUfA42-dx6GcNrI3LF9BtHJg/s320/20220402_063045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWfMNvzDUgCCdZyM15pqBHA1N13kMQCrQAMno8n8IVoaJiHy1Y-XDS2RNmem6q61RKGSIJ_7ricWvVzAsJs8k3KmSE4fM3paQZliH8DsZIEaUhALF2lTZSLrjFInKl97QYQwZqBu-sbbGnaI1OyPxSaCiXiBg9LSzUQcOA4kSnSS9wC1Km-Y5GWwlug/s3127/20220404_135814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="3127" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWfMNvzDUgCCdZyM15pqBHA1N13kMQCrQAMno8n8IVoaJiHy1Y-XDS2RNmem6q61RKGSIJ_7ricWvVzAsJs8k3KmSE4fM3paQZliH8DsZIEaUhALF2lTZSLrjFInKl97QYQwZqBu-sbbGnaI1OyPxSaCiXiBg9LSzUQcOA4kSnSS9wC1Km-Y5GWwlug/s320/20220404_135814.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;">In mid-April we started to head north. We spent about a week in Utah seeing some of the areas we had not yet been to. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgED-yfCbJraUPzAZfloBbS572EZX7Q5_PRZMuMvLxaZECJ2hfFeVSlHpSKdbqqNl5QsFxTnmsPnHbsKoXHKb_RII3exPd9Xi6zSMfTuUvK5s0sD2MMyBct0DnwjcQps-2hKRueIRwlaoOF6D5V_TDvdaw4BufcOVyo0kq4yAQGdMd7xDXZhG6AprG9g/s3481/20220404_140204%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="3481" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgED-yfCbJraUPzAZfloBbS572EZX7Q5_PRZMuMvLxaZECJ2hfFeVSlHpSKdbqqNl5QsFxTnmsPnHbsKoXHKb_RII3exPd9Xi6zSMfTuUvK5s0sD2MMyBct0DnwjcQps-2hKRueIRwlaoOF6D5V_TDvdaw4BufcOVyo0kq4yAQGdMd7xDXZhG6AprG9g/s320/20220404_140204%20-%20Copy.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;">Little areas like this are usually busy with vendors, but it was pretty quiet this day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PcsclWyKjHwwQYs3Sd0EQkTea6EwPyvh-ig9beMYpsSRCocheSTYFE2TntHOCDQQ_bO4vuUhMh5d62qA51age7LRwtelJGQYgxeNvIrqd0Pt9AF5fLKFdK3sUrIkcMFxzAnddbqEpd2lynPC2joMtXS3Gwm3avow7w7XxLpTAMmzMWFRXl1OIsvBPQ/s3958/20220404_140428%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2302" data-original-width="3958" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PcsclWyKjHwwQYs3Sd0EQkTea6EwPyvh-ig9beMYpsSRCocheSTYFE2TntHOCDQQ_bO4vuUhMh5d62qA51age7LRwtelJGQYgxeNvIrqd0Pt9AF5fLKFdK3sUrIkcMFxzAnddbqEpd2lynPC2joMtXS3Gwm3avow7w7XxLpTAMmzMWFRXl1OIsvBPQ/s320/20220404_140428%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The views in every direction were absolutely amazing!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5v2UrnUAcVtierN5hjrVCT6w_suIHCu_b83hQjaqPG2AAXBopP96pzt1suWEHzRn-Bo-kFyAH1ux1lhWFN7qrzv041r260auTfpNKG8az_7kjvk3XgKavyqYe1s07K4bz3Attm32-YVdoNbbOpVHaNKn02xCdt35QTdwB6hg_QqSjvyKpwvuLhXdRA/s4000/20220404_170808.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5v2UrnUAcVtierN5hjrVCT6w_suIHCu_b83hQjaqPG2AAXBopP96pzt1suWEHzRn-Bo-kFyAH1ux1lhWFN7qrzv041r260auTfpNKG8az_7kjvk3XgKavyqYe1s07K4bz3Attm32-YVdoNbbOpVHaNKn02xCdt35QTdwB6hg_QqSjvyKpwvuLhXdRA/s320/20220404_170808.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1wg7eeH7tqPlOUVJk5-18B5Y6ky6sUdJTFDOGxQ-L9mrJPcJUdz48vssfr3zA0j4n7GvQamcnu6Z-1UnWpMIuu2YZl5em9o3v_5MXdgeU-P77zErowNTmKEInwNhSbH5i4vbzEb865qHgfh7R4PnN2ygbfbedDlLjHV5ZWGnPucv8CiBpEQIXd8RXA/s3595/20220405_084835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2221" data-original-width="3595" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1wg7eeH7tqPlOUVJk5-18B5Y6ky6sUdJTFDOGxQ-L9mrJPcJUdz48vssfr3zA0j4n7GvQamcnu6Z-1UnWpMIuu2YZl5em9o3v_5MXdgeU-P77zErowNTmKEInwNhSbH5i4vbzEb865qHgfh7R4PnN2ygbfbedDlLjHV5ZWGnPucv8CiBpEQIXd8RXA/s320/20220405_084835.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;">One day we did the 17-mile scenic drive through the <b>Valley of the God</b>s.</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/AVvXsEjszE16PAL90qEKtsuKUT_WWiT1-QxRtRJeUI9ZFLHgApqd-nctcdpgLI74Bcm7LvGTP84bHd5KI0IgC907KFTnt1BitlhjNv4xppTZPlhMucAXdZMoPhKAYq2PEqYSJU0ftaZn9COU2iAifXwrR7Aez0-AMVVnbIommS7ayb6E4nhPqnsEGBpgFfW6LA/s3720/20220405_085532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2428" data-original-width="3720" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszE16PAL90qEKtsuKUT_WWiT1-QxRtRJeUI9ZFLHgApqd-nctcdpgLI74Bcm7LvGTP84bHd5KI0IgC907KFTnt1BitlhjNv4xppTZPlhMucAXdZMoPhKAYq2PEqYSJU0ftaZn9COU2iAifXwrR7Aez0-AMVVnbIommS7ayb6E4nhPqnsEGBpgFfW6LA/s320/20220405_085532.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;">You can see why it is called <b>Valley of the Gods</b>. 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Grandkids are waiting for us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3V1Yf46u9hsNKUkO8awULJRXE7f2eXuNjH5QIww8lrRPVqIEy17HVTYeyedHLW5CSKZNQwpczcfkJ8zU_pYIBC7zArsDSfGr9mZ0jaJqOWjIwkWiiw99oBRaT-e7u9OZfbtFh35DrfbL7C67yJ7-rsGQDhhaZq1df3-GSYExTh_rH0oTd6uHU68gfw/s2447/20220416_190838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="2447" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3V1Yf46u9hsNKUkO8awULJRXE7f2eXuNjH5QIww8lrRPVqIEy17HVTYeyedHLW5CSKZNQwpczcfkJ8zU_pYIBC7zArsDSfGr9mZ0jaJqOWjIwkWiiw99oBRaT-e7u9OZfbtFh35DrfbL7C67yJ7-rsGQDhhaZq1df3-GSYExTh_rH0oTd6uHU68gfw/s320/20220416_190838.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;">We really missed you Grandpa!</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/AVvXsEjlSmcSSKtBRLL2sOpXlxrheHrWI4ovA16AdiRiGZFerU1-Xzkw6uLHU0TAV2nxgkUlbz7v9inSHlH5Lq_asbU1Xp84v59DGuze7FMwdLS2DquGLvVSsp-Tm4jgHiQCveHeGycTajYaqlcrXc_5rsooeaI44zqBqSwHZ_oC49_J4tOKSK4-g2UNriyoqA/s4000/20220421_182131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSmcSSKtBRLL2sOpXlxrheHrWI4ovA16AdiRiGZFerU1-Xzkw6uLHU0TAV2nxgkUlbz7v9inSHlH5Lq_asbU1Xp84v59DGuze7FMwdLS2DquGLvVSsp-Tm4jgHiQCveHeGycTajYaqlcrXc_5rsooeaI44zqBqSwHZ_oC49_J4tOKSK4-g2UNriyoqA/s320/20220421_182131.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;">The first event after we got back was Benny's pre-school graduation.</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/AVvXsEima8LvLTrqfUwTQU6Xb5z3vyMOM8LU9AdFtFzKNvf_8bWVWdezhigEpzUVvNFy5G0W3pMbBv-mgLPcwSnz3Yuy9TSQnaDAkIBRbDypd4hGgZV-hhlu2R3fpf0PttUcl96mgH88fdnzu3u4iwalgCyEwggcOij75bp0FV6BS-8qCVjOFsQ3q7V7ip4WFA/s3295/20220421_182838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2176" data-original-width="3295" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEima8LvLTrqfUwTQU6Xb5z3vyMOM8LU9AdFtFzKNvf_8bWVWdezhigEpzUVvNFy5G0W3pMbBv-mgLPcwSnz3Yuy9TSQnaDAkIBRbDypd4hGgZV-hhlu2R3fpf0PttUcl96mgH88fdnzu3u4iwalgCyEwggcOij75bp0FV6BS-8qCVjOFsQ3q7V7ip4WFA/s320/20220421_182838.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;">Oh my, the last one! Oh well, maybe there will be some great-grandbabies coming in the not-too-distant future. You can't blame a grandma for hoping for more snugglers, right?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PWVIusFGONYiHvL0etgRgy82T1Z6T5cUe47-SzXt-hFVTU58gIiEBXfM_35SLeJqVkEj3CAPzN-9SX5RiyPSs-zeYCMPCQjtK4VGITi_zj731M5XmklsZ9ox48RFTnH4gNP7f9MhgkDkegZEUZOe4kmsv6ynkXfw8ABXLhhmDbPszaHKvCB__07KWw/s3776/20220506_122614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2459" data-original-width="3776" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4PWVIusFGONYiHvL0etgRgy82T1Z6T5cUe47-SzXt-hFVTU58gIiEBXfM_35SLeJqVkEj3CAPzN-9SX5RiyPSs-zeYCMPCQjtK4VGITi_zj731M5XmklsZ9ox48RFTnH4gNP7f9MhgkDkegZEUZOe4kmsv6ynkXfw8ABXLhhmDbPszaHKvCB__07KWw/s320/20220506_122614.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next event was the annual <b>Vigilantes Day Parade</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Even the preschoolers marched in costume. It's an excellent parade. One of the floats was even driven by an old friend from my hometown, Jerry Christman Roofing. and we exchanged a wave as he went by.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyLuYbySywZc8ViVx7TIK8mcqV9p3ReGFB5sEm6EP0a-ZuRaMpxcX8Zusw5U18XzIixs4IxigiF0iUmoQsdJ9wKG8SeKfFPHNX9iJuhxledSuaT8hYAIDwdxrSDEuiV8fCfHssxUzn0Lf2A5tSYz94nNTPiT8wRhP0CKJe5Mr11zyRDc2wKzrizcUoA/s2133/20220506_124233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="2133" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyLuYbySywZc8ViVx7TIK8mcqV9p3ReGFB5sEm6EP0a-ZuRaMpxcX8Zusw5U18XzIixs4IxigiF0iUmoQsdJ9wKG8SeKfFPHNX9iJuhxledSuaT8hYAIDwdxrSDEuiV8fCfHssxUzn0Lf2A5tSYz94nNTPiT8wRhP0CKJe5Mr11zyRDc2wKzrizcUoA/s320/20220506_124233.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;">Back through the days when Joe Lewis was here....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNShnkQGOSmcHCxPnNDd9K1ZmWF53uoNrB9sXCqSYvPeUbQfwTW1jTvxFqKyoPiahMjjPYtjz3GbqUQXKCZiUtg7d9ZlggAYdf9QOCWJMQhSrCbf08tD2ydMrfHPQrBuisjLAmkqGzvfrTODAMYoMcV0GHJfVO3eqHLEXDHBoUOqgPRZRppjed8VaxA/s3588/20220506_124147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2691" data-original-width="3588" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifNShnkQGOSmcHCxPnNDd9K1ZmWF53uoNrB9sXCqSYvPeUbQfwTW1jTvxFqKyoPiahMjjPYtjz3GbqUQXKCZiUtg7d9ZlggAYdf9QOCWJMQhSrCbf08tD2ydMrfHPQrBuisjLAmkqGzvfrTODAMYoMcV0GHJfVO3eqHLEXDHBoUOqgPRZRppjed8VaxA/s320/20220506_124147.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;">when ski resorts were more rustic....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVJOrJxg3XxzfLX_PXmKBe-IcxcMji1ReI3JniZfw9bwjbN3TxMBjItDt4onDLQOYRzkmh0xRs5FBC19kNWDpGLy7DNjTSxSZnEWETNoVGFwfy7jO4radmA8VPs2OvXV6QJz95DfBjj0mDOnlgyTw2JSAp5sAP9HLbVDvHTiTFzW1q9VQk7FOp6L26Q/s2492/20220506_123729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="2492" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVJOrJxg3XxzfLX_PXmKBe-IcxcMji1ReI3JniZfw9bwjbN3TxMBjItDt4onDLQOYRzkmh0xRs5FBC19kNWDpGLy7DNjTSxSZnEWETNoVGFwfy7jO4radmA8VPs2OvXV6QJz95DfBjj0mDOnlgyTw2JSAp5sAP9HLbVDvHTiTFzW1q9VQk7FOp6L26Q/s320/20220506_123729.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/AVvXsEgVWHUqOcRJSU4IY1BkReoQC2cKKq7-NyAyQkuH13FGv_5Mjv78Gl74KDm0ZJCR0614CWFEXDQ0BU_WjwdwJ2yWZ7Nl5qxGj5dHaxuiNdZbyuowMQpWN5E2G9XUplju4qBIQkx4K3EDGcWba5mxLs4Ss_x4NfFRZWJ1oZEaYwykSP7Kopx9AT1Fy6ZGAg/s2696/20220506_125412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2161" data-original-width="2696" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWHUqOcRJSU4IY1BkReoQC2cKKq7-NyAyQkuH13FGv_5Mjv78Gl74KDm0ZJCR0614CWFEXDQ0BU_WjwdwJ2yWZ7Nl5qxGj5dHaxuiNdZbyuowMQpWN5E2G9XUplju4qBIQkx4K3EDGcWba5mxLs4Ss_x4NfFRZWJ1oZEaYwykSP7Kopx9AT1Fy6ZGAg/s320/20220506_125412.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;">when there were still bordellos, gambling, mining, etc.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4bX6UqumcyWjhxp1_6O5C0Kl_aXP0YiMYchmuI5EHQ6TQvsCJKG1tCKzngfsl1OhzgsfmDfiSFAWOGnaxxSbFhCPrxalzNbuSSkNeu76hKLAq2E4xoIaZTm8gANLd5g4b-ljB8zt7DDdTJtRV6oKg0sgAcONSe8dJmT781y4dYi8PZgb2ZwwX19R9g/s2919/20220514_132605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2222" data-original-width="2919" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4bX6UqumcyWjhxp1_6O5C0Kl_aXP0YiMYchmuI5EHQ6TQvsCJKG1tCKzngfsl1OhzgsfmDfiSFAWOGnaxxSbFhCPrxalzNbuSSkNeu76hKLAq2E4xoIaZTm8gANLd5g4b-ljB8zt7DDdTJtRV6oKg0sgAcONSe8dJmT781y4dYi8PZgb2ZwwX19R9g/s320/20220514_132605.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;"><b>Ten Mile Creek Park </b>is about a mile from the kids' house right down the bike path, so we ride over there quite often. It is a mountain fed creek that is pretty much freezing all the time, but they almost always wear their swimsuits and get in and splash around. It's only about waist deep, so perfect for them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5zOHXzIa3m57xFPy4Y9H4oBzjHCBI5aysnwlRpAIVUujszraiVrLbxFhCrq1RE3-tksoMYtgyEW9JLo02VKK-OfwbYZUHjKSzLVqeezTcR40Gg37gZwWtZ9E5GxkTan299Cd4Vtw_dzVWmuFFK5gbx0m7Ua8IC5bk9fDJBu73IMvLMS9knbT-MZ2Mg/s1699/20220512_135713.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1699" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5zOHXzIa3m57xFPy4Y9H4oBzjHCBI5aysnwlRpAIVUujszraiVrLbxFhCrq1RE3-tksoMYtgyEW9JLo02VKK-OfwbYZUHjKSzLVqeezTcR40Gg37gZwWtZ9E5GxkTan299Cd4Vtw_dzVWmuFFK5gbx0m7Ua8IC5bk9fDJBu73IMvLMS9knbT-MZ2Mg/s320/20220512_135713.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Glued to the TV. They don't get to watch very often, but when Mom and Dad are gone, all bets are off. Grandma and Grandpa are in charge!</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/AVvXsEh2_VkTI86btutUNS_5Un2BqFuA9VPn5_w4NRKp3qoUYaVdrlRBbOEFZkXMwqIc3K3Xzg9w-Iw0RkGbKjjQaYhjYDZuYPcNc8q9vftEvPjWvDbL_96YX1ST7K3wgrdeqs8dRojg8ZnC4M_LJxTv3maLKQhWZxdH2tRJCw2z5iDejp3_BR5gkmD6Hg5ftA/s3473/20221203_125825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2133" data-original-width="3473" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_VkTI86btutUNS_5Un2BqFuA9VPn5_w4NRKp3qoUYaVdrlRBbOEFZkXMwqIc3K3Xzg9w-Iw0RkGbKjjQaYhjYDZuYPcNc8q9vftEvPjWvDbL_96YX1ST7K3wgrdeqs8dRojg8ZnC4M_LJxTv3maLKQhWZxdH2tRJCw2z5iDejp3_BR5gkmD6Hg5ftA/s320/20221203_125825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_tl2xmyv0y0P5fTmTQna_NE-y7HBpDqcf3qy0zpOnmnXDRpWKUbQGJCJ0iMS-QjpIuFRE2Mlg2q_4UuBF-4kUPy_sdJiiClTq0Cqz-kcUZcyL6oYK4PvrUmjK0djaUJphswdN-vREF-ySDGZ86Fgmfz5hHkm3hb54E5kmwmd3gejmgF3jzTQjpUSeg/s4000/20220525_220656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_tl2xmyv0y0P5fTmTQna_NE-y7HBpDqcf3qy0zpOnmnXDRpWKUbQGJCJ0iMS-QjpIuFRE2Mlg2q_4UuBF-4kUPy_sdJiiClTq0Cqz-kcUZcyL6oYK4PvrUmjK0djaUJphswdN-vREF-ySDGZ86Fgmfz5hHkm3hb54E5kmwmd3gejmgF3jzTQjpUSeg/s320/20220525_220656.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;">and paper towel holder to get them both off the counter and I love them both!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Benny was still in his pajamas and showing off his new haircut, with a sun on one side and his initials on the other side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEgbaPxaBzEmEsqC-1ibvkEWFsb4fy9nbcwPEkSRZxPme-iV4K0PJE_EF635WuBujPoPsUC3TCJld-vWzhmA--6Afh7PJShPhxsNAXp3akzttScgZcNIIqCUT0gV5Y5dXIIF3qfdISt7OmWAKhwDNo5WvKyWw9LMeFv6Gx1D8LoNmzCb_2Ku52Zq9O1jTA/s803/14007.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="803" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaPxaBzEmEsqC-1ibvkEWFsb4fy9nbcwPEkSRZxPme-iV4K0PJE_EF635WuBujPoPsUC3TCJld-vWzhmA--6Afh7PJShPhxsNAXp3akzttScgZcNIIqCUT0gV5Y5dXIIF3qfdISt7OmWAKhwDNo5WvKyWw9LMeFv6Gx1D8LoNmzCb_2Ku52Zq9O1jTA/s320/14007.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Keira's 7th birthday August 10th. She has been planning this party and her presents about every day since last year's birthday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQT5rq_2F1ARoSyOYBvUCFnVjrwquFyIWDFY9nWW3IDBRB_tsT0EeIq1_PXtRkng-759Pw1Pktic_FkMWI9COPVL1muE4ElLJl0joqar6unY-v2GZGNbY2Zzl9V8xU8AgmqUb1y9LR-I3-cf24e1t4D54UZ5gAYDxqsCsDRsMeKKz_jz0sE0xu5_jXmQ/s2431/20220810_181347.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2431" data-original-width="2219" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQT5rq_2F1ARoSyOYBvUCFnVjrwquFyIWDFY9nWW3IDBRB_tsT0EeIq1_PXtRkng-759Pw1Pktic_FkMWI9COPVL1muE4ElLJl0joqar6unY-v2GZGNbY2Zzl9V8xU8AgmqUb1y9LR-I3-cf24e1t4D54UZ5gAYDxqsCsDRsMeKKz_jz0sE0xu5_jXmQ/s320/20220810_181347.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What Keira wanted for her birthday was for Hilary's friend Connie to take us to the lake.</div></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/AVvXsEj5ad092gglI1n29zsIWncHPTGWySZWMGzcbyEQ1iDpBTAH81uyO8l9v1-LlorM63FAzvGBn6LP4TdC36e3NWtIuip9IO4nRLv3vK1hGu3aVaWYNDCKVjxonSY2xgSvmZuz-8nxJRx_pVKAnGeznl-F_BdOfqr1CIpGRbcBE5avbwDblylAIezyCkqYtw/s4000/20220727_141525.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ad092gglI1n29zsIWncHPTGWySZWMGzcbyEQ1iDpBTAH81uyO8l9v1-LlorM63FAzvGBn6LP4TdC36e3NWtIuip9IO4nRLv3vK1hGu3aVaWYNDCKVjxonSY2xgSvmZuz-8nxJRx_pVKAnGeznl-F_BdOfqr1CIpGRbcBE5avbwDblylAIezyCkqYtw/s320/20220727_141525.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So John and Connie took us all out to Cannon Ferry Lake one afternoon. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDk2B4uV5oVrC6YOyY8qPfJ9VE7EKaotAJz6bz3oc1Q1duxqE4Pr9KIRxwaYVsUATNr9vN3OEFXSCoiM5BV6hyKTjvwa9Yref08hP0prtvfhGdfnXV9M0ioaLM3XYnDMoURgNICli-Gza2fF2AyXbO-K2huVX4LQK4E9wjGitwmD0T0cLrHS8dIdLFEQ/s4000/20220727_155246.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDk2B4uV5oVrC6YOyY8qPfJ9VE7EKaotAJz6bz3oc1Q1duxqE4Pr9KIRxwaYVsUATNr9vN3OEFXSCoiM5BV6hyKTjvwa9Yref08hP0prtvfhGdfnXV9M0ioaLM3XYnDMoURgNICli-Gza2fF2AyXbO-K2huVX4LQK4E9wjGitwmD0T0cLrHS8dIdLFEQ/s320/20220727_155246.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;">Hilary trying out the new inflatable SUP. It's harder than it looks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8s9zc9eKL7NnR2uEUYXbUi9LkeJvaxtvdSxyEPxuZb8zARObqiy34QqmvFqDAtxDn2MNU_LACfQu1b8YC_mm_uAKmHOo258aeE_M4FVV4FXNldBelOgb5YvfUk1ZA--cl6mjGr1YD6Qf1hbbumGtvNJDaqTaQiZYEvM2Jn6B6o6zCIRQB0PrTgKoHw/s4000/20220727_155351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8s9zc9eKL7NnR2uEUYXbUi9LkeJvaxtvdSxyEPxuZb8zARObqiy34QqmvFqDAtxDn2MNU_LACfQu1b8YC_mm_uAKmHOo258aeE_M4FVV4FXNldBelOgb5YvfUk1ZA--cl6mjGr1YD6Qf1hbbumGtvNJDaqTaQiZYEvM2Jn6B6o6zCIRQB0PrTgKoHw/s320/20220727_155351.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;">Mini Mr. T.</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/AVvXsEhoORxWdf3SRI3o3F_994QvWK53LYShysLM-pk-lItFcKKXB99j9migvTWHqIX9cV9D1J08H8k0mppQnyvdI7WT8m1JVmuXjW0lVyivXBkZZjaSuNgxJRxitZrj6bT8rKTr3fkZLF1i6YPqm3pt7qmzwlTFI2P6DZ7M5130PcZ1W18v2UUX3iyxLj6kPg/s960/15434.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoORxWdf3SRI3o3F_994QvWK53LYShysLM-pk-lItFcKKXB99j9migvTWHqIX9cV9D1J08H8k0mppQnyvdI7WT8m1JVmuXjW0lVyivXBkZZjaSuNgxJRxitZrj6bT8rKTr3fkZLF1i6YPqm3pt7qmzwlTFI2P6DZ7M5130PcZ1W18v2UUX3iyxLj6kPg/s320/15434.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made three trips back to the Dakotas in August, two for jury duty and one to see my family while my brother and his son and daughter-in-law were all back home from Ohio. My Mom came back to Montana with me between jury duty trips for a visit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwu-iRyLIeofdYN6liGeJx4h-eISkAo6ZSIFwGw65psQlDaAZJqrtFtPucfX6HU8ubJUR_nuSmJlOqcw3TvnpiHGdVrc4HVuf4cR7jXiqy3IBnxEsUafpsfchW5B0DqgYAcwOmQtJTn4yYCQ_iJDPRrOa_AGMvZY4H3rrV-wCla192w5LcOK3O46iKCQ/s4000/20220812_164536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwu-iRyLIeofdYN6liGeJx4h-eISkAo6ZSIFwGw65psQlDaAZJqrtFtPucfX6HU8ubJUR_nuSmJlOqcw3TvnpiHGdVrc4HVuf4cR7jXiqy3IBnxEsUafpsfchW5B0DqgYAcwOmQtJTn4yYCQ_iJDPRrOa_AGMvZY4H3rrV-wCla192w5LcOK3O46iKCQ/s320/20220812_164536.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom tried out this massage chair at Costco and thought it was pretty amazing. The look on her face is in response to the price $10,000.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4Xt5e88rApvgsYJdGzHl672RZcVOjoRHRfJdycJi7Fe1BuF0L9BoasMTqvLU4IG3D4QE54ls_xwKyNv6y0RrJSV3HIkWk3TyKd6cwY9WSwO0eUi-oYECVaK-SMrkPZ9eGV_woQE4thUyGplUxR5LB7R1tJ8VU3owJB1mKqsyf-O18GY05f6Vimaruw/s3285/20220828_124625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2279" data-original-width="3285" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4Xt5e88rApvgsYJdGzHl672RZcVOjoRHRfJdycJi7Fe1BuF0L9BoasMTqvLU4IG3D4QE54ls_xwKyNv6y0RrJSV3HIkWk3TyKd6cwY9WSwO0eUi-oYECVaK-SMrkPZ9eGV_woQE4thUyGplUxR5LB7R1tJ8VU3owJB1mKqsyf-O18GY05f6Vimaruw/s320/20220828_124625.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;">Benny's 5th birthday August 28th. He was so excited to open his presents!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5imNegNjWEejQ9PR5TC7GwvuOarl1pql5QjWr3ViT_s_4lVYYqdvKm2gB43U8QqN4o_e0hUNy3N06Q5Luhfsn6HlgPz--rxyLLs1NeBsyUq5u1TlM1-tvJ9bVhKumbhwwk_4oEbLDMrPZ-TqNd0Hr0urFVxFKo3pb0NdxSeL1i_EvQUtF3-iXW2whA/s1715/20220828_124747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1715" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5imNegNjWEejQ9PR5TC7GwvuOarl1pql5QjWr3ViT_s_4lVYYqdvKm2gB43U8QqN4o_e0hUNy3N06Q5Luhfsn6HlgPz--rxyLLs1NeBsyUq5u1TlM1-tvJ9bVhKumbhwwk_4oEbLDMrPZ-TqNd0Hr0urFVxFKo3pb0NdxSeL1i_EvQUtF3-iXW2whA/s320/20220828_124747.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;">Cool, a dragon puppet with a fiery tongue that goes in and out. Awesome! Thanks Tally!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzPtTy7RP757v94Ck22NnU8DYrPgqNWelQs6dUynM3x4udlnjVqNRU8TmueO_viy1dtr__cRDkUmHzDa6GeiiOyPDPseeYYymcfDHGAM6RzCSOQkHiKXHgkTihuBpeGJxV4wjNnvgh2SQPtp8GIUchbzX8PvULXjMeSrr__J1d3nAXsjoSWuretjDEQ/s2886/20220828_152213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="2190" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzPtTy7RP757v94Ck22NnU8DYrPgqNWelQs6dUynM3x4udlnjVqNRU8TmueO_viy1dtr__cRDkUmHzDa6GeiiOyPDPseeYYymcfDHGAM6RzCSOQkHiKXHgkTihuBpeGJxV4wjNnvgh2SQPtp8GIUchbzX8PvULXjMeSrr__J1d3nAXsjoSWuretjDEQ/s320/20220828_152213.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He also loved his spider man outfit and his remote-controlled Batmobile.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdxmW2KOqjRFDY3V6bg6nSLdW5GQf_54gDTD_A-vxAfyN0kp87HbUyt_SVUTCohrB_Wt6x_a63woe0-M0jhyLT7CP4nI_VOe8Iq3syF1nLk0aOjeVuzSD42MSosG6HU1zcYGmPEmCIrgu6PENdHXy0eDnaodVPpq4NuMeKiMREeeDNgAZwgm0TKtWwg/s3581/20220829_174212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3581" data-original-width="2545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdxmW2KOqjRFDY3V6bg6nSLdW5GQf_54gDTD_A-vxAfyN0kp87HbUyt_SVUTCohrB_Wt6x_a63woe0-M0jhyLT7CP4nI_VOe8Iq3syF1nLk0aOjeVuzSD42MSosG6HU1zcYGmPEmCIrgu6PENdHXy0eDnaodVPpq4NuMeKiMREeeDNgAZwgm0TKtWwg/s320/20220829_174212.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the best was his Lloyd costume from the ninja turtles. I hope I got that right because I have no idea who that is.</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/AVvXsEhoOfiW_3Echtfa_NX66Psaqz8TjJOKDhrREX5x48k6xl3RkPVcM5dB_bnFS23Wpz83-_r-IGfG_3vwhmNnV5rh2n7Y0KCU2W-WreBiOBStnE0COICwLpmzeAVG6_HOGVg4I1JTYka26y0p0t-H2BFJ3JJ1yvwJo04aFdToO2uqDr-pTq0LDf5j80E0EA/s910/14733.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="910" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOfiW_3Echtfa_NX66Psaqz8TjJOKDhrREX5x48k6xl3RkPVcM5dB_bnFS23Wpz83-_r-IGfG_3vwhmNnV5rh2n7Y0KCU2W-WreBiOBStnE0COICwLpmzeAVG6_HOGVg4I1JTYka26y0p0t-H2BFJ3JJ1yvwJo04aFdToO2uqDr-pTq0LDf5j80E0EA/s320/14733.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;">Labor Day Weekend I was back in North Dakota for various family gatherings. One brought us to the <b>DeLamere School House Bar</b>. An old one room schoolhouse was moved into town across the street from the bar my parents owned when I was growing up. Their bar was torn down a few years ago and this is the only business in town anymore.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpvNHQFNK9xHvsB5yhWnKwtCDwFsLHaAlRRJGSvwtBgNZ7-cQX7ADSowmBrVQEdzaHzerEjD4oWP_vupSx4RyB6hUmXN5wtkLWpfv5liJ98e026ZQ1kib8kDQV9ahfInVmwHcBp7H5W_Pyim4hA-hVV9zTaSmzVZnF2FBzdBxHR0IOvoQpdyNGQieLQ/s4000/20220902_192421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpvNHQFNK9xHvsB5yhWnKwtCDwFsLHaAlRRJGSvwtBgNZ7-cQX7ADSowmBrVQEdzaHzerEjD4oWP_vupSx4RyB6hUmXN5wtkLWpfv5liJ98e026ZQ1kib8kDQV9ahfInVmwHcBp7H5W_Pyim4hA-hVV9zTaSmzVZnF2FBzdBxHR0IOvoQpdyNGQieLQ/s320/20220902_192421.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;">Lacey, Gary, Adam, Tiffany, Jake, Dewey and Jim.</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/AVvXsEjY6JpXktzwjJMno2oGq78Ch1Y6-85r4NeHhCKGAHB_EaChUJakXaahG6Y8NFPE1AkHQxtDQnTfAqP4guOhU9rQjjQrNj8jRbbSv_bxEssM1xLNlCCFnn4TW3m2Ep3N8BYCwwyCoPkjiAMaFQlGUkvBcU8D70ERciYXWwOsGl6TGpGCLBHhUg8wmYn0Fg/s591/14732.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="591" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6JpXktzwjJMno2oGq78Ch1Y6-85r4NeHhCKGAHB_EaChUJakXaahG6Y8NFPE1AkHQxtDQnTfAqP4guOhU9rQjjQrNj8jRbbSv_bxEssM1xLNlCCFnn4TW3m2Ep3N8BYCwwyCoPkjiAMaFQlGUkvBcU8D70ERciYXWwOsGl6TGpGCLBHhUg8wmYn0Fg/s320/14732.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;">The weekend party continues as the boys go for a ride around the lake.</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/AVvXsEgi4soaPIiNiooLNn7fn4deyA31pE_RqBqDnzTpKE41MWdvkHD78RcvzrINrMqk6mDufn0TIQopmUcY_nXcC64ylysrvTrni2yX5AnkeyMSxEYdMwK-seyA6Fav9IQEJNvwLVmLsNGuMwEvBtGCfXuRW53W7Faej1Eub6e2FRM31UXbU6rWIMtg0YC0-w/s852/14727.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="677" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4soaPIiNiooLNn7fn4deyA31pE_RqBqDnzTpKE41MWdvkHD78RcvzrINrMqk6mDufn0TIQopmUcY_nXcC64ylysrvTrni2yX5AnkeyMSxEYdMwK-seyA6Fav9IQEJNvwLVmLsNGuMwEvBtGCfXuRW53W7Faej1Eub6e2FRM31UXbU6rWIMtg0YC0-w/s320/14727.jpeg" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know they say there is no such thing as too much fun, but by Sunday night we were pushing the envelope. Lucky for us, my baby brother was in charge and keeping everybody in line. 😇 Thank you Claude and Jodi for putting up with all of us. So much fun and great to see everybody!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2P2ou8vPYzetduvxTnxZW33E9vutvcPh64libAWjQfbeHldv9w_wOQHQnn35PcENFhB22W2yhUxPVE1thHSfpywOq3jW-K-nr4BzQeBppDY7C6F7em_ZTTZ_wGK6D765n7mrBx_ul1jdTbSoGrXSdkOtHfeAbBlOEfK2YB3UWTjUcyn0f4qFSs690ww/s3427/20220906_190530.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2165" data-original-width="3427" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2P2ou8vPYzetduvxTnxZW33E9vutvcPh64libAWjQfbeHldv9w_wOQHQnn35PcENFhB22W2yhUxPVE1thHSfpywOq3jW-K-nr4BzQeBppDY7C6F7em_ZTTZ_wGK6D765n7mrBx_ul1jdTbSoGrXSdkOtHfeAbBlOEfK2YB3UWTjUcyn0f4qFSs690ww/s320/20220906_190530.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;">Almost back to Helena and more of forest fire season. Hilary and I went to the Josh Turner concert on September 10th. Very good. He is one of my favorites. Third time I have seen him.</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/AVvXsEiOAGpxhCxxvpkvZ2ukEiXe8DfUcT0b8OkKzRFoE2efEOvVEKvlrMu0sSpcOmGsNByDk1y7zedpDUhdgekf_4-BAoUBmfdDql5xhabiGGFtSOhUWvP_ohn4bCFia46GEuwKHLjSsqOE25-rdIjZJ5hroz_D0s6PzmbWa49pR27uuVms5yYm5UsFKUMMGg/s3592/20220919_114429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2084" data-original-width="3592" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAGpxhCxxvpkvZ2ukEiXe8DfUcT0b8OkKzRFoE2efEOvVEKvlrMu0sSpcOmGsNByDk1y7zedpDUhdgekf_4-BAoUBmfdDql5xhabiGGFtSOhUWvP_ohn4bCFia46GEuwKHLjSsqOE25-rdIjZJ5hroz_D0s6PzmbWa49pR27uuVms5yYm5UsFKUMMGg/s320/20220919_114429.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;">Just a block from the kids' house where we turn onto the bike path, these people had a whole row of Halloween blow-ups.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuPf2FeBDjjXWdl8ZYpvoNbr6oZqTsmchrfiwzIB5KLeTMoxE7slypC32GZ5-O-vSjd_x8_mSebRQ0RAprm8NPz3h70N1QkthTQ0IMQVxSH-EvkdBf0QzqE0vLgK08TcpWthZmlpJ7FLkPeYdIQ7-H8Xo0wqEFq6YDtWw896hYV9Q7WlD-aB2J5ljtg/s3175/20220919_114346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="3175" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuPf2FeBDjjXWdl8ZYpvoNbr6oZqTsmchrfiwzIB5KLeTMoxE7slypC32GZ5-O-vSjd_x8_mSebRQ0RAprm8NPz3h70N1QkthTQ0IMQVxSH-EvkdBf0QzqE0vLgK08TcpWthZmlpJ7FLkPeYdIQ7-H8Xo0wqEFq6YDtWw896hYV9Q7WlD-aB2J5ljtg/s320/20220919_114346.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7VbLOIaMCoo-iRD31MahHh2iZnY4XSrWbtG9z70lNZFoaQjEcS-iJpF6-7KdGNRgHXxfZ9YOcGP7oNsH_WXBIZw-zRpWjnrWPh-2mWqL1DWMNyQn2b6348_elTTO889vBsNXPCI7Xf0OjqrKCqoKjyWN51MGQuyYVMhKuSn7mafLo8cuEhAc6l2Q5Q/s3162/20220919_114455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2626" data-original-width="3035" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqklMIOUv_rIC5GNrD-GEkHsyM-tixHhuI9KNBFrELBPG0TkYLiJzpFB98RIP8nPbkf0BY9hGRzA5FwyCgMux3v4KRG_uUb4Aye2mfHybJpP9HSFWeMuAFJbwwNuRwWe5h2laZuC6pkDOehfPc3sOmVOiIDNxHz5Nk_DJUqH8US2kL21lalrYbPpn6eQ/s320/20221002_131655.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;">Tierney's (14) and Tallia's (11) family birthday party. They each had separate sleepover nights with friends. From now on all they want for gifts is money. Tierney wants to buy a dog and Tally wants to buy a horse. Tally has been going to horse care and riding lessons all summer. I guess we have Robin to thank for that obsession. 💘</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFHpmTJbGrnCsWhyfbU5baqOap0rBnZh5JZhMpA7gti0JOjkt1Q33nmxqnfxTvGSmZiHvY3nqsAKug4aklH3fx5VG8WDAluzE2BpSU2Nqcpm04GNBjwhd0I3l-LEUjP381tUMvh1a94V8uwROR01jIjD4VQhqg-p-w1BGOfn_qkJamslYSmexEvvFrQ/s3355/20221002_135621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2847" data-original-width="3355" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFHpmTJbGrnCsWhyfbU5baqOap0rBnZh5JZhMpA7gti0JOjkt1Q33nmxqnfxTvGSmZiHvY3nqsAKug4aklH3fx5VG8WDAluzE2BpSU2Nqcpm04GNBjwhd0I3l-LEUjP381tUMvh1a94V8uwROR01jIjD4VQhqg-p-w1BGOfn_qkJamslYSmexEvvFrQ/s320/20221002_135621.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsYqC7bE9e4XPbTXtdqaa9X9LCUqWcZ2L9HMW9ztrbXZEbRzs6WDELTpWIePEzB5BcNlHLTNh8ZSsstUZGMAJjdQOLcHTUWhJQ2cGpE_XNlnG84aiCC5pmKQpB_PIGU4S77l1qTqJvJEjcxvHTUkbPbD4pXlKdg90hL8CWLgnkdUcV3VIlTxdUi8hcg/s4000/20221004_190606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsYqC7bE9e4XPbTXtdqaa9X9LCUqWcZ2L9HMW9ztrbXZEbRzs6WDELTpWIePEzB5BcNlHLTNh8ZSsstUZGMAJjdQOLcHTUWhJQ2cGpE_XNlnG84aiCC5pmKQpB_PIGU4S77l1qTqJvJEjcxvHTUkbPbD4pXlKdg90hL8CWLgnkdUcV3VIlTxdUi8hcg/s320/20221004_190606.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;">The kids' house with the new two-story addition in the middle joining the house to the garage. Our RV spot is under the birch tree to the left side of the house.</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/AVvXsEhI6vmWeA-co5dgTZURK3OaAKi880vTttJoTxHuXOAPoTwPNu6mYJ5wMK4zsowZkz4-nW7sZhXZKBtQLIiXLkNffrByk4xyBwbT99jrPmeS-tADQIwkCGfN8YcjKg4IpM2xF1W9ltElCq72-wLyaleAvDbQuWRbr9MjNxUBkTBlYvwr0jLt5N9RYNzDfA/s4000/20221004_190144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6vmWeA-co5dgTZURK3OaAKi880vTttJoTxHuXOAPoTwPNu6mYJ5wMK4zsowZkz4-nW7sZhXZKBtQLIiXLkNffrByk4xyBwbT99jrPmeS-tADQIwkCGfN8YcjKg4IpM2xF1W9ltElCq72-wLyaleAvDbQuWRbr9MjNxUBkTBlYvwr0jLt5N9RYNzDfA/s320/20221004_190144.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;">View of the back side. There is a small deck in between the addition and the original house.</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/AVvXsEiRpdFcwFzPgOWIXIY1zuqtkv8uEhMjfBwMfsXhdlaccDFPpiWRaX0uCTV9bTdZRDw3IjoNbBdqspJrK4YqruKosni7N1Av7J5ceYXwaM5y9l2UC9fyA3mMySvC_Fi1boTJnPidCU4SIt40VwhUMBWJEPFFe3DO8uGOdGen6UZDSG46oWiQ8CDnHHhyRA/s4000/20221004_185912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpdFcwFzPgOWIXIY1zuqtkv8uEhMjfBwMfsXhdlaccDFPpiWRaX0uCTV9bTdZRDw3IjoNbBdqspJrK4YqruKosni7N1Av7J5ceYXwaM5y9l2UC9fyA3mMySvC_Fi1boTJnPidCU4SIt40VwhUMBWJEPFFe3DO8uGOdGen6UZDSG46oWiQ8CDnHHhyRA/s320/20221004_185912.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;">From further back you can see our old car parked behind Carter's garage apartment and a few of the outbuildings on the right side. Just behind me was just a big weed patch. I have been working on it for the last 3 or 4 years pulling monster weeds and planting flowers.</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/AVvXsEj6ejrsheeZ1ryrkA-aZrTtJqh9rkZnkEyMCiZXrLzPzfmL3xuaZjJ8evPTrSG59fJOnHWn2KokoVlNvvIYnjb--PsFLAYBbT8OjXUHTbak_2AA8zmlW0K2_kkZmCfqLj0ljj2qnXAavnGZWEqpXHPjkPevmXr0TC0-2ZpJCqa2cnRiGQDmnaKd-5N2lg/s3386/20221009_141518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="3386" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ejrsheeZ1ryrkA-aZrTtJqh9rkZnkEyMCiZXrLzPzfmL3xuaZjJ8evPTrSG59fJOnHWn2KokoVlNvvIYnjb--PsFLAYBbT8OjXUHTbak_2AA8zmlW0K2_kkZmCfqLj0ljj2qnXAavnGZWEqpXHPjkPevmXr0TC0-2ZpJCqa2cnRiGQDmnaKd-5N2lg/s320/20221009_141518.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;">They are finally starting to spread well and I planted a bunch more this fall, so they should be amazing next year. This was taken kind of late in the fall, so a lot of them had quit or slowed down blooming already.</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/AVvXsEiaRJXTMHQ9YrIEx2WZkTwshFgcZKkQfks76LauorV-CWrkpkQOcHMQGcVtfsxTK4HQlYvLQu8a5lVSNh0CV19HsbNgAtSyJr_zuNG6kwPjaDbHQmSlzFGoJOAnqDD7Wn8vveUHGBf0QAFS3RuwdY_utEDu8K3iRiAJznGmJ9-Z4vY0KBRhOEQS51zBZA/s3000/20221009_141355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2869" data-original-width="3000" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRJXTMHQ9YrIEx2WZkTwshFgcZKkQfks76LauorV-CWrkpkQOcHMQGcVtfsxTK4HQlYvLQu8a5lVSNh0CV19HsbNgAtSyJr_zuNG6kwPjaDbHQmSlzFGoJOAnqDD7Wn8vveUHGBf0QAFS3RuwdY_utEDu8K3iRiAJznGmJ9-Z4vY0KBRhOEQS51zBZA/s320/20221009_141355.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/AVvXsEiFfcb4czHUw671by9HbMe26c-sHLtdsmIyM7P2f-ABDFoi8v84_68TCLnZMWdiRNu0gY43ciWHb817nyr2XPBEk7ml7S40t2PAXO-qfIL9_3dqctyZWyRwVF2Tg90mW1FlczknBBl0u45XurSc3D7uKI1u-jEPfeG6Mrp6ciHZsW_wA2zagcfD52ndBg/s3297/20221009_141303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2346" data-original-width="3297" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfcb4czHUw671by9HbMe26c-sHLtdsmIyM7P2f-ABDFoi8v84_68TCLnZMWdiRNu0gY43ciWHb817nyr2XPBEk7ml7S40t2PAXO-qfIL9_3dqctyZWyRwVF2Tg90mW1FlczknBBl0u45XurSc3D7uKI1u-jEPfeG6Mrp6ciHZsW_wA2zagcfD52ndBg/s320/20221009_141303.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 few close-ups.</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/AVvXsEg6wnLRR-YeyIkNqQfx2mN4bH-ee29zb92hGajDmP04SKyIbHk_lipkuDcbMSInAQ0NkkEGjetShCoqutuQOPT4fiu81LtTqU7-VZ-OSYZG9ZI9KdRu0QqCyOQ--IMNzRY0ZUaVhp36AbLdAzpFJB80Myco58igpa6u8hH4dA_rHdCp2OV8aVmTlOyefw/s4000/20221009_142009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wnLRR-YeyIkNqQfx2mN4bH-ee29zb92hGajDmP04SKyIbHk_lipkuDcbMSInAQ0NkkEGjetShCoqutuQOPT4fiu81LtTqU7-VZ-OSYZG9ZI9KdRu0QqCyOQ--IMNzRY0ZUaVhp36AbLdAzpFJB80Myco58igpa6u8hH4dA_rHdCp2OV8aVmTlOyefw/s320/20221009_142009.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/AVvXsEhugB7f24ljYTJPhPqLUYywFpnMoZ5AoPC1aiEYUl98dlQricT-70hG4elaYYdeP3tAPkyg48TX22Rg2XvHpwVeiGrYhNnNeOvKiQY0540RqMFBsh5QqSpw1pVtFCm3eZhE9TMpPiLb-Obh6a8KDpV6wyIpuAfQEENv_CMrooKENziBHdYA8FvpbmMiTQ/s4000/20221009_142037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugB7f24ljYTJPhPqLUYywFpnMoZ5AoPC1aiEYUl98dlQricT-70hG4elaYYdeP3tAPkyg48TX22Rg2XvHpwVeiGrYhNnNeOvKiQY0540RqMFBsh5QqSpw1pVtFCm3eZhE9TMpPiLb-Obh6a8KDpV6wyIpuAfQEENv_CMrooKENziBHdYA8FvpbmMiTQ/s320/20221009_142037.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/AVvXsEijj6qdWScDHkMauKl4ajTwexb42ZOMdfCFpGhSEHcqILhBjVC6S8olJwmKhSMDka8tLJXhEQhuZxCqLIaE9n86CW4y6WCDSZY31HTbU4sRM16VImLtTy-d_UL8-aZdJEW9pGQ-s-Mm0HHSWdgzzDfrd6uz1p9D9ILzEgcyMjcdwAu0C0eHRlTrxOZO0A/s3573/20221008_183436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2343" data-original-width="3573" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijj6qdWScDHkMauKl4ajTwexb42ZOMdfCFpGhSEHcqILhBjVC6S8olJwmKhSMDka8tLJXhEQhuZxCqLIaE9n86CW4y6WCDSZY31HTbU4sRM16VImLtTy-d_UL8-aZdJEW9pGQ-s-Mm0HHSWdgzzDfrd6uz1p9D9ILzEgcyMjcdwAu0C0eHRlTrxOZO0A/s320/20221008_183436.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;">We went to the Fall Harvest and Corn Maze about ten miles south of town along the Missouri. Dallas left Grandpa in the corn maze, so Grandpa spent an hour in the maze trying to find him. 😡</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/AVvXsEjcQsC9KUe_vzVwCdyfi1c7cETpVNgoNRExnOQGz5Obf6zf_LCrxj_Nmn50CaHNBNxB5sVoZimfGmgHGOw-Qn_qo_MN9XMDpChsjVOL8IBmO_IMSQV5OcEHVFWMnppj7ma2B285e09Rx72nrqBbzIn5o_DzW6vsVRuQcUyxfsf6VIjfJf9eNViaX4vOJg/s3563/20221008_182845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="3563" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQsC9KUe_vzVwCdyfi1c7cETpVNgoNRExnOQGz5Obf6zf_LCrxj_Nmn50CaHNBNxB5sVoZimfGmgHGOw-Qn_qo_MN9XMDpChsjVOL8IBmO_IMSQV5OcEHVFWMnppj7ma2B285e09Rx72nrqBbzIn5o_DzW6vsVRuQcUyxfsf6VIjfJf9eNViaX4vOJg/s320/20221008_182845.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;">Everybody had fun on the huge bouncy thing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4c4EjQAhxQHI4Rj9H90E3YssoHkZCWGUQLScLKQCotWFCTFpNrdoGVAz_yRtIOwFFIz7FlKBNk6eTUdPOFEssIUN90AVY5KAZxmRyvqn-a0BggleqBliqaofWB4JRBAB6QUQWT_40LowtZLbPDfmjCWDj1z1-jO-qLDW__sumkKArdCBp5ygsqPHOgQ/s1680/20221008_172623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="1412" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4c4EjQAhxQHI4Rj9H90E3YssoHkZCWGUQLScLKQCotWFCTFpNrdoGVAz_yRtIOwFFIz7FlKBNk6eTUdPOFEssIUN90AVY5KAZxmRyvqn-a0BggleqBliqaofWB4JRBAB6QUQWT_40LowtZLbPDfmjCWDj1z1-jO-qLDW__sumkKArdCBp5ygsqPHOgQ/s320/20221008_172623.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next was the huge slide. The two little ones were too scared to go by themselves, so Hilary had to go with them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51MewSMhzG8pev_FZHmEq_5_DxoMcnv_Mf3bMI-RjVtxzDgAlnEZh9mCo0NiGbYE0vUA0mwb6CpVMs2lcosdXftMqvkm1uRgsmAGx0PBS0sBQxq6rElMimLD3Ea7n54qeGoqX4d2xzdVw3b9_I-gX35VIdAVpA7PzWMhj2BKhcq8tExfAh1APEahxvw/s3716/20221008_173148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3716" data-original-width="2726" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51MewSMhzG8pev_FZHmEq_5_DxoMcnv_Mf3bMI-RjVtxzDgAlnEZh9mCo0NiGbYE0vUA0mwb6CpVMs2lcosdXftMqvkm1uRgsmAGx0PBS0sBQxq6rElMimLD3Ea7n54qeGoqX4d2xzdVw3b9_I-gX35VIdAVpA7PzWMhj2BKhcq8tExfAh1APEahxvw/s320/20221008_173148.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After that we couldn't get them off the slide!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVoufHFRDbNpuEU78Gua6fHB3KZe0HxoDDMswPCWAlmW1-TM0XwYjM_ATBMVQeQF1faTVy_aRGNGn3ku8i43WGZw9HbPKkOJmdXdEkc1gh192kDsddCGWx_Ex3jr7-OCbigQFuZ5fbjnT2qWvl23LPvoMG5Ov9h8ZoXB5DSBo0oCXs92paIEGdcmP5Mw/s4000/20221008_190251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVoufHFRDbNpuEU78Gua6fHB3KZe0HxoDDMswPCWAlmW1-TM0XwYjM_ATBMVQeQF1faTVy_aRGNGn3ku8i43WGZw9HbPKkOJmdXdEkc1gh192kDsddCGWx_Ex3jr7-OCbigQFuZ5fbjnT2qWvl23LPvoMG5Ov9h8ZoXB5DSBo0oCXs92paIEGdcmP5Mw/s320/20221008_190251.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;">Then there was the hayride along the river to the pumpkin patch where you pick out a pumpkin to buy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2403" data-original-width="1989" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj61z5A98GLVUl3PMjFC4dJQ12p12yMFOTvjY8bGKQrMb34M2K0IHYd3r581FTbv7VOrISPqLwrDAVjZVYBGmuocDKr7JXmKCYev9f0wqz-kawrnG637tgq0E_c-lCNbYcJuGlUOgWe4-_zjbEr1_nLCUNFqNGAhLQB-6I0iec7xS3t1wal0Mtnby2Hrw/s320/20221015_192611.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day we went to DQ for treats and Benny pointed at the picture of the banana split and said that's what he wanted. The look on his face when they brought it was priceless. Needless to say, I had to eat about two thirds of it. The next time we went, he said, "I don't want that banana thing again."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnod0JWB3YBh1q_AqfU4z_e-oJdFaqUth9amRomqrx-cDZ5KM_Au8GoZZoSncJz7Bqi8d7yDsN8YNxq-tU8kW7xJAHeKN5oml8-m1rciSQ-kzpnQKl-sVo3RNJOzB0a0TzZuU6vK99lcTrGL5VB2iA6Gzaoj-uQFR6PAHXvV2VkIAR7O9YHRQC5TOfg/s4000/20221022_123451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnod0JWB3YBh1q_AqfU4z_e-oJdFaqUth9amRomqrx-cDZ5KM_Au8GoZZoSncJz7Bqi8d7yDsN8YNxq-tU8kW7xJAHeKN5oml8-m1rciSQ-kzpnQKl-sVo3RNJOzB0a0TzZuU6vK99lcTrGL5VB2iA6Gzaoj-uQFR6PAHXvV2VkIAR7O9YHRQC5TOfg/s320/20221022_123451.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;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The kids finally got the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">5th bathroom almost done, the master bath. Jeff moved a door and put two new windows in the old family room. Carter and his friends put up sheetrock on the walls and ceiling, so just flooring left to finish.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKL3rUcpgJIZF1PsW3E78hP2QObokyNNsaFXCZAMGoPHEaKtQ2LyNPiOP_4DwEOOSxoU-JMqb6dyWa8A5PJEFDrGDBaFj9gfvoA51vxrFZK9v8HC4qzCBHs2fqUKUe0LJebeLyHcHfY0j0171xnf0N_V2xtBj0IxQWQSw_bf9qFnor6YjwjEM6OlAv0A/s4000/20221022_170601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKL3rUcpgJIZF1PsW3E78hP2QObokyNNsaFXCZAMGoPHEaKtQ2LyNPiOP_4DwEOOSxoU-JMqb6dyWa8A5PJEFDrGDBaFj9gfvoA51vxrFZK9v8HC4qzCBHs2fqUKUe0LJebeLyHcHfY0j0171xnf0N_V2xtBj0IxQWQSw_bf9qFnor6YjwjEM6OlAv0A/s320/20221022_170601.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hilary and Jeff went out for the evening. Keira came running out of the bathroom yelling "Grandma, Grandma, come quick! The toilet is smoking!" So, I come running and there she stands, the little turd. No pun intended. 😍</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/AVvXsEgfDmEBjeAVCpDwklW2i72i8AAS91H0wUcknOyEZ9hdQqLsnQsvmfSWWBQMo95-2Hrw3G1bGjcV7T3RMfxuQv1JVv1K23ThPEwXSGU_NAYSKV2_XIe-lPm5NL6zMajsk2ibdy4B37IikpGJS5n_bYiNyll0wr4-YTaKnN57k_s7JjfDnCbT8CQxksj2_Q/s870/14814.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="571" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDmEBjeAVCpDwklW2i72i8AAS91H0wUcknOyEZ9hdQqLsnQsvmfSWWBQMo95-2Hrw3G1bGjcV7T3RMfxuQv1JVv1K23ThPEwXSGU_NAYSKV2_XIe-lPm5NL6zMajsk2ibdy4B37IikpGJS5n_bYiNyll0wr4-YTaKnN57k_s7JjfDnCbT8CQxksj2_Q/s320/14814.jpeg" width="210" /></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/AVvXsEifDMeJ9fcRHA1jECw_b0u1hnGOcfc1NBTl8MLu7HDiJRLxsll93ZWquGvh7890zB_m09xJE8At70c9Ilm6BMMYHh53k0OGRWRSELRwmr523rbO5STCP4BUmimlRliBWYAJ5nKQkP4p7nHNATbKp2F_N2CHCrFHawTVhtwGYIud21UvZGNoVhGH43dwQQ/s847/14817.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Annual pumpkin carving day</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2Wf1g8ROpfENa8cQ8v1V17eSkVKRW0TpgVcX9OXque3VpMQQhXBMrDg4pbEUDLrLxUf1kfRRgVJ1FapW8LzEeLT_qrk7yXP5KivvbZOrnAvKH8BNy7edfNPdJksX1PwC9NVapdyfLEwI0Mn-XrHfbVMD5fJVAhJ5LJTP3mM1rYXTc9Q8i_Mroukong/s2811/20221023_131221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2503" data-original-width="2811" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2Wf1g8ROpfENa8cQ8v1V17eSkVKRW0TpgVcX9OXque3VpMQQhXBMrDg4pbEUDLrLxUf1kfRRgVJ1FapW8LzEeLT_qrk7yXP5KivvbZOrnAvKH8BNy7edfNPdJksX1PwC9NVapdyfLEwI0Mn-XrHfbVMD5fJVAhJ5LJTP3mM1rYXTc9Q8i_Mroukong/s320/20221023_131221.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;">The meticulous artist at work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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/a/AVvXsEiE87M8XyGyPg9KlCoDJ74Upq2ftmzQyqK0FfVU3_F66PG8bkR8THYX6PYohIoeB76Gied2eU_VKICNlivMsVrIbwhGQ7LLjlSBv-4HkWOKOxANOJQMPymehIvf4CqU-1bHEUQSslN4zHXBpev8J1xyJ428tST1DzcJxCP4cAo5IQTcqknDE9K8xT-zeQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiE87M8XyGyPg9KlCoDJ74Upq2ftmzQyqK0FfVU3_F66PG8bkR8THYX6PYohIoeB76Gied2eU_VKICNlivMsVrIbwhGQ7LLjlSBv-4HkWOKOxANOJQMPymehIvf4CqU-1bHEUQSslN4zHXBpev8J1xyJ428tST1DzcJxCP4cAo5IQTcqknDE9K8xT-zeQ" width="180" /></a></div><br />A Christmas wreath Tierney made from stuff she picked up outside. She takes scraps of fabric and starts cutting and sewing and just designs new clothes. Some of the pictures she has drawn are on the wall behind her. One of her drawings below. She is quite the artist.</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/AVvXsEinI-jTjwLMl-MdkW22HxWL8Ei8VUCUtMIqkCuvZLaXHttjg7mjI8mkoj0Dng1AKm4ogWl8-9v1I1jjOlrHehMzmIwxaflVizDxO3Am64wPHthm0Gx_WtBaqEDymDqEsChggsLyHxMPuW4aoN5IumZEc33Jq0JxhwrVoIK2jTBkRNKZTGtZela8CSOo_g/s4000/20220829_160901.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinI-jTjwLMl-MdkW22HxWL8Ei8VUCUtMIqkCuvZLaXHttjg7mjI8mkoj0Dng1AKm4ogWl8-9v1I1jjOlrHehMzmIwxaflVizDxO3Am64wPHthm0Gx_WtBaqEDymDqEsChggsLyHxMPuW4aoN5IumZEc33Jq0JxhwrVoIK2jTBkRNKZTGtZela8CSOo_g/s320/20220829_160901.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9TJsE9EBNJgmWk0aQmBZaMK44YppwbU11nEF1-pLYRfI9SuDlWqn6D3KbdXO1syznoG_xKQyJeXbZkpQH3wVvERiEz4fhA7-qPqQ_1zTaSmAciJgDANLOPzU-MQZKbwFfiCxfnIeG-1DzD38Rk089Tf5ejy19_Tu8-aLWMv62QWhzIqOSNZaI37tBg/s3645/20221023_161750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They finally walled in a corner upstairs next to the bathroom, so Tierney could move up and they could split up the boys into separate rooms.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6Zwa6iJagPbOm_UUygc9sjXkV2WPShTootd29m3GRZp5aoI2wHIxvsPusFKEL9CV2OHLF0in1i1dgxttJT-QU5vXJSdKhcZRSkPuVZRnccvZzVke9pUGDd21azRD0mU-KSF58gZ1LD2kM5ahLtn9kIv3HB9OLsNDRHFqhTodfDmQulJ_1_Mta4j4CA/s3103/20221031_170013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3103" data-original-width="2257" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6Zwa6iJagPbOm_UUygc9sjXkV2WPShTootd29m3GRZp5aoI2wHIxvsPusFKEL9CV2OHLF0in1i1dgxttJT-QU5vXJSdKhcZRSkPuVZRnccvZzVke9pUGDd21azRD0mU-KSF58gZ1LD2kM5ahLtn9kIv3HB9OLsNDRHFqhTodfDmQulJ_1_Mta4j4CA/s320/20221031_170013.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tierney decided to go trick or treating as a bar maid, so she made a beer mug out of two ice cream buckets bottom to bottom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIv3VwDJikAfJzn663N1Yg7dn0zRTkGTik51Z367p9DZOdoLGiAoAzEpPPTh9E6NPB0r0dR8cqt50gxYP2r-JsQ3xXDtux7WGI1WzG_J5aijozh8ig_IjyJPbaPWktbxB4dKQyMfcyBgfnR3t4uOaWx1-Ow5P48sP94qyc3RJ2ok5HhWnCtzWUGKN10Q/s2915/20221031_175744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2473" data-original-width="2915" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIv3VwDJikAfJzn663N1Yg7dn0zRTkGTik51Z367p9DZOdoLGiAoAzEpPPTh9E6NPB0r0dR8cqt50gxYP2r-JsQ3xXDtux7WGI1WzG_J5aijozh8ig_IjyJPbaPWktbxB4dKQyMfcyBgfnR3t4uOaWx1-Ow5P48sP94qyc3RJ2ok5HhWnCtzWUGKN10Q/s320/20221031_175744.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;">All ready to go, Keira hanging upside down from the apple tree.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7T-eVme2-xzu4M0rlqJRWEBG07rUP1veidm3EDFqhMmSkLLDU7wUhDJOFPzAGTrdHP24kfJ8jRxpxLmHMlwkn6Rw5lNs-FavzgRIU_Cy_QvEsFTZK_xF7CBsvbczpk0stXa0_s8ptGECiBuT9Wnp4cE2OqcL21BwcZXaicFqxGH1E-1Uc31d85tN7w/s3920/20221031_183934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2226" data-original-width="3920" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7T-eVme2-xzu4M0rlqJRWEBG07rUP1veidm3EDFqhMmSkLLDU7wUhDJOFPzAGTrdHP24kfJ8jRxpxLmHMlwkn6Rw5lNs-FavzgRIU_Cy_QvEsFTZK_xF7CBsvbczpk0stXa0_s8ptGECiBuT9Wnp4cE2OqcL21BwcZXaicFqxGH1E-1Uc31d85tN7w/s320/20221031_183934.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;">People really go all out decorating for Halloween. One place the couple was sitting out front by a campfire with a full bar and offering Mom and Dad shots. When Hilary and Jeff said no thanks, I stepped up and asked if they had any Grandma shots. They gave me some kind of yummy caramel green apple shot that kept me warm all the way home. 😅</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWk_vVt0jHx8VQvNWNa_CztwbQJv8PPgyceqJ8rm4tzzfF_XbPlNTArMd0gJp39QodjFzwEUZglLpWOXHeBCM304ELh3pMqKs9GVwS4NvOzBvVrUJfsEkpRkfMPxEozUrtKL5ixOJMBtWVJNpKNX4fwhm2G-h-GbRff6DcrhFgpp0VOtfAPIEyRd0Pg/s1936/20221101_175157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1936" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWk_vVt0jHx8VQvNWNa_CztwbQJv8PPgyceqJ8rm4tzzfF_XbPlNTArMd0gJp39QodjFzwEUZglLpWOXHeBCM304ELh3pMqKs9GVwS4NvOzBvVrUJfsEkpRkfMPxEozUrtKL5ixOJMBtWVJNpKNX4fwhm2G-h-GbRff6DcrhFgpp0VOtfAPIEyRd0Pg/s320/20221101_175157.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;">For John's birthday he got a Roy Rogers shirt.</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/AVvXsEjvXkdRMcGDJBXRY1RPns6ipBWPqsh2EMbu_5YiDM-uUUZSxak5KKc1hdb5S_QLhhLQfpdFDLk_LGVExdGJK3mvaKbdU0PaTR63J65jjmNfC_erx900WONwZU2odRVJMw-y04iSUBAw-Fu3Oe8e8x1ip8YdAFu3CGJcxryMPGxMz73_ULTE21dro2lvUg/s856/15431.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="661" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXkdRMcGDJBXRY1RPns6ipBWPqsh2EMbu_5YiDM-uUUZSxak5KKc1hdb5S_QLhhLQfpdFDLk_LGVExdGJK3mvaKbdU0PaTR63J65jjmNfC_erx900WONwZU2odRVJMw-y04iSUBAw-Fu3Oe8e8x1ip8YdAFu3CGJcxryMPGxMz73_ULTE21dro2lvUg/s320/15431.jpeg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and three copies of Mike Lindell's book. Wait?!?!?! What?!?!?! The story is that Jeff's folks have ordered them some sheets and stuff from <b>My Pillow</b> and every package comes with a copy of his book. 😂 The kicker is that I read it and it is actually a pretty good book, in spite of him being a total nut case. Three days after John's birthday we headed south to escape the winter storm that was moving in.</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/AVvXsEiOaTdLtlU3OU_diXIZxhEHgcnexY42DxKsWl3uGRuZCdXZiyokeJf-BhJFhJ5qhQQsnvXxqqyHyuXnTaMPnvzmZjO4PZUXEhMdkFVVkpR9QOcOGjl-mTMWAOTbUlcAjkLPksAeDOhKcCnEzPu1S_UiJbgQ_g8tdKMBsOzNeZ4YIfHzn-D7NwYgXKZOHw/s3454/20221106_113042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="3454" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaTdLtlU3OU_diXIZxhEHgcnexY42DxKsWl3uGRuZCdXZiyokeJf-BhJFhJ5qhQQsnvXxqqyHyuXnTaMPnvzmZjO4PZUXEhMdkFVVkpR9QOcOGjl-mTMWAOTbUlcAjkLPksAeDOhKcCnEzPu1S_UiJbgQ_g8tdKMBsOzNeZ4YIfHzn-D7NwYgXKZOHw/s320/20221106_113042.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;">We stayed the first night at a rest area near Cedar City, Idaho and found our favorite spot here in the desert at Quartzsite the next day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuc6h8lnECsgoMMJr_YBQFpe_i9fspAXsi-oz00luqjBbcVtagT7YwDzYaTlGittlj2KAbpNiRsJLPA0GRH_YnrAFLTeJlsASxojGRiW4P1BwtWebTc5BkEPL70RyWHsWgu_A5WviNrsKeYG2ZwXSv5Hc2am30HP4jD_GjM1q92AHzX91xZWob1zTSw/s3961/20221105_175808.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2669" data-original-width="3961" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuc6h8lnECsgoMMJr_YBQFpe_i9fspAXsi-oz00luqjBbcVtagT7YwDzYaTlGittlj2KAbpNiRsJLPA0GRH_YnrAFLTeJlsASxojGRiW4P1BwtWebTc5BkEPL70RyWHsWgu_A5WviNrsKeYG2ZwXSv5Hc2am30HP4jD_GjM1q92AHzX91xZWob1zTSw/s320/20221105_175808.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;">The sunsets out here are amazing! John says the sunrises are also amazing, but I will probably never know.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfqHxKEG4kZXjnNmTanRKGXK-bShaZKjCVdprY8sjdd41thinXZFrNyREI85BSeRRJe8pe2jMQw1p3X2-Vg8u3E1HfBrZz1QYOjHHx8b5kKd7s7nUExniG7x8pmQpiufclGH_1m__22AOId2UI2WKqfGivD1BPtoPJuhI7Mlyav88gtOSAAXE0vI2mA/s3442/20221106_104448.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3442" data-original-width="2542" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfqHxKEG4kZXjnNmTanRKGXK-bShaZKjCVdprY8sjdd41thinXZFrNyREI85BSeRRJe8pe2jMQw1p3X2-Vg8u3E1HfBrZz1QYOjHHx8b5kKd7s7nUExniG7x8pmQpiufclGH_1m__22AOId2UI2WKqfGivD1BPtoPJuhI7Mlyav88gtOSAAXE0vI2mA/s320/20221106_104448.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stayed for a few days and did some hiking.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYFn2E7cwp7A1dJHwfsZ6jxFL-BeuVIVqQcA3UWEy2cQiUt69EhfKgyuknzW7-61x_lk9sDThwvH32uGbkRZKkUQD2ysX7pnW0b6_ypSvmDmAbjf9r7AgsfHx98AnfB8LdFYdVAOzRQnOu6p1F13Fk0uFARH2WXy1CFk-NPXph-Arv3rz1IRJjbmyQA/s2870/20221106_105248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2870" data-original-width="2200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghYFn2E7cwp7A1dJHwfsZ6jxFL-BeuVIVqQcA3UWEy2cQiUt69EhfKgyuknzW7-61x_lk9sDThwvH32uGbkRZKkUQD2ysX7pnW0b6_ypSvmDmAbjf9r7AgsfHx98AnfB8LdFYdVAOzRQnOu6p1F13Fk0uFARH2WXy1CFk-NPXph-Arv3rz1IRJjbmyQA/s320/20221106_105248.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cholla Cactus</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPVC2pBG_355b9IF4FbFqgJ4PMlxr-gVpYHgrT-LamruCVXDW16wxGiGS1Pj6EPX1lo83FsjZla5cpdrvPHj6XiCi6dRw6lEJtvwOUIdRPgYWctJVQ8O4Il8RY_umbYmcXwOBmn6Ie_7bbRhwDarzlHUNQKAp9SNdt325Do2EdlJcY1E7GRx1AlGQmQ/s2898/20221106_105837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="2898" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPVC2pBG_355b9IF4FbFqgJ4PMlxr-gVpYHgrT-LamruCVXDW16wxGiGS1Pj6EPX1lo83FsjZla5cpdrvPHj6XiCi6dRw6lEJtvwOUIdRPgYWctJVQ8O4Il8RY_umbYmcXwOBmn6Ie_7bbRhwDarzlHUNQKAp9SNdt325Do2EdlJcY1E7GRx1AlGQmQ/s320/20221106_105837.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;">Saguaro Cactus</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/AVvXsEj3OGgEF3_A9kPz-1Jzph2yKWXKv-l_hOR9GepqJJR0w0BAqhvGSYFGgzNstUFT8LTzzLm1GK9fld1VPitlxN40qkT8wJFnP4IFrNBQUm1r-N0Xuz-lGJOwdR-4u873iJsEyBD9yA--n0LxnCEzZtc0CRFjPO0xdOSCgbNFeamxJDws0bZfaBDrrcOkPw/s4000/20221107_110442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OGgEF3_A9kPz-1Jzph2yKWXKv-l_hOR9GepqJJR0w0BAqhvGSYFGgzNstUFT8LTzzLm1GK9fld1VPitlxN40qkT8wJFnP4IFrNBQUm1r-N0Xuz-lGJOwdR-4u873iJsEyBD9yA--n0LxnCEzZtc0CRFjPO0xdOSCgbNFeamxJDws0bZfaBDrrcOkPw/s320/20221107_110442.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;">People live out here in absolutely any kind of rig you can imagine. If you haven't seen the movie <b>Nomadland</b>, check it out. It's about people living in the desert here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL2CVSJhacJaQICycVIA3d72b4SGHhNiq_omyLiERK1rOIL012IJJriTb1JhP-ErVJPCljrlrWVNVSS015HqcD1cwwJrS2IOBEhg7CGtr_WmMupHT30CGH8k4QoRhRNfgXCd96eVGOvIJ0RbhozLoEgltqRI6ikF6Jbng12WBGZFfLyfKnymJT2Of2g/s2486/20221106_111644.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1805" data-original-width="2486" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL2CVSJhacJaQICycVIA3d72b4SGHhNiq_omyLiERK1rOIL012IJJriTb1JhP-ErVJPCljrlrWVNVSS015HqcD1cwwJrS2IOBEhg7CGtr_WmMupHT30CGH8k4QoRhRNfgXCd96eVGOvIJ0RbhozLoEgltqRI6ikF6Jbng12WBGZFfLyfKnymJT2Of2g/s320/20221106_111644.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All this guy needed was solar panels and an antenna on his little car. And he's still way better off than millions of people in the world.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMVjzj05ooV3OfTDyP1_jIkXSOLEYA46P9yjF-orkOUqsoWMsNoxI06TYVPPU7u1KSWuZlwBOjYP2r9n2LzxtwDjauFczFj-S4JETqLjcWqgm6i8XvX61MdBtUGZOhBIPKhcXyohPl0_2kggDh4emcaN3q_RWKJnMQj8Mqzppw1Qwtl_OYkRSHcfTtg/s4000/20221107_105709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMVjzj05ooV3OfTDyP1_jIkXSOLEYA46P9yjF-orkOUqsoWMsNoxI06TYVPPU7u1KSWuZlwBOjYP2r9n2LzxtwDjauFczFj-S4JETqLjcWqgm6i8XvX61MdBtUGZOhBIPKhcXyohPl0_2kggDh4emcaN3q_RWKJnMQj8Mqzppw1Qwtl_OYkRSHcfTtg/s320/20221107_105709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OGgEF3_A9kPz-1Jzph2yKWXKv-l_hOR9GepqJJR0w0BAqhvGSYFGgzNstUFT8LTzzLm1GK9fld1VPitlxN40qkT8wJFnP4IFrNBQUm1r-N0Xuz-lGJOwdR-4u873iJsEyBD9yA--n0LxnCEzZtc0CRFjPO0xdOSCgbNFeamxJDws0bZfaBDrrcOkPw/s4000/20221107_110442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OGgEF3_A9kPz-1Jzph2yKWXKv-l_hOR9GepqJJR0w0BAqhvGSYFGgzNstUFT8LTzzLm1GK9fld1VPitlxN40qkT8wJFnP4IFrNBQUm1r-N0Xuz-lGJOwdR-4u873iJsEyBD9yA--n0LxnCEzZtc0CRFjPO0xdOSCgbNFeamxJDws0bZfaBDrrcOkPw/s320/20221107_110442.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;">We stayed for three nights and had lunch at our favorite place in town, <b>Silly Al's Pizza</b>. We also ate at the <b>Yacht Club</b> for the first time, and it was good, too. Who ever heard of a yacht club in the desert?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNJ39VE6me_PgVdrYrrjG7LnNkwyGDKrKwB8XdcV8nLFQcLZ5jmgFz_7GFbWqHBZBur3Fxeikp0Fai0oBdMUyi_sT3AQkg0Y3TgEXgr1drJ7QVbjeLCp2VgiQXW6-v5uW9mOYwGZvPPsJLz4pXZZJ0B6EL9RZEqweJ8__TEEU9y1yav99l25ks3tsBQ/s4000/20221107_173655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNJ39VE6me_PgVdrYrrjG7LnNkwyGDKrKwB8XdcV8nLFQcLZ5jmgFz_7GFbWqHBZBur3Fxeikp0Fai0oBdMUyi_sT3AQkg0Y3TgEXgr1drJ7QVbjeLCp2VgiQXW6-v5uW9mOYwGZvPPsJLz4pXZZJ0B6EL9RZEqweJ8__TEEU9y1yav99l25ks3tsBQ/s320/20221107_173655.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;">From here we headed to our usual spot at <b>Yuma Lakes Resort</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Rick made a turkey in his smoker and his specialty stuffing. Both were delicious!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AEULZcznVVdVU-2hJlSqrCDQelQrB9gxogTY-8oR--Hn-MwJwKPsVSCDc-HQslq-4TYHyB3ftQizDGQPZvLDXLm0IzHpcQO2Fe8V2vPVca249Ypn3pHWjYBj0WpuUr1Mqy7gmkh3b8jgqd7H3ogxBiHuM4no8b7EDNklhg3WqNBOEK9YTV2Xypr-7Q/s2861/20221124_122026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="1686" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AEULZcznVVdVU-2hJlSqrCDQelQrB9gxogTY-8oR--Hn-MwJwKPsVSCDc-HQslq-4TYHyB3ftQizDGQPZvLDXLm0IzHpcQO2Fe8V2vPVca249Ypn3pHWjYBj0WpuUr1Mqy7gmkh3b8jgqd7H3ogxBiHuM4no8b7EDNklhg3WqNBOEK9YTV2Xypr-7Q/s320/20221124_122026.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">John wore his new birthday present for the occasion, and I think Rick was a bit jealous.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF3ii4R3G_hU9foRHavywnCN-d-sLbbNs7iKwhk_yoP3xB7OTQmvWmo1WTG_S_RMnsagsSwHmgygBEB90YgYepYlzQ2Xg5LKLaq2sPKHo5BdJoW7QQQ_HCmzCPvdQH5v4k7lcXxEKPSHZuN_YekWAHJCnJPC6K0kzqONb_gcLOVASmULzZvi4LCfFSA/s3847/20221202_115422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2686" data-original-width="3847" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNF3ii4R3G_hU9foRHavywnCN-d-sLbbNs7iKwhk_yoP3xB7OTQmvWmo1WTG_S_RMnsagsSwHmgygBEB90YgYepYlzQ2Xg5LKLaq2sPKHo5BdJoW7QQQ_HCmzCPvdQH5v4k7lcXxEKPSHZuN_YekWAHJCnJPC6K0kzqONb_gcLOVASmULzZvi4LCfFSA/s320/20221202_115422.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;">Funky clouds over the orange grove. It's very unusual to see so many clouds. 🌞</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/AVvXsEgpxz6poQv_FW20BVH0dHNL0WW1S2nWAjxsUiRnVin8g2drr8e9Hq7ExBIZZdg25IjK_A227BanCs5idUznXTMfNff1JbrHhOzrSujQm_5D-PYUsDOoQD285TDtOqd4OMaj8rCNIV0DgLKsyDkF_rQ7dxEEP3_GrTQj2Vs1flT62BYc8K7jYaFsiv-aLw/s4000/20221217_104514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxz6poQv_FW20BVH0dHNL0WW1S2nWAjxsUiRnVin8g2drr8e9Hq7ExBIZZdg25IjK_A227BanCs5idUznXTMfNff1JbrHhOzrSujQm_5D-PYUsDOoQD285TDtOqd4OMaj8rCNIV0DgLKsyDkF_rQ7dxEEP3_GrTQj2Vs1flT62BYc8K7jYaFsiv-aLw/s320/20221217_104514.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;">Hiking along the canal. I have been to seven movies in the last few weeks. My favorites were <b>She Said</b>, <b>Till</b> and <b>Devotion</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpyZHysJaMBARml9jsim9a4-fz-vM44ONK6d_t_nrgvyCqR9kjPmNSW6lgJS-r8a-bKGqHyQf5g6NVLTRxnHlS-RzLy5rfZqQkJPGxVYJaftRK4xzjbirwKVr_N1BKyDhe5YGgD9n_-9KtAS9lBFdcFYCVbi28AdA6KvZo8avxgZuwo3v3p4dCm0ipg/s3236/20221202_115522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2757" data-original-width="3236" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLpyZHysJaMBARml9jsim9a4-fz-vM44ONK6d_t_nrgvyCqR9kjPmNSW6lgJS-r8a-bKGqHyQf5g6NVLTRxnHlS-RzLy5rfZqQkJPGxVYJaftRK4xzjbirwKVr_N1BKyDhe5YGgD9n_-9KtAS9lBFdcFYCVbi28AdA6KvZo8avxgZuwo3v3p4dCm0ipg/s320/20221202_115522.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;">Oleander bushes surround our campground. In English dramas people often use oleander tea to poison their spouses. I know what you're thinking, but John hates tea, so it would never work. I would be worried, but John also doesn't make tea and or wait on me, so I would totally be suspicious if he started making me tea. </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/AVvXsEgxZCZankgHj4ouflFHzOxlRyZsd_s_H7I7u4lxJkzQJcqZzsUpvoHgFom1x8ooIDSJj2iQIptucXiU2G1SZ5I9jxqpXTIzltzNAiof5taMGk3I-RTr0Rct1oykGP8LUdn6lD1ySzsKkOfYble5RyRsHZ9x9bC76mvkhzFfqHmbWj_PqKbMwiS1IN12Vw/s3430/20221206_183838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2155" data-original-width="3430" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZCZankgHj4ouflFHzOxlRyZsd_s_H7I7u4lxJkzQJcqZzsUpvoHgFom1x8ooIDSJj2iQIptucXiU2G1SZ5I9jxqpXTIzltzNAiof5taMGk3I-RTr0Rct1oykGP8LUdn6lD1ySzsKkOfYble5RyRsHZ9x9bC76mvkhzFfqHmbWj_PqKbMwiS1IN12Vw/s320/20221206_183838.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;">Some people sure bring a lot of stuff along to decorate for Christmas. Before these went up, they had a big blow-up turkey on top of their rig.</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/AVvXsEhzBVMeiIhkf83XSEDR5tb5LZpsjDrTGlgFRATo828-zxaGeswnjqyk_Vpi5QzBwlzeMLKToRngzqaMSa1M243z4yj0g9QjVOGS_2DIJQE3fa4qwe89QiYquCH19CKBNtUM7KnzWnGVSfgYhw8y-mniFSnNCBQxE-czEchlHBWahveVBERzp-HO5D8xjw/s3021/20221211_115327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="3021" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBVMeiIhkf83XSEDR5tb5LZpsjDrTGlgFRATo828-zxaGeswnjqyk_Vpi5QzBwlzeMLKToRngzqaMSa1M243z4yj0g9QjVOGS_2DIJQE3fa4qwe89QiYquCH19CKBNtUM7KnzWnGVSfgYhw8y-mniFSnNCBQxE-czEchlHBWahveVBERzp-HO5D8xjw/s320/20221211_115327.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your palm trees are still alive Karolyn, but that's about all I can say.</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/AVvXsEhxEla9Rs1knwXC9MZAy_swhrn0iDn0Z_dfEe5wb5EFu9r9Dh0iW7jj3DyeO4gMZGFDpOU99BO-9WCVEA27uQ8IL73WUp5EGq1mBeu_IfADLSnhiib58-I0DyuUDmOborke0sMSFMfd7gHL_En1qxypBqzVtitTimZ1xgAtOf7NTHzDKW4brdgdaSirBA/s4000/20221221_103039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEla9Rs1knwXC9MZAy_swhrn0iDn0Z_dfEe5wb5EFu9r9Dh0iW7jj3DyeO4gMZGFDpOU99BO-9WCVEA27uQ8IL73WUp5EGq1mBeu_IfADLSnhiib58-I0DyuUDmOborke0sMSFMfd7gHL_En1qxypBqzVtitTimZ1xgAtOf7NTHzDKW4brdgdaSirBA/s320/20221221_103039.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Yum, Yum! You are the man, Rick!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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/a/AVvXsEhyXrJxcpoidkUtOfWeZzxCAWOf0MtZsmAnKVMWl1uQgaLel9BAIpc02ZV7xqGxxa1GS_jR8b3ZxYiJsDiMFJNZzxFzNcEm8dGljAydxgQLUndmO3I_Q4BpSFHDRPs2Rw8N820EGQ9PdA_jSvEpOQx248YLgbeA8hvsLe9Bq8l85XYaUEmr2CV9hY5s8w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="1586" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyXrJxcpoidkUtOfWeZzxCAWOf0MtZsmAnKVMWl1uQgaLel9BAIpc02ZV7xqGxxa1GS_jR8b3ZxYiJsDiMFJNZzxFzNcEm8dGljAydxgQLUndmO3I_Q4BpSFHDRPs2Rw8N820EGQ9PdA_jSvEpOQx248YLgbeA8hvsLe9Bq8l85XYaUEmr2CV9hY5s8w" width="180" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few examples of the artwork Donna does with rocks from the desert. The cross is made from dead saguaro cactus spines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><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/a/AVvXsEhmQKmMPlYoIeYMDOBP1MJZmhYz9XgrDU-XvDJXIfzqXVMipqeoGzoWqh23uPXcVeYTHJT1Phcf2RjnO3ieOkWbgsqPJUQZO8nKK9ZI8Rq8QPg0AuBJCPRCMxuI5Hijxrb0KArUhzca5-30Yc8m0EpPsxXyPZzw7XCXHHabELzaSSs8LghuWKWXYrK1XQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3798" data-original-width="2136" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmQKmMPlYoIeYMDOBP1MJZmhYz9XgrDU-XvDJXIfzqXVMipqeoGzoWqh23uPXcVeYTHJT1Phcf2RjnO3ieOkWbgsqPJUQZO8nKK9ZI8Rq8QPg0AuBJCPRCMxuI5Hijxrb0KArUhzca5-30Yc8m0EpPsxXyPZzw7XCXHHabELzaSSs8LghuWKWXYrK1XQ" width="135" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I didn't have an ugly Christmas sweater to wear to the dance, so I went as a Christmas tree.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXZtc_4PGRyA8emSxVGdOUOIjOy4tXNLTxyB3w2EF92vEz6nXPcAf-F9tu7vggBugYOoZZJOmalJNJrOt3iRZjUdYyMNPFYg10WUH2FWdsEmpfOWp5dXFpdlaUeouXjDJb9zTW_iiJaCoz4Xpm7EDeFmNl-rR34NTGo3PaqbTSBxFz4ZnnzAxc0xqaQ/s3058/20221217_210746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3058" data-original-width="1720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXZtc_4PGRyA8emSxVGdOUOIjOy4tXNLTxyB3w2EF92vEz6nXPcAf-F9tu7vggBugYOoZZJOmalJNJrOt3iRZjUdYyMNPFYg10WUH2FWdsEmpfOWp5dXFpdlaUeouXjDJb9zTW_iiJaCoz4Xpm7EDeFmNl-rR34NTGo3PaqbTSBxFz4ZnnzAxc0xqaQ/s320/20221217_210746.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpINJtUS3EAcedMLdBvvM4nJPe4zqH-hY6Ia4v8pMVRKAjJa3irYNRdo9hWQtq_v-gKFcj7HkRwSfmS_58ty5B5vaWi3VuD44kRkfqUTwqit7DzeKxo7BGiDlaLtnxyJX8jx6l6uNCPOHeXT27Rqz4vOQ_47U_IUpeA4dkB-60dzpZLwucvd2f-IQpTA/s1810/20221117_102027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYdxViTtMsi8GKfOimaF6cMUUTr2x0Q3_0hlPnSmDadLYeiVy6LHvVa70Qna3wmUVW5lJXCeR8A0L_slt3Rxb4DNCQpuY8Gw4LyFNQPuXJKjUD65Znh77UF7gK572fEY5aK8rsJlmsQRnnXbe7yf39Xlg4oohvKDUIPByscB5Zjzzp6_gqEnfw_crZOw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYdxViTtMsi8GKfOimaF6cMUUTr2x0Q3_0hlPnSmDadLYeiVy6LHvVa70Qna3wmUVW5lJXCeR8A0L_slt3Rxb4DNCQpuY8Gw4LyFNQPuXJKjUD65Znh77UF7gK572fEY5aK8rsJlmsQRnnXbe7yf39Xlg4oohvKDUIPByscB5Zjzzp6_gqEnfw_crZOw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Springtime in Montana.</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/a/AVvXsEibmVjY_zw2Z_u2GcbiW_xxKnoxO9KQCfDUqBMuApk_wt3ABvwbwu1yWqZ0LprVWlLCFw4Fs50HtVGaSSRn8IyykSelj0z_lJ2UqUsYJAQx2ttCRgdSDtJQy29FjgZ05C80eJz_3qzI39jGpMiQw6BNp5HV-NBaBZkuP9ra6T-wdheYD7gg1rOYuPqq_g=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibmVjY_zw2Z_u2GcbiW_xxKnoxO9KQCfDUqBMuApk_wt3ABvwbwu1yWqZ0LprVWlLCFw4Fs50HtVGaSSRn8IyykSelj0z_lJ2UqUsYJAQx2ttCRgdSDtJQy29FjgZ05C80eJz_3qzI39jGpMiQw6BNp5HV-NBaBZkuP9ra6T-wdheYD7gg1rOYuPqq_g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over Memorial Weekend we took a four-day trip to Idaho to see the sights and visit some friends. We drove around the famous mining town of Anaconda, but didn't stop.</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/a/AVvXsEjVRgYsAzkDx2wfSZiUQtjiS5INW4WWsd-FRSIQUaGXKqHnUQ-b0rJphR06xrfbMkv8oY5YTm_MlIb2R6k8fONjM3mX7SCrndzlA1ngyEeKdlk_DDjNmYwTaZ4bo6SlYmSK3gC9TZUUXFQADJkX4CwQR6e3K4SP9xdJE9gF5lNpoXctqZ1ES4wMYmh_nA=s3629" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2553" data-original-width="3629" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVRgYsAzkDx2wfSZiUQtjiS5INW4WWsd-FRSIQUaGXKqHnUQ-b0rJphR06xrfbMkv8oY5YTm_MlIb2R6k8fONjM3mX7SCrndzlA1ngyEeKdlk_DDjNmYwTaZ4bo6SlYmSK3gC9TZUUXFQADJkX4CwQR6e3K4SP9xdJE9gF5lNpoXctqZ1ES4wMYmh_nA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of boaters, floaters and fishermen on the rivers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWdFQvYMxTmW6El4NyAOcGy8JPUAXS7S18MlY9UwIXrrhkqG4WiJ1fH0hgotzkrj-S22KksiGfVWLMIHxGku4d8-SNeCMTzCCiRAd164rcX7OsOCoVcTpuvISZTjGx7pDRBq1Drq0vr0ggc29mfWrsujpVlYfuOetTAFdmh02f_8Xw1gQW7LDzNivu4A=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWdFQvYMxTmW6El4NyAOcGy8JPUAXS7S18MlY9UwIXrrhkqG4WiJ1fH0hgotzkrj-S22KksiGfVWLMIHxGku4d8-SNeCMTzCCiRAd164rcX7OsOCoVcTpuvISZTjGx7pDRBq1Drq0vr0ggc29mfWrsujpVlYfuOetTAFdmh02f_8Xw1gQW7LDzNivu4A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our first stop was at <b>Big Hole National Battlefield</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiArqIo9V94FovWlGUuZMP9g3t_iDbCmwSiy-0RHzGx1Tu-2Ik0UyPqE0C3jJxEN3MoD8dgq-hrg9I6tqJzbFfHS0Ag3yjJJW2UYZeOrEvOfdVkiyW_MOf3nys7nxuoadYJ71YkT0XFBVpJf8YjAH0vpMR2XhdXJDI8tdUQsbATeKkD6i93gTKWfzWhpw=s1159" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1159" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiArqIo9V94FovWlGUuZMP9g3t_iDbCmwSiy-0RHzGx1Tu-2Ik0UyPqE0C3jJxEN3MoD8dgq-hrg9I6tqJzbFfHS0Ag3yjJJW2UYZeOrEvOfdVkiyW_MOf3nys7nxuoadYJ71YkT0XFBVpJf8YjAH0vpMR2XhdXJDI8tdUQsbATeKkD6i93gTKWfzWhpw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wildflowers starting to peak out all over.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVw6X-bhL0JeO3-VxJOBnDfQgSFym0XNe7TTxnxg1XZsjpMq17JMussiWiNvivwcA2duIYDMndSUDytZNM-2wgWTFtaNjv7PsgtDyi-fRq_i7bh-3KpyXmjCPXwWzOZl2jC8ggDZzrTC7fwYw-PK6VjeYk_LTYVbdp3TYy48lbhg_biU4QLa4xJVY9ig=s3428" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="3428" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVw6X-bhL0JeO3-VxJOBnDfQgSFym0XNe7TTxnxg1XZsjpMq17JMussiWiNvivwcA2duIYDMndSUDytZNM-2wgWTFtaNjv7PsgtDyi-fRq_i7bh-3KpyXmjCPXwWzOZl2jC8ggDZzrTC7fwYw-PK6VjeYk_LTYVbdp3TYy48lbhg_biU4QLa4xJVY9ig=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From this viewpoint we could see teepees set up in the far distance where the battle took place. On the morning of August 9th, 1877, the <b>U.S. 7th Infantry Regiment</b> opened fire on a camp of Nez Perce as the tribe rested near the north fork of the <b>Big Hole River</b> on their long journey to freedom. By the time the fighting was finished, more than 90 Nez Perce and 31 soldiers had perished. It is one stop along the 1,100-mile <b>Nez Perce Trail</b> as they tried to escape to Canada. It was the largest battle fought in the five-month conflict known as the <b>Nez Perce War</b>. The Army was enforcing a national policy of placing all American Indians on reservations to make way for States. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC3s966qOS1bnziXeSpD3nLVhPQX2vKdUN7_83s0MgWIyQH6kYnA8pxJ3QtTJczaBFTnIvRZdG26VS79_fBTjmYJrzXgfYPY_OhJWqx5meCSeTqXg7rOlhliiPOxTi_qzC0yGApnxZ1IzWdlbt2ygssacsmnkLBaRxGzRDrd99-9VWiTmrH36kklFayw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC3s966qOS1bnziXeSpD3nLVhPQX2vKdUN7_83s0MgWIyQH6kYnA8pxJ3QtTJczaBFTnIvRZdG26VS79_fBTjmYJrzXgfYPY_OhJWqx5meCSeTqXg7rOlhliiPOxTi_qzC0yGApnxZ1IzWdlbt2ygssacsmnkLBaRxGzRDrd99-9VWiTmrH36kklFayw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Yankee Fort State Park</b> on the <b>Salmon River Scenic Byway </b>South Hwy. 75.</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/a/AVvXsEinLoRyYiVkHaSiKMzEq5qzryI_joWmnjOmDh6QbhATfVfPLhyXNEynpHEZrFa-AY2P3LaThI2UK84lL6soQNNqDk2pC02qCC56wLVVEXsRem6gXKVxKulOpa4orEpMzl_n-rnN9PIPx2Uyo5Rd24VM7z1jyOmKHRQNDvmq6S14Q_OK5am8Scl84wHbtw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinLoRyYiVkHaSiKMzEq5qzryI_joWmnjOmDh6QbhATfVfPLhyXNEynpHEZrFa-AY2P3LaThI2UK84lL6soQNNqDk2pC02qCC56wLVVEXsRem6gXKVxKulOpa4orEpMzl_n-rnN9PIPx2Uyo5Rd24VM7z1jyOmKHRQNDvmq6S14Q_OK5am8Scl84wHbtw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The scenery was absolutely gorgeous.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqUk_3zEuc26IGTCh8hBseTH-QKJTtR9GU24i_znT0q4S31CGqyD15r_x5uhTWHgMOhE8r3rHGLFmBwv_MI9mzHWHCWzazO9URCRAvw386js3vTmDEHYB36EvkYxgBw0TkLceMT6uc67-fl62h1SbIwZNBmN6PmZfuOcARoeLrEneUI_C6qqfln2T2Fg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqUk_3zEuc26IGTCh8hBseTH-QKJTtR9GU24i_znT0q4S31CGqyD15r_x5uhTWHgMOhE8r3rHGLFmBwv_MI9mzHWHCWzazO9URCRAvw386js3vTmDEHYB36EvkYxgBw0TkLceMT6uc67-fl62h1SbIwZNBmN6PmZfuOcARoeLrEneUI_C6qqfln2T2Fg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everything was so green.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJEevkTA2c-HL0dQVyln8P16YsURHpjEQQD1N0F7mfxHBisx0CGZqmd3WElPtkbU24LfL6s6Cn9Iv_rK3QKy53RABC2PiRSCSKqEYtyAHxheOWcpOBgUIVQPVZkN7SgFMRXFv5cXWpExVYXORpKmoFpZARdxyhbVHhP6YPHR_VJLM4hHO50JV6acSnEA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJEevkTA2c-HL0dQVyln8P16YsURHpjEQQD1N0F7mfxHBisx0CGZqmd3WElPtkbU24LfL6s6Cn9Iv_rK3QKy53RABC2PiRSCSKqEYtyAHxheOWcpOBgUIVQPVZkN7SgFMRXFv5cXWpExVYXORpKmoFpZARdxyhbVHhP6YPHR_VJLM4hHO50JV6acSnEA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next we stopped at the <b>Craters of the Moon National Monument</b> on the <b>Snake River Plain</b>. Beginning several million years ago, deep fissures opened up and periodically oozed flows of lava that spread across the plain. The activity culminated here along the 52-mile-long <b>Great Rift</b> when flowing lava and more explosive lava created this scene about 2,000 years ago. Beginning in the 1850s, armed skirmishes broke out between <b>Shoshone Indians</b> and emigrants traveling by wagon train to the west. Many pioneers tried new paths through Idaho that would avoid the <b>Snake River</b>, where they were most vulnerable to attack. Most travelers chose <b>Goodale's Cutoff</b>, named for Tim Goodale, an early guide on the route. In this area the route ran along the base of the <b>Pioneer Mountains</b>. They funneled through a narrow passageway between treacherous lava flows and steep mountains. Many times, they would expect to see their wagons smashed, but most passed through unharmed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYrU_tcBm6MGa5fD2FnWv-vNik27qaB9UVt5kBfCJP32O3CH-zWaQLRbF1mbBGc21YhErhld8hF7iUVO_RsyEvBaMBnhlZEmS9aBkYcRgWBWNNGPQAsF8YEUy7sfQNauXD2WS_vnAkva8nQxhiWyw6RMIcwIMV1w6-fkRx5VYHNpH4m1UwFWl4d0cICQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYrU_tcBm6MGa5fD2FnWv-vNik27qaB9UVt5kBfCJP32O3CH-zWaQLRbF1mbBGc21YhErhld8hF7iUVO_RsyEvBaMBnhlZEmS9aBkYcRgWBWNNGPQAsF8YEUy7sfQNauXD2WS_vnAkva8nQxhiWyw6RMIcwIMV1w6-fkRx5VYHNpH4m1UwFWl4d0cICQ=w320-h240" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are several 1 to 2.5-mile trails throughout the park. All concrete, fully handicap accessible with signs everywhere to stay on the trail, warning how fragile the volcanic rock is.</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/a/AVvXsEhXV_FT_XVcQJid8LMaVjSsVJEhQ1PMym-IIz4nuA_zYH0xa9PgPQDnvgQZmNPg3iSr7yoIh4kKIctGzm4GLQG8W9iDK_KEGNzgwvnO9St7uAG1rrB86fvgJnQnPRFIyW1q36ySKk9uM1YYKYZESa2X4_25RpqXzQY93JKgYgj9ZnRZTlfyAjEQ_F1YJw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXV_FT_XVcQJid8LMaVjSsVJEhQ1PMym-IIz4nuA_zYH0xa9PgPQDnvgQZmNPg3iSr7yoIh4kKIctGzm4GLQG8W9iDK_KEGNzgwvnO9St7uAG1rrB86fvgJnQnPRFIyW1q36ySKk9uM1YYKYZESa2X4_25RpqXzQY93JKgYgj9ZnRZTlfyAjEQ_F1YJw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yet, what do people let their children do? And even Dad joins them climbing on the rocks! Can't read? Bad parenting, disgraceful, disrespectful. etc. Oh well, moving on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-KXeFeZMCUnftxUyev5xTFaex5P-5st9soqT-Z1B_507ZnLf8ecQD7FGNWTI7GtBw75kVYSfwpPAQrGU8-pZxQOiZOzR39wAyE7boXuUdANPS8Kz5c_F6NsIm9Fd59qYEjjQtlmVUOX0fxHhbZOQekmy0oIK7jnZ3BEVgHABk3El-LasdnXx_rEkgFw=s2426" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2426" data-original-width="2326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-KXeFeZMCUnftxUyev5xTFaex5P-5st9soqT-Z1B_507ZnLf8ecQD7FGNWTI7GtBw75kVYSfwpPAQrGU8-pZxQOiZOzR39wAyE7boXuUdANPS8Kz5c_F6NsIm9Fd59qYEjjQtlmVUOX0fxHhbZOQekmy0oIK7jnZ3BEVgHABk3El-LasdnXx_rEkgFw=s320" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yous truly, standing on the trail.</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/a/AVvXsEjOmsjreF7se9VcHCYQ1vb6B4GwZHvKn2zzklSN6Dg_JFbvyfRseNKtnGikx0A28I303y8qIwVYSbNfB_exEfqYtcBUnwvWbr2wlmAytY2visVQlpZ5SjY_XBwgp3kO7WjQeE9CEy5jMO2IrXtumLJwxmJfn0Omub5JAw-W4id7sT1cUKYPOKwiezYW-g=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOmsjreF7se9VcHCYQ1vb6B4GwZHvKn2zzklSN6Dg_JFbvyfRseNKtnGikx0A28I303y8qIwVYSbNfB_exEfqYtcBUnwvWbr2wlmAytY2visVQlpZ5SjY_XBwgp3kO7WjQeE9CEy5jMO2IrXtumLJwxmJfn0Omub5JAw-W4id7sT1cUKYPOKwiezYW-g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <b>Eastern Snake River Aquifer</b> contains up to one billion acre-feet of water and is one of the largest and most productive aquifers in the world. Expansive fields of potatoes, beets, wheat, barley, beans and peas rely on it. It's also the sole source of drinking water for over 300,000 residents of southern Idaho.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoYIb13a7tEsV6MwkcTsV30nkEd2QpxZrq9fIZqjLQueRW__N3AXFvbaR2gDp2teV-9QrHqHitrBk2D3xKL7fRvQ0qlvgCbJMnHG5Weha0kAC0rU0xVpfVltSZvo6DnOlrrHXlRa-O_mOpSZ99yiOoxeA0MimbFqjylglOHFeJUdY4zwWJ5eY78mN5NQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoYIb13a7tEsV6MwkcTsV30nkEd2QpxZrq9fIZqjLQueRW__N3AXFvbaR2gDp2teV-9QrHqHitrBk2D3xKL7fRvQ0qlvgCbJMnHG5Weha0kAC0rU0xVpfVltSZvo6DnOlrrHXlRa-O_mOpSZ99yiOoxeA0MimbFqjylglOHFeJUdY4zwWJ5eY78mN5NQ=w320-h240" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At least 11 species of bats thrive here. Four species migrate through the monument and several others hibernate in the area's hundreds of caves. It is home to three of four known maternity colonies of Townsend big-eared bats in Idaho.</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/a/AVvXsEhLfP1cgv7G7NQ-S4LRcwTJDif-sThjR8Y5tzUsOrNYoI6IFBRDmBYiR_efTLU3xFLEw0n2jKYVFQKp_fQSVPcTEIFR92lhuSk3wA86FDCP5cUTfJ2yY5hVkDMflFmEDEYtEiJ3dSZn4OXFkzHs2K8h8dI50oOxTEIOurK4YLnRzhILDlkJCyBIoxaOWw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLfP1cgv7G7NQ-S4LRcwTJDif-sThjR8Y5tzUsOrNYoI6IFBRDmBYiR_efTLU3xFLEw0n2jKYVFQKp_fQSVPcTEIFR92lhuSk3wA86FDCP5cUTfJ2yY5hVkDMflFmEDEYtEiJ3dSZn4OXFkzHs2K8h8dI50oOxTEIOurK4YLnRzhILDlkJCyBIoxaOWw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">John declined to hike up this cinder hill with me.</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/a/AVvXsEiP6S5P3PraRvWZXSMlIZRpSk8v3Ubqw-1xi0NdTeTeP5CSu5zidUTIb-dxHnpzQ3VT7icEGsfX2pnOPRJ6P8NIpAybUVu2fAFOzN-rNQ3PTHqbYuq_BSIZ4oSClon0HH5u0fibQpCZqSsEOEAqSQIQDKV1DOPM7s9tMI8q7aLyYiKM4AqcaA4k5TUaZw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP6S5P3PraRvWZXSMlIZRpSk8v3Ubqw-1xi0NdTeTeP5CSu5zidUTIb-dxHnpzQ3VT7icEGsfX2pnOPRJ6P8NIpAybUVu2fAFOzN-rNQ3PTHqbYuq_BSIZ4oSClon0HH5u0fibQpCZqSsEOEAqSQIQDKV1DOPM7s9tMI8q7aLyYiKM4AqcaA4k5TUaZw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the top, I could not see over the slope to see the parking lot below, but what a view!</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/a/AVvXsEitDq4AkOT0MDxAFQWiLEteVB2HGo1uQizVgeD2p2LaYhbDAh2qV6OhEXZjPp6BwHju45Ahbqu0EKrBWlCZnfnKWEcjq3O1w9aImb8u49Z_UQI1tp9KOMkwvVoKG4EQGtmHNy0o6VxyW4WUTq_2uqa6KQB-m98W3QOVNpYEvCdX3Wb5jr-cdKVIWpFphA=s2106" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1269" data-original-width="2106" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitDq4AkOT0MDxAFQWiLEteVB2HGo1uQizVgeD2p2LaYhbDAh2qV6OhEXZjPp6BwHju45Ahbqu0EKrBWlCZnfnKWEcjq3O1w9aImb8u49Z_UQI1tp9KOMkwvVoKG4EQGtmHNy0o6VxyW4WUTq_2uqa6KQB-m98W3QOVNpYEvCdX3Wb5jr-cdKVIWpFphA=s320" 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 narrow, but lengthy corridor passing through <b>Craters of the Moon </b>links the pronghorn between their summer and winter ranges. They are the fastest land mammals in the western hemisphere, but they are rather poor jumpers and need barrier-free habitat to survive. To ease their passage the <b>National Park</b> <b>Service</b> is removing or modifying fences and working with park neighbors to do the same.</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/a/AVvXsEj8Eu_SljtYIjr8DIRf2P5fk99rhoGM8WW2v2Z5uz3MNlnABfueijmQ68hd-S0JAjhNVPO-agzMcHS6H9__8OO8S-smNmtT-hJIAg-aLaa_5Z-SdDasQV5SFNVhpB3WjM5iC3cqLfTzQifYs22ijGx4TxbOYS2yIsngVLdO3Z8thuC5BFwXMZxVL20eCA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8Eu_SljtYIjr8DIRf2P5fk99rhoGM8WW2v2Z5uz3MNlnABfueijmQ68hd-S0JAjhNVPO-agzMcHS6H9__8OO8S-smNmtT-hJIAg-aLaa_5Z-SdDasQV5SFNVhpB3WjM5iC3cqLfTzQifYs22ijGx4TxbOYS2yIsngVLdO3Z8thuC5BFwXMZxVL20eCA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next we checked into our hotel in Ketchum, Idaho, just a few miles south of Sun Valley. This bench was at the end of the hallway by our room. No doubt we are in ski country now. Makes me a bit nostalgic for the fun ski trips of years past, but I'm afraid my skiing days are over. Besides, I can't even stand the thought of cold weather anymore. The winters south have really spoiled me. I did enjoy the use of the hot tub a couple times while John caught up his zzzzs.</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/a/AVvXsEgx8lpvVR3g7Z5XyLAnkOMFOdauhPixiIBjS-m93G38RGdLAfv_QL1GzXWAonOctYI7koNTw2XKqbqIK_yavtGBmM_IUAQfLqwP-yD6D1oCPbT246JEksj0cRsFcaNXPmYd4pubRfaTa3U-AnqQsU-mAmpIsyLqSmRxoU4RnvfmcPo2-LopwF3JlYsdTw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx8lpvVR3g7Z5XyLAnkOMFOdauhPixiIBjS-m93G38RGdLAfv_QL1GzXWAonOctYI7koNTw2XKqbqIK_yavtGBmM_IUAQfLqwP-yD6D1oCPbT246JEksj0cRsFcaNXPmYd4pubRfaTa3U-AnqQsU-mAmpIsyLqSmRxoU4RnvfmcPo2-LopwF3JlYsdTw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This nice little museum was just kitty corner across the street from our hotel, so we had to check it out.</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/a/AVvXsEieUXFT8-cxdRVx12DQ08WSpxYmtV0VWQofHpMS2cupNDZcn694PSuXm2L0Ops0hG17b4O_UPW3_kw7G-6FZX99mgJog9DwusWftRCbfHsIi-MkvuTcK7vjolW0tY-k0_1tdPTQjdvGQaZZrVP_40IwHeFUymMNSSitHMQvhXnh0WKJOVKW1rvEgo5vcA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieUXFT8-cxdRVx12DQ08WSpxYmtV0VWQofHpMS2cupNDZcn694PSuXm2L0Ops0hG17b4O_UPW3_kw7G-6FZX99mgJog9DwusWftRCbfHsIi-MkvuTcK7vjolW0tY-k0_1tdPTQjdvGQaZZrVP_40IwHeFUymMNSSitHMQvhXnh0WKJOVKW1rvEgo5vcA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had a huge collection of past national election campaign doodads and buttons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilcvFu-PWCm7hH6lWNSGQYvpwu9mEbUtcm-AFaDqw-spS6JnwrHzm_wmhCcrttKYlxDcMfu02iil1aBDknBvV96h2KQfWj41NLMINt4jc5tLV98ppqC0DbnzJLWVQE9hzS2LkVLhuOa1v2Ov2JHtDyavSsYqohd6NIVcDwL12uo30axjnDxP6cy1N0tg=s3970" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2483" data-original-width="3970" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilcvFu-PWCm7hH6lWNSGQYvpwu9mEbUtcm-AFaDqw-spS6JnwrHzm_wmhCcrttKYlxDcMfu02iil1aBDknBvV96h2KQfWj41NLMINt4jc5tLV98ppqC0DbnzJLWVQE9hzS2LkVLhuOa1v2Ov2JHtDyavSsYqohd6NIVcDwL12uo30axjnDxP6cy1N0tg=w320-h200" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Teddy Roosevelt campaign buttons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9e4OQ1Ynzj5ARFahOd-s0ja4ogXowzAukb_bl7M6W4u6gSmh9ciKmVAB8ejo6il5fX8HwUha5IZQp-eSzi1cOgqC9ECwu7XcUVDL163SPosjDAjoobIE5N_K0WL20H-knbWPPaPRgSKsTYMfANzetMpOGrw-q60EEVn57NZtUZag6rniAOOXADQT_Bw=s3712" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2493" data-original-width="3712" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9e4OQ1Ynzj5ARFahOd-s0ja4ogXowzAukb_bl7M6W4u6gSmh9ciKmVAB8ejo6il5fX8HwUha5IZQp-eSzi1cOgqC9ECwu7XcUVDL163SPosjDAjoobIE5N_K0WL20H-knbWPPaPRgSKsTYMfANzetMpOGrw-q60EEVn57NZtUZag6rniAOOXADQT_Bw=w320-h215" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No third term for Franklin! Imagine how they must have felt when he won his 4th term. I think we can all relate to their pain today, no matter which side you are for--4 terms!? Egads!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijeJ-LA45du_bN4HbXC5BwnR9lTuz1OzSFhqVi3nP1NmjAmKb_5r4K0TmYHXfxUS2nxTmUEIBVHn0Bz1JU_dKgQnfGk3FpPxS1eY7GqLSYLUJmuKqW6hx5MOKOO4s4TWjnQpaTWj6I8u7DOuCEGAU8mM50cjaR0_Kd55jTmna3x8zYHp0gfnpvriLNLA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijeJ-LA45du_bN4HbXC5BwnR9lTuz1OzSFhqVi3nP1NmjAmKb_5r4K0TmYHXfxUS2nxTmUEIBVHn0Bz1JU_dKgQnfGk3FpPxS1eY7GqLSYLUJmuKqW6hx5MOKOO4s4TWjnQpaTWj6I8u7DOuCEGAU8mM50cjaR0_Kd55jTmna3x8zYHp0gfnpvriLNLA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I thought matches were always free with your cigarettes, but what would I know? I never bought cigarettes.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinM80kM8xuKWSQWvYGRsl1jBeM1yMt2CBfP5wJq61mmsAtH1xxldNUuGOxT4e1HUuRl058JO6-R4ni6oHbo_SDE2Ga9nzNgG8kemK0MUuoPQbWMEJ7-cJ9e8y07QRTex9hHz69jzhuEbjECw7GqbQqN9x_44DAGI1FUZB0lR-zZV9-bvDz1tPVY1OGDQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinM80kM8xuKWSQWvYGRsl1jBeM1yMt2CBfP5wJq61mmsAtH1xxldNUuGOxT4e1HUuRl058JO6-R4ni6oHbo_SDE2Ga9nzNgG8kemK0MUuoPQbWMEJ7-cJ9e8y07QRTex9hHz69jzhuEbjECw7GqbQqN9x_44DAGI1FUZB0lR-zZV9-bvDz1tPVY1OGDQ=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An old poker slot machine from back when you could actually see that you won and understand why.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6W9Jr4ojQSbSYiTcTgojXvWY3dv7xyUjqD1t-nmvYMfiMgEtUE9rKKGgLBxOMvpwx6PzgiqVvwgdWMjuBID1VAATt-a6laA5KC4kTaIg3PLHjyQKiuiGBhkiBWpeu6T8R3Kmns-D2xp_qbKERScfxNUB8tYcuWoTEfo8vfvjEnjo3I64lCTY461BIXw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi6W9Jr4ojQSbSYiTcTgojXvWY3dv7xyUjqD1t-nmvYMfiMgEtUE9rKKGgLBxOMvpwx6PzgiqVvwgdWMjuBID1VAATt-a6laA5KC4kTaIg3PLHjyQKiuiGBhkiBWpeu6T8R3Kmns-D2xp_qbKERScfxNUB8tYcuWoTEfo8vfvjEnjo3I64lCTY461BIXw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The way they used to listen to music kids--played on little cylinders. This was even before my time, might have even been before my folk's time.</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/a/AVvXsEhB0zZoa58Lvc2TxwXTq4WbKgjifKQaQdzFDXsjlmkP3EUpCYMjrG5fC7LfB1bXQK8QxmQu6RfD7iEwnpipl_ygSpO3FjkcrtvJ7XVxBqDw3ikF2qMrDDhAXJY22QQJL-XmdroNFk0qCdwzmAZ6RJsdUqrE-45_mtrDr_G7Wmt4RQk9ADNleWCKKaoTIg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhB0zZoa58Lvc2TxwXTq4WbKgjifKQaQdzFDXsjlmkP3EUpCYMjrG5fC7LfB1bXQK8QxmQu6RfD7iEwnpipl_ygSpO3FjkcrtvJ7XVxBqDw3ikF2qMrDDhAXJY22QQJL-XmdroNFk0qCdwzmAZ6RJsdUqrE-45_mtrDr_G7Wmt4RQk9ADNleWCKKaoTIg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidM1t_fw_KGcf0QgF6WiwiYsVHdxMJo2IX-afi3M20tVdiicQ2B9wV6mt8e9GJYyMswfLZypJ1bTlqvQneiGNNuPOPY4m1bD796yu2iSCIcEcqrZm1xdtzUrVohxH1kHnqkVPT66fwqI1xlB6iJQYNPovJPgFZQc9g87bFsXmqqE3bQ5NvL4f7ElMrNg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidM1t_fw_KGcf0QgF6WiwiYsVHdxMJo2IX-afi3M20tVdiicQ2B9wV6mt8e9GJYyMswfLZypJ1bTlqvQneiGNNuPOPY4m1bD796yu2iSCIcEcqrZm1xdtzUrVohxH1kHnqkVPT66fwqI1xlB6iJQYNPovJPgFZQc9g87bFsXmqqE3bQ5NvL4f7ElMrNg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1888 wedding suit tailored in London and 1888 wedding dress. Queen Victoria started the white wedding dress fashion in 1840, but I guess it hadn't caught on yet out here in the wilderness.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcT7nQG0J3po36n9xZbC4lv07kGYmXS1khBgZ5XltuAhCwPmd4FYE9lbAHIw-z-CHZeXlmCoVvfcPXP9k-0ZEOlwfGM6LK2_thCzVgItS4Zj9Vy_YmV5uIMz4uww6Xo4sl1NtNXFC90ABz3s8wW-65eAlpefhyyj7DOQYRc03YyOWfbWks7b1R6MRQ6Q=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcT7nQG0J3po36n9xZbC4lv07kGYmXS1khBgZ5XltuAhCwPmd4FYE9lbAHIw-z-CHZeXlmCoVvfcPXP9k-0ZEOlwfGM6LK2_thCzVgItS4Zj9Vy_YmV5uIMz4uww6Xo4sl1NtNXFC90ABz3s8wW-65eAlpefhyyj7DOQYRc03YyOWfbWks7b1R6MRQ6Q=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hilary has a highchair almost identical to this that belonged to John's mother, born in 1916. I'm not sure if it was new then or not. I remember seeing a similar one in the Eisenhower Presidential Museum in Abilene.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8viHhWY7ekl0DRb9MgN-Up3UPI9cwW_pDARbwqkX35ROg2ywc_FLZdQlG7-0Io7GqnXcTEKGxXqs7A09UtbEcSWKfw-JgHvS8UtsT5-EltPku98cYpcYkl9sAegjpIWxy6HqxVk-M65VSUsFqgzoS9Q7C2ljJ1w5n97nzulBXdA1PQYJGbNE_KTsqPg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8viHhWY7ekl0DRb9MgN-Up3UPI9cwW_pDARbwqkX35ROg2ywc_FLZdQlG7-0Io7GqnXcTEKGxXqs7A09UtbEcSWKfw-JgHvS8UtsT5-EltPku98cYpcYkl9sAegjpIWxy6HqxVk-M65VSUsFqgzoS9Q7C2ljJ1w5n97nzulBXdA1PQYJGbNE_KTsqPg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Buffalo horn chair made by a man in 1868 as he was coming across the plains from Indiana to Idaho.</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/a/AVvXsEgx_WA82t41K3fiIZDH2G3oyOytAWzCbauK5Er-qr_UF1NbxGrZWy8JRF6S1ATON79uM3IFP6l8yGGz8LM7RlDPFvoN0_lCf2U_d_SNrrhr6TA7fw-R4Sc_713HejFQQJ60XA6BN3tm1zFfb7xh29GdNDCjoJ2_fkuNG3mPY2BfjAMCO70Up7ox-LqgRw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgx_WA82t41K3fiIZDH2G3oyOytAWzCbauK5Er-qr_UF1NbxGrZWy8JRF6S1ATON79uM3IFP6l8yGGz8LM7RlDPFvoN0_lCf2U_d_SNrrhr6TA7fw-R4Sc_713HejFQQJ60XA6BN3tm1zFfb7xh29GdNDCjoJ2_fkuNG3mPY2BfjAMCO70Up7ox-LqgRw=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Concertina used in 1837.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEgSs4DEMe_JriJsKOXbFsBYum9WdRrT2FYgNfoRoOtR-fBo6C3DSzYXUOX0rnu9j14IaAe3gfLR0-WhtR8yEgzdbjLRYV5OC2qitpGH_a6xZFRpcFkLgtGZ53cG3McKvaY87Ij2m9_uJ9Mu60UTt4psBReq3vOXeF7mK2UolPkDbLzvI__Pd74Wd0Kg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEgSs4DEMe_JriJsKOXbFsBYum9WdRrT2FYgNfoRoOtR-fBo6C3DSzYXUOX0rnu9j14IaAe3gfLR0-WhtR8yEgzdbjLRYV5OC2qitpGH_a6xZFRpcFkLgtGZ53cG3McKvaY87Ij2m9_uJ9Mu60UTt4psBReq3vOXeF7mK2UolPkDbLzvI__Pd74Wd0Kg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This golden eagle was captured by a man who was moving sheep from a camp to a ranch. While working, he spotted the eagle devouring a dead ewe. Eagles will commonly consume double their body weight, impairing their flight skills. Seizing the opportunity, he threw a blanket over it, and it sat in the local doctor's waiting room for many years.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVB1XbWsc2NpsnpRMfykDTbpSexSCL4MxqLVAgrJ6huuj7mgKACz-fTUi_-7ddoaRDWm5KkjZkxOywz33uSH4CtbGDyQhJyBW9XTkVlkchDEdGmA42yiFpwlOXWD3H0YWxlmUcxvnixqOOCAiY9OQZmhoUVYY43QAXRpmC6-4STLB8CHoLLzzzTKo9ow=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVB1XbWsc2NpsnpRMfykDTbpSexSCL4MxqLVAgrJ6huuj7mgKACz-fTUi_-7ddoaRDWm5KkjZkxOywz33uSH4CtbGDyQhJyBW9XTkVlkchDEdGmA42yiFpwlOXWD3H0YWxlmUcxvnixqOOCAiY9OQZmhoUVYY43QAXRpmC6-4STLB8CHoLLzzzTKo9ow=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This hospital bed was used by the <b>Naval Convalescent Hospital </b>that existed on the third floor of the Sun Valley Lodge from 1942 to 1946. The hospital's primary purpose was for the sailors to come and recuperate after suffering wounds during WWII. Soldiers and sailors suffering from fatigue or in need of psychiatric help were sent from the San Francisco Bay area to Sun Valley to rest. The hospital grew to 900 beds. At the foot of the bed is a baby incubator.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGBD1FHEECuZutxmcu0LcM79I1CgKOp1G5tc9FER7iQbh2NoDUTgLoJNcifuyngZQ-4m-xqIvmMmaEi_wLjqNktY0DNWffKv1b6RYoMfeMLeJY3OKAuKT8-1ZBcYqr3z5KfwXs6X0IIVdUtyjxk3G5EXlnNGA4-Qefqk-srXWRHZ9-uR46NCXEPN3a3Q=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGBD1FHEECuZutxmcu0LcM79I1CgKOp1G5tc9FER7iQbh2NoDUTgLoJNcifuyngZQ-4m-xqIvmMmaEi_wLjqNktY0DNWffKv1b6RYoMfeMLeJY3OKAuKT8-1ZBcYqr3z5KfwXs6X0IIVdUtyjxk3G5EXlnNGA4-Qefqk-srXWRHZ9-uR46NCXEPN3a3Q=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Official women's uniform of the <b>U.S. 1948 Winter Olympics</b> team worn by Jeanette Winn at St. Moritz, Switzerland. At 19 years old she was the youngest member of the team and the only one from Idaho. She was a slalom skier and the Olympic tryouts were held at Sun Valley in March 1947.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyVUBCe27fjtXjcTmuIIHepNWCYfENE8Br-_CX-1kYGRsDsDaRP8X8gHBTUwa0D9n9mPG0XusfKNR6D2yQGqHdPDhIE6eAs6ARMHV_UoDtFWoHz3K0qeZJn0c_wjuetwh2LU0XNapiMDAcDIXUAbUHYQD0lYx1Dwqm3n7SQo0T2NeMWRLZpe7FIQg8aw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyVUBCe27fjtXjcTmuIIHepNWCYfENE8Br-_CX-1kYGRsDsDaRP8X8gHBTUwa0D9n9mPG0XusfKNR6D2yQGqHdPDhIE6eAs6ARMHV_UoDtFWoHz3K0qeZJn0c_wjuetwh2LU0XNapiMDAcDIXUAbUHYQD0lYx1Dwqm3n7SQo0T2NeMWRLZpe7FIQg8aw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1929 Model A Ford Roadster. On the wall on the left side is a bull horn mirror that was used as a hat rack in a local bar.</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/a/AVvXsEg-U_QCZyGueKMX2Cs8vWPUHzwLfA7fq-mDP1zcNMvxEw92tLJx0Gp3SRAtmzC9zM8nkM_q81BaWA_O4kPBSZle8Njb3KcHNVUukRFovHErcvZsu9K3RG_YhJVUWGMP7AfbueF7vX6evtttemhyxBzIyTgsgvoSlFusfNTC0S4Jz7BKHpFqrcyvMS28BQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-U_QCZyGueKMX2Cs8vWPUHzwLfA7fq-mDP1zcNMvxEw92tLJx0Gp3SRAtmzC9zM8nkM_q81BaWA_O4kPBSZle8Njb3KcHNVUukRFovHErcvZsu9K3RG_YhJVUWGMP7AfbueF7vX6evtttemhyxBzIyTgsgvoSlFusfNTC0S4Jz7BKHpFqrcyvMS28BQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1906 bike gear runabout, aka piano box buggy, aka doctor's buggy, $25.00 to $40.00.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmdcSvUZ7A3Wo5RtNPP1pPMfS10LyY9l7yaUaw8yRJlC_-7DCiOsyaKReaQXaNaDbZD61qqfxt0ZHuGlXE2s4Gb0N6stBApyjzEKmhxp3T2veM0RdsVhavPLQqZ905IgXDF5Tmh9-ohtPqx7PrDA0OdNCHRF6Fom46VKxv15G6tzEVTkQQQzfCmdT5PA=s3153" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2433" data-original-width="3153" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmdcSvUZ7A3Wo5RtNPP1pPMfS10LyY9l7yaUaw8yRJlC_-7DCiOsyaKReaQXaNaDbZD61qqfxt0ZHuGlXE2s4Gb0N6stBApyjzEKmhxp3T2veM0RdsVhavPLQqZ905IgXDF5Tmh9-ohtPqx7PrDA0OdNCHRF6Fom46VKxv15G6tzEVTkQQQzfCmdT5PA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sign in the restaurant across the street from our hotel.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5caJ62bUpYrcvFOSuhHgv9bGxfbfg3sEUN1Flc280TFItCvJaSczYyrClb1JU6tPCkt7hm9rpB1HYz_BJBlxSGtMwk61G_H89am8r6e_pQBvZ4n3IJrOIcXapZ-kNBL7pHhFh-3KAJ-2uoSwviRQ_S1NTTgdl-NbXAjJFjz3Fc-pHhk0NfB7YQQNUxw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5caJ62bUpYrcvFOSuhHgv9bGxfbfg3sEUN1Flc280TFItCvJaSczYyrClb1JU6tPCkt7hm9rpB1HYz_BJBlxSGtMwk61G_H89am8r6e_pQBvZ4n3IJrOIcXapZ-kNBL7pHhFh-3KAJ-2uoSwviRQ_S1NTTgdl-NbXAjJFjz3Fc-pHhk0NfB7YQQNUxw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ernest Hemingway's home in Sun Valley in the distance.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtxBsOK6VXpoSKtCo7y_lL8S44cJpOGQmMjYvm_y5M5s_Us1RRfSOTowLzv0XKCbly6rEwq9j4kxNVaXYNsXsoEjcEDPi15aQcpDmoV53NfShru9F5XKiKOqOQWuTp9_fyyJaFzQPAP6tF9Z5sKL7C3szm0diWfM3Lnc05YDa18uJ9rbGG_4NMNWc3-Q=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtxBsOK6VXpoSKtCo7y_lL8S44cJpOGQmMjYvm_y5M5s_Us1RRfSOTowLzv0XKCbly6rEwq9j4kxNVaXYNsXsoEjcEDPi15aQcpDmoV53NfShru9F5XKiKOqOQWuTp9_fyyJaFzQPAP6tF9Z5sKL7C3szm0diWfM3Lnc05YDa18uJ9rbGG_4NMNWc3-Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Memorial to Hemingway overlooking the valley.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQAkU0B6D1dMqN6NjeVKYKQ1qxh-GLbitqrmDINQ9i6Yx7jCgMwWWA0QUdRxHLn6YUE45NEG2hPUNTC0_v4Nw0V340ACcOhoTE7eSLkn9GEhM1itr5VEDd4x3sdjx6J2txh460Dr4o1y0tbxPGbUHxd3nMXesycCO8_D59_fG4eEl9WFN1HNbUElmO7Q=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQAkU0B6D1dMqN6NjeVKYKQ1qxh-GLbitqrmDINQ9i6Yx7jCgMwWWA0QUdRxHLn6YUE45NEG2hPUNTC0_v4Nw0V340ACcOhoTE7eSLkn9GEhM1itr5VEDd4x3sdjx6J2txh460Dr4o1y0tbxPGbUHxd3nMXesycCO8_D59_fG4eEl9WFN1HNbUElmO7Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We hiked down the hill, but you can't get close to his house. It is on the other side of this very pretty golf course.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7ttOnDJ0oIVpz2bBNMNKExlfWZdnihdbCjfJR9VedEbj2XHxGLgfB4zik5iD33D3aPXE8Ik518LpQbn3mMNkLpseLoqbZH9z-UbjEdpGjP9cezQlpzkHWP5hI3Qevj7kHQq_BMLWtFgMdBhCvQ281gqxlZPa9OlqXbvKFZXscuCJd29u8PGHWYyxbXA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7ttOnDJ0oIVpz2bBNMNKExlfWZdnihdbCjfJR9VedEbj2XHxGLgfB4zik5iD33D3aPXE8Ik518LpQbn3mMNkLpseLoqbZH9z-UbjEdpGjP9cezQlpzkHWP5hI3Qevj7kHQq_BMLWtFgMdBhCvQ281gqxlZPa9OlqXbvKFZXscuCJd29u8PGHWYyxbXA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back at the parking area we have a great view of some of the ski runs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQaJxMg7qYn6Cc8xkk4u1nqwBQnD7V1Yx38MVdZzLh_90-KvF26cLFaAJE3K2G4mwfXU0HMwupyWs7Q4eYFANdtuOsbm7WIBP0VJdAIJI-QFd7CNMmT7LqbTFyYKNrbDiI0_JOlQD6sGxCLU1v4hCpF9boSdExwGmnzBIRzbW-uMwAo99XBU8Bp1KOmA=s3851" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2561" data-original-width="3851" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQaJxMg7qYn6Cc8xkk4u1nqwBQnD7V1Yx38MVdZzLh_90-KvF26cLFaAJE3K2G4mwfXU0HMwupyWs7Q4eYFANdtuOsbm7WIBP0VJdAIJI-QFd7CNMmT7LqbTFyYKNrbDiI0_JOlQD6sGxCLU1v4hCpF9boSdExwGmnzBIRzbW-uMwAo99XBU8Bp1KOmA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church</b> with beautiful apple trees blooming all around it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSUf69kL-J1QYntk-9aCRhHZddLMXFlGoSBL86ZCWFcYX272KwxN0C-bPtlLKW6QsZ0Zo-GOLg6EjhGYEaDrzwSW02YiTIawiiiiQbj_plhB6rTW2_Uxv8_9Btv-Qb_4RMBYmF9aJCsRxEVCdQ-fe1XLa7k8t6Z2R3kDdpZu858iPcg4GhhGFFBAwxSQ=s3843" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ernest Hemingway's grave and his wife's and son's.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizUQzfT_x9esTSIYNxV6ELX27bvuffI3UMGTafMAGwweocUOi-pCBN6HQX07kHtlyabvFIPWsz50qdDI3NjPRcjD3isMjwKApV7iuuBLWHbnbapR1H7Jw3MsaoErYmPbQMJT4Uke2TT04Jl4rK1QXsRPd2YFPD-JHfKBhMIoZZHdlXkdid5rrTgiihTA=s3560" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2734" data-original-width="3560" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizUQzfT_x9esTSIYNxV6ELX27bvuffI3UMGTafMAGwweocUOi-pCBN6HQX07kHtlyabvFIPWsz50qdDI3NjPRcjD3isMjwKApV7iuuBLWHbnbapR1H7Jw3MsaoErYmPbQMJT4Uke2TT04Jl4rK1QXsRPd2YFPD-JHfKBhMIoZZHdlXkdid5rrTgiihTA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjV9sBuLI1cyNO02Xgn2O0uHn5v1scGQC50tCMt9b-xv9cwWhervCXiVKU-NAg26saZPEN_ZEPv6g9Rfup7trdPlHewXa5Oov0M07W1qKCXIa9iJeOOjWYtISuyKTSchYi7Di9IHWXOPiX7Mnu83SqQhPdtK3wmfwdMxzi84IMN5Y_OF0Hkmw95RMZ0Aw=s2427" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Special area for some of the locally famous dignitaries.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMwP09Od-DfcDKkFSMqRsvvi_t5fxCyeTLKxFaea9pRp6z4TeI3iJPglzD0wG87xFejXVoZ4pQGdJecE154_519onHsRoatLUzrbmF_qoiwwl2iQNyXEC2rz1m2ZSWvWjdbM8_WzrGS_x7uz6TlQaUQ7Qxw4I68pkwgIvvFOBjVSHY_gOn7Y6zVjwi4Q=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMwP09Od-DfcDKkFSMqRsvvi_t5fxCyeTLKxFaea9pRp6z4TeI3iJPglzD0wG87xFejXVoZ4pQGdJecE154_519onHsRoatLUzrbmF_qoiwwl2iQNyXEC2rz1m2ZSWvWjdbM8_WzrGS_x7uz6TlQaUQ7Qxw4I68pkwgIvvFOBjVSHY_gOn7Y6zVjwi4Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What do you do with an overabundance of old skis?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhac0Dzy7Pt8zuAVZrPcSo1DWnv5Eo94OqEzD-cf94SZ6Fpo7Qvc0E_VEWLEeHUVuQNCEoL_bs-nwl1P-uF7UG7r-hbux8jITphmwMuomrhMA7HXI3QcDJ3yAb-BIxTZRfSYzQHiX1gOJF4ju2GlTsRmsXHM1uWfS-YlSnUJac5_EXDHZ3nIIUui9bObA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhac0Dzy7Pt8zuAVZrPcSo1DWnv5Eo94OqEzD-cf94SZ6Fpo7Qvc0E_VEWLEeHUVuQNCEoL_bs-nwl1P-uF7UG7r-hbux8jITphmwMuomrhMA7HXI3QcDJ3yAb-BIxTZRfSYzQHiX1gOJF4ju2GlTsRmsXHM1uWfS-YlSnUJac5_EXDHZ3nIIUui9bObA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They make great fences.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0nS6t2drHVldiLCvfE5NUITIKGVFowuKg8wous6RYbvcPI9dc5xemP3BrqIAr1HxyOR2PDTxgQz0pkxaVHJuH_Z96RKjqLFdRtH66nXdcl_lO5VGhavyveabDL5o1uhQbdIvIcks5Jv_hygdcyermRKvidaYfSSAU8BgNcT7-IAJ5FtN_0NueCsS_lg=s2199" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2199" data-original-width="1434" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0nS6t2drHVldiLCvfE5NUITIKGVFowuKg8wous6RYbvcPI9dc5xemP3BrqIAr1HxyOR2PDTxgQz0pkxaVHJuH_Z96RKjqLFdRtH66nXdcl_lO5VGhavyveabDL5o1uhQbdIvIcks5Jv_hygdcyermRKvidaYfSSAU8BgNcT7-IAJ5FtN_0NueCsS_lg=s320" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This unusual sculpture was next to a downtown corner lot in Sun Valley that was for sale for $2.5 million. The price has probably only gone up since then. Boise has some of the highest priced real estate in the country.</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/a/AVvXsEhx-_64SXsd3eIC_HKhvz9JNRdEZugkVi22f-fb0Ji8N2UZ8T-RSUGIX5Sh615uW3areKk0p0ZInk1t911na66o6VkhNqSYP3EDav4CfUkU0bBrbcgbJl7BZkCNcAeUqsOp9S5kR8PrxUtSw161j0Fx-FdHkNGE2RLc6Mp_MjQPbgI68ogZ2YqObPUexw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx-_64SXsd3eIC_HKhvz9JNRdEZugkVi22f-fb0Ji8N2UZ8T-RSUGIX5Sh615uW3areKk0p0ZInk1t911na66o6VkhNqSYP3EDav4CfUkU0bBrbcgbJl7BZkCNcAeUqsOp9S5kR8PrxUtSw161j0Fx-FdHkNGE2RLc6Mp_MjQPbgI68ogZ2YqObPUexw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj4A0MaNIqhU9mqCqNo-tapNzz7Jvxi7ECsrwkZjb6yxn9DymxfhLHZjYtIbAcyQGkeikg-tY0rjYutym7XD9pqeEsAwxRGx-SsYeH-zjtuIlgiunqF8IctoUdMqsqtnDzNB4fVrI9-HD6C4t0VqGIgeg4GV_FHUqgCWYSkg15ZbRjt--cljtlZWuovg=s3628" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2690" data-original-width="3628" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj4A0MaNIqhU9mqCqNo-tapNzz7Jvxi7ECsrwkZjb6yxn9DymxfhLHZjYtIbAcyQGkeikg-tY0rjYutym7XD9pqeEsAwxRGx-SsYeH-zjtuIlgiunqF8IctoUdMqsqtnDzNB4fVrI9-HD6C4t0VqGIgeg4GV_FHUqgCWYSkg15ZbRjt--cljtlZWuovg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Despos </b>Mexican is where we had lunch in Sun Valley. It was very good, and the prices were surprisingly reasonable.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2Mo2fYQN9cakpfaexWXdQXNF7DtnRrBk99VpFyVdHIsq0MZ3CE_5Fs-tshakTQ8bGXe4JTLnBsrKi4sznNjn-RV7qeFSQwrTjomDxueG7ZLac2luBG08S6OjJp8zBJWzbnHnNuquBQRY9lpm7mhgipgm-6rbqWdMPp5jyjtNgx5m7Ux14WT0wMIaeuA=s3211" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2738" data-original-width="3211" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2Mo2fYQN9cakpfaexWXdQXNF7DtnRrBk99VpFyVdHIsq0MZ3CE_5Fs-tshakTQ8bGXe4JTLnBsrKi4sznNjn-RV7qeFSQwrTjomDxueG7ZLac2luBG08S6OjJp8zBJWzbnHnNuquBQRY9lpm7mhgipgm-6rbqWdMPp5jyjtNgx5m7Ux14WT0wMIaeuA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sights downtown.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeM1iBG71Zl9D-7-O2BLf9BVeRd97zNYZJqVppbwX3oIka45e32AJuGz8JJq40XuUTUKi-ohoytnBIl0vp3wQ02raxKX2o6PT5sq_aGb04OVu4V6o7g5-3ACVMEQoG8gVgPftjuqjgpDYja_OwMPs4qoF5UP9QsB5ThxQAD2GhBg-gg0o-K08B9-ZMAQ=s3816" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3816" data-original-width="2924" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeM1iBG71Zl9D-7-O2BLf9BVeRd97zNYZJqVppbwX3oIka45e32AJuGz8JJq40XuUTUKi-ohoytnBIl0vp3wQ02raxKX2o6PT5sq_aGb04OVu4V6o7g5-3ACVMEQoG8gVgPftjuqjgpDYja_OwMPs4qoF5UP9QsB5ThxQAD2GhBg-gg0o-K08B9-ZMAQ=s320" width="245" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOJl0zgD6GqoXhHV_S3DT9__QYUmBeDp1jDGUVeyS1zxpzDfnCZNlLUVQDoQPQf2ppD25hh80WrnAr25RHfqyRzgoVdj0uDsnGLPn1Y-7v34JBtDnDnKYb7gOOs7IVtcFUkPvYJtVMnMvuiPTQnnDl2Dq85ubuzu8bABBei1DVlcztlTWLjQKIMPxSBA=s3482" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="3482" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOJl0zgD6GqoXhHV_S3DT9__QYUmBeDp1jDGUVeyS1zxpzDfnCZNlLUVQDoQPQf2ppD25hh80WrnAr25RHfqyRzgoVdj0uDsnGLPn1Y-7v34JBtDnDnKYb7gOOs7IVtcFUkPvYJtVMnMvuiPTQnnDl2Dq85ubuzu8bABBei1DVlcztlTWLjQKIMPxSBA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Sun Valley Visitor Center</b> sided with log ends.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLsum4cr35A38yGnpXPsALwJWsmXQskJkrw9yE0dvhp0ZiW_Qk5cd9sfiwZ_4FlLjcdWDgQJsEoELCpsYXYkJk6m6sLbw5H3JjnZ2M6Rq3ap7Z5QE7kQUpeFPMdOkeFx2lkfKIvQJFontgEXjvr5ydX3WqVikaUDqCQUahjuiJgNAEIihgQvvWpqnr3w=s3675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2551" data-original-width="3675" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLsum4cr35A38yGnpXPsALwJWsmXQskJkrw9yE0dvhp0ZiW_Qk5cd9sfiwZ_4FlLjcdWDgQJsEoELCpsYXYkJk6m6sLbw5H3JjnZ2M6Rq3ap7Z5QE7kQUpeFPMdOkeFx2lkfKIvQJFontgEXjvr5ydX3WqVikaUDqCQUahjuiJgNAEIihgQvvWpqnr3w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our third and fourth days we spent with our friends in Boise. Thank you again Jim and Claudia for your gracious hospitality.</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/a/AVvXsEgr-TJKIIi_Kq0oHa3viCaM9UJSVVFsw4wX3pD_qgXLFliUNy27aMLX5eRG8-LXjO1CTQXQJM1q9Ny0kl2E-GDhNI7npeijTdzzSrD7fAkYl-mRLjkCGTBozdXBtzpNHBG8M_ObcOVCLVPUyEGABQCwIEENdQW7NZHs6vddHOQXWwHtkc7Iiuwdbw3CDQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr-TJKIIi_Kq0oHa3viCaM9UJSVVFsw4wX3pD_qgXLFliUNy27aMLX5eRG8-LXjO1CTQXQJM1q9Ny0kl2E-GDhNI7npeijTdzzSrD7fAkYl-mRLjkCGTBozdXBtzpNHBG8M_ObcOVCLVPUyEGABQCwIEENdQW7NZHs6vddHOQXWwHtkc7Iiuwdbw3CDQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We walked from their home along the <b>Boise River Greenbelt </b>(25-mile park along the river) to the downtown area where we explored this huge <b>Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial</b>. I couldn't begin to get all of it even in three pictures.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtX-r4iq61J-P_3A4FFtxOTnKLZS-69dr2AzY7t91fUg9Q74r_HKhhiyg681eHcqfbpauG7sPLxj2rQkvfvBXB3r5UDj2Py4U1SX_yybAh5dHo7GsQ0nDLFgiq9nKfMlXLlpVAgAM7kfWVvkBTh-JJ6YLz-OMoVFHbJjnBOVZRCLciarVVA5pROWeG7Q=s3284" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="2291" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtX-r4iq61J-P_3A4FFtxOTnKLZS-69dr2AzY7t91fUg9Q74r_HKhhiyg681eHcqfbpauG7sPLxj2rQkvfvBXB3r5UDj2Py4U1SX_yybAh5dHo7GsQ0nDLFgiq9nKfMlXLlpVAgAM7kfWVvkBTh-JJ6YLz-OMoVFHbJjnBOVZRCLciarVVA5pROWeG7Q=w446-h640" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were many, many quotes like this on the walls.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQPUE8up_H7Pc-eB0JgJg-J5GwW496Td8jJI5Vh6wh2aMPCGGdoFUDcaTRpQpaSfEy0Wnu8zZifCpcsFP-Tn2d9mSdAYa3cer7BM0sczDSXDrGSffpW83wypjZSo3D4ec-qHU8_D7yfpB2oqTT-k_K9jHXO98LX4WcD48hiE-hyF92guMd-tnMefew5g=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQPUE8up_H7Pc-eB0JgJg-J5GwW496Td8jJI5Vh6wh2aMPCGGdoFUDcaTRpQpaSfEy0Wnu8zZifCpcsFP-Tn2d9mSdAYa3cer7BM0sczDSXDrGSffpW83wypjZSo3D4ec-qHU8_D7yfpB2oqTT-k_K9jHXO98LX4WcD48hiE-hyF92guMd-tnMefew5g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"We must remind ourselves that the Holocaust was not six million. It was one, plus one, plus one..."</i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by Judith Miller, Journalist</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/a/AVvXsEjGTZyA0VENikKDgSw-IwR9ujQRL0uTF6rH46QnFzeCVMKcxBhPmrL57ojAXG7oiUC3NEyZsVxTac6Xk75SD52NAo6wnk_Qzb_38WzA1yDXOYSYOJgr5-xrMXHvOa92fNkM8RjyKcdaFE-09Is7dFc4L8jfoJ3lGg0GCN3URfvQCsWP3cUx2sH2C4to7w=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGTZyA0VENikKDgSw-IwR9ujQRL0uTF6rH46QnFzeCVMKcxBhPmrL57ojAXG7oiUC3NEyZsVxTac6Xk75SD52NAo6wnk_Qzb_38WzA1yDXOYSYOJgr5-xrMXHvOa92fNkM8RjyKcdaFE-09Is7dFc4L8jfoJ3lGg0GCN3URfvQCsWP3cUx2sH2C4to7w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we walked past the <b>Boise Art Museum</b> and ....</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/a/AVvXsEhkvukFSDrGkhz9NIDbx4B5A5zp70BiK_cn6UKbzECS_mbHQygbGp51_FmR_JnXpCqkYtLtTDommu2rXtowtxcQLUqoGb2IzlATWnQIDfNLAzVTOR0b5XNDxHqnd0Ry-swmT-zDI1L5UveurMJKiplIKowEw8UU_OTUbDnfRKN6Jkpx3HePiR8fKT1ujw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkvukFSDrGkhz9NIDbx4B5A5zp70BiK_cn6UKbzECS_mbHQygbGp51_FmR_JnXpCqkYtLtTDommu2rXtowtxcQLUqoGb2IzlATWnQIDfNLAzVTOR0b5XNDxHqnd0Ry-swmT-zDI1L5UveurMJKiplIKowEw8UU_OTUbDnfRKN6Jkpx3HePiR8fKT1ujw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the rose gardens to the ....</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/a/AVvXsEhtecifQcIlcpbilIp20yP9IQYwkSUaUOM895__5uq01oJRvzDv_Ex5I87pxKiREeLy7HVzh_LOR_o85AX1K_NaRmyRoQoke4dU3_1ulIwd9M-EREnEIWxsywaiiQbwslB9lqTSXLSPGFJU_9XywJrtpFvxqiUTboud6fX5D-lzKpHKDF_ssKqyqk0H2A=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtecifQcIlcpbilIp20yP9IQYwkSUaUOM895__5uq01oJRvzDv_Ex5I87pxKiREeLy7HVzh_LOR_o85AX1K_NaRmyRoQoke4dU3_1ulIwd9M-EREnEIWxsywaiiQbwslB9lqTSXLSPGFJU_9XywJrtpFvxqiUTboud6fX5D-lzKpHKDF_ssKqyqk0H2A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Idaho Historical Museum</b> (all in the 90-acre Julia Davis Park) where we spent the afternoon. Prospector Noah Kellogg discovered a rich lead outcrop in 1885. He named his claim <b>Bunker Hill</b> and it became one of the world's largest mining operations. By 1980, it produced 15% of America's silver and zinc and 17% of its lead. The world's largest lead smelter operated here. For almost 100 years Bunker Hill and Kellogg were at the center of the Idaho economy. The <b>Silver Valley</b> is mining on a grand scale. Prospectors did discover gold here in the 1880s, but silver transformed this region of self-employed miners into one of workers hired by huge corporations. The area continues to yield minerals of great value. The <b>Silver Valley</b> claims the <b>Sunshine Mine</b>, the nation's richest silver mine, the <b>Lucky Friday</b>, the deepest lead/zinc mine in the country, and <b>Bunker Hill</b>, the biggest lead/zinc mine in the United States, with more than 150 miles of underground workings. <b>Hecla Mining Company</b>, one of North America's oldest precious metal firms, was founded here in 1891.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ-5U_t-OEeVFTZD4m_SxVJmKvIzb9bBnjFNX6KkP9v-mFE2KxAnJRxil9wNfUyXpCkAIo5UEWxoieWwtPCN3DpeXkZKJHVxwG8aVmJjufR_rRPyMWwO4JYVsD3yRYuDPacXR2Svf4Ib0caFdingExn-BCkVCnHmsYrsPYsWew3attwo9Crlro6jd_9g=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ-5U_t-OEeVFTZD4m_SxVJmKvIzb9bBnjFNX6KkP9v-mFE2KxAnJRxil9wNfUyXpCkAIo5UEWxoieWwtPCN3DpeXkZKJHVxwG8aVmJjufR_rRPyMWwO4JYVsD3yRYuDPacXR2Svf4Ib0caFdingExn-BCkVCnHmsYrsPYsWew3attwo9Crlro6jd_9g=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sacajawea, a Lemhi Shoshone woman, was born near modern-day Salmon, Idaho. As a child, Hidatsa warriors captured her and took her east to South Dakota. After fur trapper Toussaint Charbonneau won her in a game, they were married. Her knowledge of the land and language would prove beneficial to Lewis and Clark. When Charbonneau was hired as interpreter, they advised him to bring Sacajawea along and their two-month-old son, Jean Baptiste (Pomp).</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/a/AVvXsEjJeD5XyF4ZrPjEcAZC9_VQHDDXprlGOayZxYF3KYrTk8bk6dqD9S9hUA65wyUgGiz5RNHEmpW_-yvHxQyY3_8XlyonqmES5lqyDbXV9xgRHFvAPyA6mTqk03kw5ChEW_ZzuX_x_pdds7v6NlCSk_HqDMGsW_pvsU8nkd3JsulikgW-DvGHIvktubEm3A=s3125" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3125" data-original-width="2362" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJeD5XyF4ZrPjEcAZC9_VQHDDXprlGOayZxYF3KYrTk8bk6dqD9S9hUA65wyUgGiz5RNHEmpW_-yvHxQyY3_8XlyonqmES5lqyDbXV9xgRHFvAPyA6mTqk03kw5ChEW_ZzuX_x_pdds7v6NlCSk_HqDMGsW_pvsU8nkd3JsulikgW-DvGHIvktubEm3A=s320" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Intricately beaded medallion with glass and pure gold beads on smoked deer hide.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwljgrZyaqmmRFI2guDAAR5y539y4i3jOlyfRwYANrxqXa3VBobuDHojXSFkyQm1ur6JGB4WZxBwAeM7A_3k-Zf42ezOLINu-i_26UryhNwkjr8_t2z_yvQ35SF_NxyIKgJK--eVG90hpCL0jdM0b4Pym4EAGAXjfZmWWxk0HNHZTGgDJyMUkBuCUwUA=s3527" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2459" data-original-width="3527" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwljgrZyaqmmRFI2guDAAR5y539y4i3jOlyfRwYANrxqXa3VBobuDHojXSFkyQm1ur6JGB4WZxBwAeM7A_3k-Zf42ezOLINu-i_26UryhNwkjr8_t2z_yvQ35SF_NxyIKgJK--eVG90hpCL0jdM0b4Pym4EAGAXjfZmWWxk0HNHZTGgDJyMUkBuCUwUA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This 1857 desk and chair sat in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 3, 1863 during the vote to make Idaho a territory. President Lincoln signed the bill the next day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE4sheLPWavA4LeYdvZmXH0wF_IeDDYllYaS3CASEAP235XMKDrgyU5Ixo7xFCYUquz5D8tsK2IekkwJzA6jHg5J5CrGHK9WccQ6HFOy3KpGEUqSwmGcjsb2rSMlFNrwg87H1zWsxMaoY6ynL9jm7K3pMLmZbnfuIvKK7FWDkWDwwgeaOqnvHbQzC1-w=s3404" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3404" data-original-width="1671" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE4sheLPWavA4LeYdvZmXH0wF_IeDDYllYaS3CASEAP235XMKDrgyU5Ixo7xFCYUquz5D8tsK2IekkwJzA6jHg5J5CrGHK9WccQ6HFOy3KpGEUqSwmGcjsb2rSMlFNrwg87H1zWsxMaoY6ynL9jm7K3pMLmZbnfuIvKK7FWDkWDwwgeaOqnvHbQzC1-w=w314-h640" width="314" /></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/a/AVvXsEhcdX-DPqZgPreOIQMB_anG9sL8EMAEzMFF-IE22oIvDY4a3_7i6XuM8BaBZzo3OM_s8CCJkwVb0IZVtkuEOjCaJeZrPNlRIvkPf7sSZEmdqVrQNb5LhkCvW3Q6wdCemmJxVSXWsfw54Tj90mZiWpgPOjZihEZ3UXmatDn9--5PfEXNU1bPw5bzLNyLKA=s3428" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3428" data-original-width="2120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcdX-DPqZgPreOIQMB_anG9sL8EMAEzMFF-IE22oIvDY4a3_7i6XuM8BaBZzo3OM_s8CCJkwVb0IZVtkuEOjCaJeZrPNlRIvkPf7sSZEmdqVrQNb5LhkCvW3Q6wdCemmJxVSXWsfw54Tj90mZiWpgPOjZihEZ3UXmatDn9--5PfEXNU1bPw5bzLNyLKA=s320" width="198" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Twin Falls farmer used this hand cornhusker from 1904 to 1950.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPUPpbfkPdAJISHMrXrIH8C56hE2jHwDEMKxLYIVNPseP3XuL2mjkphxR-24vZvZ5y-jLy1O65vTJ7P8WQjqtbNo1n3tLWPAtoaP06neO6C-l441s0n6ROBXyUkmXhXsqDC0BxBh5aw72n6lqUXp17PtgmrvB-8a_OtUOs8uSN-7I1n3WLGyMXmsskiQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPUPpbfkPdAJISHMrXrIH8C56hE2jHwDEMKxLYIVNPseP3XuL2mjkphxR-24vZvZ5y-jLy1O65vTJ7P8WQjqtbNo1n3tLWPAtoaP06neO6C-l441s0n6ROBXyUkmXhXsqDC0BxBh5aw72n6lqUXp17PtgmrvB-8a_OtUOs8uSN-7I1n3WLGyMXmsskiQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>E-Z Way</b> potato picking belt. It may not be perfect, but I sure am glad I live in this time period rather than any of the past times.</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/a/AVvXsEh5Q5vN5xYDp3h0LhsLbVMrSnVMjCAChQNNCTj-nTFwVdgNcurcmQ6WV9Mi30Vcuq9SfiS8r6-XG-yfRa3NSk5PJOHROORYzJOvg1g_OLr9JjqTrxjhVhZtSR6hzdO5gZubXFptLWUAQYWGRpIqUwynJEFzZC-P3xMQ59JbzUtEOSQztb1R6q8sHU-M6g=s3214" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3214" data-original-width="2848" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5Q5vN5xYDp3h0LhsLbVMrSnVMjCAChQNNCTj-nTFwVdgNcurcmQ6WV9Mi30Vcuq9SfiS8r6-XG-yfRa3NSk5PJOHROORYzJOvg1g_OLr9JjqTrxjhVhZtSR6hzdO5gZubXFptLWUAQYWGRpIqUwynJEFzZC-P3xMQ59JbzUtEOSQztb1R6q8sHU-M6g=s320" width="284" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKPBsFTxlhyGxfKYWyCNXG8n_45WyT2UE1Cr-cqOsE2V5J2tRcaJycKnflW1ESQlc_dXwdUSq4aAQbKxsbEnYQcZWlTfhOxmWrP79BYceziyXA-S6yADVFxGy-PgRJERd7XQhhxk_eYJ6FAg-1MQx3YW5uuoodluATBhCuYhhGR0DQHj8ahSonKwyUNA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another day we took the <b>Last Chance Tour Train</b> around Helena. It is a narrated tour and they have two small trains like this. They leave from the <b>Montana History Museum</b> near the Capitol.</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/a/AVvXsEhswG2dTHGWE-wP_71OkluJ47w7SGqMvKiHBcnE33YcjcduciRo1aDlv5ip-knw11lzyojO_ffpRrNoAZ6RaXHxmTRAOg_CCEN37hhkdjj1WzvJ6MPCv-kkfw4HkkfkI3JD1QsgoJNknHRX0VWu9nuHPVAeNV_3SdFPtIwoQ3djW-gMi-3cp6VUQN_xGQ=s1688" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="1468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhswG2dTHGWE-wP_71OkluJ47w7SGqMvKiHBcnE33YcjcduciRo1aDlv5ip-knw11lzyojO_ffpRrNoAZ6RaXHxmTRAOg_CCEN37hhkdjj1WzvJ6MPCv-kkfw4HkkfkI3JD1QsgoJNknHRX0VWu9nuHPVAeNV_3SdFPtIwoQ3djW-gMi-3cp6VUQN_xGQ=s320" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Benny and Great Grandma Clem enjoying the train ride.</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/a/AVvXsEggfnEr8SRJJ6ecBpSdfNFx7SLupyF0gUQqkV4khR_BuK5nTOnlW4iyBGjdOHX7do0Bln-_R3phYWR0gM4am4aGnIDFoLdk__esIMRkupi5z3IfD1ylK85k4z3V_flIk9DWB25kLZh823rZqmLL3ApO8JfT5Q_UdJH5Tp_2CzImFkbVuztLJXI8fDr65A=s3640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="3640" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggfnEr8SRJJ6ecBpSdfNFx7SLupyF0gUQqkV4khR_BuK5nTOnlW4iyBGjdOHX7do0Bln-_R3phYWR0gM4am4aGnIDFoLdk__esIMRkupi5z3IfD1ylK85k4z3V_flIk9DWB25kLZh823rZqmLL3ApO8JfT5Q_UdJH5Tp_2CzImFkbVuztLJXI8fDr65A=s320" 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/a/AVvXsEirur5uAlfcK2F295UBK6Xfu1toisiIlwtR3UGKR8Z3l_6ltl6U5v9BiXOypJqNYnXZ2aBFZLxfK5LqqQZu2cFdWB6mAdLp8oOi_kQOInqm-qQSEkEUaEtbElAWKwuHZq0BSbkt5bBLgGWd1GJWDc_3vMTaMA8GsaBsOHCM7Blx95ar8WN6Z1Y81FFabw=s1855" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1768" data-original-width="1855" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirur5uAlfcK2F295UBK6Xfu1toisiIlwtR3UGKR8Z3l_6ltl6U5v9BiXOypJqNYnXZ2aBFZLxfK5LqqQZu2cFdWB6mAdLp8oOi_kQOInqm-qQSEkEUaEtbElAWKwuHZq0BSbkt5bBLgGWd1GJWDc_3vMTaMA8GsaBsOHCM7Blx95ar8WN6Z1Y81FFabw=w640-h610" width="640" /></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/a/AVvXsEhX1mRGNqxY9_pyfQMnBWf8ihN7_bZtznvj_j6XrXbca_iTADLFHSZrnZ6iH00YMcdqEgqYDfJQs9BMMZqdtYuG_4TaJhDo5RccrRdlpQL3VRCKsvHdx9WwtyDOS_jbmtoMNX4gITcaBZmjVOO5Hwu6nyBS5dQd_D1smVqjemz-ekNWly_YAezJgg7eGA=s3167" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2412" data-original-width="3167" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhX1mRGNqxY9_pyfQMnBWf8ihN7_bZtznvj_j6XrXbca_iTADLFHSZrnZ6iH00YMcdqEgqYDfJQs9BMMZqdtYuG_4TaJhDo5RccrRdlpQL3VRCKsvHdx9WwtyDOS_jbmtoMNX4gITcaBZmjVOO5Hwu6nyBS5dQd_D1smVqjemz-ekNWly_YAezJgg7eGA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This sculpture is in front of the <b>Montana History Museum</b> which has been undergoing a huge expansion the last few years. I can't wait to tour it again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv6lzEXDAgPvgYSsEPFqDrXHAFoKM1QNk8-Rl3eRW91q3RSg5xqRawWW6C_x6TGYGpxpXbu06JUia504bb4o-wZTV4Nvc9Vfd5umixOOzXPdP9gu-d53PEabp85HU9e6Sfuvf8Z8I8HLIWxemMCAtilMmyQZyvZ2edL-tx0MAOaa5lotMTGfOZGbwp9w=s921" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="867" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv6lzEXDAgPvgYSsEPFqDrXHAFoKM1QNk8-Rl3eRW91q3RSg5xqRawWW6C_x6TGYGpxpXbu06JUia504bb4o-wZTV4Nvc9Vfd5umixOOzXPdP9gu-d53PEabp85HU9e6Sfuvf8Z8I8HLIWxemMCAtilMmyQZyvZ2edL-tx0MAOaa5lotMTGfOZGbwp9w=s320" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were three of these huge wasps on a tree in the yard one day. They appeared to be laying eggs through their four-inch-long tails and were completely unconcerned that we were all there within a foot of them taking pictures. They were there for a long time. We got tired of watching and came back later and they were still there.</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/a/AVvXsEiPYnCyFfDfnnMZ435GePMhHeW60-VUTJ1lI2A9-f_Nsb_N84AAJq8CNOZDjcFmWG-601D1wJ3P1eO6o7jYCelogqDglP4Ft6xZDYyCijdoeqqq-XZe4VZmrgidUdJ2tSHHmFHEfp8F71aSyWjwAAiqv7fwVtQ3c5XShQRnY72vJeUJWqmtuW4mUmxbwA=s2787" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="2787" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPYnCyFfDfnnMZ435GePMhHeW60-VUTJ1lI2A9-f_Nsb_N84AAJq8CNOZDjcFmWG-601D1wJ3P1eO6o7jYCelogqDglP4Ft6xZDYyCijdoeqqq-XZe4VZmrgidUdJ2tSHHmFHEfp8F71aSyWjwAAiqv7fwVtQ3c5XShQRnY72vJeUJWqmtuW4mUmxbwA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The parade at my all-school reunion July 16th.</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/a/AVvXsEiVVrqwWmJ7b4rQau2AaJ7sSjSLMOAhJxXVonYvYVIFcl5lN0PA8ihSHUtky-XRwdw9waTcuYCvcFA45pzz9CPUCmco-2Vptf2OK3vnBHkEa5nOYT7b5Z_kqGlXUia9y4WSNs8mOK5E4yRhc5rBwHVoaHj_ltI8m8-jDhNxLRn1m2veAuap3Hj151odYw=s617" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="617" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVVrqwWmJ7b4rQau2AaJ7sSjSLMOAhJxXVonYvYVIFcl5lN0PA8ihSHUtky-XRwdw9waTcuYCvcFA45pzz9CPUCmco-2Vptf2OK3vnBHkEa5nOYT7b5Z_kqGlXUia9y4WSNs8mOK5E4yRhc5rBwHVoaHj_ltI8m8-jDhNxLRn1m2veAuap3Hj151odYw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year was my 50th High School Reunion and the first one I ever attended.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC1lBhVlfyyW0PIDRkn5cqL-se8D1GrtIRMV3qexRGLbvbRpnrJgnJuKJUKLh_OkHRTjJ6j1-EoBsJuX7MZ5kpKU9WIfydGsRnWl17maKPM6pjS9fbAynECw2isDcBdLRN1P3UKAWogtfviEUKd0X6pjEg9VBUxWj6whZojmBUdtn9Xx7mMmKXkW0gCA=s3188" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2029" data-original-width="3188" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC1lBhVlfyyW0PIDRkn5cqL-se8D1GrtIRMV3qexRGLbvbRpnrJgnJuKJUKLh_OkHRTjJ6j1-EoBsJuX7MZ5kpKU9WIfydGsRnWl17maKPM6pjS9fbAynECw2isDcBdLRN1P3UKAWogtfviEUKd0X6pjEg9VBUxWj6whZojmBUdtn9Xx7mMmKXkW0gCA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just over half of my class was there. As far as I know, we have only lost one and that was shortly after graduation in a scuba diving accident.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFp5d9FVJlsBPPD-xrO-BfrX25O3BnIl1OviJ7ScL0x-MWOZCqyB3KmkWsckhHOvHVw25Jn_o8RInpk27ufn1sDroS6tbrci4BF3CaRgf1F-8CGIwgcuwuihDRPtCCCL1GnBWbaNmQavW1_C9kGbJkFznVLGEqKFwcLEWiBeceu31G3CsLUfL-p5Z2Rg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFp5d9FVJlsBPPD-xrO-BfrX25O3BnIl1OviJ7ScL0x-MWOZCqyB3KmkWsckhHOvHVw25Jn_o8RInpk27ufn1sDroS6tbrci4BF3CaRgf1F-8CGIwgcuwuihDRPtCCCL1GnBWbaNmQavW1_C9kGbJkFznVLGEqKFwcLEWiBeceu31G3CsLUfL-p5Z2Rg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you to Curt for hosting our class party and to Mark for providing this nifty trailer for us to ride in the parade. It was really great to see you all after so many years.</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/a/AVvXsEjZTs3DGN_cH0HGYy2vLq11AtpWa6QE8C5yZFncIkosCOtvZpKgJaEsiYa0nUhsqhrFuPlL8V5E4oP_6GmGac-W-GiyJ9epcg7PRzPKMt468vkP1Pdb57O05PFVWkd4-bhiZcvVP1p045911ZYywyzCYoaYkb2vDOMvNFGdEhe-OeI_9HHC4HsYuzLiMQ=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZTs3DGN_cH0HGYy2vLq11AtpWa6QE8C5yZFncIkosCOtvZpKgJaEsiYa0nUhsqhrFuPlL8V5E4oP_6GmGac-W-GiyJ9epcg7PRzPKMt468vkP1Pdb57O05PFVWkd4-bhiZcvVP1p045911ZYywyzCYoaYkb2vDOMvNFGdEhe-OeI_9HHC4HsYuzLiMQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is John's <i>"boy is this a fun banquet"</i> expression. Thank you, Harlan, for catching this great shot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjrGOxBgUKoREGW8ZaJJ4xwa15nOZeFIRAZeJtP92G3EzF0yBrkSVHw1nIlYd-qky_-aqdtFahrR_3ywnw3tLjUIOkorZx1i66ge2s69Zi2PcZ9IfldoDsVUwmxj7AQyboh-D8eJERQAH0YAqLsyqoHOnyQUuRf5RX5Z_OuHwfseV7vXmov-1TwRvKQQ=s2719" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="2719" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjrGOxBgUKoREGW8ZaJJ4xwa15nOZeFIRAZeJtP92G3EzF0yBrkSVHw1nIlYd-qky_-aqdtFahrR_3ywnw3tLjUIOkorZx1i66ge2s69Zi2PcZ9IfldoDsVUwmxj7AQyboh-D8eJERQAH0YAqLsyqoHOnyQUuRf5RX5Z_OuHwfseV7vXmov-1TwRvKQQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, thank you to my old friend and neighbor, Mary Jane, for bringing this picture of us. I guess this was about 1960.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIgwGUC90p-RsYHFWCbvW8ubdnn6SGacB5qUaXa_DNXBNbXNzpp4o9YCbsB0rmNEIxaYbSWUouUpswmIL_bC35-XeGEf3hRBfiv3Q9SfjfpZqfBuIIJK9nJGUqdPXZQBlgno92JTw87_6TRq1gGrLd2bsdOO1pLruUxPGOXCjBYWt-SJpjw9fPMrD-9Q=s3827" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2490" data-original-width="3827" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIgwGUC90p-RsYHFWCbvW8ubdnn6SGacB5qUaXa_DNXBNbXNzpp4o9YCbsB0rmNEIxaYbSWUouUpswmIL_bC35-XeGEf3hRBfiv3Q9SfjfpZqfBuIIJK9nJGUqdPXZQBlgno92JTw87_6TRq1gGrLd2bsdOO1pLruUxPGOXCjBYWt-SJpjw9fPMrD-9Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And for this picture of the main street of our hometown around 1950s, I'm guessing. DeLamere had a high population of 220 in 1930, about 85 when I grew up there and currently has about 30 residents. But it was recently voted <b>North Dakota Town of the Year</b>, due mostly to a cute little schoolhouse they moved into town and made into a bar that has become very popular in the area.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSv_EJTulf8WT0oTw-kJdji_Cr1Ysbg5pWQQfVXmp9dvFp6BlieTq8f-kidZmXS-EKbBy__aKZvSqbLDF9j5R7IUOTqpq1zOoZvpIWaAqj84sbcyRTlJVzQgzMjyDzpx4TFaQ-H8OMwyX9znY0cYEyUuocUv4pNIKzVBptYRRI_vsKeC02k_-wcRbKFA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSv_EJTulf8WT0oTw-kJdji_Cr1Ysbg5pWQQfVXmp9dvFp6BlieTq8f-kidZmXS-EKbBy__aKZvSqbLDF9j5R7IUOTqpq1zOoZvpIWaAqj84sbcyRTlJVzQgzMjyDzpx4TFaQ-H8OMwyX9znY0cYEyUuocUv4pNIKzVBptYRRI_vsKeC02k_-wcRbKFA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From my reunion, we scooted on down to Iowa to catch up with friends and relatives.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSRZCPDyUwDwVKzgJZULclnnBXbLxq6ZCpNjwZnZxXtCmEryIbGD1OcWANkKwf8eH5dhsuFnYfXwvBDruV_hStGSFm6jcVDVqaU5t3G3kmtrvYR0fYj2r2a39tQautFVGNEeQFf-4BuMXgD9WVnhj_kN6eXLZWLxTu_xs33jPtnnioDaJCUACkL3ELWA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSRZCPDyUwDwVKzgJZULclnnBXbLxq6ZCpNjwZnZxXtCmEryIbGD1OcWANkKwf8eH5dhsuFnYfXwvBDruV_hStGSFm6jcVDVqaU5t3G3kmtrvYR0fYj2r2a39tQautFVGNEeQFf-4BuMXgD9WVnhj_kN6eXLZWLxTu_xs33jPtnnioDaJCUACkL3ELWA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We set up camp at a good friend's cabin near John's hometown of Greenfield.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFQ0EBfH7omUwAT0-3QIQKAAKWhpZv99FsU8WcnNKLZbrPO0d5GmnHscYhUM6nSRdfeeE0fdhbRQiy37kEqnEzY19_VU_tceS9cdRQ9-lunepaMqbvKvtKB2l0u5fQIe9R3fPt_7koW5of4wFn0Cj4RF3aOrBis9fxeS5zll-Oy4NiBoUaIERHKeeBgA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFQ0EBfH7omUwAT0-3QIQKAAKWhpZv99FsU8WcnNKLZbrPO0d5GmnHscYhUM6nSRdfeeE0fdhbRQiy37kEqnEzY19_VU_tceS9cdRQ9-lunepaMqbvKvtKB2l0u5fQIe9R3fPt_7koW5of4wFn0Cj4RF3aOrBis9fxeS5zll-Oy4NiBoUaIERHKeeBgA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Very scenic with the rolling hills, moon over the pond and all the wind turbines lit up at night.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPOT8GyStFSTRKaLXttyIEbd7ueTcAOjx4g1yP1RrSnYdmnEimkPo8LPuLTrXcSgSkFrbYQJsu3YJqXvlqXxf1wwo0ARDWDWwXRWRy3SW41toM7_qzN_q4qO8NSYPo3WbrVUsKSWdHXTDSa2uJ3Phlpyvl0HIafaTeELrLIDrksYIjODUV3ivqtk8TNQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPOT8GyStFSTRKaLXttyIEbd7ueTcAOjx4g1yP1RrSnYdmnEimkPo8LPuLTrXcSgSkFrbYQJsu3YJqXvlqXxf1wwo0ARDWDWwXRWRy3SW41toM7_qzN_q4qO8NSYPo3WbrVUsKSWdHXTDSa2uJ3Phlpyvl0HIafaTeELrLIDrksYIjODUV3ivqtk8TNQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you, Bruce and Gerry, for letting us stay and thank you also to Craig and Terri for hosting a get together with John's classmates again. We hope to see you in Yuma this winter.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9ccaBRJx42Avu7CDEBROA7PLxD5ic2X1zswLYEfCa-pHzLXHn5T1XzSTOtZv-UbA7Ug5qay3-LWg10CjiIswJiuzWz_kKsykkqEhKqg91vbzvB7-T1R7swdcF1roVIMK3_Z4W-CdNK4bk5oiHpR8oguodT2EZC3WIT-tMCtNiwOJOBoEQT0aTulU6-g=s3070" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2086" data-original-width="3070" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9ccaBRJx42Avu7CDEBROA7PLxD5ic2X1zswLYEfCa-pHzLXHn5T1XzSTOtZv-UbA7Ug5qay3-LWg10CjiIswJiuzWz_kKsykkqEhKqg91vbzvB7-T1R7swdcF1roVIMK3_Z4W-CdNK4bk5oiHpR8oguodT2EZC3WIT-tMCtNiwOJOBoEQT0aTulU6-g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We spent the weekend at Sexauer Park in Brookings camping with old friends. So much fun. Just like old times. Great to see you all. We look forward to doing this again sometime.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ7FQY8bu1NFdLp7JoyYkqNiplWqJuuohZGX6yjJdTTs7-rxV7jvoL1skJSb0tFMkHwHPyPQGgS-KSavXWM4mAPYlAo-sy8RiubFx8P_RmnV_HtxMwEOAwq9QeXmyBo8Os1kjQ7xAMg8BNMGLJE4-FIeQWEp0bDpE9D3dL3yUHymBR9TnfVNjGr3A2Qw=s3163" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2230" data-original-width="3163" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ7FQY8bu1NFdLp7JoyYkqNiplWqJuuohZGX6yjJdTTs7-rxV7jvoL1skJSb0tFMkHwHPyPQGgS-KSavXWM4mAPYlAo-sy8RiubFx8P_RmnV_HtxMwEOAwq9QeXmyBo8Os1kjQ7xAMg8BNMGLJE4-FIeQWEp0bDpE9D3dL3yUHymBR9TnfVNjGr3A2Qw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we went back to Sioux Falls to spend a few days with Dawn and back to Helena.</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/a/AVvXsEhoX1z7Zd0Y1_K8OPe0M9xWR0cQyZZ4D0VbXxuZ-85R95Ju0OHnPstjTEaVebTKkK2nAx8gXNE9MuXQ1pyxs1vsT80Imuj8fBDZlqiBJ7diOIa2omq23PkgGwUrgo5ZkpVmp0Mwji1VopwuuDS9z1SrsXgp-s-cKy-wwnwbP4_spVbPVy3-aydGNk-zPA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoX1z7Zd0Y1_K8OPe0M9xWR0cQyZZ4D0VbXxuZ-85R95Ju0OHnPstjTEaVebTKkK2nAx8gXNE9MuXQ1pyxs1vsT80Imuj8fBDZlqiBJ7diOIa2omq23PkgGwUrgo5ZkpVmp0Mwji1VopwuuDS9z1SrsXgp-s-cKy-wwnwbP4_spVbPVy3-aydGNk-zPA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Hilary and Jeff's house with the new two-story addition between the house and garage. It is mostly done now except for finishing trim work, extending the new flooring into the original part of the house, and the master bathroom. They will keep working at that in their spare time, but with five little ones, spare time is scarce.</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/a/AVvXsEjVCINtOE5VH-WUYyVlxr3CBpqMUqUbJ08aLg5HpFJaEYTx-ZrTsn-v1iUkjRl9U9bR9EtdZKMId6h95ZZdjJ6BgkS8zn0epYPXv_Wmlzs0uYUHCdaGsNj_nXJXhkO2Fm2SDgcNDNye9hD6wBwgUtPsX41tKP_3BPFJ31WZwNf1ZYCt_8q6PZZbpTe27Q=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVCINtOE5VH-WUYyVlxr3CBpqMUqUbJ08aLg5HpFJaEYTx-ZrTsn-v1iUkjRl9U9bR9EtdZKMId6h95ZZdjJ6BgkS8zn0epYPXv_Wmlzs0uYUHCdaGsNj_nXJXhkO2Fm2SDgcNDNye9hD6wBwgUtPsX41tKP_3BPFJ31WZwNf1ZYCt_8q6PZZbpTe27Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside the addition which also includes a mudroom, bathroom, storage room, front hall closet and another bathroom and bedroom/playroom upstairs.</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/a/AVvXsEgfCIbQKk2Ehbnf_POPe6OdiOT6MePYHBqOG8eUcBMrL4Lq3-uGnCBDccQPtJQT3HmizAhZJU8nYVtljHqGvyKpQlHfK7TJifVUkS6VvOxaZGMpAXYiylhTnoG9E8-qX9dv_bYAnTao_y-E3COZKqNsSlvv_aWOHEW8Bl8C0jq1RiFLMp-kyygGjsedfA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfCIbQKk2Ehbnf_POPe6OdiOT6MePYHBqOG8eUcBMrL4Lq3-uGnCBDccQPtJQT3HmizAhZJU8nYVtljHqGvyKpQlHfK7TJifVUkS6VvOxaZGMpAXYiylhTnoG9E8-qX9dv_bYAnTao_y-E3COZKqNsSlvv_aWOHEW8Bl8C0jq1RiFLMp-kyygGjsedfA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the stairway to the upstairs, they put this fish net thing instead of a railing which the kids hang clothes on. At the top there is a hole in the wall that is blocked right now. They are in the process of building a slide that will go down into the storage room. The kids are really excited for that to get finished!</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/a/AVvXsEgnXfH3z0jSI5jtM8djagqoZDaYJAMyKci-LTK1gvq-pdGjMUE_DOXWSfYabVn9O9dqPjO9lhxOpiU0vyqneZI3NANUty7y6HWCN6bR3ld02MC9ncJERjtnvMCveCw0Dypg0gXEetmPSfVTY-DAPJ0XjkXLz04-_C59RHLWtnY5rsWvQYyjYo4xmX1rFA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnXfH3z0jSI5jtM8djagqoZDaYJAMyKci-LTK1gvq-pdGjMUE_DOXWSfYabVn9O9dqPjO9lhxOpiU0vyqneZI3NANUty7y6HWCN6bR3ld02MC9ncJERjtnvMCveCw0Dypg0gXEetmPSfVTY-DAPJ0XjkXLz04-_C59RHLWtnY5rsWvQYyjYo4xmX1rFA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On October 2nd, a little old lady coming the wrong way down a one-way street hit my back panel in the intersection and spun me around in a circle and continued on through the red light to hit ...</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/a/AVvXsEihM3hgTs5PSyYV7TrsZvPCcjyPNpW2sJ9CMcsfdxc71AZRnIXHDACRlLNkGCEvCzY5bxAGRr4yPzIGbNGpKFkjzJfZCOfI0HGGqfBqyT7s5tWnQdq4e2AoEZnUpwZGoiSttTKPorqPJk8T8wHkFfUeTy8tvSDDlt-tmmzq4b8s57Hu8TSTXFigDluEMQ=s3369" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2436" data-original-width="3369" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihM3hgTs5PSyYV7TrsZvPCcjyPNpW2sJ9CMcsfdxc71AZRnIXHDACRlLNkGCEvCzY5bxAGRr4yPzIGbNGpKFkjzJfZCOfI0HGGqfBqyT7s5tWnQdq4e2AoEZnUpwZGoiSttTKPorqPJk8T8wHkFfUeTy8tvSDDlt-tmmzq4b8s57Hu8TSTXFigDluEMQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this lady head-on as she sat waiting at the red light.</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/a/AVvXsEikPbAmdMLnBZ6IN9BtTBYW8oKY8LEIHMsL2s_JfceJVjfyKW2vfNn-jYH0558VUZbSy1O8rxnYZfeCpd4hKbhZp0RKEpPzuoNv53VoWUcOTYPnnyN-_lu7qRU3BTWX62ThCmNGUq7sAU_rD4Ks89Y9I1tKBRrxIjarerFpxA_bbeWny_y8Cp9EGjtl9A=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikPbAmdMLnBZ6IN9BtTBYW8oKY8LEIHMsL2s_JfceJVjfyKW2vfNn-jYH0558VUZbSy1O8rxnYZfeCpd4hKbhZp0RKEpPzuoNv53VoWUcOTYPnnyN-_lu7qRU3BTWX62ThCmNGUq7sAU_rD4Ks89Y9I1tKBRrxIjarerFpxA_bbeWny_y8Cp9EGjtl9A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At first glance, I thought it didn't look too bad. But then I noticed the tire was bent in at an angle. It was a $17,000 estimate, but the worst of it was waiting for all the parts to get here. They were not able to start working on it until around the first week in December. Then the guy got covid and had to quarantine at home. Long story short, after three months, it is finally supposed to be done January 4th. We tried to stay as long as we could through the cold weather waiting for it, but John finally had to leave on December 24th due to extreme cold temps predicted. I stayed here and will be driving the car to Yuma whenever it actually gets finished. I am not looking forward to that long drive by myself, at least 18 hours of driving.</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/a/AVvXsEjw1QbDXEFrI1YUNOG_JYcKvrIIOxFd2JRa5EzS8Hde63pI90LIjW835DpObHNOGlc4f77Y7tTt7WPpwTtaH_Tekeb1CAdNQb1mLKAcrux6D0r30nFp10CE7v0GS1N9MPV6l-mZGjqorzV3612Q_Tw1Ng9SG8zprKvnixmxmpvnMu5VA2vO-MY_m0o-Sw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw1QbDXEFrI1YUNOG_JYcKvrIIOxFd2JRa5EzS8Hde63pI90LIjW835DpObHNOGlc4f77Y7tTt7WPpwTtaH_Tekeb1CAdNQb1mLKAcrux6D0r30nFp10CE7v0GS1N9MPV6l-mZGjqorzV3612Q_Tw1Ng9SG8zprKvnixmxmpvnMu5VA2vO-MY_m0o-Sw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Black Panther Dallas - 7</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/a/AVvXsEhZV8QBk4-0qcCQb9OGeG3FpkCNHyfS6YWGl3zKIHHgdYEHbdaRFR4YdABWjIyy_wrX_sf0a_Fe59qat35UeK5FjvdSaPg7yo0TN-mvPAZL-Eq0fj9Wlajr97d87PPWflER8BQ1zwKlKIJHZwtgt3tZvvNkn6rtKvcumaigaSYbT_hDsaRGlezYsajjig=s3203" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2489" data-original-width="3203" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZV8QBk4-0qcCQb9OGeG3FpkCNHyfS6YWGl3zKIHHgdYEHbdaRFR4YdABWjIyy_wrX_sf0a_Fe59qat35UeK5FjvdSaPg7yo0TN-mvPAZL-Eq0fj9Wlajr97d87PPWflER8BQ1zwKlKIJHZwtgt3tZvvNkn6rtKvcumaigaSYbT_hDsaRGlezYsajjig=s320" 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/a/AVvXsEhzSQgt16gUpbV83wgLsTPn5KCpQPW2gaZ-pLXysZXi42lYh_plCkP-S4OzrYYf7lW1gYeBXfcnpn6fm0YVeRfQSnQ55m7q_FP8MjyMrVf36x77GZDc0TF1cyXUTDuI0AFSs5YBhC63aQsnF7dmDv9V1LSrV-TO_PGuFeLOr7CjlPuJDD7a9Zu7bwb16A=s3021" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2565" data-original-width="3021" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzSQgt16gUpbV83wgLsTPn5KCpQPW2gaZ-pLXysZXi42lYh_plCkP-S4OzrYYf7lW1gYeBXfcnpn6fm0YVeRfQSnQ55m7q_FP8MjyMrVf36x77GZDc0TF1cyXUTDuI0AFSs5YBhC63aQsnF7dmDv9V1LSrV-TO_PGuFeLOr7CjlPuJDD7a9Zu7bwb16A=s320" 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/a/AVvXsEjfvYrpXupdgM6Z7fOobsj51IB0fCxojdXJoebXFBreiE2aSGSESUUy5567Mirc9OHeexH53HHuZwcY44P7-Ev52RVcQYyoVfLETSKeszh0jrU85xQWaiHzHwrouKyhdIna2-r20ltHd5gLCq0GPvOxsR_JBun0IuMrOBmBD9Dkrn669thiOunIU8EecA=s2167" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2143" data-original-width="2167" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfvYrpXupdgM6Z7fOobsj51IB0fCxojdXJoebXFBreiE2aSGSESUUy5567Mirc9OHeexH53HHuZwcY44P7-Ev52RVcQYyoVfLETSKeszh0jrU85xQWaiHzHwrouKyhdIna2-r20ltHd5gLCq0GPvOxsR_JBun0IuMrOBmBD9Dkrn669thiOunIU8EecA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grandpa's 70th birthday with all the grandkids, including Carter (22) who we don't see very often (school, two jobs, girlfriend, parties, etc.) and Hilary. Hilary and Jeff celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary this December. Doesn't seem possible. We just can't be that old!</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/a/AVvXsEjffJOcDNfltB6dpLxWE7tKs93gg1cCbwgPw0km_RC5zBlgWp-ihisnUbsoHDnY0YXvbWZy-Zaz2XdzjiZpMDeVxEyyv4VI4QhHzo_upCiHGCwYbkA2XkV_gO-wN5ISUWIYaUy8HBqwjRPDQ_Gppzk-lv9K4FbzqsSXDSO0HWU9rIL9NEcbUaF1ah_1GQ=s1016" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="826" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjffJOcDNfltB6dpLxWE7tKs93gg1cCbwgPw0km_RC5zBlgWp-ihisnUbsoHDnY0YXvbWZy-Zaz2XdzjiZpMDeVxEyyv4VI4QhHzo_upCiHGCwYbkA2XkV_gO-wN5ISUWIYaUy8HBqwjRPDQ_Gppzk-lv9K4FbzqsSXDSO0HWU9rIL9NEcbUaF1ah_1GQ=s320" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jeff doesn't often make it into my blog, as he is often at work or taking the pictures, like me, so there don't end up being many of him.</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/a/AVvXsEis8onYLAGTeJ-XbMlPtyOSwXocvJec-7NFE67AkaiLtPM9kKp1BtuXF8nr-BS9GhpzRwbH6oDU4rDCJdNQkxOypPPv9kaf1T7E88cKztgwY8TG4Y8JGeWuzFG_WSgNJPYQxdkNcXEXViSRIiM609ZJFdKTIwK9OB5pZqXrp26QPq9AZ7QLgUQ31WKOdw=s2886" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2599" data-original-width="2886" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis8onYLAGTeJ-XbMlPtyOSwXocvJec-7NFE67AkaiLtPM9kKp1BtuXF8nr-BS9GhpzRwbH6oDU4rDCJdNQkxOypPPv9kaf1T7E88cKztgwY8TG4Y8JGeWuzFG_WSgNJPYQxdkNcXEXViSRIiM609ZJFdKTIwK9OB5pZqXrp26QPq9AZ7QLgUQ31WKOdw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids have lots of flowers and fruit trees on their five acres and I add more each year. John and I did the vegetable garden this year, as the kids were too busy with the addition. These are a few from my wildflower patch.</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/a/AVvXsEhXGwIMCPVu4ZwbK9z9rHU8UEcy1fcFX65oHNdhu7BPQZGXSROE3LPQSsUw0XCG0pwOnDJZXUwm5lRuaTDfLvEfMVM2_ydIYKG_YAUmvORABJ6AchtPmiwYyvfVSOxP-IOhzY9YaJv0oikK0nHuCByv5PNXumlpmnzILiIpEYvNp5kTV3Qy-c2SfYFSoQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXGwIMCPVu4ZwbK9z9rHU8UEcy1fcFX65oHNdhu7BPQZGXSROE3LPQSsUw0XCG0pwOnDJZXUwm5lRuaTDfLvEfMVM2_ydIYKG_YAUmvORABJ6AchtPmiwYyvfVSOxP-IOhzY9YaJv0oikK0nHuCByv5PNXumlpmnzILiIpEYvNp5kTV3Qy-c2SfYFSoQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Random pictures of the grandkids, a lot of them at <b>Ten Mile Creek Park</b> about a mile from their place on the bike path. I take the kids biking here quite often. They like to play in the icy cold water coming down from the mountains and climb in the trees.</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/a/AVvXsEjmflfG8hv12x-5PG2hl4nkfJZNH4k0t2vW7JftiMYZzUabCz2ta-YN8jdurE5galkiES6wt92NZQ-B7hzDS9thwgH23HMvfbm5ikdFBvfrEDEN-FGHkRm5VDcn56CzPBQ-E8ysiveXWtqR5Y9d1a1F0r2jKH-OT-0bpuOHI0NYIEfch-TsrK6j6aV7Eg=s2531" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2531" data-original-width="1993" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmflfG8hv12x-5PG2hl4nkfJZNH4k0t2vW7JftiMYZzUabCz2ta-YN8jdurE5galkiES6wt92NZQ-B7hzDS9thwgH23HMvfbm5ikdFBvfrEDEN-FGHkRm5VDcn56CzPBQ-E8ysiveXWtqR5Y9d1a1F0r2jKH-OT-0bpuOHI0NYIEfch-TsrK6j6aV7Eg=s320" width="252" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Keira - 6</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/a/AVvXsEgXSbzwGpKZBpBNSCBx3eGcu9tkVS48qAVeLP_a6_4LJ7ZKQpEYkaZEqmQfx6m941F3KtGAbJeAYi5oIU9rZhujOoLr0IV5ST_hS3f9ctGf2SshAyiNpcGSZj3HKju3K0KUz6cIE2BZ6ucq-lT0RqEqJrkigpqEC2lsU79aB2TrQg5dN9gDMdGmY1N4cw=s2070" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2070" data-original-width="1802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXSbzwGpKZBpBNSCBx3eGcu9tkVS48qAVeLP_a6_4LJ7ZKQpEYkaZEqmQfx6m941F3KtGAbJeAYi5oIU9rZhujOoLr0IV5ST_hS3f9ctGf2SshAyiNpcGSZj3HKju3K0KUz6cIE2BZ6ucq-lT0RqEqJrkigpqEC2lsU79aB2TrQg5dN9gDMdGmY1N4cw=s320" width="279" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tallia - 10</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5hcVU90Hc3I9mKtWyiUOGTi8rMU0FEI5Z4bFIhQ6bNLAXng72-WBFDyLAj5jgLu3dHvAAr11YC4uDz3v3kfKvZfINLtL74u5M5vPWqdsnKJSh7sMUvYoNdYKZHaV2TYlVXWNwwDcf5TTBWRFv_pT-u4A3djkQ9x593WB7R8ErP3P39hOIE0mFxU57Kw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5hcVU90Hc3I9mKtWyiUOGTi8rMU0FEI5Z4bFIhQ6bNLAXng72-WBFDyLAj5jgLu3dHvAAr11YC4uDz3v3kfKvZfINLtL74u5M5vPWqdsnKJSh7sMUvYoNdYKZHaV2TYlVXWNwwDcf5TTBWRFv_pT-u4A3djkQ9x593WB7R8ErP3P39hOIE0mFxU57Kw=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Benny - 4</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE9dbzai9Fe4rPGesZ3NArMihgNygI_U2d_lm5bZ8miUkF2b7AlD3rnY_Gw6iizJhIl-U5VPPjx1KjMs7j5O38N75jfDrByT24gsESedrv2-sRGvhpzHBBhT-h_KBKK5Iq_BezxSLpAVikV6ABCS2XLhnwfuKQ8CiJTP67-aGJwq8MOf3Aau59_QOIsQ=s3333" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3333" data-original-width="2035" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE9dbzai9Fe4rPGesZ3NArMihgNygI_U2d_lm5bZ8miUkF2b7AlD3rnY_Gw6iizJhIl-U5VPPjx1KjMs7j5O38N75jfDrByT24gsESedrv2-sRGvhpzHBBhT-h_KBKK5Iq_BezxSLpAVikV6ABCS2XLhnwfuKQ8CiJTP67-aGJwq8MOf3Aau59_QOIsQ=s320" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do my best to indoctrinate them to good music.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0ELBejZEfBgN0yjkJxKRTb6pjRrUEqwwcg6UQYxHVdQu2sjKwnw-9ZKcFJG8w2xbQLBAJDhcEDbE3gSEGkod3QsZIWsyMruL9HEtb4pqg5f1EmShO3Yh1XXF5bDXSMxeq6zjsQz_K2sPMBzk_XtYPqT9Td_hkyJvyBVKMc-tcbvysXJYJcb9xOzMy6Q=s3418" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3418" data-original-width="2536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0ELBejZEfBgN0yjkJxKRTb6pjRrUEqwwcg6UQYxHVdQu2sjKwnw-9ZKcFJG8w2xbQLBAJDhcEDbE3gSEGkod3QsZIWsyMruL9HEtb4pqg5f1EmShO3Yh1XXF5bDXSMxeq6zjsQz_K2sPMBzk_XtYPqT9Td_hkyJvyBVKMc-tcbvysXJYJcb9xOzMy6Q=s320" width="237" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom, will you shave my head? I want a mohawk!</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/a/AVvXsEhQVCgBUsoVm0cOak7kFRjm31kDO-lwEsTeXGt0W0V_rVwPcsw5KSJ5W0NfrOvBvM6yO2NrFk1MTlfndv117CGMLzJ9wiyl3Yf4ibCGLE9TnSjtMqQxe4iZ-yeAzs4kOy8MoDVD9OBoHwEmverRdP8OFU0wAqQ7BzC3onZFtRcK_NdL-gK5-CIVlbhKnQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2633" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQVCgBUsoVm0cOak7kFRjm31kDO-lwEsTeXGt0W0V_rVwPcsw5KSJ5W0NfrOvBvM6yO2NrFk1MTlfndv117CGMLzJ9wiyl3Yf4ibCGLE9TnSjtMqQxe4iZ-yeAzs4kOy8MoDVD9OBoHwEmverRdP8OFU0wAqQ7BzC3onZFtRcK_NdL-gK5-CIVlbhKnQ=s320" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ninja Dallas</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/a/AVvXsEgD4yX29ICkHjT7t5fDg_h1TqeDVR8Ww6MaOifTTGoM0pNBf2X91p6VV3RxfVGgzaBqqC7NTCofcvFs-0zTE1oCHk4iY8ydNix7tMNo-BiLdwSwezDtDepbe7LL0CMWd162ftuA5H0tCbMQ69yD34u9NZk3JkSWijE4Mt9JvesjUkrCh30qsH1k6i7e1Q=s3684" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3684" data-original-width="2105" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD4yX29ICkHjT7t5fDg_h1TqeDVR8Ww6MaOifTTGoM0pNBf2X91p6VV3RxfVGgzaBqqC7NTCofcvFs-0zTE1oCHk4iY8ydNix7tMNo-BiLdwSwezDtDepbe7LL0CMWd162ftuA5H0tCbMQ69yD34u9NZk3JkSWijE4Mt9JvesjUkrCh30qsH1k6i7e1Q=s320" width="183" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ninja Ben</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/a/AVvXsEjmWkSr1v48G0FMiOCbxz_Z3RWi8NB0x3Y0Q5HTD9LIVJLkTezKNWVvFK8vdkEBqL7Y185Pb13BrKwlwBwqA1XLuN94-ksXt9y1-PUtKROOq0pRAX6Q0TQHMyd1foHi8Lv_noW_HlLtceS4hBQTgQdBhjyOWvY8XSJaLJowgSZqd9GiBVcKG7ytiY3Y9g=s3844" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3844" data-original-width="2925" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmWkSr1v48G0FMiOCbxz_Z3RWi8NB0x3Y0Q5HTD9LIVJLkTezKNWVvFK8vdkEBqL7Y185Pb13BrKwlwBwqA1XLuN94-ksXt9y1-PUtKROOq0pRAX6Q0TQHMyd1foHi8Lv_noW_HlLtceS4hBQTgQdBhjyOWvY8XSJaLJowgSZqd9GiBVcKG7ytiY3Y9g=s320" width="243" /></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/a/AVvXsEhpW_OGg8awLfxiM6YD9NAMz2VhKlDt_cIsZdFqY-TNuv4Y4dH1AESNMfmVQhAQZ4O3ZywN5oqXk-goepW2F9JHWWSQiWLyxG2PIEx0DW2AYY2ATEnEGJYfWqKr2mJZ92zkRwK_cT4005xaTOIKWSDYMnBhrNOZZcQaVee4fmUY2wOSuO9CSt5N2kLQlA=s3649" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3649" data-original-width="2685" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpW_OGg8awLfxiM6YD9NAMz2VhKlDt_cIsZdFqY-TNuv4Y4dH1AESNMfmVQhAQZ4O3ZywN5oqXk-goepW2F9JHWWSQiWLyxG2PIEx0DW2AYY2ATEnEGJYfWqKr2mJZ92zkRwK_cT4005xaTOIKWSDYMnBhrNOZZcQaVee4fmUY2wOSuO9CSt5N2kLQlA=s320" width="235" /></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/a/AVvXsEii9Mrj4Zs2M5QSGZsGD6o5vMh3BWn2FolQ0ta4g9QCLRX1gQ166KWZCgYwWY77EU_j0En1V-i36nKwth43yL4cUdFrDXBPtzhQX8N-eeYrP8d0yKY8lTgNqtILVNcFtB3ucHP44tqafhdDvlV1Q1sugG_EgFNpvlZOmd_x3Uvl1MGvK-OSfrZOvMxIgQ=s393" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii9Mrj4Zs2M5QSGZsGD6o5vMh3BWn2FolQ0ta4g9QCLRX1gQ166KWZCgYwWY77EU_j0En1V-i36nKwth43yL4cUdFrDXBPtzhQX8N-eeYrP8d0yKY8lTgNqtILVNcFtB3ucHP44tqafhdDvlV1Q1sugG_EgFNpvlZOmd_x3Uvl1MGvK-OSfrZOvMxIgQ=s320" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Tierney is 13 now, so she really can't be bothered to come to the park with us and do kid stuff. 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Who is going to help him get up again?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEdNdEHwfoaaxO9s8vIvZuJED21_YH7g6KF_OjAlRYB2MYYPKGsPlSEGUIydNJjQ9IS6m5nKpwN7-9Sfd5KhDlOKK_pdo-CCB5hlYxjvEijeIr1hYcuEJ9h_FNpQ9huHkl3o7yPGzcR7n_q1OwFd_aC-V13ofstTtAl4UnAy4f1rZ66OwsdF5m7mEe_w=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEdNdEHwfoaaxO9s8vIvZuJED21_YH7g6KF_OjAlRYB2MYYPKGsPlSEGUIydNJjQ9IS6m5nKpwN7-9Sfd5KhDlOKK_pdo-CCB5hlYxjvEijeIr1hYcuEJ9h_FNpQ9huHkl3o7yPGzcR7n_q1OwFd_aC-V13ofstTtAl4UnAy4f1rZ66OwsdF5m7mEe_w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blankie snuggling time Grandma! Ohh, that's my absolute favorite time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5ws-0kojmQ75tuNw3q0zgD4cMUHCESdJ6x3hh-LlIpOeggUU3mn2piPAwCouMEfP2NAunPlEAzhU8LW7pV0WXY6Ni_55q_jzBexQ-VRB4OTtHtKP9WCCdCktPAUnkMqoeCLvCYd0aNFzmLRpp9Axdme-y3HTfln8_3bI3I44YWE5CkRDA353qR6rKpw=s3535" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2321" data-original-width="3535" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5ws-0kojmQ75tuNw3q0zgD4cMUHCESdJ6x3hh-LlIpOeggUU3mn2piPAwCouMEfP2NAunPlEAzhU8LW7pV0WXY6Ni_55q_jzBexQ-VRB4OTtHtKP9WCCdCktPAUnkMqoeCLvCYd0aNFzmLRpp9Axdme-y3HTfln8_3bI3I44YWE5CkRDA353qR6rKpw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hilary shingling the new roof on the chicken run. They have three bunnies, 11 chickens and 6 or 7 ducks now. The have lost a few of each and have created a pet cemetery out in the field with stone boundaries, markers and benches. Keira is such a bug nut, she has even buried some of her grasshoppers and worms out there.</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/a/AVvXsEh3B77X6PaxyTZ9JT-9PLPtPTj3cjoeS-JPIORviu4KEURHjIAw2p0xoBHZjlsN_Y3imYQ2z0lT_oDLMOEKyZIm7Rr2nUloO0uCKTxbZq2EGpJBReLsP6gPCxVs1yrtgBYujb4DNB1DeEhUbd6D4gPz5PWFnHLSMgoFydIoUAwBjyN9v2U1QzCvBjbtrQ=s1670" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1670" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3B77X6PaxyTZ9JT-9PLPtPTj3cjoeS-JPIORviu4KEURHjIAw2p0xoBHZjlsN_Y3imYQ2z0lT_oDLMOEKyZIm7Rr2nUloO0uCKTxbZq2EGpJBReLsP6gPCxVs1yrtgBYujb4DNB1DeEhUbd6D4gPz5PWFnHLSMgoFydIoUAwBjyN9v2U1QzCvBjbtrQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadly, we lost good old Digger on October 9th, so he is also in the pet cemetery with all of the other dearly departed. Carter adopted him from the Humane Society about 12 years ago and he was the best dog ever. I think John may miss him more than anybody. They were walking buddies and Grandpa always fed and watered him and had treats for him.</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/a/AVvXsEgRnVH_4LrHx_HzJmzt_MlTE78JZq7V1xPa8AUEvTG0BX1FKeFqGTh-zBQCPRhLghqQTH5GPmPdaoQpWUqfBuVlYRoz2Vni0-AnG1SF6iFL_bYjmcndwlaRuATRfXiCk8KDsqIgA24M91111F7YX38mBX3PqTy2DDA96F146Ncs-K9XRmdmELqcCXKmRw=s3023" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2932" data-original-width="3023" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRnVH_4LrHx_HzJmzt_MlTE78JZq7V1xPa8AUEvTG0BX1FKeFqGTh-zBQCPRhLghqQTH5GPmPdaoQpWUqfBuVlYRoz2Vni0-AnG1SF6iFL_bYjmcndwlaRuATRfXiCk8KDsqIgA24M91111F7YX38mBX3PqTy2DDA96F146Ncs-K9XRmdmELqcCXKmRw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saying goodbye to Digger at the Vet's office. 😢</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/a/AVvXsEgYYLmDdmQMPw2elubdB43Yhrf5Zsn00n9itfI_gHVoagKQxXLPgi-ijXJLZkAUBiMeEEBdgeI_aOF-IuYpWZOaJR3o288iUSYAFPJ2dSdJHxyF6hQujN29iRSFqg7d2cnjmtsFoDz6_8B7MhOC2kAAN-6PK1yWLKz84BVRznAChUAf7dz3ZTp8r2SNNw=s3266" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="3266" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYYLmDdmQMPw2elubdB43Yhrf5Zsn00n9itfI_gHVoagKQxXLPgi-ijXJLZkAUBiMeEEBdgeI_aOF-IuYpWZOaJR3o288iUSYAFPJ2dSdJHxyF6hQujN29iRSFqg7d2cnjmtsFoDz6_8B7MhOC2kAAN-6PK1yWLKz84BVRznAChUAf7dz3ZTp8r2SNNw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfB-pIuVMjbv8uTDiuxtq0XpoPOiQpTepIXB-FNJzEWwzbw-II4hKcm5MPGVU155ozLPO8VcWesuIZ9z2EtYe9L0ZVCHCBFG0pqPNijfS5IAeKrsC9nH_h6pHLY3shizpvvSV1zdFMJ-Bm_L6DZu4qidaxis211uCtwgSHQ-jJhmkEisvDHoWRbmz39w=s2761" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1997" data-original-width="2761" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfB-pIuVMjbv8uTDiuxtq0XpoPOiQpTepIXB-FNJzEWwzbw-II4hKcm5MPGVU155ozLPO8VcWesuIZ9z2EtYe9L0ZVCHCBFG0pqPNijfS5IAeKrsC9nH_h6pHLY3shizpvvSV1zdFMJ-Bm_L6DZu4qidaxis211uCtwgSHQ-jJhmkEisvDHoWRbmz39w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Keira lugs the chickens and ducks around. She puts the chickens in the baby swing and stroller and sends them down the slide and takes them in her playhouse to play with them. They really don't like it when she puts them in the swimming pool. And she just doesn't understand why they try to run away from her, when she loves them so much and she just wants to play with them.</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/a/AVvXsEg1yc_Q8yWyU-3Ws5eYt7FDg2OLBjcJnrzbCJpvqaZUC2MyamjfU5mpbFFz25YdqF1VkNG7td3Si7zr1qS2fxlNPldHVVqO-9-q6gfYBsjF9PfKaz672j00quV82bqrhSpQR4AnrY3M0adZ7C_pPtWpWiNCu2u_71V75eng-7WiKqJQE9HkiqkIM4RnIw=s2008" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="2008" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1yc_Q8yWyU-3Ws5eYt7FDg2OLBjcJnrzbCJpvqaZUC2MyamjfU5mpbFFz25YdqF1VkNG7td3Si7zr1qS2fxlNPldHVVqO-9-q6gfYBsjF9PfKaz672j00quV82bqrhSpQR4AnrY3M0adZ7C_pPtWpWiNCu2u_71V75eng-7WiKqJQE9HkiqkIM4RnIw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sprinkles</i> made it out of the coop on one of those very cold freezing days and made it as far as this pallet by the deck and wouldn't budge. She would not step off that pallet back into the snow, so Jeff had to carry her back to the coop.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivONmzkTZ3NUFH-Yn2041u4cWr3WrOWiU6C1APrX61_oI7mXxiXuKq6PZtEI7lB_DOo6FBfXHUPcaiS8ikK48UbZDb_k48YTvw0JMDnWn_CyG2TdPv3gYNbBulWI0mt1rEeCiouAr7gZEBq_ucPRTEI9K1Qj6oWGRU8AnJc3QlSXFAVj88337jeSWLSw=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivONmzkTZ3NUFH-Yn2041u4cWr3WrOWiU6C1APrX61_oI7mXxiXuKq6PZtEI7lB_DOo6FBfXHUPcaiS8ikK48UbZDb_k48YTvw0JMDnWn_CyG2TdPv3gYNbBulWI0mt1rEeCiouAr7gZEBq_ucPRTEI9K1Qj6oWGRU8AnJc3QlSXFAVj88337jeSWLSw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We do get an occasional quiet time, but they are few and far between.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEzNRCGF75zI-0JEykHUf5bOYz4zSOiZewc8tMhSzm0DW7RIaTiwUe0U9FgM_JenFwRA3PeAba1Tog_oQwpnxhWRw1Gsm4BeKP0lilpB-HuDCyMwpJ8TLRPGyY1XNtYhf0vUbJ-mZ9WlJ4L1QLESeHwXxf5HXhy7u0s3WuNzdHABaNK_8LxoRM8C6hYQ=s3466" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2502" data-original-width="3466" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEzNRCGF75zI-0JEykHUf5bOYz4zSOiZewc8tMhSzm0DW7RIaTiwUe0U9FgM_JenFwRA3PeAba1Tog_oQwpnxhWRw1Gsm4BeKP0lilpB-HuDCyMwpJ8TLRPGyY1XNtYhf0vUbJ-mZ9WlJ4L1QLESeHwXxf5HXhy7u0s3WuNzdHABaNK_8LxoRM8C6hYQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGLQTcNphkM_2zXPIlt8vqg0BYndd5g8jbeiAIDc9XFH2TWetjI1CniwHtaP-eDMWYXG6oa9bA8gaeAyTX439Hhz7Uu3UDFnBO-cn2DP_ldV6LQgHJQzNhyCIB2GuLQqSgqvFNqhAwmxEQBDKK_2XnVQEJj1kOt-RRWV4ywH5L3DiEcyQQ4LOy6N35GQ=s2420" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2420" data-original-width="2383" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGLQTcNphkM_2zXPIlt8vqg0BYndd5g8jbeiAIDc9XFH2TWetjI1CniwHtaP-eDMWYXG6oa9bA8gaeAyTX439Hhz7Uu3UDFnBO-cn2DP_ldV6LQgHJQzNhyCIB2GuLQqSgqvFNqhAwmxEQBDKK_2XnVQEJj1kOt-RRWV4ywH5L3DiEcyQQ4LOy6N35GQ=s320" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Keira had been pestering Hilary that she wanted to make funnel cakes, so Hilary went somewhere with the big kids one day and said, as she left, you and Grandma can make funnel cakes. Say What ?!?! Boy was that a mess, and Hilary knew exactly what she was doing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuTgfdJ5HYEzgfUoGHsJ2Huj9_chd3C7WPBt9pS9CsvV-KG-HBLiFjJK_kevMas_AFDSTtk1g_C_OwlFc_oKIWUkVTRPIfjwZVgoZdMLtS0H70c-HFyjDz2FonVoduEZ46k3wGJI_T4QFnRIrhJTiL9dZ6eX-CpYQ3AF3OvBTvlN979O4_tYEVtOOJGA=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2968" data-original-width="4000" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuTgfdJ5HYEzgfUoGHsJ2Huj9_chd3C7WPBt9pS9CsvV-KG-HBLiFjJK_kevMas_AFDSTtk1g_C_OwlFc_oKIWUkVTRPIfjwZVgoZdMLtS0H70c-HFyjDz2FonVoduEZ46k3wGJI_T4QFnRIrhJTiL9dZ6eX-CpYQ3AF3OvBTvlN979O4_tYEVtOOJGA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Benny is listening to Aunt Kathy read <b>T'was the Night Before Christmas</b> audio book.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSI0MIbcrBbmr6INGvh79gG1oiFSbDOmdzJVtl_kDPCGRDup2bq_n_PA37Oj-TzbQnCiG8ezgoBg8ur_W4aiqhpWAnlW-1px9o1anGEns2ls0J6IC591UaJEGzGYdOq93G2VuNqcjGQjP4z07qwWQuwVjfMQncSwSJHKbBkixHxDychUwB33zIm3KZmg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSI0MIbcrBbmr6INGvh79gG1oiFSbDOmdzJVtl_kDPCGRDup2bq_n_PA37Oj-TzbQnCiG8ezgoBg8ur_W4aiqhpWAnlW-1px9o1anGEns2ls0J6IC591UaJEGzGYdOq93G2VuNqcjGQjP4z07qwWQuwVjfMQncSwSJHKbBkixHxDychUwB33zIm3KZmg=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls had to make something for a Christmas baking contest. Tierney made a unicorn cake and Tally made gingerbread cookies.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhX6rY53mBEfRfNTUf7AuMZS7RodkwUjVX0sL3Y4VmyEQR4otr3S8SuiRr0nnXDBBQWqYIK47CUqc3LIXs2bhLNTL6A-5N9SuCpjX0KlrQD4dCn7heGOYvpVDuGaXsgGeL_mM7Mn46FKQFaoViLKYL5A_I_vdYcuUH3HvWvomcxZ4-9ttTJwjdFt2w-gg=s2897" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2833" data-original-width="2897" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhX6rY53mBEfRfNTUf7AuMZS7RodkwUjVX0sL3Y4VmyEQR4otr3S8SuiRr0nnXDBBQWqYIK47CUqc3LIXs2bhLNTL6A-5N9SuCpjX0KlrQD4dCn7heGOYvpVDuGaXsgGeL_mM7Mn46FKQFaoViLKYL5A_I_vdYcuUH3HvWvomcxZ4-9ttTJwjdFt2w-gg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgou0hHvt_2Bx72wu7uZ9p8ciODQbmQFxeuI2RfELiEvRPV0-roE_lINVtUKW5uQAkMGLxihvtcTkB35C3TIRH90SzXZnrQCGEN3-n9KCDRKYo-ULzbbuVObFi2VAHWhb4acCZbhUc30bKtRUmqc1ltPAUXRgiiKk8wdq8ySIGjoAV5rX4YGPzypHiMTQ=s2135" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2135" data-original-width="1439" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgou0hHvt_2Bx72wu7uZ9p8ciODQbmQFxeuI2RfELiEvRPV0-roE_lINVtUKW5uQAkMGLxihvtcTkB35C3TIRH90SzXZnrQCGEN3-n9KCDRKYo-ULzbbuVObFi2VAHWhb4acCZbhUc30bKtRUmqc1ltPAUXRgiiKk8wdq8ySIGjoAV5rX4YGPzypHiMTQ=s320" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Benny as Joseph at his preschool Christmas program.</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/a/AVvXsEg6N14ioEgZtVt5trYaa8dlnGYnURxZFZBrXi9XB_76nT9m-l2Kd_z6gu26tA4WSaOTg-P2O-rdqcVi_IYZEBOfMqVjzRUKBPg2rtE7mdqOn73liBPeBuQP4wWpKDQ2jE2BIyN1RqQhm3iXBCL2efKxZ_Ao-D9aIfoxAWMRc4UJu_ga3FBK7Slgw2r7VQ=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6N14ioEgZtVt5trYaa8dlnGYnURxZFZBrXi9XB_76nT9m-l2Kd_z6gu26tA4WSaOTg-P2O-rdqcVi_IYZEBOfMqVjzRUKBPg2rtE7mdqOn73liBPeBuQP4wWpKDQ2jE2BIyN1RqQhm3iXBCL2efKxZ_Ao-D9aIfoxAWMRc4UJu_ga3FBK7Slgw2r7VQ=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dallas was so excited to get a pull-up bar and weights for Christmas. He says he is working on his six-pack, showing off his muscles everyday like some kind of macho man.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJJBJ7JlxZJSGfO19rHJfMCGURRz87gdKYf2jQ8ztB2Yv10wGfd_iTMOBJTsDDuWfF0xlBX436MU7Y9UsBR827l_T53LAj6g81Lb-iCNa70g7-ykU76CzXKItMn3fVJCjz9gekKmeNMV3evlqsUUMuWt-9saWtJ0s2_NNAa13FXb4i4ym_fDvJajSz1g=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJJBJ7JlxZJSGfO19rHJfMCGURRz87gdKYf2jQ8ztB2Yv10wGfd_iTMOBJTsDDuWfF0xlBX436MU7Y9UsBR827l_T53LAj6g81Lb-iCNa70g7-ykU76CzXKItMn3fVJCjz9gekKmeNMV3evlqsUUMuWt-9saWtJ0s2_NNAa13FXb4i4ym_fDvJajSz1g=s320" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whoops, wait, did I say macho man? Random fashion shows and skits of all kinds are a regular event around here. They are often written down, produced, directed, choreographed, mostly by Tierney, but the others will do them without her help, too. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_Tb4AXL-RORiTDVNaJtBJZXTdR3lVXdgySZJWfJmedmxfqo2CixoOsKAnKjjLRVcp7L8A-9opJ0NKOXVpnENUdmarpW8cikvB7coap36SNfYC8OaGwY6RYt8kbXX4wizpucw97HNRfeWCSbwb1-J_cnHkzu4OvqLMFbtsFx8I9Fd2lrgrPU_isbMiPA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We went out a couple nights to look at Christmas lights.</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/a/AVvXsEjTZNzhgHoHGWc1XP0SY39WIse7gnZZwA52aGys4F2jfesk0ZF3cP4vYawup2ZWxwk6E3a6ajfN8u8qHKb3mga04JBgJJriGQ6ggsA1n618XWo-KyKy0_gzFZj-bRRT78acPnIeNwH436g2r9hUw9E1uVh9PG8EBkWRXdr2m56XzDLq9Dzw4ycoMGX8Cg=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTZNzhgHoHGWc1XP0SY39WIse7gnZZwA52aGys4F2jfesk0ZF3cP4vYawup2ZWxwk6E3a6ajfN8u8qHKb3mga04JBgJJriGQ6ggsA1n618XWo-KyKy0_gzFZj-bRRT78acPnIeNwH436g2r9hUw9E1uVh9PG8EBkWRXdr2m56XzDLq9Dzw4ycoMGX8Cg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one was great! It was all choreographed to different songs and kept changing colors and designs. The kids loved it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_gO3GTOgZzRpJEB52uQEnMQHEJeOdNPZr792qPsLjWnrWa5AFLbQm6OU9GlpgeKP09fgR3WPZPzLrFM2IzWg5rgkS7hp6kx4BAsltwXhFo3pOrIuR9pmw69fslKrLIl5Ic-lE7ckozzcSwlb2biSLpt9DRMurqG4iblQhqpqvD68iz4SaIcSAVeUVmQ=s3592" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2777" data-original-width="3592" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_gO3GTOgZzRpJEB52uQEnMQHEJeOdNPZr792qPsLjWnrWa5AFLbQm6OU9GlpgeKP09fgR3WPZPzLrFM2IzWg5rgkS7hp6kx4BAsltwXhFo3pOrIuR9pmw69fslKrLIl5Ic-lE7ckozzcSwlb2biSLpt9DRMurqG4iblQhqpqvD68iz4SaIcSAVeUVmQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I know I am a little late, but Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us to all of you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tarra</div><p></p>Tarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779813576780479004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634528650761403007.post-91982185637575475792021-04-19T19:13:00.001-07:002021-04-19T19:20:49.458-07:002021 The Year of Hope<p style="text-align: center;">Friday, Jan. 1st - Saturday, April 10th</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl69z70qR3iSdFja57FQOU4cAKCh296WXQqRf-ukj0AXu8ZBsZ2ieDvvs3JDuL1spp6kYmTTfSq5l_36JfmY4NvplzgDk0jqPHVvXNLODHFSMQcCchd3DAx5JWdwy0DqEQz3u9BIguf_Wd/s2048/20210216_130806.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/AVvXsEjl69z70qR3iSdFja57FQOU4cAKCh296WXQqRf-ukj0AXu8ZBsZ2ieDvvs3JDuL1spp6kYmTTfSq5l_36JfmY4NvplzgDk0jqPHVvXNLODHFSMQcCchd3DAx5JWdwy0DqEQz3u9BIguf_Wd/s320/20210216_130806.jpg" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">A fun sign someone left in front of the dumpster at our campground in Yuma. It pretty much sums up how we all felt about the last year. Here's hoping the new vaccines will see things much improved this spring and summer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yxgQ7g74_Xo4st9mbqBsRkLs_zF5H20sXXwzTJLjWlgX7HQ2eBaTs8VQs5RV4wYettU9heAAktCTK6LeB123LGXopg-NNiGYM2r08XqSPHxLfNYqrLck6mchDDOxKx3bxROSe9P1sKrO/s2048/20210108_103923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yxgQ7g74_Xo4st9mbqBsRkLs_zF5H20sXXwzTJLjWlgX7HQ2eBaTs8VQs5RV4wYettU9heAAktCTK6LeB123LGXopg-NNiGYM2r08XqSPHxLfNYqrLck6mchDDOxKx3bxROSe9P1sKrO/s320/20210108_103923.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;">Field of spinach growing right next to our campground.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuTMAJF4UpZJHjMLp9XVghdYuveSxY6XMNLm8Tt1M_BSfwBACbvrevvhTuchFMERDXCeGnEfJZY05qP7CE5sIKti9_vqe76eadUTmmOaZpBvLDCzJQCN1ZSInIg6io1eb8f3SQpHe675v/s2048/20210108_112056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuTMAJF4UpZJHjMLp9XVghdYuveSxY6XMNLm8Tt1M_BSfwBACbvrevvhTuchFMERDXCeGnEfJZY05qP7CE5sIKti9_vqe76eadUTmmOaZpBvLDCzJQCN1ZSInIg6io1eb8f3SQpHe675v/s320/20210108_112056.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;">This is how our campground looks when we arrive Dec. 1st and how it looks when we leave at the end of March. It gets much busier from mid-January to mid-March.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimWknkIduMjCP6TIYbtfQlofhhkxMUSmCD4_G6NCa67F3hGgDHiht6HFvdYNBmsKfnrr2NQt-jQjfzBfcODBbDmPWToolMNmGQukSOmwakz3KRNiXEKx9OXtE2oL2kGf642z4R_WDtSSb/s2048/20210118_181101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimWknkIduMjCP6TIYbtfQlofhhkxMUSmCD4_G6NCa67F3hGgDHiht6HFvdYNBmsKfnrr2NQt-jQjfzBfcODBbDmPWToolMNmGQukSOmwakz3KRNiXEKx9OXtE2oL2kGf642z4R_WDtSSb/s320/20210118_181101.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;">Our view toward Yuma, which is about seven miles away.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruOqSdmibZO_wdkydR6AY19VeNMBxSLkBJ-VSL5AO1t3iH4mKvlx1U8nmYkkO5lCB-u3VNE2LEdTvdXxV1q7CSN02Qeu_6U1P15vp2-93z3whc3AlgOSS0Xp0v8epduvOf9SAgDhGqnun/s2048/20210122_125054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1571" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruOqSdmibZO_wdkydR6AY19VeNMBxSLkBJ-VSL5AO1t3iH4mKvlx1U8nmYkkO5lCB-u3VNE2LEdTvdXxV1q7CSN02Qeu_6U1P15vp2-93z3whc3AlgOSS0Xp0v8epduvOf9SAgDhGqnun/s320/20210122_125054.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;">This poor old lonely horse is kept here right across from our campground. We never see him get out or get ridden or even just get a little company. But John was out walking early one morning and saw him walking down the highway. Probably trying to make a getaway or looking for a friend or maybe just a little exercise. John went up and knocked on the door and told them their horse was loose. Afterwards, he thought maybe he should just have let him escape.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBqRN5-lvQ_Ps69LUwsAqhg26N_f7bueGhWHA8y-DQ37c2ZSrMzgJzXs9cKaPSOPe1VMCEIvaW5WtHO9-GnaEU0jUEa9WtXGsp97kv_AcnjvhLa72x5_od8maTr_zEfYvKHXVV-GoSDaW/s2048/20210124_115245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBqRN5-lvQ_Ps69LUwsAqhg26N_f7bueGhWHA8y-DQ37c2ZSrMzgJzXs9cKaPSOPe1VMCEIvaW5WtHO9-GnaEU0jUEa9WtXGsp97kv_AcnjvhLa72x5_od8maTr_zEfYvKHXVV-GoSDaW/s320/20210124_115245.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;">Our new Jeep that we bought on Inauguration Day. John just wasn't enjoying the ride anymore in our little HHR. Lucky break for #1 grandson.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8nQqTqoLz76TRvkDoUIhGMRLHvYFxOFR9zCBnRtO5VaQmkFPZTTF1rLLUNXXH_nCsmUT0fYhIGQFjwC9CUTS7ksnCIzRpdL12DnS0RLQBWD4iBnb_D_oGONhELeMJ1sIlJF-iJiB4yUv/s2048/20210124_120824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8nQqTqoLz76TRvkDoUIhGMRLHvYFxOFR9zCBnRtO5VaQmkFPZTTF1rLLUNXXH_nCsmUT0fYhIGQFjwC9CUTS7ksnCIzRpdL12DnS0RLQBWD4iBnb_D_oGONhELeMJ1sIlJF-iJiB4yUv/s320/20210124_120824.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;">Cool use of a pallet at one of the permanent campsites at our campground.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclc4sJlNedmfOoPGFTADf4b68FYBvNd6dHsgVGf2Fdmjw5-4luqvUmW3E_0mIBwYCfF5uieN5nqUPG_NLLbnEFplPdavst1wGuXPNH_YRkyxvTfAUsLBxCyLTMa9SV6CJ9UkhASnc2rPF/s2048/20210124_121947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclc4sJlNedmfOoPGFTADf4b68FYBvNd6dHsgVGf2Fdmjw5-4luqvUmW3E_0mIBwYCfF5uieN5nqUPG_NLLbnEFplPdavst1wGuXPNH_YRkyxvTfAUsLBxCyLTMa9SV6CJ9UkhASnc2rPF/s320/20210124_121947.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;">One day this load of bees showed up next to the several fields of cauliflower, broccoli, celery, cilantro, etc. that surround our campground. Someone told us it costs $100,000 to have a load of bees like this brought in. A month or so later they were all gone again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhqCGBAaTiO2JME74eXzHhJE2VgzBkNcEOTZX8VQvbdL2Y8GPPYu9p2ywJlT0o9_4Qh1bFy3JRIzezxrbVypqMsa4DSNLMJrfIC6FFwm9n8g9hpl1Y7AcL3cyNKoAlO3tMxsMLHium-kG/s2048/20210127_104942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhqCGBAaTiO2JME74eXzHhJE2VgzBkNcEOTZX8VQvbdL2Y8GPPYu9p2ywJlT0o9_4Qh1bFy3JRIzezxrbVypqMsa4DSNLMJrfIC6FFwm9n8g9hpl1Y7AcL3cyNKoAlO3tMxsMLHium-kG/s320/20210127_104942.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;">This machine was parked next to our campground one day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr0TUs7hM-226EGlSrROnn-_YAxnlqIEahUu3SiUGFMD7wB1_S8xhVgwVGanWlJnm9dnO-mZTn_RyoeoaqunyhHHsr9llHQzaO_apyIFy3aZUKFheAlBdvK4OsV0A-2mi2WajzTDXONxa/s2048/20210128_141101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr0TUs7hM-226EGlSrROnn-_YAxnlqIEahUu3SiUGFMD7wB1_S8xhVgwVGanWlJnm9dnO-mZTn_RyoeoaqunyhHHsr9llHQzaO_apyIFy3aZUKFheAlBdvK4OsV0A-2mi2WajzTDXONxa/s320/20210128_141101.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;">They had just finished squaring off the orange orchard, top and sides.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5M7Y2zrQH2T3IWkRwk0Nq40ev8MZBOuxQ_uB-5OaozL4UgYuCECA3M6GdbiJR9PivgskpgZjqYFcjDXbGhVEkHHdWzNnhNT26xnsoyS7WZMNsY-qBUY10pQdOCWhCTTvVxVm9tYGwM1e/s2048/20210207_162655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5M7Y2zrQH2T3IWkRwk0Nq40ev8MZBOuxQ_uB-5OaozL4UgYuCECA3M6GdbiJR9PivgskpgZjqYFcjDXbGhVEkHHdWzNnhNT26xnsoyS7WZMNsY-qBUY10pQdOCWhCTTvVxVm9tYGwM1e/s320/20210207_162655.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;">Hiking in the desert with friends.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfI4DRY3HTuICRbdPQa2NheqW0Y3Hcj7ZnD5qYW-XiH2VwBlHFN3wzJff3Xv5UJZMkOyHvOWNlbX6mTew8q4rlM1Ame2gN-9Q9fByEv2h6qy0QVcrsZON2eVOH17-OZgLHKT6bFeBa8DjN/s2048/20210207_162756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfI4DRY3HTuICRbdPQa2NheqW0Y3Hcj7ZnD5qYW-XiH2VwBlHFN3wzJff3Xv5UJZMkOyHvOWNlbX6mTew8q4rlM1Ame2gN-9Q9fByEv2h6qy0QVcrsZON2eVOH17-OZgLHKT6bFeBa8DjN/s320/20210207_162756.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;">Julie and Karolyn checking out a pet cemetery in the desert near a BLM camping area.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vBvk4YjsPrmMk2xTQrdxWshtEE2_8bH4RsHxgmGV_45pGDZIOQ1jXZ4gKtvyfZFAFilmTQDRyPSlpBD9YfF7TBESPesNBHSBQKVD8Agd5N0Ou8kTch6rC_IG9LgPdWDNRtB7BbZE_Mt8/s2048/20210207_163852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vBvk4YjsPrmMk2xTQrdxWshtEE2_8bH4RsHxgmGV_45pGDZIOQ1jXZ4gKtvyfZFAFilmTQDRyPSlpBD9YfF7TBESPesNBHSBQKVD8Agd5N0Ou8kTch6rC_IG9LgPdWDNRtB7BbZE_Mt8/s320/20210207_163852.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;">Julie had to stop and visit her cat, Buddy, that she buried here last year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NGxPfsNSTSLPo_FDNVswcQ-Sqc4pbeLu5voSYpDBzQ6YcdX9KykF48zha5yB4VMLlccp3sCZJoGKV6pib99nK0p1Ph43nIuDpV2x5cKFPRWfPalIXjFyyuNu0AqVI35i9v7shmAbCsNv/s2048/20210207_164920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NGxPfsNSTSLPo_FDNVswcQ-Sqc4pbeLu5voSYpDBzQ6YcdX9KykF48zha5yB4VMLlccp3sCZJoGKV6pib99nK0p1Ph43nIuDpV2x5cKFPRWfPalIXjFyyuNu0AqVI35i9v7shmAbCsNv/s320/20210207_164920.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;">Marijuana test plots across the road from the BLM camping area north of our campground.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnkUvwXwx-FAV_MieghOj_dCau_D7c72M10hDvY_ovUOIIaojm_sXefgLFrwSaFbQgXFvFNKk3qtS6l8svNJl4JBdShvhM7f9ctFjK55Nsun_SlSh6iDNJs7S5LQ8awdAYLCaeWeadS-a/s2048/20210207_181145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnkUvwXwx-FAV_MieghOj_dCau_D7c72M10hDvY_ovUOIIaojm_sXefgLFrwSaFbQgXFvFNKk3qtS6l8svNJl4JBdShvhM7f9ctFjK55Nsun_SlSh6iDNJs7S5LQ8awdAYLCaeWeadS-a/s320/20210207_181145.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;">Visiting friends who were boondocking at Mittry Lake.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXOjsbng4G8DMIyIT7FxqFVNOD72rs2j7P6rcNpyjk6hqTsl7SwxHkElfWKlItS3dYcJHQIrlHcjDf65EgznbIVTs5zYucSFuZoPjdv1BV1zZU3NpWgSeB0ZSb0PoSa4wXALMB5ts8LxO/s2048/20210207_181322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXOjsbng4G8DMIyIT7FxqFVNOD72rs2j7P6rcNpyjk6hqTsl7SwxHkElfWKlItS3dYcJHQIrlHcjDf65EgznbIVTs5zYucSFuZoPjdv1BV1zZU3NpWgSeB0ZSb0PoSa4wXALMB5ts8LxO/s320/20210207_181322.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;">Nice to see Rick, Donna, Roy and Diane again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmizfJzlefrsUIbz2f2bKzgvqOuV_Lp01XqCl4DIjuBpYW4CiiNWmqevW_7NC-gEvPeWublujXpc7UHr2qVjMK_nMTa8uNIYPp8YcBRT-0pDrTvnFTsXe-oSQpfe_OUHXJ5lmBQMCV-Fgs/s2048/20210207_181340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmizfJzlefrsUIbz2f2bKzgvqOuV_Lp01XqCl4DIjuBpYW4CiiNWmqevW_7NC-gEvPeWublujXpc7UHr2qVjMK_nMTa8uNIYPp8YcBRT-0pDrTvnFTsXe-oSQpfe_OUHXJ5lmBQMCV-Fgs/s320/20210207_181340.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;">We were excited to get our first vaccine shot on Feb. 10th.</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/AVvXsEhyMIz2HLoWvAcTqxeXyD7XUuT8cVDFcF7rlNOoKycs88c3HN-rHmUQBXiJboGgrbKDFIgXMNVT408UG7So7Qzapl4s29-DH4NJ4X_9yZ6jLR7dfjzkO4FeOZTjUJWjNgoF9-osHHTwfYJ-/s2048/20210214_123054.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/AVvXsEhyMIz2HLoWvAcTqxeXyD7XUuT8cVDFcF7rlNOoKycs88c3HN-rHmUQBXiJboGgrbKDFIgXMNVT408UG7So7Qzapl4s29-DH4NJ4X_9yZ6jLR7dfjzkO4FeOZTjUJWjNgoF9-osHHTwfYJ-/s320/20210214_123054.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Karolyn and I went to the <b>Yuma Swap Meet </b>on Valentine's Day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAwwq4mP7Fe6FmuqMSQsPA6GJxdBc1JI7nMHjfqywYaYjWRieqnjLumIIDdJFO-iTV_EQG1Q2bYpwuklmKKjlI5YSN39sHkR35rfbAEO6iktSGLDdfAjYTFJOpuXuvRb1RaXtQjmbnJHq/s2048/20210214_131436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAwwq4mP7Fe6FmuqMSQsPA6GJxdBc1JI7nMHjfqywYaYjWRieqnjLumIIDdJFO-iTV_EQG1Q2bYpwuklmKKjlI5YSN39sHkR35rfbAEO6iktSGLDdfAjYTFJOpuXuvRb1RaXtQjmbnJHq/s320/20210214_131436.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;">We listened to the Mexican band play while we waited to see the <i>dancing horses</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzYPu2BGedd6hwDvO3A4BOLSjdDxHBy5sr_76xXAUGbm3Mc6XSRWrBvZBaVQhsSthOWGwNxoOz3ajebcVM9JA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7CCmOu9Jg7B5hpCj7G6lHcoQ4b8PvqyFqQeyRwIx_b4-LLkRniPI5hdZmRpMVYGMfYN2REQc8d7Ft2_7mZFT77EMD4lkeUbRSDSapMTms1QTvAdU8DGXWl95Ec_3UzlJhL4Cx9mUihXd/s2048/20210214_161654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7CCmOu9Jg7B5hpCj7G6lHcoQ4b8PvqyFqQeyRwIx_b4-LLkRniPI5hdZmRpMVYGMfYN2REQc8d7Ft2_7mZFT77EMD4lkeUbRSDSapMTms1QTvAdU8DGXWl95Ec_3UzlJhL4Cx9mUihXd/s320/20210214_161654.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;">This guy had his horse lay down when it was done dancing, so folks could come up and have their pictures taken sitting on the horse with him.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAxD4SwTxalBfeejsDy8IJ2p7lA2NepecjjELZWF0lHluyZtAOfuL8T5XcEx5CUdy93tCyL8MEZipamAncpi3hkPlWRdu0ZSZh017t1K-X69tZ8s2JzzihGmsAwn58cVss30MgKSboVuL/s2048/20210215_151158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAxD4SwTxalBfeejsDy8IJ2p7lA2NepecjjELZWF0lHluyZtAOfuL8T5XcEx5CUdy93tCyL8MEZipamAncpi3hkPlWRdu0ZSZh017t1K-X69tZ8s2JzzihGmsAwn58cVss30MgKSboVuL/s320/20210215_151158.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;">On Monday, Feb. 15th, Karolyn and I borrowed Steve and Julie's electric bikes and road the bike baths in Yuma again. We had lunch at <b>Da Boyz Pizza</b> in old downtown. This is facing I-8 with the <b>Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge</b> in the background. The hobos had a camp along the river just below the bridge until the city started cleaning up the area along the river around 2000 to make it into the beautiful parks that are there now. A <i>hobo</i> is someone who rides the rails in search of jobs, a <i>tramp</i> will work occasionally when necessary and a <i>bum</i> never works. I never knew the difference.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PSILtkRax4o4opjE_n1DK1lDvGNVFP0e9QMpc-uC8jzmOBkYRwRF0act_F4vQ7QXFeQcmQzaj0_5T7lJLZoToC2w73nMu1Czu12b3vDw-t9S5RGk-xhS_DU0scrz1TAGlfSz7lTbv7bA/s735/20210215_152007_04+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="735" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PSILtkRax4o4opjE_n1DK1lDvGNVFP0e9QMpc-uC8jzmOBkYRwRF0act_F4vQ7QXFeQcmQzaj0_5T7lJLZoToC2w73nMu1Czu12b3vDw-t9S5RGk-xhS_DU0scrz1TAGlfSz7lTbv7bA/s320/20210215_152007_04+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6w_EKc7H3LPU4zPEvgk0Nm-j-oMYvDA8H_R1tcm5TBpGvF9nRHi-yivHm2tZ-UO_3KQxBQTHZfEgW3T6I2FISeRNtb2twRTdE-waPCXTK6cFF2WDlBTptaJ0WjnE-BTbZjLE6xc_VOch/s2048/20210224_132408.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6w_EKc7H3LPU4zPEvgk0Nm-j-oMYvDA8H_R1tcm5TBpGvF9nRHi-yivHm2tZ-UO_3KQxBQTHZfEgW3T6I2FISeRNtb2twRTdE-waPCXTK6cFF2WDlBTptaJ0WjnE-BTbZjLE6xc_VOch/s320/20210224_132408.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;">We were very happy to finally get our second vaccine on March 11th. Karolyn, Julie and I went down to Algodonos, Mexico twice in March. There were lots of people there just like always, but absolutely everyone had masks on, both indoors and outdoors. There is a double row of the new border fencing there. Last year there was just the usual chain link fencing, but they had added razor wire on top of it. The day we were there they had rescued two people from drowning in the canal near Yuma after they made it across. I just can't imagine how desperate some of those people must be for parents to send their children on their own. I wonder if our ancestors were as desperate to get here as they are.</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/AVvXsEiDHC6C8cbJqodPSLG2IM8328KA9UBbWL2-VlPqkDaqBFj6h_D_xsoM45kd01o8mZTL_vKYiIb9KNkWKama9aWhDzEB0g-KiMRq2Wgtgo_kVgIrnWfbRj0OeHv8037nnKT583N8Ev6NIp1W/s2048/20210304_104144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHC6C8cbJqodPSLG2IM8328KA9UBbWL2-VlPqkDaqBFj6h_D_xsoM45kd01o8mZTL_vKYiIb9KNkWKama9aWhDzEB0g-KiMRq2Wgtgo_kVgIrnWfbRj0OeHv8037nnKT583N8Ev6NIp1W/s320/20210304_104144.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;">Side of a building we walked by in Algodonos. The usual outdoor patio, live music party was not going on this year, so we ate at the hotel. It was very nice. Julie got a new pair of glasses. We also got some drugs, vanilla and booze.</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/AVvXsEicS1AvSc7idWF9FhSVcn1c1e9QCy7k-A-gV6o9oZPqhdNhbBBaYcNXPhvI9XvS8foklsZMD-w5RKPsj9uGJ1jwYAqqpGX1Ed5Tw183PReHE7c11eebShEn42M441rphavRqS0UQ7Y4RClo/s2048/20210302_104806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS1AvSc7idWF9FhSVcn1c1e9QCy7k-A-gV6o9oZPqhdNhbBBaYcNXPhvI9XvS8foklsZMD-w5RKPsj9uGJ1jwYAqqpGX1Ed5Tw183PReHE7c11eebShEn42M441rphavRqS0UQ7Y4RClo/s320/20210302_104806.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;">Spotted this little Santa as we walked near our campground the last week in March. He reminded me of a post a friend made on Facebook recently. I believe it was March 10th and he posted that they had just finally taken down their Christmas tree. This has just been a strange year all around.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFfWgaifj3tUcdtytxZ8AG3OWI1ejkJ-hTA6LKuXPoWC-0XJ4SOT7VZETIq3fRLVIVZVeXrKxRbz9usHpBPWm-029vNqyFdSo-wksxGaczeL5_8XDAg9BxOyxAi7bZTcMzPLWA7X2GvKp/s2048/20210304_155622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFfWgaifj3tUcdtytxZ8AG3OWI1ejkJ-hTA6LKuXPoWC-0XJ4SOT7VZETIq3fRLVIVZVeXrKxRbz9usHpBPWm-029vNqyFdSo-wksxGaczeL5_8XDAg9BxOyxAi7bZTcMzPLWA7X2GvKp/s320/20210304_155622.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;">Another day the girls and I ate lunch downtown at <b>Holy Smoke BBQ</b>. It was very good, but I do not recommend the <i>Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Stout </i>beer. Yuck!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAivvIxHmAnVSSZZbjKrHSxDjC9H5mM2BpuvB7C341f5dQiZmpguji0SAJGo9D0JvyXcuEI2q4lRlfAuG0eRUa_Wdx9XmxmhXiKyuUKIGyW66ZnoDoOxwVc-5wRKjYMnso1KV-82SPHtn1/s2048/20210304_161719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAivvIxHmAnVSSZZbjKrHSxDjC9H5mM2BpuvB7C341f5dQiZmpguji0SAJGo9D0JvyXcuEI2q4lRlfAuG0eRUa_Wdx9XmxmhXiKyuUKIGyW66ZnoDoOxwVc-5wRKjYMnso1KV-82SPHtn1/s320/20210304_161719.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;">They had a couple small tables with swings for seats.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebf__d75KkIZRhS05sUeMbfz7SgQhDWKTLYvjqiFXHKUKpUtNFS_T5H-KB0B_t4pTjypMuTNVihIfgoL6h7HSrdpC6FiWowFAF9vuNE2N7cnKMa2o-Jtq7LnQ0DVCnEgAAszf1zvhbnFu/s2048/20210305_102137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1443" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebf__d75KkIZRhS05sUeMbfz7SgQhDWKTLYvjqiFXHKUKpUtNFS_T5H-KB0B_t4pTjypMuTNVihIfgoL6h7HSrdpC6FiWowFAF9vuNE2N7cnKMa2o-Jtq7LnQ0DVCnEgAAszf1zvhbnFu/s320/20210305_102137.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;">On Friday, March 5th, we took the farm tour at <b>Martha's Date Gardens</b>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcE9dkmJkZZDHFczIZX6VizU2TcREBF2DRkhZIzDiijgSzHWKhigYCtNtV67SchEybfveP_nSXRmpVDX4YfXc2P5xGGc-6heaqZJBg1OJM5tadVn3sp0CMdTCUlL-Nhis_If2VcVC3rhPA/s2048/20210305_102234+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcE9dkmJkZZDHFczIZX6VizU2TcREBF2DRkhZIzDiijgSzHWKhigYCtNtV67SchEybfveP_nSXRmpVDX4YfXc2P5xGGc-6heaqZJBg1OJM5tadVn3sp0CMdTCUlL-Nhis_If2VcVC3rhPA/s320/20210305_102234+%25282%2529.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;">It was $10 and very interesting.</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/AVvXsEiV9j9sW9e2tPgRTT71JepsyAcxAAd_y38f1aPwac89qSVvgww5IN1j3lLdIBfiGWggJM5q4H03t8oI4i_uL9TODVn10iecJT4CEFaRb7ZA7z_-ilLcpxTeX40td_YsnDmzQ1tEy2ENNA0U/s2048/20210305_115528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9j9sW9e2tPgRTT71JepsyAcxAAd_y38f1aPwac89qSVvgww5IN1j3lLdIBfiGWggJM5q4H03t8oI4i_uL9TODVn10iecJT4CEFaRb7ZA7z_-ilLcpxTeX40td_YsnDmzQ1tEy2ENNA0U/s320/20210305_115528.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;">New plants sprout up from the base of the trees and have to be spaded off every two or three years.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpD_kP0_cp31D0nmlmVw_XIa00Wk-KVT9yp77X5jQhrvRd1daIIrvFslHK0dPD5q9w7S0qGTt-VbExw0mFQKxb3KtuAZsGRwpv5ub3NcuZSS-3jKdBnITasTlpcZFfMRqawx2h4kRNiMIe/s2048/20210305_114028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpD_kP0_cp31D0nmlmVw_XIa00Wk-KVT9yp77X5jQhrvRd1daIIrvFslHK0dPD5q9w7S0qGTt-VbExw0mFQKxb3KtuAZsGRwpv5ub3NcuZSS-3jKdBnITasTlpcZFfMRqawx2h4kRNiMIe/s320/20210305_114028.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;">They had hundreds of these new trees for sale.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgPpi8uAKgqb1mJHm0CnNag032vtkLjk31YssB42SA4MXESlwCKrUOoaAY9eDhtMz04YCFc36vGpFQLWJgAnEijk5keGwDg6KzbDO9GMDz26bRzcXw9VgRVLhCH4Cva4IzOaondzweDdQ/s2048/20210305_115231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgPpi8uAKgqb1mJHm0CnNag032vtkLjk31YssB42SA4MXESlwCKrUOoaAY9eDhtMz04YCFc36vGpFQLWJgAnEijk5keGwDg6KzbDO9GMDz26bRzcXw9VgRVLhCH4Cva4IzOaondzweDdQ/s320/20210305_115231.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;">There is one male tree for every 48 female trees. The pollen powder has to be removed from a clam-like limb at the top of the male tree by hand and sprinkled on the female trees by hand. This year they are experimenting doing it with a gun that is a cross between a leaf blower and a bazooka.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvXFZ_niomP8vOxS7PthO5_cy-EyN0iRatczIUL9G7hYZw0bInIfonPwX8_f5_dAEBW2HTwrXLIzifyUti4RIm9qThvOhI49T4IE97LxamM9ryO-9KE6WO-CxFGER1FLga0Yl_6HhvSsZ/s2048/20210305_122556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvXFZ_niomP8vOxS7PthO5_cy-EyN0iRatczIUL9G7hYZw0bInIfonPwX8_f5_dAEBW2HTwrXLIzifyUti4RIm9qThvOhI49T4IE97LxamM9ryO-9KE6WO-CxFGER1FLga0Yl_6HhvSsZ/s320/20210305_122556.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;">This gives an idea what the date clumps look like even though they are just old dried up ones that didn't get picked. There are hundreds of dates in each clump and about 25 clumps per tree. Each clump has to be thinned by hand, so they will get big and ripen. Also, the branches they are on have to be bent down when they are green and tied down. Later they have to all be covered with cloth bags to protect them from the birds. It is a very manual labor intensive crop. I buy an 11 pound box every year to bring home. My grandkids love them and my Mom, too. I like them plain, chopped in a lettuce salad or topped with peanut butter or veggie cream cheese with a pecan on top.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Wl7YrsG_f9ZwaPGW3d0W4VNNAXAHZAQA3LW56mR3SXCb5paaHe2aFLYgzj5Bk9Hzy7nHS85TqhuOz7yhvRKTcdrROJ61oqgk72yfWkb2g86fOv2MBRBXoIrJi1uwKtZaClt6W9GbR14l/s2048/20210308_164923+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Wl7YrsG_f9ZwaPGW3d0W4VNNAXAHZAQA3LW56mR3SXCb5paaHe2aFLYgzj5Bk9Hzy7nHS85TqhuOz7yhvRKTcdrROJ61oqgk72yfWkb2g86fOv2MBRBXoIrJi1uwKtZaClt6W9GbR14l/s320/20210308_164923+%25282%2529.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;">Another day we went on a tour of a marijuana farm. Steve came along that day. I guess we finally did something that interested him.</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/AVvXsEglb1EpysCAM3umr6yOwDlCMsHdlWoV_3Tw4sW9KnCNWIDFyYruOBKYdfneGZgZygsBHvzSXQpz4zA_sG2L-ID0TWoNodykizHj7jZTwl8iNWUlI2STVZnRMpcWuuojBMq-H1LhZyer17Xd/s2048/20210308_163940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglb1EpysCAM3umr6yOwDlCMsHdlWoV_3Tw4sW9KnCNWIDFyYruOBKYdfneGZgZygsBHvzSXQpz4zA_sG2L-ID0TWoNodykizHj7jZTwl8iNWUlI2STVZnRMpcWuuojBMq-H1LhZyer17Xd/s320/20210308_163940.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;">It was very interesting learning about the different varieties and uses and legislative issues.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUayY2MydhgLXV83QdxW5u65j2LipKfiGoUxP_kHr5pBW-I9RUKJHDrL9hppV0Ose2WQapAQeaOM0jLO_fh2Lq9NeQ_w91ni4a_TaRxcgvqrpY0C7CWRKYqQkpc_l8kiav7fhshFEUofK/s2048/20210308_170702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUayY2MydhgLXV83QdxW5u65j2LipKfiGoUxP_kHr5pBW-I9RUKJHDrL9hppV0Ose2WQapAQeaOM0jLO_fh2Lq9NeQ_w91ni4a_TaRxcgvqrpY0C7CWRKYqQkpc_l8kiav7fhshFEUofK/s320/20210308_170702.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;">They were also raising micro-greens as salad toppings. They had beet sprouts and radish sprouts and I forget what all the other kinds were.</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/AVvXsEgzAAxv0e8k-_H4M9x1BgKHRoUKp3pwMViM4mncWlzNI2XtQf7xurRtdi5x0eYdwnjd647emqgMrfFqwd5anyfndv7pcn19ArUhkzu_4NEt2ir-uqKdOxBBMGC297XlnT1T1TyPm1ntTTtu/s2048/20210308_173118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAAxv0e8k-_H4M9x1BgKHRoUKp3pwMViM4mncWlzNI2XtQf7xurRtdi5x0eYdwnjd647emqgMrfFqwd5anyfndv7pcn19ArUhkzu_4NEt2ir-uqKdOxBBMGC297XlnT1T1TyPm1ntTTtu/s320/20210308_173118.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;">They had a tiny horse, a goat, a peacock, a turkey and about forty chickens.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuAnhyphenhyphenUbtWtt_GYfsj2NC3leTTJDaFU9vftXwwSek12ZUnGE0whmITFEmX1I87iOX-G4HFOVTQ2UNxXpvwxHjxwRqJl_L-m7GBSyiwOpyJeW0St8YCHP_Pd0_rfl72MvtlX979ptyJ-_1/s1356/20210308_171915+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1154" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuAnhyphenhyphenUbtWtt_GYfsj2NC3leTTJDaFU9vftXwwSek12ZUnGE0whmITFEmX1I87iOX-G4HFOVTQ2UNxXpvwxHjxwRqJl_L-m7GBSyiwOpyJeW0St8YCHP_Pd0_rfl72MvtlX979ptyJ-_1/s320/20210308_171915+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDcgNlsF0IYaD57VI3SXxOvYWSOb9pxLGmIxW8oEEEwPKcBpQ9e95-PFoUTNjWH87WrLtlhRuDMoQSWQbC6TUxVpFzE-it3TwTzzwtAjPsbL5dqHwg9fgsWehOfkDu2tMMF6zS8kREa0w/s1070/20210308_172042+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="1070" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDcgNlsF0IYaD57VI3SXxOvYWSOb9pxLGmIxW8oEEEwPKcBpQ9e95-PFoUTNjWH87WrLtlhRuDMoQSWQbC6TUxVpFzE-it3TwTzzwtAjPsbL5dqHwg9fgsWehOfkDu2tMMF6zS8kREa0w/s320/20210308_172042+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SsCMLiefIraADl1lfjFoY3jV48RAazDIAHvnI3A5GcTflafBK6yGGKRS4nGYTiZUVCWYg4aPukw3NMfTh17S4RgN0qjvdYJz7Sd0GYc85eGQ8AyKRWf8CPb9RPCXxWx2gkXrhk7qK-ib/s2048/20210308_172242+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SsCMLiefIraADl1lfjFoY3jV48RAazDIAHvnI3A5GcTflafBK6yGGKRS4nGYTiZUVCWYg4aPukw3NMfTh17S4RgN0qjvdYJz7Sd0GYc85eGQ8AyKRWf8CPb9RPCXxWx2gkXrhk7qK-ib/s320/20210308_172242+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw4K1Xhlmxg-9j6y_-kFSLPhUaOrnr1gGLOsenpl1NDgq6G-BszrNnIVPX9ySDlED7xN_e5RS76A8MsCxKxgKs_aDP120j7Rd3swaMyl1hpiaPaCxJfh-WcWZqkVEQs8sxLfhYZKcKl56/s2048/20210308_172448+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1733" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw4K1Xhlmxg-9j6y_-kFSLPhUaOrnr1gGLOsenpl1NDgq6G-BszrNnIVPX9ySDlED7xN_e5RS76A8MsCxKxgKs_aDP120j7Rd3swaMyl1hpiaPaCxJfh-WcWZqkVEQs8sxLfhYZKcKl56/s320/20210308_172448+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsM5IgBz6zvmVaiIsqOjjY9OOpA8EEwKhb7NYBVF8Tv9gBvK5_-DT_9Prct5hzsQlufXuHFigR_FAS6QJ2VWDAQ7PTB8PgFj3z15lUxYgXMjkGlbEJ2MPFvA0lk76f8iZjmauDxGIMtOK/s2048/20210308_172954.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsM5IgBz6zvmVaiIsqOjjY9OOpA8EEwKhb7NYBVF8Tv9gBvK5_-DT_9Prct5hzsQlufXuHFigR_FAS6QJ2VWDAQ7PTB8PgFj3z15lUxYgXMjkGlbEJ2MPFvA0lk76f8iZjmauDxGIMtOK/s320/20210308_172954.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They had a sampling of a few of the products they make with CBD oil that you could buy, but their store, the <b>Pink Chameleon</b>, is in Yuma. We stopped for supper at a little Mexican place in Somerton on our way home.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwocJsrdolwO6a03h-Ta0KNHZHIenBx9kRoEBS92tmtWTRP3-06XtMn8XOYmeMlzf7S-zvW5Tor2CZOpQKGAf6Bc64aWob2dvjUbl6B_lAte263ZNLKqJGHg51sOvhpXGxXIiPUd_SbZo/s2048/20210315_113257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwocJsrdolwO6a03h-Ta0KNHZHIenBx9kRoEBS92tmtWTRP3-06XtMn8XOYmeMlzf7S-zvW5Tor2CZOpQKGAf6Bc64aWob2dvjUbl6B_lAte263ZNLKqJGHg51sOvhpXGxXIiPUd_SbZo/s320/20210315_113257.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;">Harvesting a cauliflower field next to our campground.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTmi7OTMFIsdlZl5NCNTAqbWjzKMjRhtIgWVa26rGyhJ8bbE-aFjMhkLFaZKY2VO97fNYIiQlN_E78MJaPDirugLxFz7s6qaSVBrNAirn26GolwABQpuqR2dP5Z0rRRFNdHI5Rhi-7Esv/s2048/20210323_113828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjTmi7OTMFIsdlZl5NCNTAqbWjzKMjRhtIgWVa26rGyhJ8bbE-aFjMhkLFaZKY2VO97fNYIiQlN_E78MJaPDirugLxFz7s6qaSVBrNAirn26GolwABQpuqR2dP5Z0rRRFNdHI5Rhi-7Esv/s320/20210323_113828.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunday, March 21st, we moved north to <b>Emerald Cove Resort</b> on the Colorado River near Parker, where Karolyn joined us again for a week. Four wheeling is very popular in the desert. Steve and Julie were in Havasu for the ATV races.</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/AVvXsEgcOUnCniSKRcHuR0b3tBsa-ghrjCY3Pkm4YS2vDpVD3u1lGc31Gw8iHQ5abTcfXBaMSpSAhY0cVTs3pVT1gUijOaYnnjX7KpNzjRi3sFRIwKcj8Xp4-vHVVsDWNaiiDDWpnkierYGu1HuF/s2048/4392.jpeg" 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/AVvXsEgcOUnCniSKRcHuR0b3tBsa-ghrjCY3Pkm4YS2vDpVD3u1lGc31Gw8iHQ5abTcfXBaMSpSAhY0cVTs3pVT1gUijOaYnnjX7KpNzjRi3sFRIwKcj8Xp4-vHVVsDWNaiiDDWpnkierYGu1HuF/s320/4392.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Karolyn and I drove up to Havasu City on March 23rd to have lunch with Julie at the <b>Blue Chair</b>, a very nice restaurant below the <b>London Bridge</b> overlooking Lake Havasu.</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/AVvXsEiWRbla30_8jHZwbFffIgxLRamHkvf-fBcYuaJtOXe9OjBtbYQDN9V4IYeJy6ctXEr5se7eRsCAFFA5QYcjJCfK56TsKgGsJfdAEfSzFesQljaZTkMjwYbUOL3-_WvWaLUQHFtO5wixkz-T/s2048/20210323_123307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRbla30_8jHZwbFffIgxLRamHkvf-fBcYuaJtOXe9OjBtbYQDN9V4IYeJy6ctXEr5se7eRsCAFFA5QYcjJCfK56TsKgGsJfdAEfSzFesQljaZTkMjwYbUOL3-_WvWaLUQHFtO5wixkz-T/s320/20210323_123307.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;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Every meal was served with an orchid. They had <i>surf board chips</i> with guacamole and salsa and <i>hang ten bacon</i>, a miniature wooden clothes line with four strips of different flavored bacons clipped on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbKPiaxKiSvrWUthVCw7njPw5Va0OmDLf3xWf61m4QdCiLZ3GHiUcVahLJp41GzpmHcj8_phEnbWGVi8njty0S71t2IvXptxsXfTDOk3KiaiotTCOkEA2EcZKL2z8wyEZY0dQp1Dp1ZWH/s2048/4402.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbKPiaxKiSvrWUthVCw7njPw5Va0OmDLf3xWf61m4QdCiLZ3GHiUcVahLJp41GzpmHcj8_phEnbWGVi8njty0S71t2IvXptxsXfTDOk3KiaiotTCOkEA2EcZKL2z8wyEZY0dQp1Dp1ZWH/s320/4402.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">After lunch we drove up to the north edge of town to check out some BLM land where John and I have stayed in the past. I think it's called Craggy Wash. This interesting little RV was one of the boondockers there enjoying the desert.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yVM0W918NMJksJ4VHyiRdcBqZyPbPKd46Q6B8wBV1I3zlz3RYjUjH_M8THmPJ4V3ldDg7kBeEd-KLH1lVrX2B0NIyRZLQuZPmTJ75IyvEwDZelgPRxC7YWx4Fg2LKzIvi8KgpL2pu11V/s2048/20210323_132602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1741" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yVM0W918NMJksJ4VHyiRdcBqZyPbPKd46Q6B8wBV1I3zlz3RYjUjH_M8THmPJ4V3ldDg7kBeEd-KLH1lVrX2B0NIyRZLQuZPmTJ75IyvEwDZelgPRxC7YWx4Fg2LKzIvi8KgpL2pu11V/s320/20210323_132602.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And a <i>Mondo Margarita</i>. A very popular place with great food at reasonable prices, but the drinks are a bit pricey. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnr784nn0oOGS7_f60pzGAKO03UfmDR7VdaaIGUEfBEcxg1HTXQurFstC70mwFEXP7lRSXfalzmTZLf6LSRnWD17yMsN2oGTxNZY4FQAKY0kksxuDlz0yvPCSNB1W9JDLuKYB4MDQYW5L/s2048/20210323_174223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnr784nn0oOGS7_f60pzGAKO03UfmDR7VdaaIGUEfBEcxg1HTXQurFstC70mwFEXP7lRSXfalzmTZLf6LSRnWD17yMsN2oGTxNZY4FQAKY0kksxuDlz0yvPCSNB1W9JDLuKYB4MDQYW5L/s320/20210323_174223.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;">On the way home from Havasu, we stopped at the public boat access near our campground, a really beautiful spot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlRRhyH21eG2NChm-z0CZO7OHofUMJ5GHxRdi3aks58fCSYZ43ISGUcd7N73zTPiEDRzBb6NamTeN0H4yVPtVNxsWPVkhg3I0xC0Jz9iyaafYSHcJA-G4wKTxG5_kgZdSPdGmxjwr8x1H/s2048/20210323_174357.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlRRhyH21eG2NChm-z0CZO7OHofUMJ5GHxRdi3aks58fCSYZ43ISGUcd7N73zTPiEDRzBb6NamTeN0H4yVPtVNxsWPVkhg3I0xC0Jz9iyaafYSHcJA-G4wKTxG5_kgZdSPdGmxjwr8x1H/s320/20210323_174357.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;">There are two really nice boat ramps.</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/AVvXsEhPhtyBpHg34Ef2W8IHqHOxg2EgYBVmMh3I8G_mH_Cgk4j0zDf-O4sMuVIMPSfAMqHlsyJ78j4eZ-hW2tfEmIe7iOf__CNpADQzzcfyicmi4MMsgywSCckqM-c_oiUZZ-iCdCkTb49kXoBO/s2048/20210323_174537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhtyBpHg34Ef2W8IHqHOxg2EgYBVmMh3I8G_mH_Cgk4j0zDf-O4sMuVIMPSfAMqHlsyJ78j4eZ-hW2tfEmIe7iOf__CNpADQzzcfyicmi4MMsgywSCckqM-c_oiUZZ-iCdCkTb49kXoBO/s320/20210323_174537.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;">Karolyn is checking out the fish.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw87TioeiECjIT1_P7yCOYjdBhBLORUX_UM_D0ElnuZ_FDa4vrznSl2oEgyjN1zOYfp9SumWwsHTU94rSV6yOSRn44jnZBg5stOb6cvsEMyvdmMJwzYAlqg12Zp8nYA8VZFUi3jR5kcXLA/s1234/20210323_174449+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="1234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw87TioeiECjIT1_P7yCOYjdBhBLORUX_UM_D0ElnuZ_FDa4vrznSl2oEgyjN1zOYfp9SumWwsHTU94rSV6yOSRn44jnZBg5stOb6cvsEMyvdmMJwzYAlqg12Zp8nYA8VZFUi3jR5kcXLA/s320/20210323_174449+%25282%2529.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;">Maybe somebody can tell me what kind it is. It looked to be over a foot long.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IJzhPkAJ69UDhCJrnaOgoJQ9b9K1-KSnCnBBqtEY4ZC4cD110evE8kdKbrnfjdMVIMQPT1e_Xx8tfc6S6IqlzxypWWy_QKx4Fum7nFubaCn-iIMavdtP3ZgnmwuysSBupyB1Ul2f2OCe/s2048/20210325_154426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IJzhPkAJ69UDhCJrnaOgoJQ9b9K1-KSnCnBBqtEY4ZC4cD110evE8kdKbrnfjdMVIMQPT1e_Xx8tfc6S6IqlzxypWWy_QKx4Fum7nFubaCn-iIMavdtP3ZgnmwuysSBupyB1Ul2f2OCe/s320/20210325_154426.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;">Another day Karolyn and I did a little driving around in the desert.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZJFK8V1L-yiHQIUGFT9nfWSInu0QabCYu-Rj1_aDg0TBWjplDn0sY4RySy1qcC_uP68h5v41_ffjxNe7UMD1Zn6eZJh7LYiM8rUEKclmFFKfOuucHo-md8sJjPDttPn3m1Es6TLto9eK/s2048/20210325_154830+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZJFK8V1L-yiHQIUGFT9nfWSInu0QabCYu-Rj1_aDg0TBWjplDn0sY4RySy1qcC_uP68h5v41_ffjxNe7UMD1Zn6eZJh7LYiM8rUEKclmFFKfOuucHo-md8sJjPDttPn3m1Es6TLto9eK/s320/20210325_154830+%25282%2529.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/AVvXsEjq_Qb5gUZ4mYU2mg9tm0N1sI5nMMs7YKfXEWN-CvxwdzxXlEaY2NxvPZw3KZ6Urnrv7VDj-ozwzkY1FDOLpADwXLYQJCIeucT5d2l8XptItocuNRMhp6YQ1BmgseZpEO-Rnh4kyozwYpmC/s2048/20210327_111837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_Qb5gUZ4mYU2mg9tm0N1sI5nMMs7YKfXEWN-CvxwdzxXlEaY2NxvPZw3KZ6Urnrv7VDj-ozwzkY1FDOLpADwXLYQJCIeucT5d2l8XptItocuNRMhp6YQ1BmgseZpEO-Rnh4kyozwYpmC/s320/20210327_111837.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;">Saturday, March 27th, Karolyn and I drove over to <b>La Paz County Park</b> to watch the boat races. We parked near this guy and stopped to admire his camper. He said his wife built it and it took her about a year and a half.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMsNN584nNjGxxFaCyBXB4qd-N-lGOubyKzHKt7ZVLLWYl01lPmuz48l12QCngcStY6rn1uCVUCOXvmN0WthWjtz0v8y2UkIAxGS1EdCOCPYHssk-coiIp188lQR29FcIncvrcqP75-EM/s2048/20210327_131301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMsNN584nNjGxxFaCyBXB4qd-N-lGOubyKzHKt7ZVLLWYl01lPmuz48l12QCngcStY6rn1uCVUCOXvmN0WthWjtz0v8y2UkIAxGS1EdCOCPYHssk-coiIp188lQR29FcIncvrcqP75-EM/s320/20210327_131301.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;">Then we found a spot down by the beach and enjoyed about five hours of boat races. This race started with engines off and guys in the water holding the boats in place until they took off.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqF1ITqH_F7keioLkff8BSCqeh-oXDg9tCbm74ebVhM13f2r2_lJqn4R1QqJLbShnsHNFz1QZHS7XP692xBvjovotIsOgsjbZziR36LYos50StieDLlaEFdL4M0dfCFamwKgIXqyE73LN3/s787/20210327_155301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="787" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqF1ITqH_F7keioLkff8BSCqeh-oXDg9tCbm74ebVhM13f2r2_lJqn4R1QqJLbShnsHNFz1QZHS7XP692xBvjovotIsOgsjbZziR36LYos50StieDLlaEFdL4M0dfCFamwKgIXqyE73LN3/s320/20210327_155301.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;">There were lots of different categories of boats. Some smaller ones called <i>cracker boxes</i> with quite young kids driving.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7iH94t8w6zaYA7It-koKJh_XyCr5rA6d-ufi8isr_KCuzVlQYWBG2qvl7fS5tiS0b7VkoVXAUrBbgOmABqGnK_VWUOBuQ_pL-4Kmlgnpj89lCPR_TAnuRx77KcXJqdFP02saER-ZCMTR/s1175/20210327_122714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="806" data-original-width="1175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7iH94t8w6zaYA7It-koKJh_XyCr5rA6d-ufi8isr_KCuzVlQYWBG2qvl7fS5tiS0b7VkoVXAUrBbgOmABqGnK_VWUOBuQ_pL-4Kmlgnpj89lCPR_TAnuRx77KcXJqdFP02saER-ZCMTR/s320/20210327_122714.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;">They said the boats traveled anywhere from 35 mph to 100 mph and some of them hardly looked like they were touching the water. Boy those ones that went 100 mph were so loud, even the ear plugs didn't help. They ran on alcohol.</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/AVvXsEi0E7SJEsEugw2hy9snwktbSzCMiOOO8mT-jfUQufL75doRB7r8AOJVjGssuiBHcU6uNjISHwmo30vhyphenhypheno4Nw7V0qG8sYMcl6OClhV16lXJ5luIHivT8svISJlieYRlEozkrra8eGeuzzC83/s1012/20210327_123833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1012" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0E7SJEsEugw2hy9snwktbSzCMiOOO8mT-jfUQufL75doRB7r8AOJVjGssuiBHcU6uNjISHwmo30vhyphenhypheno4Nw7V0qG8sYMcl6OClhV16lXJ5luIHivT8svISJlieYRlEozkrra8eGeuzzC83/s320/20210327_123833.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;">About every hour they would stop the races for a bit, so the boats that had accumulated on both ends could pass through.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw_KORd4Zk84UVOqChOQoWdJyQ8C40TxSqhTeYp4Z32LiXyySnMaMPHo6Tgbkn4iAUceqNCQr-2OgjR7aawmA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></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/AVvXsEg9zVg62XfgyYc5XDa8WMTqoqAZe97DPsg8-EgRDMZjqY9gECIguZr5PVJBC-OhJsdqzQWZE1WL261CuOAYbTEGEO0THNdlQ66mWOzb3kpVuhsci_KJHDaIguJ-bY8keX3G4RisL5ieQ3DE/s580/4873+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9zVg62XfgyYc5XDa8WMTqoqAZe97DPsg8-EgRDMZjqY9gECIguZr5PVJBC-OhJsdqzQWZE1WL261CuOAYbTEGEO0THNdlQ66mWOzb3kpVuhsci_KJHDaIguJ-bY8keX3G4RisL5ieQ3DE/s320/4873+%25282%2529.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;">Burros visit our campground at Emerald Cove every night.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDaP4sUU8cMKcOk-si14GskoNh-V9gANZoB9qEqRYl0KsNuxUAo7pJC0J3Tbw9nOatnOCK2lGmIALtjJmnH3Le_b-yHK8oHz9VdtQDFDwj_MlbgrvTeKq4gr_1Mjc-Z9c9BAEvnbjA4X6/s1164/4875+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDaP4sUU8cMKcOk-si14GskoNh-V9gANZoB9qEqRYl0KsNuxUAo7pJC0J3Tbw9nOatnOCK2lGmIALtjJmnH3Le_b-yHK8oHz9VdtQDFDwj_MlbgrvTeKq4gr_1Mjc-Z9c9BAEvnbjA4X6/s320/4875+%25282%2529.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;">Donna took these pictures from her camper window when they joined us for another week.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPVl-JJANO25eqBcdDDV_tznSieHIT-ZBeWrG403tY4gghV07H_gymxaaU3BnK_zTwt8sxWUbSAcHatElk0CY7uu72kf9fbv_HHzk1YpuXBlKnFsnCcCY1QJZ_G54rsiYqNh31tKZqvLC/s2048/20210403_124631.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/AVvXsEjUPVl-JJANO25eqBcdDDV_tznSieHIT-ZBeWrG403tY4gghV07H_gymxaaU3BnK_zTwt8sxWUbSAcHatElk0CY7uu72kf9fbv_HHzk1YpuXBlKnFsnCcCY1QJZ_G54rsiYqNh31tKZqvLC/s320/20210403_124631.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">This is one of Donna's creations. This one is painted and made with sea shells. Most of her creations are just a rough board with designs made from rocks she collects in the desert. She is very creative. <b>Donna Rox!!</b> I brought one of her creations home for my Mom last year.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We left Arizona Saturday, April 10th, after a week of almost 100 degrees and arrived in Helena Monday, April 12th, where the highs have been 40s to 50s for about ten days. We even woke up to an inch of snow on the 19th, but it should be getting much warmer from now on. I had to drive the old car home for Carter. We expect to be here most of the time until we head south again in the fall, except for a few weeks in the Dakotas and Iowa in July.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Tarra</p>Tarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779813576780479004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634528650761403007.post-3861658875867552332020-12-20T19:09:00.003-08:002021-04-18T21:25:37.950-07:00 2020: The Year of the Virus 💩😥<div style="text-align: center;"> Sat. May 2nd - Thur. Dec. 31st</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We left Bullhead City, Arizona early on Saturday morning, May 2nd and spent the night somewhere in Idaho. We arrived in Helena around noon on Sunday and we were so excited to be back with the kids again and, of course, all the critters, too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gbui0EJ8rHsLS6s127Adt97P1ZOFntiyno3hrKYXjmBlFkcnufXmFPF8Fovc2ybTQBsZJHpLwLBsX7Ses4OrrP-viXXRFtwdZ4YBrrI913u4epptDVHcZLhlLlzzsqUi1f2sNe24Gbo0/s4128/20200510_140400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gbui0EJ8rHsLS6s127Adt97P1ZOFntiyno3hrKYXjmBlFkcnufXmFPF8Fovc2ybTQBsZJHpLwLBsX7Ses4OrrP-viXXRFtwdZ4YBrrI913u4epptDVHcZLhlLlzzsqUi1f2sNe24Gbo0/s320/20200510_140400.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;">Tally taking Carter for a ride.</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/AVvXsEhX-99yAc8VGqMiF-_C6k9u2TXLbv4mxuRB8fhQGtMMpN64T6Ll7EXUzrho3ynXYD7LYILRL7bmcxNfUAEDZiwXYDk8lzl7Tv_SpSUJQ5SG4NgkQ3HBEKRNnNV0wTx7AZqEv3vYidmo_bwX/s4128/20201003_122005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-99yAc8VGqMiF-_C6k9u2TXLbv4mxuRB8fhQGtMMpN64T6Ll7EXUzrho3ynXYD7LYILRL7bmcxNfUAEDZiwXYDk8lzl7Tv_SpSUJQ5SG4NgkQ3HBEKRNnNV0wTx7AZqEv3vYidmo_bwX/s320/20201003_122005.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;">Benny and Keira climbing in the critter run to chase the ducks and chickens, a favorite pass time. Oops, they forgot their chicken boots. They must be just watching them.</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/AVvXsEiVjq2BQNIxQn6DOijO-G3ReJU5RlPWAtFOW9CQL3zub-ajG2EgLk27iAGpLEkauhaV3n2dNRTP4gD28JOyebvWHP2Ozlu4_Ynq5HlaiBVgFbM8mcBPNGWHAHxS4jWI7Uegh6BAIZ0dc9Qr/s4128/20200517_113345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjq2BQNIxQn6DOijO-G3ReJU5RlPWAtFOW9CQL3zub-ajG2EgLk27iAGpLEkauhaV3n2dNRTP4gD28JOyebvWHP2Ozlu4_Ynq5HlaiBVgFbM8mcBPNGWHAHxS4jWI7Uegh6BAIZ0dc9Qr/s320/20200517_113345.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;">Benny doing school work on the deck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQoHw_gaYNf11R4GWWqeLBTrtVTEPZlBlVwF2tdUBa6nfjwsROKGCUnThsWsWGJ2o3FgD8inrr341Q9N1ahjMim6B2WwPMlqrr8_PoHKUSPFfn7SLGaTEzMncPLQFZs6Qs6v-Z6z8Vb_U/s4128/20200521_115723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQoHw_gaYNf11R4GWWqeLBTrtVTEPZlBlVwF2tdUBa6nfjwsROKGCUnThsWsWGJ2o3FgD8inrr341Q9N1ahjMim6B2WwPMlqrr8_PoHKUSPFfn7SLGaTEzMncPLQFZs6Qs6v-Z6z8Vb_U/s320/20200521_115723.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Benny and Toppy.</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/AVvXsEjWRvqc3_oUEoEnsidCzWEOc28bXko4qs2a9SoL8ByvURJmlWer9_2yW4MaeGldbiTkeIpnsJ98xB82xUMjh9ilL5e4qkU7f3WiBR7iQha_0oYHbA3jIyJRcOAzMVeIEWQMpc97uqxmOdCb/s3507/20200915_190455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3507" data-original-width="2259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRvqc3_oUEoEnsidCzWEOc28bXko4qs2a9SoL8ByvURJmlWer9_2yW4MaeGldbiTkeIpnsJ98xB82xUMjh9ilL5e4qkU7f3WiBR7iQha_0oYHbA3jIyJRcOAzMVeIEWQMpc97uqxmOdCb/s320/20200915_190455.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tierney with one of her new bunnies.</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/AVvXsEiAWFqlKApfrY-L4M31P7VRmFMOrgFvWMhY1czMDXQ0yZeN6UO3bslNXoDWQfku-cR7QsZTJV_ZdJCEG8hx52ayrtinm02vj9O3RQWbq0IDTU-uM6aTkbW697Rsd20seC5Ggyf-Jc_jWUjX/s4128/20201027_140719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWFqlKApfrY-L4M31P7VRmFMOrgFvWMhY1czMDXQ0yZeN6UO3bslNXoDWQfku-cR7QsZTJV_ZdJCEG8hx52ayrtinm02vj9O3RQWbq0IDTU-uM6aTkbW697Rsd20seC5Ggyf-Jc_jWUjX/s320/20201027_140719.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;">Tally feeding one of the bunnies.</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/AVvXsEgvk1s5Od7MlxXKbkzX6klMR0TtcYsP0ZJ3FC0v_X8nHjlLdh3arsqMBbDel6QLqCr300rKDHWEb8dTw78ubtzekop0STu6INFOL1QY3B7Jj2lxxdhyphenhyphenlsKKwBxOk3Z7xyG_Vp3ewMHhbc12/s4128/20200510_135658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvk1s5Od7MlxXKbkzX6klMR0TtcYsP0ZJ3FC0v_X8nHjlLdh3arsqMBbDel6QLqCr300rKDHWEb8dTw78ubtzekop0STu6INFOL1QY3B7Jj2lxxdhyphenhyphenlsKKwBxOk3Z7xyG_Vp3ewMHhbc12/s320/20200510_135658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And last, but not least, good old patient Digger.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbAfnLUfwKvcb6V7rXyEmDSaYABAjCfnK6XJg5-pPNZ-6i_bF0x9E2t107A5Pfyg9zPBpH54HkAq77UbShfQlUXGmzL9ySTGoSownTpPKK_Ae7AIWW6qtA5WLfItj7mBIoiJYCqXjM0O0/s4128/20200530_190126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbAfnLUfwKvcb6V7rXyEmDSaYABAjCfnK6XJg5-pPNZ-6i_bF0x9E2t107A5Pfyg9zPBpH54HkAq77UbShfQlUXGmzL9ySTGoSownTpPKK_Ae7AIWW6qtA5WLfItj7mBIoiJYCqXjM0O0/s320/20200530_190126.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;">Hilary fixing up the bunny hutch their friends gave them along with the bunnies.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nnfnanLoGhAuHJlFCoTwHXPRAOnocn5A4qhcOs9x1rFLGoTxV7BQSOnCMd6Z-ml1WfLCTQPKSLAY2ldSSk_v71rSYdnhKOsHfaYvQWXQEJDGfMLbkGdkk_fGxPET5WM0H-8ICKALgfew/s4128/20200530_205331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4nnfnanLoGhAuHJlFCoTwHXPRAOnocn5A4qhcOs9x1rFLGoTxV7BQSOnCMd6Z-ml1WfLCTQPKSLAY2ldSSk_v71rSYdnhKOsHfaYvQWXQEJDGfMLbkGdkk_fGxPET5WM0H-8ICKALgfew/s320/20200530_205331.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;">Benny was so excited about the four new bunnies, Paisley, Luna, Bazzil and Cocoa.</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/AVvXsEgeca39DEH_5Ggl-rYwxXV3Lj8-3er9fGLiQH040XtM7H7FIWoWbjX0ZJWMK66Uv3D7Vxgtn3AFIKbtC37hOmqvh4nUExYKdH-EwoHcCP05rmIlcujBJ8I4GMPtMMo3Imm7hJkIeHrXQVat/s4128/20200916_135141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeca39DEH_5Ggl-rYwxXV3Lj8-3er9fGLiQH040XtM7H7FIWoWbjX0ZJWMK66Uv3D7Vxgtn3AFIKbtC37hOmqvh4nUExYKdH-EwoHcCP05rmIlcujBJ8I4GMPtMMo3Imm7hJkIeHrXQVat/s320/20200916_135141.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;">One day we had four ducks missing and found a pile of feathers out in the field, so we had to start a pet cemetery. It's still a work in progress, but a few weeks later we had three bunnies get sick and die. I think Kiera also buried a couple grasshoppers and a worm here. We had to visit and bring flowers and stone markers. There were a few sad days in there, but they did eventually get the bunnies replaced, so all good for now.</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/AVvXsEhp1B1nNZ-n6tHwEWj7Q_WFpL1BXPyTeV7VdiWVVVOIyaoZkBNr7K5bb12I2BRE2Sk51221MytRzZNXyTX_37QC1lFK4D_BJKmj8_J-L2_29vbZCS5KKI3uGqorO7yHnd4E_gDCQIdmFMRa/s4128/20200613_124854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1B1nNZ-n6tHwEWj7Q_WFpL1BXPyTeV7VdiWVVVOIyaoZkBNr7K5bb12I2BRE2Sk51221MytRzZNXyTX_37QC1lFK4D_BJKmj8_J-L2_29vbZCS5KKI3uGqorO7yHnd4E_gDCQIdmFMRa/s320/20200613_124854.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;">Three little baby robins hatched under the eave on the porch, so we were able to watch that whole event from the window for a few weeks.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzTzc_H3Y8FjCEktmaRocK9s_16iVflobV3qU14_hwh8MB8JQpvKppCSHCSYYMz0CH-jbtm5VUCvIQk_eCOF1DW8YSELGCDNVh4dRs-WSfd4wFBDFbFM0ElhICsqUKXwmq0rh9EOrKNH3/s4128/20200604_152446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzTzc_H3Y8FjCEktmaRocK9s_16iVflobV3qU14_hwh8MB8JQpvKppCSHCSYYMz0CH-jbtm5VUCvIQk_eCOF1DW8YSELGCDNVh4dRs-WSfd4wFBDFbFM0ElhICsqUKXwmq0rh9EOrKNH3/s320/20200604_152446.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;">We heard from friends that they had just opened up Yellowstone and there was hardly anybody there, so we packed up the RV and went up there on June 3rd to join them for a few days.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NarmTWY1gOSAWZJwop9-8dWRU0I8sfpVQHsk3ldyXleK3dIn9mV90a5aKYF_Djci3yX99S1JQaT6rv6EFUgVvhNo4RPAzFcH8leCYAhRhZ0xOy7_NnulK5HHL6Vp0WaVCA1IIX5wULdd/s3101/20200605_193912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="3101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NarmTWY1gOSAWZJwop9-8dWRU0I8sfpVQHsk3ldyXleK3dIn9mV90a5aKYF_Djci3yX99S1JQaT6rv6EFUgVvhNo4RPAzFcH8leCYAhRhZ0xOy7_NnulK5HHL6Vp0WaVCA1IIX5wULdd/s320/20200605_193912.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;">We had a really good time. No waiting in line. Hardly any traffic.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ilVpRTHjbUWSy3K1tExP2d976_3OVTdbwZwzU-Hjbnn2Abwaqgxg6PUzrGUYylpO4FwVrwGcjkMOIvEbwwhIVp9CVyU7Oh1GMpUfMUCi9r6xr1JSgi8TYAqXvd4LL5xRe5MJ11tQP3FO/s4128/20200605_115614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ilVpRTHjbUWSy3K1tExP2d976_3OVTdbwZwzU-Hjbnn2Abwaqgxg6PUzrGUYylpO4FwVrwGcjkMOIvEbwwhIVp9CVyU7Oh1GMpUfMUCi9r6xr1JSgi8TYAqXvd4LL5xRe5MJ11tQP3FO/s320/20200605_115614.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;">Tallia.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycWjs6u5z8yc93RAOny9zIh_2o70SEDgQy2FnidHOygd3929s3LzAsc3xN8gx0Vwz2phtRZf71p_h90Q-YyCalzTCVtmRE0sAzBBKz2rlqGLeIJp4Yr_TjuNyiPouup-V1vqpR6hwfQay/s4128/20200605_121314.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhycWjs6u5z8yc93RAOny9zIh_2o70SEDgQy2FnidHOygd3929s3LzAsc3xN8gx0Vwz2phtRZf71p_h90Q-YyCalzTCVtmRE0sAzBBKz2rlqGLeIJp4Yr_TjuNyiPouup-V1vqpR6hwfQay/s320/20200605_121314.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;">Dallas.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihd8Lnlsth4E7KTd9OuPwtLiUVEXz86XZs484EAMAAl3VR97Yw7v2oCtNuc7dw8G2TjulLdIm3hMTAqgKKtaglV-8G4661SmsGZVOaOOqyL8To5Zjd3AWxmL2Ef3qqibmrTfw-1xJeeat4/s4128/20200605_132959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihd8Lnlsth4E7KTd9OuPwtLiUVEXz86XZs484EAMAAl3VR97Yw7v2oCtNuc7dw8G2TjulLdIm3hMTAqgKKtaglV-8G4661SmsGZVOaOOqyL8To5Zjd3AWxmL2Ef3qqibmrTfw-1xJeeat4/s320/20200605_132959.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;">The whole gang. Well, minus Carter, of course. We don't see too much of him. He has a busy life with school, job and girl friend.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRN6-VFqYXzagr5s0gUnOFmzSSOcmDkwlfgr9yCu2K7LQEvJuPO1IqWhXiqzlS20PpyDxIPpA23W85h2Cn3k1DGCmDrsFHDT27di7mp5xoeYX81NtGOcylQaUR0FX7QF9YuAfOOLTfYmf/s4128/20200605_140334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRN6-VFqYXzagr5s0gUnOFmzSSOcmDkwlfgr9yCu2K7LQEvJuPO1IqWhXiqzlS20PpyDxIPpA23W85h2Cn3k1DGCmDrsFHDT27di7mp5xoeYX81NtGOcylQaUR0FX7QF9YuAfOOLTfYmf/s320/20200605_140334.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;">Bison right outside our car window.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUbeNEHP18CKKzEurvFiehrk-Rwka6qMQQFhE9oJ6M4WDq-KhTWYmssLTTfn1CGFx9YW3DlF22lf00F86CFyMSVY684Lk25Mh2fAc7uhZHw8i7GgPlmGjHLSv59ogozaOynS11l_A5_OY/s4128/20200605_145622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUbeNEHP18CKKzEurvFiehrk-Rwka6qMQQFhE9oJ6M4WDq-KhTWYmssLTTfn1CGFx9YW3DlF22lf00F86CFyMSVY684Lk25Mh2fAc7uhZHw8i7GgPlmGjHLSv59ogozaOynS11l_A5_OY/s320/20200605_145622.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;">Tally, Dallas and Kiera doing a good imitation of mountain goats at <i>Sheepshead Rock</i>. We had a picnic here and this was our last day at the park.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeA96tQXYFFkUr5s6_2nG_N10txtZYYH-yHg-AB9xJkc-FbCn0Hro_jmUUWDE9JCFZiO5gT-4WK9hdz5_dGnIGieFFmPeZHG_2_eyMa9YHXgv3r2AJpJK7poE7AAndX9Vm4ZWiX0-bs8E/s1114/20200605_195133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeA96tQXYFFkUr5s6_2nG_N10txtZYYH-yHg-AB9xJkc-FbCn0Hro_jmUUWDE9JCFZiO5gT-4WK9hdz5_dGnIGieFFmPeZHG_2_eyMa9YHXgv3r2AJpJK7poE7AAndX9Vm4ZWiX0-bs8E/s320/20200605_195133.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids had great fun chasing this little chipmunk in and out of the rocks.</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/AVvXsEh-kL2j49SEZ_Sl4vF-3WSS1Hu09B2HgBTTDYneTExTejeNT4KC1x-vucuQbxwp388EwDlfLkA25_QixNShSc5Tg4lQqvr3MuVZUm9YzfbJqoTW_txxTHUqRxfI0KsdYJuyvV6mW5ze1q-b/s960/1567.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kL2j49SEZ_Sl4vF-3WSS1Hu09B2HgBTTDYneTExTejeNT4KC1x-vucuQbxwp388EwDlfLkA25_QixNShSc5Tg4lQqvr3MuVZUm9YzfbJqoTW_txxTHUqRxfI0KsdYJuyvV6mW5ze1q-b/s320/1567.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oldest and youngest, 21 and 3.</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/AVvXsEgRvQy0ZcBVhsNpSlr7Y9r4DE5k9n-QbaWiD5m-I7UTxhfh7Bvj8uPz52DPsdtsIUVA5bYcc9DM9I6UN5vpU3ZcTfydQw9ToIIBN_P9PmPGhscLmTsSLBpRk93E3pqmI_jG_yIVTKgtU7MI/s4128/20200608_181212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvQy0ZcBVhsNpSlr7Y9r4DE5k9n-QbaWiD5m-I7UTxhfh7Bvj8uPz52DPsdtsIUVA5bYcc9DM9I6UN5vpU3ZcTfydQw9ToIIBN_P9PmPGhscLmTsSLBpRk93E3pqmI_jG_yIVTKgtU7MI/s320/20200608_181212.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back home again, the kids worked up another one of their little skits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>Pardon me Ma'am, would you care to dance?</i>"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhqTRglAVCGyKfDk2XjQ8aKvN_kaA8OeWpBkMgd3set9GOxdsK29-PZjfsFnuGDw94jFHd_re4oMPf5J7OvgCYNIoNz6kBZZrlsjoOP8vOcUo6TX3PP41UKq7TDPWsH7QHR-0t31NbYWu/s4128/20200608_181016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUhqTRglAVCGyKfDk2XjQ8aKvN_kaA8OeWpBkMgd3set9GOxdsK29-PZjfsFnuGDw94jFHd_re4oMPf5J7OvgCYNIoNz6kBZZrlsjoOP8vOcUo6TX3PP41UKq7TDPWsH7QHR-0t31NbYWu/s320/20200608_181016.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meanwhile Digger says, "<i>Not another play again. Can't a dog ever get a nap around here?</i>"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtSQ0ASmyq8DCrOE8gB31GOsUsNTfUgeDeLvVCA3enrXnVUwColp4Sk_b_uvAuiogFunWsj4pIt3ZCIrZjO6WOR3_GvT0tC_3ukoPeWX8UUycxkm_TseDnuqQtqKAgh8YLg9fAYAotAoz/s4128/20200608_180256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtSQ0ASmyq8DCrOE8gB31GOsUsNTfUgeDeLvVCA3enrXnVUwColp4Sk_b_uvAuiogFunWsj4pIt3ZCIrZjO6WOR3_GvT0tC_3ukoPeWX8UUycxkm_TseDnuqQtqKAgh8YLg9fAYAotAoz/s320/20200608_180256.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The writers/directors/producers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VLeflw6PwI8hC_pITiJ-sOKLuPIvZQgfaLYNGnVBAISLWw0U7UgQMlfsmlFxnEOyXVguH1VyhjHzWONhiSLqxxZBHYCU88HCdIu3ig8O6PxGCJDi2zW8RggLDs7CMd6RDP4IiAFKfshY/s4128/20200612_101602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VLeflw6PwI8hC_pITiJ-sOKLuPIvZQgfaLYNGnVBAISLWw0U7UgQMlfsmlFxnEOyXVguH1VyhjHzWONhiSLqxxZBHYCU88HCdIu3ig8O6PxGCJDi2zW8RggLDs7CMd6RDP4IiAFKfshY/s320/20200612_101602.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;">Lady Godiva.</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/AVvXsEh6q0uRSon4GW0R_QfazqNOUctyaav8Xe-M1v491NvRSJmwUnjgo10hWmm4Z1II7ynVQLyx549shwQoQkfXMswmeRQDP2bSGw0X_3MtYLoWDYHHAYb8ybLsYgL9t1rXh5V8cZEybA2kPUut/s607/20200906_180557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="607" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6q0uRSon4GW0R_QfazqNOUctyaav8Xe-M1v491NvRSJmwUnjgo10hWmm4Z1II7ynVQLyx549shwQoQkfXMswmeRQDP2bSGw0X_3MtYLoWDYHHAYb8ybLsYgL9t1rXh5V8cZEybA2kPUut/s320/20200906_180557.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;">Mowing the lawn with Dad.</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/AVvXsEjGX5mfs2itW0fWEQKJzemDlhe04LmenBrhNOHwRGbamqUjDBrjvFwxw012uhOhk1Gv7D-qcZWlRIn3qAZUAwQ42a0TUZHQxbq32gvfUptyASWDN5jsL43Ikks-hAJxguqQYjp3MHiq4w_Z/s4128/20200914_115822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGX5mfs2itW0fWEQKJzemDlhe04LmenBrhNOHwRGbamqUjDBrjvFwxw012uhOhk1Gv7D-qcZWlRIn3qAZUAwQ42a0TUZHQxbq32gvfUptyASWDN5jsL43Ikks-hAJxguqQYjp3MHiq4w_Z/s320/20200914_115822.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;">"<i>Look at the big green caterpillar, Grandma!</i>"</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/AVvXsEgPXT_gMwIGzjfEbhTsVCFGBurV2mkVBRFt_PrX5GZaljloK8vS0OyVgyTxb8kGrN-Ytj73BOa0S33dAJKHanwn187wRlqpMyCLc_MqICa76ueGNE3sghdFCOw3cP1wr0WizKsIL6AvUZ-k/s4128/20200613_125936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXT_gMwIGzjfEbhTsVCFGBurV2mkVBRFt_PrX5GZaljloK8vS0OyVgyTxb8kGrN-Ytj73BOa0S33dAJKHanwn187wRlqpMyCLc_MqICa76ueGNE3sghdFCOw3cP1wr0WizKsIL6AvUZ-k/s320/20200613_125936.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Benny in a bucket!</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/AVvXsEhf2123N98-sNhUDZv02XTXxZ2dxIavpJqU3dvYFo0v7wNfepRyU3tDzByaoY88lnKC0COK9B9GoeTsv04jwvp-OsXnr3Ch3ydwYUP1skAEJJUgAyKAPbpIXY_cSmpj9HjVT6I5zYLNgP2z/s4128/20200612_152701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2123N98-sNhUDZv02XTXxZ2dxIavpJqU3dvYFo0v7wNfepRyU3tDzByaoY88lnKC0COK9B9GoeTsv04jwvp-OsXnr3Ch3ydwYUP1skAEJJUgAyKAPbpIXY_cSmpj9HjVT6I5zYLNgP2z/s320/20200612_152701.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>Dallas, be careful. Please come down</i>."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>I'm okay, Grandma.</i>"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>Maybe so, but I'm not!</i>"</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/AVvXsEjBYDu_hbBEbiXjbwRQva6zc6q6-NttgUvAPf8yB65AqjUtdDjPE7nIwLMrMYrp0wMiF4Cqd0Se03CIhstMYMQ4bnNHtpGE_D4ujMKOj3fc06_WGmWnmkyPCeHJP1lt6AY9RrckXzKhcaWR/s4128/20200621_152942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYDu_hbBEbiXjbwRQva6zc6q6-NttgUvAPf8yB65AqjUtdDjPE7nIwLMrMYrp0wMiF4Cqd0Se03CIhstMYMQ4bnNHtpGE_D4ujMKOj3fc06_WGmWnmkyPCeHJP1lt6AY9RrckXzKhcaWR/s320/20200621_152942.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;">Baseball in the backyard, pretty much a daily event.</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/AVvXsEjC9LBlZH-dZX5mAYulxd5mQSq9lpSroMN3UMtc6wvmH_KT9RoT0R8o7UjxzFhm7QZPNNJhnGBnudlPBBKqJzxGEtqFl6wa0s5LBmwEb9aR0XAaxtEMjljUdaaCtofYUZyN6dAGBT9Vr4mF/s4128/20200906_173324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9LBlZH-dZX5mAYulxd5mQSq9lpSroMN3UMtc6wvmH_KT9RoT0R8o7UjxzFhm7QZPNNJhnGBnudlPBBKqJzxGEtqFl6wa0s5LBmwEb9aR0XAaxtEMjljUdaaCtofYUZyN6dAGBT9Vr4mF/s320/20200906_173324.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;">Riding horse on the hitchin' post. " <i>Too bad we don't have any real horses to tie up here. We already have a tack room, a hay shed and a corral. It's a shame to see them go to waste. We might as well get a couple horses, don't you think so Mom and Dad</i>?"</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/AVvXsEhphT8d_A1Erl0S5SkFBCrWPHxrbpzP1dmNLwGLEIWqBLWjxNfNG5q1egKU1kx9ixGB4jjxLnc4xGF8he66bgBCB-mzzJF3qgKsxqtuC7QPMuR-Gz0hlhV4kkEGygCLOMFgyReh_lYE_k7d/s4128/20200704_142451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphT8d_A1Erl0S5SkFBCrWPHxrbpzP1dmNLwGLEIWqBLWjxNfNG5q1egKU1kx9ixGB4jjxLnc4xGF8he66bgBCB-mzzJF3qgKsxqtuC7QPMuR-Gz0hlhV4kkEGygCLOMFgyReh_lYE_k7d/s320/20200704_142451.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;">We had a little hail one day, the first time we have seen hail in the ten summers we have spent here.</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/AVvXsEhbJh5VWBtTR-ClVAe5iRfL_ypyFecEG0z19ZbYJt2_qYh_8G5AZYwjeHmQh4qeaDGVZORWRB7CcGhRaUCf7nNRo7swx0SOVJlciykE5LJfY0TNWJ4SL6PKFM2ej8w8H2qmbr0Mt98LM-ly/s4128/20200704_142522.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJh5VWBtTR-ClVAe5iRfL_ypyFecEG0z19ZbYJt2_qYh_8G5AZYwjeHmQh4qeaDGVZORWRB7CcGhRaUCf7nNRo7swx0SOVJlciykE5LJfY0TNWJ4SL6PKFM2ej8w8H2qmbr0Mt98LM-ly/s320/20200704_142522.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;">We left July 11th to visit Dawn for a few days. Then we went up to Mom's and spent about six weeks with her while she had knee surgery and rehab.</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/AVvXsEjAN9g6yxUunymCZ-bdxTU6L1_niGJ3edGVUnJZ-BkqRAPz4P5d47ks6zLdYUoQ3km6SgTOu2cdxl6-YmizlMxi5eI02HzwMRBRo4O26Aiq2pt1OlXGe1SM0kz5Fhuos4D7hPHsRgG8Rz75/s4128/20200810_203933.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN9g6yxUunymCZ-bdxTU6L1_niGJ3edGVUnJZ-BkqRAPz4P5d47ks6zLdYUoQ3km6SgTOu2cdxl6-YmizlMxi5eI02HzwMRBRo4O26Aiq2pt1OlXGe1SM0kz5Fhuos4D7hPHsRgG8Rz75/s320/20200810_203933.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;">Mom working hard at her rehab. I think she was getting tired of my cooking and wanted us to be on our way.</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/AVvXsEjURDSbW-GrNO9j-embjvih536wSqUXXxPq4rEN9KMl64_sSKuWHpqZ5rpzFwux94JOTp_HGu8vIvwnPlnd6sD83uLt_1pEeIFSYgcPcSObYlZaVfw40hMT-cooyS4uHH33W20fj62mLJG3/s4128/20200829_133444.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURDSbW-GrNO9j-embjvih536wSqUXXxPq4rEN9KMl64_sSKuWHpqZ5rpzFwux94JOTp_HGu8vIvwnPlnd6sD83uLt_1pEeIFSYgcPcSObYlZaVfw40hMT-cooyS4uHH33W20fj62mLJG3/s320/20200829_133444.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;">We missed Keira's 5th birthday party, but we made it back just in time for Benny's 3rd birthday.</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/AVvXsEiVUfLMhKoWITqvwxB63thMxEzZ2mG4A4OHp7_rIuepytf3mCGHyd2zKYnk7QKEYFKifsbkDRKcQroU7k5Xug44Wli3izDMLE5eXrugcqXCrBqza0ODGtiNjMIho4In9hfj-a-tRPAwUfdE/s4128/20200612_101855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUfLMhKoWITqvwxB63thMxEzZ2mG4A4OHp7_rIuepytf3mCGHyd2zKYnk7QKEYFKifsbkDRKcQroU7k5Xug44Wli3izDMLE5eXrugcqXCrBqza0ODGtiNjMIho4In9hfj-a-tRPAwUfdE/s320/20200612_101855.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;">This is where the addition will go to connect the house to the garage.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFAu_1x2HdAKCoDfEkuwXW0OfUs6bS5ulBHlZNpKHqnRA1nO3_1VAXjuzYGlu1ERdaozbRJWBJKSabsfrWrM9SdOHsWGiEsCijrJr0AvV2PvS3SMZyzKWUxddxFBZySWXJdxYXVcHWOCo/s4128/20200710_134112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFAu_1x2HdAKCoDfEkuwXW0OfUs6bS5ulBHlZNpKHqnRA1nO3_1VAXjuzYGlu1ERdaozbRJWBJKSabsfrWrM9SdOHsWGiEsCijrJr0AvV2PvS3SMZyzKWUxddxFBZySWXJdxYXVcHWOCo/s320/20200710_134112.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah, Mike is here to move the little apple tree today!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIuBh9-BbcnIBtcXBTf2klWpzkLw4pyJtJ7UCNbQPGQtZbGT4iJfzVNN5HN6-ons-bxPpExGlvnHa8_sBgot4uYoWTeiWW0aCQGbH9C4oVBa4RyVPRow1LpInWfsy9uR3foOTNqDtyux9/s4128/20200625_115018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIuBh9-BbcnIBtcXBTf2klWpzkLw4pyJtJ7UCNbQPGQtZbGT4iJfzVNN5HN6-ons-bxPpExGlvnHa8_sBgot4uYoWTeiWW0aCQGbH9C4oVBa4RyVPRow1LpInWfsy9uR3foOTNqDtyux9/s320/20200625_115018.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The gardening gurus.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2a7d1dQvBl_9J9q7DKd4OXCadmO754UpzIZEotwqrZyT8U7lMHm4eW7ME7Oqtfzbb3zo64NL4l8X8TMu-9b1CT0fPpFQJ4QtPPnYzblZVxvkMFYrwbGgNNnF6Vxo4TL5saOP-eQqNfes/s4128/20200625_130217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2a7d1dQvBl_9J9q7DKd4OXCadmO754UpzIZEotwqrZyT8U7lMHm4eW7ME7Oqtfzbb3zo64NL4l8X8TMu-9b1CT0fPpFQJ4QtPPnYzblZVxvkMFYrwbGgNNnF6Vxo4TL5saOP-eQqNfes/s320/20200625_130217.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taking apart the deck, so it won't be in the way when they start putting in the addition.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bXzByL2LCP_RYW57kHfos5KUq5nKIY5pKfD62LW0V1skkaJlaQFSa6-1o99A99QMLxkoI4RaOSJEdNp3P4lZexoQGB2WBF9hyJgLFM6t2268afpoT-F9cTLAYf9Pck59xgOmzTI0yEvz/s4128/20200901_131227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bXzByL2LCP_RYW57kHfos5KUq5nKIY5pKfD62LW0V1skkaJlaQFSa6-1o99A99QMLxkoI4RaOSJEdNp3P4lZexoQGB2WBF9hyJgLFM6t2268afpoT-F9cTLAYf9Pck59xgOmzTI0yEvz/s320/20200901_131227.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah, the floor is done and we are having so much fun biking, scootering and rollerblading.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbigwheEAhnzwq4r62Gpzuebfk1K_IYj46whjeIgnYVMo55gZ-_NxAxUgaB7b0N9JoGqUG-cX8WUbIKLUeIFb5hdXBPKUWTKNejLxQorL0JRFygrwpNhY5aHtxU-re-Ekfh4KEhdIxNP3K/s4128/20200912_194612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Jeff in the background behind her putting the cross braces back in place. Notice the original part of the house was a small log cabin!</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/AVvXsEht72dEiobIlqgU8lQ8yGFzdW2v_Ry5ftstpKrbM-tQ76h4Ybg-MXqzhKCfIp5ERngRBKNq2P5pm0bo-URBUxRnEi9AllCj3af22-eb57aSgt6wr2JbkjEUqS20CNJkKUQszrD9T9-anp8G/s4128/20200921_171026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht72dEiobIlqgU8lQ8yGFzdW2v_Ry5ftstpKrbM-tQ76h4Ybg-MXqzhKCfIp5ERngRBKNq2P5pm0bo-URBUxRnEi9AllCj3af22-eb57aSgt6wr2JbkjEUqS20CNJkKUQszrD9T9-anp8G/s320/20200921_171026.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;">Bros chillin' and watching Mom and Dad finish up with the deck.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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"<i>I don't know. Let's see</i>."</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBTYACYC1lzy_5U3k0Ew3JP5wZul1eKjEWAtyD646OJMLIiEgZKE80nY2D3a38P4tuWUDtrAqHCgL_ubCdKuUEYR5uW6a-i1k6u8421W950wz03BqEl-kCuQl_fztJ1WA86dVQwBN__4Y/s1612/20200916_181203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="1612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBTYACYC1lzy_5U3k0Ew3JP5wZul1eKjEWAtyD646OJMLIiEgZKE80nY2D3a38P4tuWUDtrAqHCgL_ubCdKuUEYR5uW6a-i1k6u8421W950wz03BqEl-kCuQl_fztJ1WA86dVQwBN__4Y/s320/20200916_181203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>All right! Dad made us a ramp</i>!"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3GsOZ4Ye6fkM42rf5COw1ZeYTvlImV3DHeutFMOkcT38ksB-TzbM9TlzZU3-SZ2pJjGsQZLJr43p9ewzs9rod8O6vIsasZ0PXUePUkS5vd4797ktmvHSOHjL2sCSa6eLMc8PuNt_cbw0/s2658/20200922_133534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1993" data-original-width="2658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3GsOZ4Ye6fkM42rf5COw1ZeYTvlImV3DHeutFMOkcT38ksB-TzbM9TlzZU3-SZ2pJjGsQZLJr43p9ewzs9rod8O6vIsasZ0PXUePUkS5vd4797ktmvHSOHjL2sCSa6eLMc8PuNt_cbw0/s320/20200922_133534.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>My chickens love to go for bike rides. They love me. But why do they scratch me sometimes</i>?"</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnRSBrUOTsjRxOH5ajrYHPFWIL-TpjuNiWvP1-zkhEz1l80jvBDaYUzNc_Yf4ef-IgpgQChN58cAMx1uBzqrTb5-mk06PKcfiXdj_krTkOpRnHBW1FqEeWMqhyBfH88hxJ2BZSQ48M2-s/s4128/20201010_164804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnRSBrUOTsjRxOH5ajrYHPFWIL-TpjuNiWvP1-zkhEz1l80jvBDaYUzNc_Yf4ef-IgpgQChN58cAMx1uBzqrTb5-mk06PKcfiXdj_krTkOpRnHBW1FqEeWMqhyBfH88hxJ2BZSQ48M2-s/s320/20201010_164804.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;">Skateboarding buddies!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZJUfobQXlYR6wcvH96sulYt6DrSTcUbyfvj3LHEQ5-60RJT5r53Jh3jzFEDm9VLWcL2HpCUeAgQaRBJ-dNJ8OZaHuFNeEW2Fqtmk9yU7C5TYknajMcniSWQwla0pd943AXY3hU2_J2BU/s4128/20201010_170227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZJUfobQXlYR6wcvH96sulYt6DrSTcUbyfvj3LHEQ5-60RJT5r53Jh3jzFEDm9VLWcL2HpCUeAgQaRBJ-dNJ8OZaHuFNeEW2Fqtmk9yU7C5TYknajMcniSWQwla0pd943AXY3hU2_J2BU/s320/20201010_170227.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;">"<i>Yeehaw! Giddy up, horsie</i>."</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/AVvXsEhCkxb2kyfXpFm3nTCIfQA675mPHJRq0RAZvfjhzGWO4LO17igt7bbMJLErCVcYp68JBjYZyCjV4QD82Jo_IAjJTIHbvFj1PlMi3ZP7nLN3VVgzOdLUxqU93PClD-GBtGfXGOl4MJNrbD3G/s2048/20201115_001001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1705" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkxb2kyfXpFm3nTCIfQA675mPHJRq0RAZvfjhzGWO4LO17igt7bbMJLErCVcYp68JBjYZyCjV4QD82Jo_IAjJTIHbvFj1PlMi3ZP7nLN3VVgzOdLUxqU93PClD-GBtGfXGOl4MJNrbD3G/s320/20201115_001001.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;">"<i>Why can't I climb on the roof like the big kids? Please Mom</i>!"</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/AVvXsEgr1uUX6TqYmME3i_si1Qq3LLjrD_n7pKhX-KrxjVY3v5KCU_W3N2vYPgp618opeyAQkEIMRJ_KA4fEXYnc3e-Qcf9ag48WjQUchympWmOQ9-mknuaQkCK-GJSUziJzh8rsW44rwcwOSfa-/s2048/20201102_164106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1uUX6TqYmME3i_si1Qq3LLjrD_n7pKhX-KrxjVY3v5KCU_W3N2vYPgp618opeyAQkEIMRJ_KA4fEXYnc3e-Qcf9ag48WjQUchympWmOQ9-mknuaQkCK-GJSUziJzh8rsW44rwcwOSfa-/s320/20201102_164106.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/AVvXsEiOxbML71YShDlcjrpzzr7JgqvRV6lTwgTd50Fm9i9ZYVSHwxW3QQJuT0mcuJlaW6asExTIiIhegrlXfGQwqcu-sWYnhqoxun_Wbs4VPancd_oo55ZuGpvCwd8Cv_Dg17ZGG7B7L4MMRGm1/s2048/20201103_154143+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxbML71YShDlcjrpzzr7JgqvRV6lTwgTd50Fm9i9ZYVSHwxW3QQJuT0mcuJlaW6asExTIiIhegrlXfGQwqcu-sWYnhqoxun_Wbs4VPancd_oo55ZuGpvCwd8Cv_Dg17ZGG7B7L4MMRGm1/s320/20201103_154143+%25281%2529.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;">Great new playground!</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/AVvXsEiJDkUKBYrXCIpWyj-FN20y8XsPahbEbqvdhNqfIc2nChl2tbeUuLB6y6bkwG_-JxbWiv6sfWvxHOcukdAdD9T6B5R24448BRWGzDQlEE8EEeOg6AYSCN-tWHZ2KAa2Ngq60c9ZPmi5-NZQ/s2048/20201102_163909+%25281%2529.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/AVvXsEiJDkUKBYrXCIpWyj-FN20y8XsPahbEbqvdhNqfIc2nChl2tbeUuLB6y6bkwG_-JxbWiv6sfWvxHOcukdAdD9T6B5R24448BRWGzDQlEE8EEeOg6AYSCN-tWHZ2KAa2Ngq60c9ZPmi5-NZQ/s320/20201102_163909+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"<i>Mom, are you really just going to let them</i> <i>play on the roof</i>?"</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/AVvXsEj7y05EHWIbm8opx2pA01OGCZizXbez4V7jb1R4XblO7Ua4s0TYEtrmwWtr0m8M8mbDpJLgiyZVSCavufy_75_Jp-M9qvlZwMGjczpAS6TOnPWE0FqvFkEEp8cTrooBRWub8F3aXSC9lc3M/s2048/20201115_232117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y05EHWIbm8opx2pA01OGCZizXbez4V7jb1R4XblO7Ua4s0TYEtrmwWtr0m8M8mbDpJLgiyZVSCavufy_75_Jp-M9qvlZwMGjczpAS6TOnPWE0FqvFkEEp8cTrooBRWub8F3aXSC9lc3M/s320/20201115_232117.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;">One nice day the workers showed up and put up the walls.</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/AVvXsEhJ-s70DkL6dI_1zzrd15lqyIMQ8gI1AdXH5khcLN3AzRvUEW7y4lbLd2h5Ut9vdm-FXuIrKuBA3F4xHvTHeXnfu3xD3Rk3dEqKwOTVO_YOuw_dX5do9MfGlDhnjudjNm02RR1xeqc9ZuhT/s800/1532.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-s70DkL6dI_1zzrd15lqyIMQ8gI1AdXH5khcLN3AzRvUEW7y4lbLd2h5Ut9vdm-FXuIrKuBA3F4xHvTHeXnfu3xD3Rk3dEqKwOTVO_YOuw_dX5do9MfGlDhnjudjNm02RR1xeqc9ZuhT/s320/1532.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They got the trusses up and roof on about five weeks after we left in mid-December.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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That's my name.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxQ-4ON87EnMPs3ZxGiNjuVp3g5I3yrDKdzp70kyw8BXHYlU2XOwtHJ52smmVhj3B4YEzlXA-ipEOlhIjdxo3VoocxPvIwPN5IjubcYygLm9U3taffSXXy9NEQmY4v58f_qUtI3L1I9q5/s4128/20201018_160507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxQ-4ON87EnMPs3ZxGiNjuVp3g5I3yrDKdzp70kyw8BXHYlU2XOwtHJ52smmVhj3B4YEzlXA-ipEOlhIjdxo3VoocxPvIwPN5IjubcYygLm9U3taffSXXy9NEQmY4v58f_qUtI3L1I9q5/s320/20201018_160507.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Benny the shark and Tallia Pressley. Halloween's a comin' even if we can't go trick or treating anywhere except Grandma and Grandpa's camper. As Dallas says, "<i>I wish that dumb corona virus would shut up and go home, so we could go someplace</i>!"</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/AVvXsEiRTj3P8jfI9xXmR1lNPfyrTjxJRCxJqmw94Zuy8mSAJWvhN99nta0gkgFz6KVjxWg_SuWvl-j8jegxNuG4fiiUTJVvOeP2MTKnrcYxzjPARbbpn1npHHqwgX4Y6KXgGBUi211GOd7Cq8Mb/s2048/20201101_151511+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRTj3P8jfI9xXmR1lNPfyrTjxJRCxJqmw94Zuy8mSAJWvhN99nta0gkgFz6KVjxWg_SuWvl-j8jegxNuG4fiiUTJVvOeP2MTKnrcYxzjPARbbpn1npHHqwgX4Y6KXgGBUi211GOd7Cq8Mb/s320/20201101_151511+%25281%2529.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;">We picked up chicken dinners at the <b>Suds Hut</b> and a six-pack of <i>Miner's Gold </i>for Grandpa, and also got to have ice cream cake for Grandpa's birthday a few days before heading south.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLv7brjf3RN-XHTnwzNhGQscETjHUeBHBZH0UgO2iBj1A5gpjhA5d-gYAPW4LrJYYtqH7T0oNtg6OGTwltDtUDcuFshmOUSNPvTWmZ-AzOkFw2J1d5ExneGFmzUL05quuKtsv9C25E6JmD/s4128/20201025_163051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLv7brjf3RN-XHTnwzNhGQscETjHUeBHBZH0UgO2iBj1A5gpjhA5d-gYAPW4LrJYYtqH7T0oNtg6OGTwltDtUDcuFshmOUSNPvTWmZ-AzOkFw2J1d5ExneGFmzUL05quuKtsv9C25E6JmD/s320/20201025_163051.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;">The neighbor's horses come up to the fence right next to their driveway. Benny always goes right over to see them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CWn0un2RjznBUQUOoaTF5M4f4AAsQgpFNLn29CF6siefeA_Z5N3tds1iqbO0MiNwjLOx8rYZ-pu4VKcXfs-jiJ_viQjiWHqHKfevehm5gRi6FRIWkChJLJZ08l2YgKZDrPQiGTgrbv7F/s2529/20201027_141437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="2529" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CWn0un2RjznBUQUOoaTF5M4f4AAsQgpFNLn29CF6siefeA_Z5N3tds1iqbO0MiNwjLOx8rYZ-pu4VKcXfs-jiJ_viQjiWHqHKfevehm5gRi6FRIWkChJLJZ08l2YgKZDrPQiGTgrbv7F/s320/20201027_141437.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;">One day he came in the house crying and said the horse ate his mitten. I said, "<i>Let's go look</i>." Of course, it was just laying in the snow where the horse dropped it. As you can see it's already past time for us to head south. We weathered two very cold snow storms before we left on Thursday evening, Nov. 5th. We spent the night at a rest stop near Butte and John took off very early from there while I was still in bed. We spent our second night at a rest area near Cedar City, Utah and the next night at a casino south of Vegas and pulled into Bullhead City about noon on Sunday.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7CMTBjJ2f2fFPgiqUDlycgoPW5qhMuk8KqFYz468_eB7ae0Q25OMIwcDYpbI4YuB9HVHO6yAexoDLwvuKSJCnEVNXcJABmCQJ_XNjS77VONISD7hsYptMZlsmwh9XC33SiYRT5H4yMq4/s2048/20201110_172945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7CMTBjJ2f2fFPgiqUDlycgoPW5qhMuk8KqFYz468_eB7ae0Q25OMIwcDYpbI4YuB9HVHO6yAexoDLwvuKSJCnEVNXcJABmCQJ_XNjS77VONISD7hsYptMZlsmwh9XC33SiYRT5H4yMq4/s320/20201110_172945.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;">Our campsite in Bullhead City. There was a roadrunner that came by to visit me every afternoon when I sat outside to read.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3UanIXTAcSxE8b7V7hbhC0YQq3hRZWqqgNFUDvURoE5zP1EfYeBHUCCNJlN5nsAUMWFGTEt_0lrWxMlRov1HyxSAmIRQCbQc-1AIMImwkFNDgXoox6IV3LmB5S4ux-seIzYJJ8JLn3he/s2048/20201112_163206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3UanIXTAcSxE8b7V7hbhC0YQq3hRZWqqgNFUDvURoE5zP1EfYeBHUCCNJlN5nsAUMWFGTEt_0lrWxMlRov1HyxSAmIRQCbQc-1AIMImwkFNDgXoox6IV3LmB5S4ux-seIzYJJ8JLn3he/s320/20201112_163206.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;">Views from our campsite.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhfa7sBaW9z_2ZPU5Q_BnpTlYUVgoLKzxyHQeuQEtpRZw4_2sEo6Kyir06NTp9__WOAnCo_tbDZoZaGZmiGBsf3nzO7FaUg4GsPk3x5OVnd2q0oOvirxd7mWebx-oScOvB7fHkUZHi_J4/s2048/20201112_164026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhfa7sBaW9z_2ZPU5Q_BnpTlYUVgoLKzxyHQeuQEtpRZw4_2sEo6Kyir06NTp9__WOAnCo_tbDZoZaGZmiGBsf3nzO7FaUg4GsPk3x5OVnd2q0oOvirxd7mWebx-oScOvB7fHkUZHi_J4/s320/20201112_164026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We could see all the casinos lit up at night across the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89uq0a-qXg1wqs41odiAhgc4a6ssOgp-i2mbg0qRsxSRFiGmfb5tnUjFr9kb1Su9F0NZ-c5Pq2kHeZqrl19ebgcJSr7XT15-b-6CuS3-x5cIj1Q3rBr-SvQ3C4Wv8vn3HFClb4-hEr0Ry/s2048/20201121_160243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89uq0a-qXg1wqs41odiAhgc4a6ssOgp-i2mbg0qRsxSRFiGmfb5tnUjFr9kb1Su9F0NZ-c5Pq2kHeZqrl19ebgcJSr7XT15-b-6CuS3-x5cIj1Q3rBr-SvQ3C4Wv8vn3HFClb4-hEr0Ry/s320/20201121_160243.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;">In normal times you can ride a tour boat down the river from the casinos to Havasu City. The real highlight here, at least for John, is that they have an <b>In-and-Out Burger</b>, his favorite!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR0tyOOdlsWLjcNfuJe9VODBD3GQw11YivRPH2GvTPloFqDUF1TlJp6u9SqXmfK3inE6PGxg3QRveHrTch_KAOwyHTOFqPO8AAulfdhvvIk2lDxmSW_3Ow0miBq9iLKPd28FmC2akx-NF/s2048/20201130_162451.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/AVvXsEjbR0tyOOdlsWLjcNfuJe9VODBD3GQw11YivRPH2GvTPloFqDUF1TlJp6u9SqXmfK3inE6PGxg3QRveHrTch_KAOwyHTOFqPO8AAulfdhvvIk2lDxmSW_3Ow0miBq9iLKPd28FmC2akx-NF/s320/20201130_162451.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cool mailbox I walked by one day when I was out hiking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We stayed in Bullhead City four weeks and moved to Yuma Lakes on Sunday, Dec. 6th, where we have a little hummingbird that hums and flitters around us in the eucalyptus trees.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCuPI56-g8Et9wwEqXr79i0CNQpisGI-PAXhmsKrLT9OvXrwGF3lseUcOGymRbmje1qyrgXnAl2gDUUiNinT1MVO-67xb5rFAMQKmsQ_9rwwbX1lahNQrD-XUEFYi-o91PnnIX9OEr1d3/s2048/20201209_163135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCuPI56-g8Et9wwEqXr79i0CNQpisGI-PAXhmsKrLT9OvXrwGF3lseUcOGymRbmje1qyrgXnAl2gDUUiNinT1MVO-67xb5rFAMQKmsQ_9rwwbX1lahNQrD-XUEFYi-o91PnnIX9OEr1d3/s320/20201209_163135.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCamQsUwTWnCcqjQHL1MumFpgO5aodfC5_e_zj-nlfiRccYRxerOfj7GmON4GcjCDh7M5nkWA8PByGBFZepZo-kyQ1cFMiYNw4L6exxkAVJVYNN1P9T-ISr5lhpWdSki5gnqRVe3nB2jZl/s2048/20201216_131428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCamQsUwTWnCcqjQHL1MumFpgO5aodfC5_e_zj-nlfiRccYRxerOfj7GmON4GcjCDh7M5nkWA8PByGBFZepZo-kyQ1cFMiYNw4L6exxkAVJVYNN1P9T-ISr5lhpWdSki5gnqRVe3nB2jZl/s320/20201216_131428.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;">Views back toward our campground while we were out hiking.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PnFr7xctSjFmjE7IbMOhzOpN8y3NBSrxve2xk5nI68idDUALVfKO3m02ei_-ZfjHq2ki4t1nRZ9W4KpuPmtK6gTIF70-kKNpz9-LdDw_zEipC7g7hsxDju9-nua6LMDS0hdXoLK1bMnA/s2048/20201216_131454+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PnFr7xctSjFmjE7IbMOhzOpN8y3NBSrxve2xk5nI68idDUALVfKO3m02ei_-ZfjHq2ki4t1nRZ9W4KpuPmtK6gTIF70-kKNpz9-LdDw_zEipC7g7hsxDju9-nua6LMDS0hdXoLK1bMnA/s320/20201216_131454+%25281%2529.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/AVvXsEiLmbqYZ1zvbkJAHR4jdraHd7DBjJyZbUfizeNsjw0vA9wVdT8ZMkK4qd3UC1D9kd9Kc3XpRABN3xfzMw5w2hOw54hK0m1r4D_McWhJtDiB9K1XdXra2ldRcyEvPDmiCRAhG9SaEtWq9I2Z/s2048/20201218_132735+%25283%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmbqYZ1zvbkJAHR4jdraHd7DBjJyZbUfizeNsjw0vA9wVdT8ZMkK4qd3UC1D9kd9Kc3XpRABN3xfzMw5w2hOw54hK0m1r4D_McWhJtDiB9K1XdXra2ldRcyEvPDmiCRAhG9SaEtWq9I2Z/s320/20201218_132735+%25283%2529.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;">Friday we went into town and John dropped me off at the bike path while he went to run some errands and have lunch at <b>In-And-Out</b>. Just a few blocks into my bike ride along the river, this <i>Great Blue</i> <i>Heron</i> flew across right in front of me and landed about 20 feet from me. So awesome! I biked a few miles through the <i>Yuma East Wetlands Park</i>, a restoration project of over 350 acres along the Colorado River with, cottonwood, willow and mesquite trees and lots of hiking paths.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Colorado River winds 1,700 miles through Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Mexico to the Sea of Cortez draining an area of 246,000 square miles. Dams were constructed and forest cleared to create one of the largest, most productive farming regions in the world. A large system of eight dams was put in along the Lower Colorado that irreversibly altered the eco-system, brought an agriculture boom and enhanced the ability of people to live in the desert.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTpuXnVjDHd4ys-BIgkh_XUjNAES9R2F50-DVd3_PiMyd4OUSwoxZIF_a9aPZWcNGRCpQmrV0EQgysYvQ-r2A3yKsqmH41UZqSHUJYEQMEYa-EHWvaCx7zL6mS3gX5dQkgq_Xj0_EqiLk/s2048/20201218_134602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTpuXnVjDHd4ys-BIgkh_XUjNAES9R2F50-DVd3_PiMyd4OUSwoxZIF_a9aPZWcNGRCpQmrV0EQgysYvQ-r2A3yKsqmH41UZqSHUJYEQMEYa-EHWvaCx7zL6mS3gX5dQkgq_Xj0_EqiLk/s320/20201218_134602.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;">Here the bike path continues on under the <i>Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge</i>, the first road to connect the southern U.S. from east coast to west coast.</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/AVvXsEhEcrE2wf7bmV5_6z77L9gud4_iKayxPIZ339WQ1TI0HvP62HP_y5WzSw3u8ehY36f9XiL2kdnYprX9lsK2RiJ2pgG76OWIrxJhx7W6Bk0J8M1_c_UUs_iVzjuTh5ATxpsYmTn_a7PJHg3z/s2048/20201218_135126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcrE2wf7bmV5_6z77L9gud4_iKayxPIZ339WQ1TI0HvP62HP_y5WzSw3u8ehY36f9XiL2kdnYprX9lsK2RiJ2pgG76OWIrxJhx7W6Bk0J8M1_c_UUs_iVzjuTh5ATxpsYmTn_a7PJHg3z/s320/20201218_135126.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;">The bike path continues on through the <i>Yuma Gateway Park</i> under the interstate, past playgrounds, picnic areas, an old train engine and the <i>Yuma Visitor Center and Quartermaster Headquarters.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqtf79wQLuXWnjKnkyo4VvmuNpSlBYi-2rxUW9YQgBOnWBM0p2aQYD5oSfR2rIEHOTRI5ehvxQL1LSOzBZpJhFSuqTu63xKBVqyR6hqx1FpW1mvOKsnShDYOkhWYAFEpbSA_7cpgcnXZT/s2048/20201218_135204+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqtf79wQLuXWnjKnkyo4VvmuNpSlBYi-2rxUW9YQgBOnWBM0p2aQYD5oSfR2rIEHOTRI5ehvxQL1LSOzBZpJhFSuqTu63xKBVqyR6hqx1FpW1mvOKsnShDYOkhWYAFEpbSA_7cpgcnXZT/s320/20201218_135204+%25284%2529.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;">Looking back at the <i>Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge,</i> which is really pretty at night when it is all lit up. The Gateway Park is just a couple blocks from the old original downtown where, in a normal year, we would go out to lots of movies and lunches. In this picture you can see the old <i>Spanish Mission</i> on top of the hill on the far left. Just outside the picture on the far right is the old <i>Yuma Territorial Prison</i> on top of a hill. There is a museum there and a cemetery and sometimes re-enactments. The local sports teams are called the <i>Criminals</i>. From here, I continued through the <i>Yuma West Wetlands Park. </i>The three parks connected make a total of about 8 miles of bike path along the river. In the West Wetlands there are several awesome playgrounds, a fishing pond, a boat ramp, a burrowing owl habitat, butterfly gardens, hummingbird gardens, beach and picnic areas and a really nice monument to the <i>Mormon Battalion Trail </i>and the 500 troops who walked from Council Bluffs, Iowa in July 1846 to California at the request of President James K. Polk during the Mexican War. They marched to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to be equipped, on through Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona to the Pacific coast, more than 2,000 miles in six months, contributing to opening new roads to California. This park used to be a a huge garbage dump along the river and all three parks used to be overgrown with non-native, invasive plants and trees. 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So sweet, and we can hardly wait till spring, so we can see them again and hug them, and hug anybody and everybody, for that matter. I am saving up all of my hugs for all of you for then. But I have to say that we feel pretty safe hunkering down here in the desert by ourselves.</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/AVvXsEjM3yDy5EakETxy5y7LcwstS0SHxPIrzi_7frdUHalodnDXxcKT2BMWuPee80TTmPmYYIz41FQ4vVdetSmw-njrjVeyn2EByVdwPU3PHyDZm8kVIVNOxdUeJ9zUKnXm_oQo0TmT5Vj08ryo/s960/1202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3yDy5EakETxy5y7LcwstS0SHxPIrzi_7frdUHalodnDXxcKT2BMWuPee80TTmPmYYIz41FQ4vVdetSmw-njrjVeyn2EByVdwPU3PHyDZm8kVIVNOxdUeJ9zUKnXm_oQo0TmT5Vj08ryo/s320/1202.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> We will be staying here in the Yuma area the rest of the winter just waiting for the vaccine to slow down the virus. We hope you are all being very careful and staying safe and healthy. Hang in there for just a few more months. You know what they say. "<i>Hind site is 20/20</i>" and we can't wait for this year to be in the rear view mirror! We are looking forward to a much better and brighter year in 2021.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Merry Christmas to All</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Very Happy New Year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tarra and John</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779813576780479004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634528650761403007.post-11347725513252063232020-04-28T12:47:00.001-07:002020-12-16T20:07:40.533-08:002020 in the Desert, Yuma Lakes, Bullhead City<div style="text-align: center;">
Wed. January 1st - Sat. May 2nd<br />
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I went to <b>Art in the Park</b> in January where they had a couple of these neat, old VW camper buses on display.</div>
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I listened to the music, bought a children's book and headed back to camp.</div>
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Wednesday, January 14th, we went to the theater in old downtown Yuma to see the <b>Sons of the Pioneers.</b></div>
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They were very good. Their lead singer is Dusty, son of Roy Rogers. I think he is 73 years old, looking fine, tall and lean, but bald when his hat comes off.</div>
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Sunday, February 2nd, we had a little excitement in our campground, just about 20 yards kitty corner from us. We had just gotten in bed about 9:30 when we heard some yelling. I thought somebody's dog had gotten loose and they were chasing it. As I was getting up to look out the window, I heard, "<i>Drop the knife! Drop the knife! Bam, Bam, Bam! Shots fired! Shots fired</i>!" I got to the window just in time to see a police officer bent down next to a guy who was sitting on the ground with his back against a palm tree. The officer was yelling "<i>Stay with me! Stay with me</i>!" I think he was gone before the ambulance arrived. It was a domestic abuse that someone had called in. We saw the lady a day or two after and her face was all black and blue.</div>
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I think the hot, dry weather has been a little hard on this guy and his pets. He has been sitting next to this camper near us all winter, with changing accessories for every holiday, Christmas, Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's.</div>
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Our friends Rick and Donna and brother Nick arrived on Sunday, March 1st, for a visit. Donna collects rocks in the desert and makes these very cool home decor items. Julie and Steve arrived on Wednesday, so we all shared meals, drinks and reminisces about the times we worked, biked, camped and partied together. Fun times! Glad they could come! </div>
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One day we went into the open-air flea market. These recycled tires caught my eye. Pet beds, planters, armadillo and hanging parrots. </div>
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Also, chair and coffee table, about $150.00 for the chair.</div>
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Another day we went down to Mexico and did a little shopping. Rick got a pair of glasses and we went to the party patio for shrimp tacos and margaritas and to listen to the music. This little guy was over a foot long and wondering around as the waiters fed him lettuce, cucumbers, etc.</div>
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<i>Beavertail Prickly Pear Cactus</i> in bloom as we were out hiking.</div>
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<i>Desert Sunflower</i>, aka <i>Desert Gold</i>. The desert flowers were really starting to bloom. We had about 5" of rain this winter, which is 2" over the average annual rainfall.</div>
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View looking back toward our campground at Yuma Lakes in upper right corner. We went to about 25 movies from December 1st to mid-March when the movie theater shut down for the Covid-19 virus. Most of them were quite good. <b>JoJo Rabbit</b> was John's favorite and mine was <b>The Full Measure</b>. </div>
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A couple views back at our campground.</div>
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Walking <i>Patrick</i> and <i>Boots</i> with Julie.</div>
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Sunday, March 22nd, we moved a little north to Bullhead City, Arizona, just across the Colorado River from Laughlin, Nevada.</div>
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Close-up of the <i>Brittlebush</i> next to our camper.</div>
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Picture of Benny communing with the neighbor's horses.</div>
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Night time view of one of the campground sculptures.</div>
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Night view of Laughlin across the river from us.</div>
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Pictures of flowers as I hiked around our campground.</div>
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Sand Verbena along hiking trail from our campground.</div>
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At the end of the hiking trail I get nice views of Laughlin casinos across the Colorado River.</div>
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Sunday, April 12th, we had another gusher of rain and some hail, a half inch or more in very short time.</div>
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It was like a gushing river down the streets of our campground.</div>
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Wednesday we took a drive up old Route 66 to Kingman and Oatman.</div>
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It's a really winding mountainous road, but totally worth it.</div>
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Thanks to about twice the average rainfall this winter, the flowers are gloriously beautiful.</div>
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WWI was partially funded by the gold that came out of the Black Mountains here in Mohave County, Arizona. About 1942 the last remaining mines were closed as non-essential to the WWII effort. The miners were needed to mine copper. The town of Gold Road was razed in 1949 to save taxes. In 1990 the Gold Road Mine was reopened. Gold prices went down in 1999 and the mine closed again. In 2010 it was reopened again and is still active.</div>
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Tarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779813576780479004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634528650761403007.post-59372889022931552672019-12-31T23:14:00.002-08:002019-12-31T23:14:34.648-08:00Portland to Los Angeles to Yuma<div style="text-align: center;">
Wednesday, Nov. 6th - Tuesday, Dec. 31st</div>
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We arrived in Portland Wednesday and spent three nights seeing the sights and visiting with John's cousins David and Karen. We all went to <b>Chang's Mongolian Grill </b>on Wednesday night, always a favorite with us.</div>
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Thursday they drove us downtown and we rode the <b>Portland Aerial Tram</b> that went into operation in 2006. It is located at the intersection of S.W. Moody and Gibbs and costs $5.00 round trip. It is the most transportation diverse intersection in the country with aerial tram, commuter trains, cars, buses, shuttles, a street car, a soaring pedestrian bridge, a shipyard, a cycle track and the densest bike parking in<i> America's #1 Biking City</i>. <b>Oregon Health and Science University</b> paid $40 million of the $57 million cost. In comparison, one mile of four-lane freeway costs between $60 million and $300 million. <b>OHSU</b> operates the Tram and the city maintains it. A seasonal Farmer's Market is one block south of the terminal and the <b>South Waterfront Greenway</b> is two blocks southeast. </div>
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It goes from <b>South Waterfront </b>to<b> Marquam Hill</b> at a speed of 22 MPH. It travels 3,300 linear feet and rises 500 feet during the four-minute trip. Each of the two cabins holds 79 people. There are only 2 two-lane roads from downtown to the Marquam Hill neighborhood where OHSU is located and two hospitals owned by the Shriners and Veterans Affairs. It links to the OHSU campus at the top and 20,000 people a day use it. The terminal links to<b> 4T Trail</b>, a self-guided tour by train, trail, tram and trolley, and several hiking trails. The upper deck has the largest enclosed sky bridge in North America and the patio offers amazing views of downtown Portland, the Cascade Mountains, Mount Hood and Mt. St. Helens on a clear day. The trams are named <i>Jean </i>and<i> Walt </i>in honor of the first female engineering graduate and the first African American graduate from OHSU. The station names are from a local tribal language, <i>Chumanchal</i> meaning on the river and <i>Chemeffu</i> meaning on the mountain. We stopped for a late lunch and beers at <b>Zoiglhaus Brewing Company</b> and watched a little football in the evening.</div>
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Friday we went hiking at <b>Powell Butte Nature Park </b>near Dave and Karen's home. The 612-acre park is on a 600' tall extinct volcano with 9 miles of hiking trails and spectacular views of<b> Mt. Hood</b>, <b>Mt. Adams</b> and <b>Mt. St. Helens</b>. Mt. Adams is 70 miles away, 12,281' elevation, last erupted over 1,000 years ago and is still considered an active volcano. Mt. St. Helens is 51 miles away and 8,363" elevation. The 1980 eruption blew off more than a cubic mile of the mountain. Mt. Hood, Oregon's tallest peak at 11,249' elevation and 40 miles away, is also an active volcano. Karen fixed us salmon for supper. Yum, Yum!</div>
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Thanks again Dave and Karen for supper, tours, entertainment and just putting up with us in general. We left on Saturday and spent the night at <b>Rolling Hills Casino</b> in Corning, California. Sunday we drove the rest of the way to John's sister's and spent the next week with Kathy and Barb, watching old westerns and eating out a few times. Yeehaw! Good times! We left the following Sunday and spent two weeks at<b> Soledad Canyon Thousand Trails Campground </b>near Acton California, about 30 miles north of L.A.</div>
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Twice while we were there, we went into the nearby town of Palmdale to eat at the <b>Hibachi Grill</b> <b>Buffet </b>at the <b>Antelope Valley Mall</b>. They had these excellent little cupcakes. They used those little egg roll wrappers for liners in the cupcake pan and they made the nicest little tasty, crispy crust on the cupcake. No wasted cupcake left on paper liners or in the pan to clean up. What a pretty, tasty and clever idea!</div>
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Tuesday we caught the Metro in Acton into Union Station in downtown L.A. to do some sightseeing. This is the MTA, <b>Metropolitan Transit Authority</b> building just outside Union Station. It was completed in 1985 and has a 7,000 gallon aquarium inside that cost $300,000. It is the third largest transport system in the U.S. by ridership with 9,892 employees.</div>
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Across Alameda Street from Union Station is <b>El Pueblo de Los Angeles</b>, the historic plaza where the city started. This statue is <i>King Carlos III</i> of Spain who ordered the founding of L.A. in 1781.</div>
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This new statue in the plaza is called <b>Transportapueblos </b>(Companion of Migrants) by Mexican artist De Alfredo Guiterrez. It is in recognition of the many difficulties faced by people who journey from their homes hoping to find a better life in the U.S. He has made a series of these <i>coyote sculptures </i>positioned along the train route through Mexico from its southern to its northern border. Having crossed the border, migrants still need support, so he has created his first coyote statue here at El Pueblo for those coming to and from Union Station. They display vital information, such as maps, messages from family members and telephone numbers of legal organizations and services. A reminder that some among us have made a brutal journey from intolerable circumstances to seek a better life for themselves and their families, just as many of our ancestors did.</div>
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A block away is the oldest church in the city (1822), <b>Nuestra Senora De Los Angeles,</b> named for the image over the door of <i>Our Lady of the Angels</i> from a chapel in Assissi, Italy, for which the city is also named.</div>
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Memorial gardens honoring the approximately 693 early residents of Los Angeles who were buried here next to the church.</div>
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Walking by the <b>U.S. Federal Court House</b> toward City Hall.</div>
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<b>City Hall</b> where we went to the observation deck at the top for views of the city.</div>
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Facing northeast <b>U.S. Federal Court House</b> 1940 along left side. <b>MTA </b>building right of <b>Union Station </b>at top center. <b>San Gabriel Mountains</b> upper left. Just off the upper left of the picture is <b>China Town</b>, about straight over from the <b>MTA</b>.</div>
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Closer view. <b>Union Station</b> 1939 lower left corner with corner tower. <b>MTA </b>at center and <b>USC</b> <b>Medical Center</b> 1933 white buildings toward upper right corner.</div>
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<b>City Hall South Lawn</b> at bottom and <b>Grand Park Extension</b> to its right. 2009 <b>Police Administration Building</b> in front of trees and 1935 <b>L.A. Times Building</b> to its right. <b>LAX </b>is in the center on the horizon. <b>Catalina Island</b> is just off the horizon in the upper left corner. The <b>Wells Fargo</b> <b>Center</b> is the big tall brownish looking building in the upper right corner.</div>
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<b>Criminal Justice Center</b> 1972 is on the right side of the picture with the <b>Hall of Justice</b> 1926 on the right side of it outside the picture. The Hall of Justice was seen in several old TV shows, including <i style="font-weight: bold;">Dragnet, Perry Mason</i> and<i style="font-weight: bold;"> Get Smart</i>. Directly below us is the start of the 12 acre <b>Grand Park, </b>which extends uphill for at least six blocks to the <b>Department of Water and Power</b> at the top of the park. The <b>Mark Taper Forum </b>and <b>Ahmanson Theater </b>(both 1967) are just to the right of the top of the park and the <b>Dorothy Chandler Pavilion</b> is to the left with the 2004 <b>Walt Disney Concert Hall</b> just beyond it. All concert and event venues within about two blocks of each other.</div>
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About half way up the park is the <b>Court of Historic American Flags</b>. It's an interesting history lesson. This is just a small part of it. Each flag has a plaque explaining its history. There is the <i>48 state flag of 1912</i> that flew for 47 years and the <i>1861 flag of 32 stars</i> that flew over Fort Sumter. The <i>Lone Star flag of the Republic of Texas</i> flew seven years until 1846 when they became the 28th state. There is the <i>1846 California Bear </i>flag flown by a small band of American settlers resisting Mexican authority when they captured the town of Sonoma, the <i>1873 Pine Tree flag</i>, the <i>1775 Bunker Hill</i> <i>flag</i>, the <i>Bennington flag</i> flown by the Green Mountain Boys, the <i>1774 Taunton flag</i>, the <i>1775 Moultrie flag</i> patterned after the uniforms worn by his men, the <i>1775 Star-Spangled Banner</i>, the only U.S. flag to bear more than 13 stripes, immortalized by Francis Scott Key, carried on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and raised over Tripoli as the Barbary Pirates were subdued. The<i> Lake Erie flag</i> was flying Sep. 10, 1813 as Captain James Lawrence lay dying after a fierce battle he lost to the British and said, "<i><b>Don't give up the ship!</b></i>" Three months later at Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry flew this same flag. When the battle was ended, he sent a message with these immortal words, "<i><b>We have met the enemy and they are ours</b></i>." The '<i>sons of liberty'</i> often met under the branches of a stately elm, where they planned the Boston Tea Party. In reprisal General Gage ordered the removal of the tree, which caused the colonists to design the<i> Liberty Tree flag</i> in 1775. The <i>Gadsden flag</i> was created in 1775 by S.C. Congressman Gadsden for the first Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy. It was a yellow flag with a rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike and the words "<i>Don't Tread On Me</i>". The flag was also hoisted by Revolutionary War hero, John Paul Jones. The rattlesnake had 13 rattles and, by 1775, was being printed in newspapers, on money, banners, flags, uniform buttons, etc.</div>
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Looking back toward City Hall again. The <i>Grand Union Flag</i> Jan. 1, 1776, created in the spirit of the times, had 13 stripes symbolizing the unity of the colonies while retaining the British crosses of St. George and St. Andrew, expressing the feeling of kinship with England and leaving an open doorway for reconciliation. On June 14, 1777, Congress resolved the flag to be 13 stripes alternating red and white with 13 stars on a blue field representing a new constellation. Details were left to the individual flag makers resulting in many different interpretations. Legend and history credit this early design to Betsy Ross of Philadelphia. Congress passed a third flag law in 1818. One star would be added for each new state, while the 13 stripes would always remain.</div>
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This totally tugged at my heart, especially since Ukraine has been so much in the news lately. The inscription says, "<i><b>In memory of 7,000,000 Ukranians, victims of Russian Communism, who lost their freedom, property and life by order of the Soviet Government during 1932 and 1933. Genocide by starvation in Ukraine</b></i>."</div>
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Almost to the top of the park. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on the left.</div>
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<b>Peace on Earth</b> sculpture by Jacquez Lipchitz in front of Department of Water and Power.</div>
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Next to the Pavilion there was a large group of mostly older people with very large instruments waiting for their ride to a symphony performance, I assume. How on earth do they manage to cart all that equipment around with them?</div>
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Just around the corner is <b>Walt</b> <b>Disney Concert Hall</b>.</div>
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<b>Richard J. Riordan Central Library</b> is the third largest library in the U.S. It holds over six million volumes, three million photographs, the fifth largest map collection in the country and serves the largest population (18 million) of any publicly funded library system in the U.S. Library cards are free to California residents and items checked out may be returned to any of its 72 branches or the Central Library. "<i>The foolishest book is a kind of a leaky boat on a sea of wisdom; some of the wisdom will get in anyway</i>." A quote from <b>The Delights of Reading</b> by Otto L. Bett.</div>
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...with a little waterfalls running down between them. The skyscraper on the right side of the steps with the words <b>OUE Skyspace</b> on the side is the U.S. Bank Tower. It is 70 stories tall, the tallest building west of the Mississippi. It is L.A.'s tallest open-air observation tower, over 1,000 feet above the city, open seven days a week from 10:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. There is an enclosed glass slide at the top around part of the outside of the building for which you can buy tickets. The library sold its air rights to the tower, meaning they can't add on to their building any higher than it already is, but the bank tower could add that many more floors to their building. They could also buy air rights from other buildings and add that many more floors to their building. An interesting system.</div>
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The sculpture is "<b>Uptown Rocker</b>" by Lloyd Hamril 1986. The building in the background is where we thought we would have a late lunch on the 34th floor for the views.</div>
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When we got there, we entered from a walkway that came into the building on the sixth floor. It took us a while to figure out how to get down to the main lobby and the elevators. Then we found out the restaurant doesn't open until 4:30. Oh well. So we walked back to the <b>Cal Marketplace</b> and had a really nice pasta and sandwich at <b>Corner Bakery</b>. <b>Angel's Flight Funicular Railway</b> runs from Cal Marketplace down to Hill Street two blocks below, across from Grand Central Market. It was built in 1901 by Col. J.W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer and friend of Abraham Lincoln. Said to be the world's shortest railway, its two counter-balanced cars run on the same cable in opposite directions. It is estimated that it has carried more passengers per mile than any other railway in the world, over 100 million in its first fifty years. It was recently featured in the movie <b>La La Land</b> and many other movies dating as far back as 1918. It has also been featured in many TV shows, books and songs, including one by a favorite author of ours, <b>Angel's Flight</b> by Michael Connelly, also made into a mini series. Wikipedia has a lot of interesting stuff about this little funicular railway. Sorry I neglected to take a picture.</div>
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Thursday we went to Ventura and stopped first at the <b>Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center</b>. They have a nice little museum and film about the islands. The islands have the largest seal and sea lion rookeries in the world. Each year tens of thousands of northern elephant seals, northern fur seals, Guadalupe fur seals, harbor seals and California sea lions congregate on the beaches to breed and rest. The kelp forests are one of the most productive habitats on earth. Over 700 plants are native to the islands with over 60 found nowhere else on earth.</div>
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Next we stopped just down the road at <b>Surfer's Knoll</b> <b>Beach</b> for a short walk.</div>
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Then we went to the small <b>Ventura County Museum</b> with a nice little garden.</div>
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This postcard in the museum shows what the county used to look like with oil wells and orange groves before the growing L.A. metro area spread into their county. By the 1930s California was the source of nearly 1/4 of the world's oil output.</div>
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We walked across the street to tour <b>Mission San Buenaventura and Museum</b>. There were 21 Spanish missions founded by the Franciscans. The first nine were founded by Father Junipero Serra. This one was the ninth and last one he founded before his death. It was founded in 1782 and was dedicated on Easter Sunday with a High Mass on the beach of Santa Barbara Channel, the same place where Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claimed California for Spain in 1732. The system of missions was started when Serra decided to travel to the New World in 1749. Padre Serra was canonized as a Saint by Pope Francis in 2015.</div>
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The <b>Chumash</b> natives who lived at the mission built a system of aqueducts with a watercourse that ran about seven miles. They had flourishing orchards and gardens which were described in 1793 by English navigator, Captain George Vancouver, as the finest he had ever seen. During the mission era whaling ships would anchor near the mission to trade for food and cured cattle hides, called <i>Yankee Dollars</i>. Pirates sometimes pillaged missions.</div>
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In 1834 the Mexican government secularized all the missions divesting the priests of control. Much of the land was sold or given in large land grants to ranchers. In 1862 President Lincoln issued a proclamation that returned the main part of the missions back to the church.</div>
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All that remains of the original mission is the church and its gardens and the church currently serves 2,000 families.</div>
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<i>Holy relics</i> are traditionally a bone fragment, especially that of a martyr, with the permission and certification of the local ecclesiastical authority and used in solemn processions. The mortal remains are associated in some manner with the holiness of their souls, which await reunion with their bodies in resurrection.</div>
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It was the only mission with wooden bells and they are the only full-sized wooden bells in the world. They were made in 1782 and are held together with rawhide straps and metal plates on the interior that sounded when hit with a stick. The muted sound may have avoided attracting pirates who could here metal bells from the channel. When Teddy Roosevelt was here in 1903, he climbed the belfry and sounded the bells.</div>
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Next on the agenda was the original <b>Ventura County Courthouse</b> built in 1912, now <b>City Hall </b>since 1971. They have a very nice art gallery along the hallways inside. We had a late lunch at <b>Duke's Grill</b> on the beach in Ventura. John had shrimp and I had snapper with Vera Cruz sauce, very hot and spicy.</div>
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Colorful murals replicating cave paintings of the Chumash native peoples found in the Venture/Santa Barbara area, some of the best in the country. They were made by layering plywood and hanging the pieces away from the wall to give them the free-floating effect of clouds. The 9' 4"wooden statue of Father Junipero Serra is carved from 80 to 90 basswood planks by volunteers from the <i>Channel Island Carvers</i>. The community project took 14 months and 10,000 volunteer hours.</div>
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Friday we visited <b>Forest Lawn Memorial Park </b>in Glendale, the original and current flagship of six cemeteries and four additional mortuaries. The main gates at the entrance are said to be the world's largest wrought iron gates. It covers 300 acres with over 250,000 people buried here and over a million visitors each year. It was established in 1906 as a not-for-profit cemetery by a group of San Francisco businessmen. Dr. Hubert Eaton took over management in 1917 and is credited as being the "<i>Founder</i>" for his innovations, including upright grave markers, bringing in works of art and being the first to open a funeral home on cemetery grounds. He was a firm believer in a joyous life after death and was convinced that most cemeteries were "<i>unsightly, depressing stone yards</i>". He envisioned a great park with towering trees, sweeping lawns, splashing fountains, beautiful statuary and memorial architecture. Originally they refused entrance to blacks, Jews or Chinese.</div>
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This is a closer view of the <b>Great Mausoleum</b> in the background. It covers the whole length of this picture. It is fashioned after the <b>Campo Santo</b> in Genoa, Italy. The most highly sought after internment places are in the mausoleum. Michael Jackson is interred somewhere in there. There are three non-denominational chapels in the park,<b><i> The Little Church of the Flowers</i></b>, <b><i>The Wee Kirk o' the Heather</i></b>, and <b><i>The Church of the Recessional</i></b>, all exact replicas of famous European churches. Over 60,000 people have been married here, including Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman in the Wee Kirk. Inside in the <b>Memorial Court of Honor</b> they have a replica of Leonardo de Vinci's <b>Last</b> <b>Supper </b>made of stained glass.</div>
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Many famous people are buried here, probably thousands, including Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor, Clark Gable, W.C. Fields, Nat King Cole, Gutson Borglum, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Sammy Davis Jr. and Sr., Walt Disney and his whole extended family, L. Frank Baum (author of Wizard of Oz), Don Drysdale of baseball fame, Wally Byam (founder of Air Stream) and the list goes on and on. The only one we stumbled across was this one of Louis L'Amour in a highly prized spot just outside the front steps of the Great Mausoleum with a great view of the city. Sort of funny that the only one we found was the author of the books about the Sacketts.</div>
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The<b> Hall of the Crucifixion</b> was built in 1957 to display the panoramic painting <b>The Crucifixion</b> by Polish artist Jan Styka. It is the largest permanently mounted religious painting in the world, 195' x 45'. </div>
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<b>David</b>, <b>Moses </b>and<b> La Pieta</b> all carved from marble from the same quarries in Carrara, Italy.</div>
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The <b>Forest Lawn Museum</b> next door is a world famous art museum. It displays art and artifacts and hosts rotating fine art exhibits by some very famous artists, including <i>Rembrandt, Matisse</i> and<i> Goya</i>. It was named one of the top ten free museums in the country. Trip Advisor named it the number one art museum in L.A. It's supposed to have exact replicas of the <i>British Crown Jewels</i>, but we didn't see them. They must have been out on loan to another museum. That's okay, we have seen the real ones at the Tower of London. This guy was cruising around the parking lot, just advertising what a lovely send off you could get here, I suspect.</div>
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Probably the most famous painting in the museum is <b>Song of Angels</b> by William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1881.</div>
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This was a little alcove of Lincoln artworks. There were also western bronzes by Remington and Russell. They have one of the largest stained glass collections in North America with over 1,000 pieces primarily from France and Germany from 1200 A.D. through the present, including portions of William Randolph Hearst's former collection. They even have one of the approximate 1,000 Easter Island statues, which was rescued from the bottom of a fishing boat in 1952 where it was being used as ballast. These statues average 13' tall and weigh 14 tons each. They are carved from tuff, a type of volcanic stone. Most were sculpted between 1100 and 1600 and they are positioned facing away from the sea. The island is about 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are a dozen statues in museums around the world, but they are no longer legal to remove from the island.</div>
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There was an exhibit in the museum by Chen Meng with photographs taken from a drone. This one was taken from 80' above <b>Venice Skateboard Park</b> which opened in 2009. One of the few oceanfront skateparks in the world, it hosts guests from around the globe. The area referred to as "<i>Dogtown</i>", which is neighborhoods in Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice, is considered the birthplace of modern skateboarding. When drought struck California in the 1970s, many swimming pools dried up and teenagers from Dogtown turned to these abandoned spaces to experiment with new skateboarding techniques.</div>
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The<b> Louvre Museum </b>in Paris from 120' above. I knew it was big when we were there, but this really put it in perspective. It is the largest art museum in the world with over 782,000 square feet of exhibit space. It was originally a fortress and subsequently a palace, but has functioned as a museum since 1793. It was built in several phases, the earliest in the 12th century. The glass pyramid in the central courtyard was completed in 1989 by I.M. Pei, a Chinese-American architect. When the galleries are open, the line of tourists winds through the courtyard for nearly half a mile.</div>
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The <b>Statue of Liberty </b>from 300' above on Liberty Island in New York Harbor was a gift from France in 1886. The 11-point star that forms part of the statue's base was a preexisting military fort that was begun in 1807 to help protect the city. The 151' tall statue is aligned with the fort so that it faces ships as they enter the harbor. </div>
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Above <b>City Hall</b> and <b>Grand Park</b> downtown L.A.</div>
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Above <b>Walt Disney Concert Hall</b>. Built in 2003, it was meant to resemble the billowing sails of a clipper ship and is home to the<i> L.A. Philharmonic </i>and offers free tours.</div>
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Taken from 200' above, this small, octagonal home is perched on a 29'-high concrete column in <b>Hollywood Hills</b>. This 1960 home, known as the <b>Chemosphere</b>, is accessible from below by a small funicular and a patio connects it to the steep hillside. It was designed by John Lautner who once did an apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright, designer of a number of iconic L.A. homes and others around the country.</div>
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The first aerial photos ever taken were in France in 1858, but none of them have survived. The oldest surviving aerial photos are of Boston taken in 1860, the first aerial photos made in America, taken from Samuel King's hot air balloon, <b>Queen of the Air</b>. A German pharmacist used pigeons to send and receive messages. In 1903 he invented a time-rigged camera that he strapped to the pigeons breast and it took pictures, so he could track their movements and habits. It soon became a useful military tool. This is a castle in Kronberg, Germany framed by the pigeon's wings.</div>
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At one end is <b>The Republic</b> statue. With it to my back, I took the picture below.</div>
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Looking toward the 13' tall statue of George Washington at the far end, that looks like a tiny black stick in front of the <b>Freedom Mausoleum</b>. This is just one very, very tiny part of the cemetery.</div>
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This is a closer view of the mosaic the <b>Declaration of Independence</b> by John Trumbull above. It is 20' x 30' (3 times the area of the original) and is made of 700,000 pieces of glass (some only 1/32") in about 1,500 specially blended shades. It shows a five-man drafting committee presenting their draft to Congress on June 28, 1776. It shows 42 of the eventual 56 signers. He rode horseback long distances (100s of miles) to each of their homes to paint their faces in person. It was placed in the U.S. Capitol rotunda in 1826. An engraving of this painting is on the reverse side of the $2 bill. Jefferson is on the obverse side and his home, <i>Monticello</i>, was originally on the reverse, but that was changed in 1976. The $2 note was first issued in 1862 and has been in production ever since, except from 1966 to 1976. Over 590 million $2 bills were printed in 1976. Printing $2 bills is twice as cost effective as printing $1 bills. They each cause 5 cents to manufacture. It was estimated in 1976 that if $2 bills replaced approximately half of the $1 bills in circulation, the federal government would be able to save about $26 million from 1976 to 1981, due to reduced production, storage and shipping costs. That's $114 million in today's dollars. They are currently in production and circulation, but the public just does not seem to like to use them. Most bill acceptors in vending machines, self-check outs, transit systems and other automated kiosks are configured to accommodate $2 bills even if it is not stated on the machine. Who knew? When we left here, we stopped at <b>Souplantation</b> (aka Sweet Tomatoes) for lunch, one of my favorite places to eat.</div>
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Our next stop was <b>Griffith Park Observatory.</b></div>
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And the <b>Hollywood Sign</b> to the northwest.</div>
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The 1923 Hollywood sign was originally wood and sheet metal. By the 1970s, the 45' tall letters were thoroughly dilapidated. New letters with steel frames were paid for by celebrity donors from Gene Autry to Alice Cooper. In 1978 workers poured concrete bases and the steel framed letters were lifted into place by helicopter.</div>
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Sunday Nov. 24th we drove to Long Beach and caught a boat out to <b>Catalina Island</b> for the day.</div>
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<i>"Twenty-six miles across the sea Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me,</i></div>
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<i>But for me the thing that's a-waitin' there's romance, romance, romance, romance.</i></div>
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<i>Santa Catalina, the island of romance, roman</i>ce,<i> romance, romance</i>."</div>
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In 1958 <b>The Four Preps</b> hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on the Billboard R+B charts. It became one of the few songs in history to be played on radio one million times.</div>
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Our view as we arrived on Catalina. William Wrigley, Jr. left school at the age of 13 and had a string of business failures. He grew a small business selling soap into the world's biggest producer of chewing gum. He had a fondness for repeating "<i>we are a 5 cent business and nobody in the company can ever afford to forget it</i>", acknowledging the debt he owed to the rank and file of America for buying his product. The town of Avalon was destroyed by fire in 1915. In 1919 Wrigley purchased the island and quickly transformed it into a vacation spot for those most loyal to the Wrigley brand, tired shop clerks, artisans, boy scouts, etc. In 1926, his wife Ada purchased the most complete set of chimes in the world and placed them in a beautiful Spanish-style tower. There are 20 bronze chimes, the longest 13'. They play the song <b>Avalon</b> and are still playing today. The island is 21 miles long and from 1/4 to 8 miles wide, 76 square miles. The elevation is 60' to 2,125'. It's length runs parallel to the California coast 26 miles away. The <b>San Pedro Channel</b> between it and the coast reaches a 3,000 foot depth midway. </div>
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Our first stop was the island museum. Errol Flynn loved sailing his yachts (yes, he had two) to the secluded coves of Catalina Island, but stopped when tourism ceased for the duration of WWII. He joined the USO, which used the isthmus of the island for fine tuning their new shows for the overseas troops. The isthmus served as a site for Coast Guard training during the war. When not entertaining trainees, he hunted wild boar in the island's interior. Johnny Weissmuller won five Olympic gold medals and played Tarzan in movies from 1932 to 1949. He was often spotted sailing his yacht around Catalina with friends, Humphrey Bogart and Errol Flynn. John Wayne often sailed his yacht, the <i>Wild Goose</i>, to the island and enjoyed scuba diving. In 1948 a local had a heart attack 35 feet underwater. He dove down with no equipment and brought the lifeless body to the surface. Zane Grey, Harry Carey, Jr. and director John Ford were also regulars here. Lauren Bacall said Bogie bought the boat, <i>Santana</i>, and was happily enslaved, enjoying nothing more than sailing around the island. </div>
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Wrigley gained controlling interest of the Chicago Cubs in 1921 and established a spring training camp for them on the island, bringing national attention to his new vacation paradise. He was the first baseball owner to bring a major league club out west for spring training. <i>Wrigley Field</i> on the island was the first baseball field to bear his name. The Chicago ballpark was first known as Weeghman Park, then Cubs Park and was renamed <b>Wrigley Field</b> in 1926. Regular season major league baseball didn't arrive on the West Coast until the Dodgers and Giants made their moves west in the 1950s. They trained on the island until 1951, except 1942-45, when it was used by the military. The team stayed at the island's fanciest hotel, St. Catherine's on Descanso Bay. Several years of bad weather, including a snow storm, convinced them to move to Mesa where they still train today. Today the ball field is a golf course and the original building is now <b>Catalina Island Country</b> <b>Club</b>. Son Philip K. Wrigley owned the Cubs from 1932 until his death in 1977. He often sat in the grandstand "<i>where the real fans are</i>". He made sure the hot dogs were hot, the beers were cold and the prices were reasonable. He allowed a number of radio stations to broadcast the games at a very low fee, ensuring the team received wide media coverage and the team enjoyed a national, not just regional, fan base. In 1972, Philip Wrigley established the <b>Catalina Island Conservancy</b> and donated most of the island to it.</div>
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Norma Jeane Baker (aka Marilyn Monroe) at 16, when she lived on the island with her first husband, James Dougherty, from 1942 to 1946. He was stationed on the island with the Merchant Marines. He went on to become a well-respected Los Angeles police officer and helped invent the <b>SWAT</b> team, but is most famous for having been married to Marilyn Monroe.</div>
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One of the first promo moves Wrigley made was to sign up for a float in the 1920 Rose Parade. The boat on the float was built entirely of <i>Toyon </i>berries, native to the island. Being no flowers were used, it was challenged. So four ladies, their chaperons and two men spent the whole night before the parade fastening on flowers, and it won first prize in its division. The four women on the float, representing the Catalina seasons, were also the first to appear in swimsuits in the Rose Parade.</div>
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There was a special exhibit about Ester Williams. At age 16 she was the winner of three national swimming championships. The gold medal in the 1940 Olympics might have been hers, if WWII had not canceled the games. At 18 she signed a contract with MGM Studios, beginning a two-decade long movie career in which she swam an estimated 1,250 miles. Two of her 26 films,<b> Million Dollar Mermaid</b> and <b>Jupiter's Darling</b>, were filmed in part on Catalina. She swam through watery movie sets filled with dazzling props and synchronized swimmers and performed daring physical feats. In Million Dollar Baby, based on a real life Australian swimmer, she performed a dive from a 50' platform. The impact of her metal crown with the water broke three vertebrae in her neck, one of many injuries throughout her career. That year 1953, she was voted #1 female star. Because of the film's financial success, MGM nicknamed her the <b>Million $ Mermaid</b>, which she also used as the title of her 1999 autobiography.</div>
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During WWII she entertained and visited troops abroad. Images of her in bathing suits were popular pin-ups. She influenced naval recruitment and U.S. Navy swimwear during the 1952 movie <b>Skirts Ahoy!</b> After being told actors would have to wear regulation clothing, including gray cotton knit bathing suits, she confronted the U.S. Secretary of the Navy. She first modeled regulation suits and stated no woman would join after seeing it. Then she reappeared in a navy blue suit made with a new stretchable fabric. She became the official spokeswoman for the bathing suit company and sold 50,000 to the U.S. Navy on the spot. She married four times, had three children and her last film was 1963's <b>Magic Fountain</b>, directed by Fernando Lamas, her husband at the time. In later years, she lent her name to the <i>Ester Williams Backyard Pool and Spa Company</i>, created a teaching video for parents called "<i>Swim Baby Swim</i>" and created the <i>Ester Williams Swimsuit Collection</i>. In 1984 she commentated on TV during the first ever Olympic synchronized swim event, a sport she nurtured into being.</div>
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Wrigley set up a clay factory at <b>Pebbly Beach</b> in 1926. <i>Catalina Clay Products</i> became internationally famous, soon producing enormous numbers of tiles needed for embellishment of the Avalon Casino. It worked at capacity for three years producing tiles for roofs, floors, walls and patios. In 1930 the factory's twelve kilns were producing between 10,000 and 15,000 pieces per week, Visitors could get vases, flower bowls, bookends, candle holders, lamps, tiles, pitchers, etc. When the factory closed in 1937, the molds were sold and <i>Catalina dinnerware</i> continued to be produced on the mainland until 1942. The bright, solid color dinnerware continues to be highly sought by collectors.</div>
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This telephone switchboard served Avalon for 55 years until 1978. It was the last station of its kind in the U.S. and was replaced by an electronic dial system. Cross channel telephone cables were too expensive to install in the early 1890s. Brothers Otto and Oswald Zahn implemented a military-style, carrier pigeon service between Avalon and their home in L.A. The first message flown to L.A. was in 1894 and took 54 minutes to arrive. This system was used until 1898. In 1902 the first commercial wireless telegraph tower in the U.S. was erected on the hill above <b>Sugarloaf Point</b>. In 1923 Wrigley persuaded the <b>Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company </b>to install two telephone cables on the ocean floor across the 3,000' deep <b>San Pedro Channel</b>. They were 23 miles long, weighed over 300 tons each and were the first American-made, sub-marine cables.</div>
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Another Dragon Tree and Sotol on the left from Arizona and Texas.</div>
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Finally here. John refused to climb the steps up into the memorial, but I was ready for more. Marble has been quarried on the island, but pink and green marble from Georgia were used for desired finishing effects. Blue flagstone rock from <b>Little Harbor</b> on the island was used in the enclosed alcove at the top. Wrigley established a tile plant that produced red roof tiles and colorful, handmade, glazed tiles. Aggregate stone was quarried and crushed and bonded with white cement and sandblasted to reveal and accent colors and textures. Nevertheless, another 13,400 sacks of white cement from the East Coast were needed to bond the aggregate in addition to 9,900 sacks of gray cement from the Pacific Coast used for the foundation and other non-exposed parts. There are 114 tons of reinforcing steel. The memorial was completed in 1934 and is 232' wide, 180' deep and 130' high with an 80' tower. Just a little grave stone marker to be remembered by.</div>
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In 1928 Wrigley had <i>Sugarloaf Rock</i> blasted away to build the casino. It took 14 months and cost $2 million. On the top floor is the world's largest uninterrupted dance floor. The movie theater seats well over 1,000 and was the first to be equipped for both silent and sound motion pictures.</div>
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The <b>Catalina Island Yacht Club</b> has been in continuous operation since 1924, except 1942 to 1945 when it was used by the <b>Merchant Marines </b>as a training center. </div>
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Palm trees, aloe plants and ice plant (or blue chalk plant, very common along the coastal dunes) near the casino.</div>
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<b>Descanso Bay</b> resorts behind the casino, where the Hotel St. Catherine's used to sit.</div>
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A few of the pictures that were hanging in the <b>Bluewater Restaurant,</b> where we stopped for a beer and crab dip. This one said 406 lbs. in the corner of this picture. They claim to be the birthplace of big game sport fishing. The sport of big game fishing originated in<b> Avalon Bay </b>when Charles Holden caught a 183 lb. bluefin tuna in 1898. He was towed by the tuna for over 10 miles and battled it for 3 hours and 45 minutes. It inspired him to form the <i>Tuna Club of Santa Catalina Island, </i>dedicated to the conservation of marine resources and good sportsmanship among anglers. It was once common for vast schools of tuna to arrive in early summer within view of the island, amazing onlookers with their spectacular leaps after flying fish.</div>
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The <i>Duke</i> with a couple of marlins. The world's earliest sportfishing capture of the broadbill swordfish was here in 1913. The striped marlin was caught here first in 1903. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was an avid reader of the battles taking place between the anglers and the fish off Catalina. In 1929 he arrived ready for combat and hooked a large marlin, which put on an acrobatic display, but gave up within minutes. Over drinks he said he couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. The contest was over so quick and seemed so effortless, it was inexplicable. Maybe the fish knew who he was messing with and just gave up.</div>
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This one said 336 lbs. and time - 56 minutes. The pictures were from the <i>Avalon Tuna Club</i> that existed here on the island from the 1940s to 1970s. They targeted the leaping tuna or albacore, also the bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna, marlin, dorado, broadbill swordfish, white and black sea bass, halibut, calico, barracuda, bonita and various rockfish. Zane Grey had a home on the island that is now a 17 room hotel. In 1920 he caught a 418 lb. broadbill swordfish. The record stood until the wife of the president of the tuna club caught one that was two pounds heavier. Zane was a boisterous member who loved to regale other members with the details of his catches. He was suspicious and announced publicly that such a petite little lady could not have reeled it in without help -- a clear breach of club rules. He was asked to apologize to the lady or submit his resignation to the club. He did both. Other members of the Tuna Club included Cecil B. DeMille, Stan Laurel, Charlie Chaplin, Bing Crosby, George Patton and a number of presidents were guests. In 1935, <b>Mutiny on the Bounty</b> with Clark Gable, the most expensive film ever at the time, $2 million, was made here on the island. Six Tahitian villages were built with over 600 cast and crew and over 3,000 costumes. It was one of the top grossing films of the 1930s and won an Oscar for Best Picture. Harry Houdini flew to the island in 1919 via Chaplin Airlines (Charlie Chaplin's brother) to film the silent movie <b>Terror Island</b>. Houdini said Catalina was the most ideal spot he had ever seen and he intended to come back and build a magnificent home. Trivia tidbit: Harry Houdini was the first person to fly an airplane in Australia.</div>
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This postcard depicts one of the flying fish tours on the <b>Blanche W</b>, named for one of Wrigley's granddaughters. It said they were 12 to 22 inches long and flew as fast as 40 mph for distances as great as 100 yards, only to drop back into the water when their wings became dry. The 64' long boat was equipped with WWII era 40-million candlepower searchlights to simulate the silver streaks of large predators, which propelled the fish from the sea into the night air. The trip aboard the 98 passenger boat was a quintessential part of the renowned Catalina getaway. In over 90 years, it treated over one million tourists, including Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many Hollywood celebs, to flying fish excursions, tours to <b>Seal Rocks</b> and cruises to <b>Isthmus Cove</b>. It was decommissioned in 2015.</div>
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Monday we toured the <b>Andre Pico Adobe</b> at Mission Hills in the San Fernando Valley. It is the second oldest adobe in California (after the nearby mission) and the oldest two-story adobe in California. <b>Ranchito Romulo</b>, as it was first known, was built in 1834, enlarged in 1846 and the second story was added in 1874. It is a <i>City of San Fernando Landmark</i>. Just think if DeLamere had kept the bank, community hall and the bar! They were all landmarks. It could have been a regular tourist trap, like <b>Wall Drug</b>. Well, maybe not.</div>
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Knife and trunk of Tiburcio Vasquez mid-1800s. The legendary, controversial Vasquez, son of a prominent California family, traversed the passes and foothills of the state, robbing and terrorizing inhabitants and romancing others. Remembered for his womanizing and crimes purportedly committed in the name of justice for his people, the bandido/outlaw, folklore hero to some, traveled with this trunk packed with his personal effects. His knife is all that remains with the trunk. He left his trunk with the first settler in the region and never returned. He was captured in present day Melrose Place in West Hollywood and hanged for murder in 1875 at the Santa Clara County jail in San Jose at age 30. <b>Vasquez Rocks</b> in Antelope Valley, one of the bandido's hideouts, is named for him. The trunk was kept in the family and it was donated to the museum by a granddaughter. There are pictures of President William McKinley and his wide inside the lid.</div>
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A kind of old-fashioned air freshener. You would fill them with nicely scented dried flowers and wave them around the room. They also had a tiny machine that looked somewhat like a pencil sharpener and was used to sharpen razor blades during WWII when the blades were rationed and hard to get.</div>
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They have a room with Paul Knapp's arrowhead collection. His family bought a ranch in Burbank in 1902. They were told the area would never amount to anything but jackrabbits and cactus. He was 11 when he found his first arrowhead near their home embedded in a skull. In his lifetime travels all over the U.S. he collected over 30,000. </div>
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There was also a knife engraved "<i>Guerrero-Valiente Costena</i>" meaning warrior-brave man from the coast, possibly owned by one of Joaquin Murrieta's outlaws, known as the <i>Mexican Robin Hood</i> during the Gold Rush days of 1850. The family herded cattle in what is now Hollywood and lived a lifetime in Burbank.</div>
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When we left the <b>Pico Adobe Museum</b>, we stopped at the nearby <b>San Fernando Mission Cemetery</b>. </div>
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Most of the graves had these in-the-ground vases for flowers. They look almost like sewer covers for draining the RV. John managed to find Chuck Connor's grave, so he was pretty pleased with himself.</div>
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We will have to come back tomorrow to tour the mission. We stopped for supper at <b>Pico Rico</b> in Santa Clarita, <i>carnitas </i>and <i>garlic shrimp. </i>Mmm, Mmm!</div>
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Tuesday we were back to tour <b>San Fernando Mission</b>, the oldest and largest two-story adobe in California, established in 1797. It was the 17th mission, established in 1797. It is one of the largest missions and is the <i>Archival Center of the Archdiocese of L.A. </i> This is the <i>West Garden</i> where we entered from the gift shop. There were workshops, carpentry and pottery shops, saddle and blacksmith shops in the doorways along the left. The chapel is in the background.There are two bells in the garden that were cast in Spain in 1686 and 1720. From 1797 to 1846 there were 3,158 baptisms, 2,449 burials, 842 marriages. There are several thousand early settlers in the cemetery along with some very famous celebs who are buried there now.</div>
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Wine cellar. The mission ranch covered 121,542 acres. In 1819 the livestock numbered 21,745 cattle, sheep and horses. In 1806 they produced 12,868 bushels of corn and wheat. They had orchards, vineyards and gardens. They produced tallow, soap, hides, shoes, clothes, blankets, wine, olive oil and iron work.</div>
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Completed in 1822, the two-story <i>convento</i> is the largest original mission building in California.</div>
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There is the famous corridor of 21 Roman arches throughout the convent, unusual Moorish arches above windows and doors in the living quarters of missionaries and guests.</div>
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All the convent rooms are authentically furnished. They also have a room, called the <i>Madonna Room</i>, with hundreds of donated Madonna statues, plaques, paintings, rosaries, etc.</div>
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All of these missions have elaborate <i>reredos</i>, a large altar piece or ornamental screen behind the altar covering the rear wall.</div>
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The <b>Bob Hope Memorial Garden</b> on the grounds is where Bob and his wife, Dolores, are buried.</div>
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It's a very pretty little area with a winding walkway throughout to lead you by their graves under the bandshell-type roof. There is also a marker nearby in memory of the 2,425 native Americans who were interred here at the mission from 1797 to 1852.</div>
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This tray was made in Frenchtown, New Jersey and donated to the mission. Seems like an odd thing to donate to the mission. Dr. Pepper, <i>the friendly pepper upper</i>, was introduced at the <b>Louisiana Purchase Expo</b> in 1885, one year before Coca Cola was introduced.</div>
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Across the street from the mission is the <i>East Garden</i>.</div>
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This is the flower-shaped fountain copied from the original in Cordova, Spain.</div>
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There were lots of bird-of-paradise and roses.</div>
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Cacti, palms and other rare trees.</div>
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Statue of Father Junipero Serra near the fountain. The 21 missions ran roughly near the coast from San Diego to the San Francisco Bay area, each about a day's travel from the next, along the <b>El Camino Real</b> (The King's Road) forming a nucleus for settlers and today's cities. At age 56, he was visualizing missions from southern California to Alaska. He died at Carmel (his favorite mission) after the ninth mission was established. He is recognized as California's first citizen and greatest pioneer. The state selected his statue to represent it in <b>Statuary Hall</b> in the nation's Capitol. 30,000 Indians lived in mission villages by 1808. Their almost complete abolition from the missions after they were secularized by the Mexican government, was a tragedy of a peaceable people left without the friendly direction of the Friars, sheep who had lost their shepherd with the wolves encircling them.</div>
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From here we went to the nearby, free <b>Museum of San Fernando Valley </b>in Northridge. It's not really too much of a museum. They are still in the organization stage. They had a very interesting film about a guy who was a pilot during the war, got badly burned in a plane crash and ended up directing movies. It was very good, but I can't remember the guy's name.</div>
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The one interesting exhibit they did have done was about Billy Barty, founder of the <i>Little People of America</i>. He also founded the <i>Hollywood Shorties</i>, a softball team that played charity fundraiser games against Hollywood celebrities. He was born in 1924 and started acting at age 3. The film <b>Wedded Blisters</b> was shooting on a sidewalk near their home. He walked into the scene, flipped over, stood on his head and began to spin. From then on he had steady work. He was 3'9" tall and had <i>cartilage-hair hypoplasia dwarfism</i>. In 1942 he attended <i>L.A. City College</i>, majored in journalism, lettered in basketball and football and wanted to be a sportswriter. He died in 2000 and is buried in <i>Forest Lawn Memorial Park</i> in Glendale. He was an advocate trailblazer in the entertainment industry for little people, often the butt of the joke for comic effect, but always wanted to play a normal role. He also worked on the <i>L.A. County and City Commissions on Disabilities </i>to reform access policies for little people. The Hollywood Shorties were originally formed as a softball team by Billy Barty (<b>Willow</b>) and Jerry Maren (the Lollipop Kid) in 1949. The team consisted of recognizable-but-typecast older actors and stuntmen, including Felix Silla (Cousin Itt from <b>Adams</b> <b>Family</b>), Billy Curtis (Mordecai from <b>High Plains Drifter</b>), and Tony Cox (from <b>Bad Santa</b>), all ranging in height from 3'5" to 4'9". The games were charity events against celebrities, professional organizations and faculties of high schools. They began as a rare outlet for little people to get publicity. As their skills increased, so did their membership and popularity. In the early 70s, they started playing basketball games. In the museum they had video clips from their games running on a loop. They often socialized at the original <b>Bob's Big Boy</b> in San Fernando Valley. The Hollywood Shorties actors were seen in <b>Return of the Jedi, The Ewok Adventure, Ewok: The Battle for Endor, Willow, The Fall Guy, Faerie Tale Theater, Short Ribbs, Garbage Pail Kids, This is Spinal Tap, Under the Rainbow. </b> Ryan Steven Green made a documentary called <b>The Hollywood Shorties</b> for the 2016 SXSW Film Festival. There are 200 medical conditions known as dwarfism. The first time little people were seen on film was the 1932 <b>Freaks</b> by Todd Browning. In 1939 little people were brought to L.A. from all over the world for the filming of <b>The Wizard of Oz</b>. Many remained in L.A. In the 1940s California had one of the most densely inhabited little people populations in the world. All of this was kind coincidence and very interesting, as I had just watched an old black and white movie at our campground that week called <b>Terror in Tiny Town</b>. It was a black and white western and the entire cast was little people, and totally not politically correct for today, but it was very funny.</div>
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<b>All-American Canal</b> coming over the mountains to L.A. It doesn't look like it in the picture, but that's a powerful amount of water coming down that hill. We stopped for supper at <b>Topper's Pizza</b> in Santa Clarita. Very good.</div>
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We had several inches of very, heavy, wet snow at our campground on Thanksgiving Day. Very unusual for this area. Lots of really big branches fell under the weight of the snow on quite a few campers. My very smart husband had the foresight to not park under any trees! Lucky us.</div>
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Saturday after Thanksgiving we were heading south toward L.A. (near San Bernardino) and beyond to Yuma.</div>
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It was amazing to me to see 10 to 20 cars every so often parked on the shoulder along this busy 4-lane highway, with both adults and children just out playing in the snow, sledding down hillsides, building snowmen and having snowball fights.</div>
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I-5, oh my! Can't wait to get past L.A. traffic, but it took us several hours. We sure will appreciate the warm, sunny weather and the lack of traffic when we finally get to Yuma.</div>
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We were out for a walk one of our first days here in Yuma and they were harvesting a field of cauliflower right beside our campground, about a hundred yards from our campsite. Kind of fun to watch.</div>
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We are into the holiday spirit now! For the next two months, I will be line dancing in the morning, swimming in the afternoons and going to a couple of movies every week.</div>
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Dec. 21st at <b>Yuma Lakes Campground</b>, getting ready to join in the <b>Golf Cart Christmas Parade</b>. We saw ten movies in December and hope to see another ten or so in January.</div>
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New Years Eve we went for a drive to look at Christmas lights.</div>
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Then we headed to old downtown Yuma to watch the big head of lettuce drop at 10:00 PM. We were home and tucked in bed by 10:30.</div>
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Wishing everyone a spectacular New Year!</div>
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August 26th, 27th and 28th<br />
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We went off duty for a few days while Jeff's folks were here to visit. We drove north to Havre and stopped to see some of the sights along the way.<br />
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A couple views along the drive north to Great Falls, one of the prettiest drives we have taken.<br />
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We stopped for lunch at a little Chinese place in Great Falls.<br />
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North of Great Falls the scenery changes drastically. Choteau County is Montana's greatest wheat producer.</div>
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The Marias River branches off the Missouri here, a short ways from Fort Benton. After much scouting and discussion, Lewis and Clark made a momentous decision here to follow the Missouri, hoping that it was the main river and not just a branch.</div>
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This railroad track just below where I am standing is, hopefully, no longer used, as the earth beneath it looks to have been washed away a long time ago. When the river was too low for steamboats to make it all the way to Fort Benton, freight was unloaded here at <b>Cow Island</b>.</div>
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Arriving in downtown Fort Benton, we parked at the Visitor Center near the <b>Grand Union Hotel</b> and this memorial to <b>Shep</b>, the famous dog who met the train every day for almost 8 years. His owner was a sheep herder who died in 1936. He followed his master's casket as it was loaded on the train to be shipped back east for burial. Shep met every train from then on until January of 1942, when he slipped on the tracks in front of an incoming train and was killed.</div>
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He was buried atop a hill just outside town overlooking the train station. With Boy Scouts as pallbearers, his funeral was attended by hundreds of town folk and his story became known worldwide. From his resting place, he continues his vigil forever.</div>
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Hiking the trail up to see Shep's grave.</div>
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The <b>Grand Union Hotel</b> opened in 1882. It cost $200,000 and was the finest hotel between Seattle and the Twin Cities. Silver and linen graced the tables and the menus had delicacies only found back East, an oasis of civilization for weary travelers, stockmen and businessmen with billiard room, lady's parlor, bar and hot baths. Rooms were only $2 or $3 a night. It was built by a group of local businessmen at the height of the river traffic, which lasted only two more years before the railroad ended it all. Steamboats blew their horns and great cattle herds crossed the Missouri here. Steamboats supplied the U.S. Cavalry, the Indians they hunted, the Mounties and the whiskey runners. Fort Benton merchants were plumb impartial about business. The fort's merchants sent traders laden with rifles and whiskey up to Fort Macleod in Canada to lure the Indian peoples away from trade with the Hudson's Bay Company, creating lawlessness that brought the northwest Mounted Police. It became known as <i>Fort Whoop-Up Trail</i>. The resourceful, fearless plainsmen and bullwhackers, at the end of their hazardous journey, opened up their cargo and whooped it up! Army officers, Canadian Mounties, miners, trappers, freighters, river captains, stockmen, missionaries, Indian agents, road agents and politicians rubbed shoulders here in the hotel's fine dining room and well-stocked bar. It had all the elegance of Victorian living, but it could never pay for itself. When the steamboat era ended, the hotel then became a gathering place for cattle barons during the days of the open range.</div>
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By the end of the <i>Gold Rush</i> from 1862 to 1869 steamboats and smaller crafts had transported 200 tons of gold out of the state. There was a great deal of security aboard boats taking gold shipments downriver. One steamboat carried $1,250,000.00. After the gold rush tapered off, buffalo robe traders, steamboat owners and merchants quickly established an illegal, but lucrative, barter system with the Indians over the border. A watered down cup of whiskey could be traded for a buffalo robe, which could be sold back in the U.S. for $8.00. The Northwest Mounted Police put an end to the whiskey trade in 1874. Military contracts brought floods of newcomers. At the peak in 1878, steamboats made 65 landings here, depositing 10,000 pounds of freight and 2,000 passengers. The river was extremely hazardous and claimed over 400 steamboats in less than 30 years. The <b>Far West</b>, specially designed to navigate the Upper Missouri, had a narrow beam and spoon-billed bow for sliding over sand bars and a flat, shallow hull. In 1872 it raced against the <b>Nellie Peck</b> from Sioux City, Iowa to Fort Benton and broke all records, making the trip in 17 days and 20 hours. In 1883 it got caught on a snag and sank.</div>
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View from the original bridge, now just a pedestrian bridge, back toward the hotel. There was a mile and a half levee along Front Street here from 1860 to 1887. It was founded as Fort Lewis in 1846 as a fur post and is the oldest, continuously inhabited settlement in Montana. It was renamed in 1850 for Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton, a constant supporter of the fur trade. It was the head of steamboat navigation on the Missouri and the world's innermost port. It was the most important transportation center in the Northwest for 27 years, once called the "<i>Chicago of the Plains</i>". Trails led to all points from here. Freight was loaded into giant wagons, pulled by hundreds of mules and oxen to faraway Idaho, Washington and Alberta. After the railroad came in 1887, most of the freight for northwestern U.S. and Canada was unloaded here on the levee. The 825-foot, 6-span bridge, completed in 1888, was started as a private toll bridge by a group of Fort Benton merchants to connect across the river to the rapidly developing <b>Judith Basin</b>, named by William Clark for his girlfriend, Judith. They charged pedestrians 5 cents, horse and buggy 25 cents and each head of cattle 1.5 cents with special rates for large droves. They sold the bridge to the county in 1896 for $10,000. The swing span collapsed in the <i>Great Flood of 1908</i>, but was soon replaced. In 1927 lights were added to aid auto travel at night. Vehicles crossed the bridge until 1962, when it was closed to all traffic. The new bridge in the picture was built in 1963. The old bridge was restored in 1980 as a pedestrian bridge and the original lighting was replaced in 2011.</div>
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There is a wonderful 2 or 3 mile walking path along the river with lots of monuments and interpretive signs about the town's history. This statue <b>George Montgomery: Rider of the Purple Sage</b> (2003) was gifted to the city in 2007. George Montgomery was the youngest of 15 siblings born on a homestead near Brady, Montana. He graduated high school from Great Falls, attended one quarter at the University of Montana and headed for Hollywood. The legendary Hollywood leading man starred in 87 movies and the <b>Cimarron City</b> tv series. He also designed and built homes and furniture and was a gifted sculptor of over 40 pieces. He created the historic bronze <b>Custer's Final Moments</b> in 1975 in his second year of sculpting.</div>
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75% of the freight for the Northwest was unloaded here and some savvy merchants created an empire for themselves. Baker and Power became friends, as well as rivals. They shared several ventures and, at times, their people faced one another at gunpoint. Peaceful settlements were reached that were financially acceptable to both. They monopolized trade in the region until the coming of the railroad. They shared freighting adventures and jointly owned a steamboat line. They were into banking and export business with offices in St. Louis, Montreal, London and New York. Baker built a huge warehouse for shipment of wool down river. In 1892 Choteau County (one of only nine counties in the state at the time) had 400,000 sheep and 100,000 head went to Eastern markets for meat plus 1,000 bags of wool was shipped by steamboat.</div>
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T.C. Power stepped off the <i>Yorktown </i>here June 14, 1867 with a tiny stock of merchandise and plans as flexible as the wild frontier. His brother joined him in 1869. When the Blackfoot moved north, the <b>Power Posts </b>followed to tap the lucrative buffalo robe trade. Their big freight outfits supplied settlers across the region. In 1875 he bought the <i>Benton </i>as flagship of the Upper Missouri's greatest steamboat line, and a dozen other boats sporting the "<b>Block P</b>" became as well known to Montanans as the <i>Robert E. Lee</i> and the <i>Natchez</i> on the Mississippi. He was also involved in stage lines, mining, cattle and banking. He parlayed his start in Fort Benton into wealth, a seat in the U.S. Senate and a noteworthy place in regional history. Brother John Power's son and grandson went into the construction business in Montana and built the original section of the <b>Lewis and Clark Brewery</b> in Helena, where we have been a couple times to listen to the music and sample their beers. They have donated many artifacts from the trading post period to the museum, such as Sioux-style headdresses used by several plains tribes, decorative horse bridles, bear claw necklace, buffalo robes, etc.</div>
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Golden Eagle feathers were used by the Blackfoot for ceremonial regalia. The tail and wing feathers were collected by grabbing the eagle by the leg, pulling it into a hole and crushing it. It was high risk work, with injury from beak and talons almost a certainty.</div>
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Military figures and political powers were guests at the I.G. Baker home across the street, including this man, acting Governor Thomas Francis Meagher, who ate his final meal at Baker's home before retiring to his quarters in a steamboat across the street in 1867. He was never seen again, despite a large reward being offered. He was born in Ireland in 1823 and was an Irish revolutionary who was caught and sentenced to death. His sentence was commuted to exile in Tasmania, but he escaped to the U.S. where he became a Brigadier General in the Civil War with the <b>69th Fighting Irish Brigade</b>. He was a hero of the Union Army at Antietam. He went west after the war as secretary to the Governor and became acting Governor when the appointee refused to stay in Montana. He had just been relieved of his position when he came to Fort Benton for one final duty--to pick up arms and ammo for the Montana Militia. He had recently pardoned a man, which was followed by the Vigilante hanging of the same man in Helena. He was also Irish and Democratic, which made him none too popular with other factions in the Territory. He also had many loyal supporters in the area. Many Union soldiers had rushed to Montana following the war, but there were also many Republicans and Confederate sympathizers in the community. Every 4th of July was a re-enactment of the Civil War! What occurred that evening is still speculation. Did he fall or was he pushed? His body was never found. </div>
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Captain John Mullan with 220 men and wagons began construction of the <b>Mullan Road</b> in 1859. It was a 624-mile wagon road that linked Fort Benton to the head of navigation on the Columbia River. Indian wars slowed them somewhat, but the route was opened to travel in 1860, years ahead of the transcontinental railroads. It ended at Fort Walla Walla, Washington. It was a highway to empire, the fastest land route across the country, a mere 47 days to travel it.</div>
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This full-scale replica of the keelboat Mandan (62' x 12' 6") was built for the movie <b>The Big Sky</b>. They preceded steamboats and used every kind of power, except steam, chiefly manpower. They would set long ash poles on the river bottom, push hard and walk the length of the boat bow to stern. Crews also stumbled along the bank at the end of a cable pulling. Breezes sometimes allowed the use of a sail. The keelboat speed record was 110 miles in 61 days, set in 1811 by a select crew of Manual Lisa, an impatient character. South Dakota winds chased his vessel clear around the Great Bend below Pierre for 75 miles in a long day. They carried beads, whiskey and other goods and traded for beaver pelts and buffalo robes at Indian posts along the Missouri. After the buffalo were almost wiped out, gathering their bones to ship back east to fertilizer plants became a lucrative business. Probably the first big recycling business.</div>
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The <b>Lewis and Clark Memorial</b> (1/6 larger than their actual size) cast in New York City is 21 feet tall and weighs two and a half tons. The bronze was brought upright on a semi-trailer. Problems encountered with underpasses caused many a head to turn, but the Captains were not recognized until they were west of the Mississippi. In 1926 the State Legislature selected Fort Benton as the site for a state memorial to Lewis and Clark. Charlie Russell was engaged, but shortly after doing preliminary sketches he passed away. Then the depression hit and there was no money. Charlie's wife had Henry Lyon create a 1/4 size statue that is now at the <b>State Historical Museum</b> in Helena. In 1972 the project was revived and completed in 1976 at no cost to taxpayers. It was Fort Benton's contribution to the nation's bicentennial in 1976 at a cost of $175,000. It is the State of Montana's official memorial to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The 85-ton granite base was a gift from Tanner Brother's Quarry near Square Butte, Montana. It was transported in mid-winter over frozen roads to save the roadway, on a 30-wheeled trailer.</div>
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Across the street from the riverwalk is the <b>Museum of the Upper Missouri</b>. We bought one $12 ticket here for all of the four museums in town. We hustled to get through three of them before closing time and saved the <b>Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument</b> for a stop on our way home. Our Golden Age Pass covered that, so we didn't have to pay again.</div>
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After the last days of the fur trade, gold was discovered in Grasshopper Creek in 1862. Fort Benton was revived and thrived. Like all placer mining camps, it was wide open and operating spring through fall, 24 hours a day with all vices available. The town was wild, tough and uncivilized and very little law existed. Even its first sheriff was busy running several businesses. Most of Front Street was occupied by "<i>Houses of Pleasure</i>" for the enjoyment of rivermen, bullwhackers and miners. The most famous Madam was Eleanor Dumont, better known as Madame Moustache, but not to her face. Almost as famous was Mose Solomon's Medicine Lodge and Dena Murray's Jungle. Eleanor's place, the Cosmopolitan, relieved players of their poke at several gambling tables, poker, blackjack, etc. She endeared herself to the town by brandishing two pistols on the levee when the pilot of the <i>W.B.</i> <i>Dance</i> tried to land his cargo with smallpox on board. He was threatened by a couple of shots through the pilothouse as a warning. She stayed only a short time (2 years), as she had in many placer camps along the gold frontier. She wintered in Helena and moved onto more prosperous diggings further south. She joined "<i>Hell on Wheels</i>" on the Union Pacific and went on to fame in Deadwood and Tombstone. Dena ran her palace and parlor well into the 1880s and the end of the steamboat trade. She was a madame of means and her place was very popular among those who followed the green cloth, the bottle and pleasures of the flesh. All entertained the travelers and extracted large amounts of gold dust from their pokes (<i>mining the miners</i>) before they returned to their claims or went back to the States. The Chinese settled among the joints on the "bloodiest block" next door to saloons and brothels, providing laundries, restaurants, shops and opium dens in their basements. They stayed until the 1900s when prejudice drove them off. There was a late-night hanging and the next morning they had all disappeared, eventually making their way to Lethridge, Canada. By 1875 the town was again booming thanks to Canadian trade, freight for the Quartz mines and demands from the growing cities of Helena and Butte. In 1885 the railroads bypassed her to the north and south and the town settled into an era of cattle and sheep ranching, just a pretty little town on the river with a very colorful history.</div>
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The museum had letters written by Charlie Russell with pictures he drew of ranch life in the Judith Basin area, where he lived for many years. There were also interesting stories about Vigilantes dealing out justice. The last hanging in Fort Benton by Vigilantes was in 1868. The last two legal hangings after a trial by jury were in 1894 and 1895. Public hangings were a social affair that included invitations to the event. The gallows was set up on the courthouse lawn. Formal photographs were taken at the last two hangings of the entire hanging party, including defense and prosecuting attorneys and famous (or infamous) Fort Benton Judge, the Honorable Dudley Du Bose.</div>
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The nearby town of Harlem, started in 1912, boasted a saloon run by Loney Curry, brother of Kid Curry.</div>
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This gun was dropped by one of the <b>James-Younger Gang</b> during their hasty retreat after the famous bank robbery attempt in Northfield, Minnesota in 1876. A shoot-out with the local citizenry killed three of the gang and captured Cole Younger. Frank and Jesse escaped.</div>
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They have preserved a portion of the original wall from 1846. There is a small art museum on the ground floor and the <i>Bourgeois House</i> above, where the Agent-in-Charge and his family lived as well as anyone in high society back east. The stagecoach left every other day bound for Helena, soon to be the capitol. A trip to Helena took ten days by wagon or two days by stagecoach, today about three hours. </div>
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Across the courtyard, inside the Trading Post were buffalo hides, beaver pelts, Indian chief headdresses from different tribes, mounted grizzly bear, eagles, etc. 50 to 60 steamboats docked here each year. Over 40,000 buffalo robes were shipped downriver annually from Fort Benton to markets back East, and as far as St. Petersburg, Russia. Sale of Whiskey was illegal in Montana. More than 40 "whiskey posts" were opened just over the border. Unscrupulous whiskey traders carried supplies north and brought buffalo robes south to send back down the Missouri. Traders took wagons as far north as Calgary and Edmonton. Two gallon cans of 170 proof <i>"highwine"</i> was used to make trade whiskey. It was common practice to water down whiskey before trading it to the Indians for maximum profit. Check out the recipe below. Mmm, Mmm.</div>
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From 1869 to 1874 the whiskey trade was a wild and lawless pursuit, until the Mounties arrived.</div>
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Bear claw necklace and other trade items. I wonder if the bear claws were all collected by the same person, maybe just traded for.</div>
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<b>Little Brother Goes Swimming </b>by Bob Scriver, a famous Montana sculptor.</div>
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There are many of his pieces in the small art gallery here in the fort. This one is called <b>The Handstick Game</b>. The Blackfeet are famous gamblers and this game has been played for many generations and is still played today at <i>Blackfeet Indian Days</i>. The games can go on to the point of exhaustion or the loss of all possessions. There are also many pictures by Karl Bodmer who traveled with Prince Maximilian from 1832 to 1834 on his exploration of the Upper Missouri.</div>
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The first room in this museum is the Hornaday Smithsonian Buffalo Gallery with several great mounts and some great paintings and sculptures, but the center of the <b>Hornaday Room</b> holds a display that was originally in the Smithsonian until 1950. It was the first display of an entire family group of large mammals and the first exhibit to be surrounded by specimens from their natural environs, including skulls, bones, hides, soil, plants and fossils all shipped from Montana. The Smithsonian's exhibit of the Hornaday buffalo established a new standard for museums all over the world. William Temple Hornaday 1854-1937 fought for the earliest wildlife protection laws. There is a mountain in Yellowstone named for him. He was the chief taxidermist at the National Museum (Smithsonian) and started a Department of Living Animals there with bison he brought from Montana. It later became the National Zoo. He started the New York Zoological Society, and established and was the director for 30 years of the New York Biological Park (Bronx Zoo), which became one of the largest and most respected zoos in the world. He helped get several laws passed to protect different animal species and is personally credited for saving the American Bison from extinction. There is some interesting stuff about him on Wikipedia. </div>
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<b>Chief Dan George</b> by Harley Brown. He was an actor, musician, poet and author best remembered for portraying <i>Old Lodge Skins</i> opposite Dustin Hoffman in <b>Little Big Man</b> for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. He was also in <b>The Outlaw Josey Wales</b> with Clint Eastwood.</div>
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This little exhibit showed the development of the washing machine. In the early 1900s thousands of homesteaders came and Fort Benton prospered as a center of trade for the fertile <i>Golden Triangle</i> (wheat). The government granted 320 acres and dozens of towns sprang up to support the homesteaders between 1900 and 1920. The <i>Dust Bowl</i> left lots of ghost towns.</div>
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This water wagon was built in Chicago before WWI and came west on the Great Northern Railroad. It held 800 gallons and after use on farms, it eventually was used at the Chouteau County Fairgrounds to sprinkle the rodeo arena and the track before horse races.</div>
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1919 Republic Delivery Truck. During the homestead years trucks like this bumped down the rough country roads delivering lumber to build claim shacks. One-room dwellings could be purchased as a kit. Western Montana mills sold lumber as fast as the railroads delivered it. The mills took advantage of the <i>honyockers</i>. The law required construction of a building and winter was just around the corner. They were forced to buy whatever was available at premium prices. Deliveries included tar paper, nails and many times even a stove. Chevy sold over a million vehicles in 1927, the first year it outsold Ford. Truck prices ranged from $495 to $610 for one with a cab. They came with a full complement of the necessary tools for repairs. </div>
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1953 Chevrolet Bel-Air, the most popular car that year, the same year the Corvette was added to their line. The Bel-Air came in 13 solid colors and 10 two-tone combos. It sold for $1,874.00 plus $178 for power steering. Taxes and licensing began in 1914 to help pay for new roads and repair old ones.</div>
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Behind the museum they have a really nice homestead era town. I loved this little gas station.</div>
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By the 1920s most blacksmith shops served horses and automobiles. They had a livery stable with all sorts of carriages. </div>
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Next we walked back through the city park where they have several interesting memorials.</div>
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This one is in memory of over 4,000 working U.S. Military dogs who served in Vietnam and were left behind.</div>
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This one is dedicated to those in Choteau County who gave their lives in WWII. I believe the bigger one to the right was for WWI. The one in the left background is the <b>U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine Monument</b> for all types of boats that have a naming tie to Montana, located here because Fort Benton was the head of navigation on the Missouri River and the innermost port in the world. Fort Benton provided four Admirals for the U.S. Navy.</div>
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We stayed at the <b>AmericInn</b> which was very nice and went to the nearby <b>Murphy's Pub</b> at the recommendation of the young man who checked us in. It was very good. John had a <i>Jeremiah Johnson Mountain Man Scotch Ale. </i>Seems like a long name just to order a beer, but he said it was good.</div>
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The next day we stopped by the <b>H. Earl Clack Museum</b> in the Village Mall. If you go through their museum, you can see the buffalo jump out behind, but we have done a buffalo jump museum before, so we decided to pass. The pictures above and below are back toward the buffalo jump and overlooking the Milk River.</div>
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We decided to take the <i>Downtown Underground</i> tour instead. The Great Fire of 1905 burned an entire block completely to the ground. Most of the businesses just set up shop in the basements underneath and flourished there. They just knocked holes through the walls, so people could go from one shop to another. In 1916 the <i>Law and Order League of Chicago</i> visited 28 cities to assess their lawlessness compared to Chicago. They found Washington and Oregon to have been pretty decent, but thought Butte and Havre were the two worst cities they visited. They thought Butte might be able to redeem herself, but Havre was pretty much beyond saving. The businesses operated out of their basement shops until around 1930, when the town finally endeavored to straighten out and go legit.</div>
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Shorty's office. A combination of railroaders, cowboys, soldiers and coal miners made Havre a seething cauldron of violent and conflicting elements. The meeting place for all of them was notorious Shorty Young's Montana Hotel, honky tonk and brothel. Our tour guide was very well-informed and told very interesting and entertaining stories about some of the local characters.</div>
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There was even a mortuary down there. The caskets were just woven baskets. The sandwich toaster below was in the museum upstairs. When the WWII soldiers were coming through on the trains, they could get sandwiches from a vending machine in the depot and toast them in this thing.</div>
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The Milk River country and all of the Hi-Line area owes its development to the energy and foresight of James J. Hill. He moved from Canada to St. Paul at age 18 and worked as a bookkeeper for a steamboat company until 1860. He then took a job handling freight transfers for wholesale grocers and fuel supply. He joined the coal business in 1867 and expanded five times by 1879. He then entered banking, bought bankrupt businesses, built them back up and resold them. During the Panic of 1873 he and his partners bought a bankrupt railroad in Minnesota and reorganized it into the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba. It later became the Great Northern Railway with the absorption of Montana Central. By 1892 there was a roundhouse and shop in Havre that employed 200 men and a section house every six miles along the track for construction, maintenance and communication. From 1883 to 1889 he built railroads across Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota to Montana and by 1893 all the way to Seattle 1,700 miles. He did most of the route planning himself by horseback. It was the first transcontinental railroad built without public money and just a few land grants. in 1901, with the help of J.P. Morgan, they merged Northern Pacific, Union Pacific and Great Northern to form the Northern Securities Company, which President Teddy Roosevelt later tried to dissolve as a monopoly. After four failed attempts over 74 years, the Supreme court eventually approved the merger in 1970 to become the Burlington Northern Railroad. In 1995 they merged again with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe to become the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF).</div>
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In the afternoon we drove just a few miles west of Havre to tour what is left of Fort Assinniboine. They also had a very good, volunteer tour guide who drove us around in a golf cart and told us all about the buildings that are left and all the ones that are no longer there. The 1880 building on the right had apartments shared by two junior officers with servant quarters in the rear. Fort Assinniboine was established in 1878 on Beaver Creek to hold off marauding Indians, including Sitting Bull's hostile Sioux in the aftermath of the defeat of Custer. There were more than 100 buildings on 220,000 acres and it cost over a million dollars. It was a strategic location at the conjunction of two major Indian trails. It was one of four forts guarding the border. It accommodated up to 746 enlisted men and officers, plus some civilian workers and lots and lots of horses. The library carried 33 newspapers and 15 magazines and had over 1,000 books.</div>
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General Pershing served here as a young lieutenant 1895 to 1896. He was in charge of the 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers. The Infantry and Cavalry stationed here never actually took part in a single engagement after the fort was completed. Pershing was recalled from West Point, at his own request, to rejoin his 10th Cavalry on assignment to Cuba in 1898 and the fort was practically abandoned. He and his Buffalo Soldiers fought valiantly alongside Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Hill. One eye witness said, "If it had not been for the Negro cavalry, the Rough Riders would have been exterminated." Horace W. Bivens was among the non-commissioned black officers at the fort. During a career spanning thirty years, he received 32 medals including the Silver Star for valor at San Juan Hill. His army record on marksmanship is still one of the highest on record.</div>
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In 1911 President Taft signed a bill abolishing the largest military reservation in the U.S. Some of the demolished buildings provided bricks for Pershing Hall at Northern Montana College in Havre. 58,000 acres became part of Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. Another portion became an experimental station for Montana State Agriculture College. Most of the land was opened to homesteading and the Beaver Creek area (first a Federal park) became part of the largest county park in the U.S. Some of the people who work at the experimental ag. station still live in apartments in some of the buildings. John A. Burns, born at the fort in 1905, was the architect of Hawaiian statehood and Governor of Hawaii from 1962 to 1970.</div>
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Residential duplex built in 1905 for NCOs with families. West Point, the first military school in the country, was established by Congress in 1802. Henry Ossian Flipper, born a slave in 1856, was the first African-American cadet to graduate from West Point in 1877. He was never spoken to by a white cadet during his four years at West Point. He was appointed a second lieutenant in the all-African 10th Cavalry, of which Pershing was very proud to be the commander.</div>
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This is the surrender rifle presented by Chief Joseph to Generals Howard and Miles. In 1855 the Nez Perce Indians signed a treaty to live on a 7.5 million acre reservation stretching from Oregon to Idaho. Soon after, the gold seekers rushed in and the government reclaimed 6 million of those acres. Deeply divided about whether to accept this, Chief Joseph led a band of 700 that refused, closely followed by 2,000 soldiers. Fleeing persecution, they traveled by foot and on horseback through Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, 1,700 miles through mountains, rivers and canyons that ended in a 5-day siege at the Bear's Paw Mountains northeast of Fort Benton. With his people dying, starving and freezing, Chief Joseph ended his surrender speech with these famous words. "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." The Nez Perce blanket was traded by a starving Indian for food after the Bear's Paw Battle, before they were all sent by steamboat to Oklahoma for imprisonment. Single women, families, young men, freed slaves and European immigrants came in droves to set up homesteads. The population of Montana grew from 39,000 to 143,000 from 1880 to 1890. With the enlarged Homestead Act of 1909, the population quadrupled.</div>
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We got back from the Netherlands May 14th. We were excited to have Kathy and Joann come on June 6th to visit for a few days. Keira still talks about going to swim at their hotel (two times!) every time we drive by that hotel. She thinks they should come again, so we can swim some more!<br />
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They also took us to <b>Pizza Ranch</b> to eat and play games.<br />
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Dress-Up Day! <i>Sour Power, Mrs. Candy Cane</i> and <i>Mrs. Licorice</i>. Imagination is a wonderful thing.<br />
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We left Helena on June 20th for our annual trip through the Midwest to visit family and friends. John had a new co-pilot because we brought Dallas with us.<br />
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The rest of the family joined us a couple days later at Great Grandma's.<br />
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We had a big gathering at the park for Great Grandma's 85th Birthday, with most of her family in attendance, even Gary's family from Ohio. So fun to see everyone!<br />
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We camped at the city park and swam a couple times at the pool.<br />
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Tuesday evening we went to my niece Erica's for a pool party and another family gathering. So much fun!<br />
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Thank you so much Erica and Ryan.<br />
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We headed down to <b>Lake Elsie</b> Thursday to spend time with Claude and Jodi and the whole clan again.<br />
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Sweet smiley faces of my great-niece and great-nephew.<br />
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Hilary and Jeff came back on Saturday and Jeff headed back to Montana. Hilary and the kids stayed with us for a couple more weeks and we headed down to Brookings on Sunday. Monday morning we headed out to Robin's farm to see the animals. Thank you Dee for letting us borrow your car. Too many grandkids to fit all in one car anymore.</div>
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Tally practicing her new horsemanship skills.</div>
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Look at her go after only an hour of pointers from Robin! Shows what a great team a good teacher and a good student can make together.</div>
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There was a whole herd of cats and Benny tried to catch them all. There were also peacocks and chickens and goats. What a fun time! Thanks so much, Robin.</div>
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In the afternoon, we went to the awesome water park in Brookings and had a splashing good time.</div>
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Tuesday we went to the <b>Children's Museum</b> in Brookings, best in the state.</div>
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We had a roaring good time here. We had to come back to the <b>T-Rex</b> several times to see it move its head around and roar at us.</div>
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Heading to Iowa on Thursday the <b>4th</b> for more adventures, with John's little co-pilot taking pictures and the rest of the kids in back enjoying themselves.</div>
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Arriving at Bruce and Gerry's cabin, where they so graciously let us camp and use the cabin.</div>
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Enjoying the view of the pond and woods. We enjoyed watching fireworks in the countryside all around us.</div>
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While we were here, we visited John's folks. We miss them lots and wish they could see all these wonderful great-grandkids.</div>
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We also attended John's <i>50th High School Reunion</i> at the newly restored <b>Warren Opera House</b> in Greenfield. Some of his classmates put on a <b>Laugh In</b> skit with Rowan and Martin and lots of the other characters.</div>
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Sunset over Iowa farmland, our last night at the cabin. Thanks again Bruce and Gerry!</div>
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In the mid-sixties, the zoo received a Sumatran orangutan named <i>Fu Man Chu</i>. Fu was very talented at creating and using tools. He figured out how to use small pieces of wire from a light cover and bend and manipulate it to open locks. After many mornings of finding Fu and the other orangutans outside, several people were accused of not locking doors. It was later discovered that Fu was carrying a piece of wire along his gum line. He had figured out how to make a useful tool and how to hide it for future use. Orangutans provide much of their entertainment by taking things apart.</div>
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We watched the giraffes and then went to meet Grandpa's friend, Doug, to get a behind-the-scenes tour. Doug was one of John's classmates and the best man at our wedding. He was also the head veterinarian at the <b>Henry Doorly Zoo</b> in Omaha for many years until about two weeks after our visit, when he retired. Congrats on your retirement, Doug! We hope to see you this winter.</div>
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Doug took us to the second floor of the giraffe enclosure where we got to feed lettuce to the giraffes. John found out his tongue was not nearly as long as the giraffe's. Yuck!</div>
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We wrapped up our day with ice cream and a few minutes running through the spray and fountains at the water park before the zoo closed for the day. A long day, but the kids were amazing, even Hilary!</div>
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From here we headed back to Sioux Falls to spend a couple days with Dawn, where we camped at the <b>Sioux Empire</b> <b>Fairgrounds</b>. Everybody was completely worn out from the long day at the zoo.</div>
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A perfect Grandma moment before heading back to Montana on Wednesday, July 10th.<br />
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Back home on the farm again, finally, on July 11th.<br />
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Hilary and her tribe, plus one, waiting for the <b>Stampede Kiddie Parade </b>July 24th.</div>
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Later we went to the fairgrounds and looked at the animals and 4-H exhibits and I took the two oldest girls to their first rodeo that night. Tally is really in love with horses since her riding lessons with Robin. John went back to Iowa on July 20th for a family gathering with some of his cousins on August 3rd (our 46th wedding anniversary) and to spend a few more days with Dawn.</div>
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Keira opening her presents at her 4th birthday party. Jeff's parents arrived on August 26th for a week, so we split for a few days and went up to Havre, Fort Benton and Fort Assinniboine to do a little sightseeing. More about that in the next blog.</div>
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Benny's favorite birthday gifts were a singing baby shark...</div>
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Shop all shingled and ready for winter (Oct. 6th). No more leaky roof.</div>
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Dance Party on the deck. I took the four kids to see the movie "<b>Abominable</b>" while Benny was napping Oct. 8th.</div>
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A last minute change of mind from <b>Iron Man </b>to a<b> Giraffe. </b>Go figure.</div>
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Posing on the city trolley while <b>Trick or Treating</b> downtown.</div>
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"<i>Trick or Treat, Julie</i>!"</div>
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This place was the best! We were in a very steep, hilly area of town and most of the houses had long flights of steps to their front doors. This place had a tube running down from the upper deck with a speaker at the bottom to say trick or treat into. Then they told you to hold your bucket at the bottom and they sent down a treats for each kid.</div>
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<b>Happy Halloween all you Hoodlums!</b></div>
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October 1st was our ten year anniversary of living in the RV and we are still loving it! I don't know where that leaves all you naysayers who were betting on how long we would last. We are finally heading for warmer temps on Tuesday, November 5th. Hope to hook up with some of you along the way.</div>
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Wishing Everyone a Warm Winter,</div>
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Tarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779813576780479004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634528650761403007.post-3460342340726790492019-08-26T20:50:00.000-07:002019-08-26T20:50:30.889-07:00The Netherlands - Week Three - Delft & Rotterdam<div style="text-align: center;">
Saturday, May 4th - Tuesday, May 7th<br />
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Saturday we left our apartment at 10:00 AM and went to Midi-Zuid (south) Station where we caught the <b>Eurostar</b> train to Rotterdam. There we switched trains to get to Delft.</div>
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This is the new <b>Delft Train Station</b> that opened in 2015 between The Hague and Rotterdam, the oldest railway in the country. The original station opened in 1847. The huge, wavy, vaulted ceiling is 7,700 square meters of aluminum beams with an enormous 1877 historic map of Delft and its surroundings printed on it. The walls and columns are adorned with the famous Delft blue tiles. 300 to 350 trains pass through here daily.</div>
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We walked about six blocks to our next apartment which was on the third floor above a bakery. Very convenient for breakfasts. The Saturday street market was going on right in front of out apartment, so we picked up some fresh bread, cheese, and blueberries to snack on, and some packaged stoopwaffels to bring home for the grandkids. This is the view from our little bedroom in the apartment which we shared with the two young men from India who lived there. They were very gracious hosts and we had several nice visits with them when our schedules crossed paths. They both came to Delft to go to the world renowned <b>Delft University of Technology</b>. They are both engineers and one is working with a team that is developing a substance that will be used on the outside of returning space modules, so they do not burn up upon re-entry and can be used again.</div>
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We walked over to the <b>Markt </b>(Market Square) which was about two blocks from our apartment. Above is the <b>Neiuw Kerk</b> (new church) on one end of the square,</div>
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facing the <b>Town Hall</b> on the opposite end with lots of restaurants and shops in between.</div>
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We ate lunch here at the <b>Flying Fox Inn</b> where the famous painter, Johannes Vermeer, was born. The sign on the front said "<i>food, drinks and lodging since 1632</i>". I had bouillabaisse and a slice of brown bread, both of which were absolutely delicious! John had an omelet, salad and a bier, which he said was also very good.</div>
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Typical street scene. Beautiful wisteria.<br />
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Cars are always parked like this along the canal across the narrow street from their homes. They surely must have to get out on the passenger side and a lot of their cars are very small and standard transmission. Must be very awkward.<br />
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Sunday we visited the <b>Vermeer Center</b> where they explained the history of Johannes Vermeer and his paintings. The building was the site of the former St. Lucas Guild where he was Dean of the painters. He was one of the <i>Dutch Masters </i>and known as the <i>Master of Light.</i> He painted mostly domestic interior scenes.<br />
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We then walked around town a bit and passed the <b>Oude Kerk</b> (old church).</div>
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Across the street from the church was this late-Gothic private home with stone facade and nice turret built about 1505. Since 1645 it has been the seat of the <i>Dijk Conservancy Board</i> and has the colorful coats-of-arms of various 17th century water authority directors decorating the outside of the building. Any positions having to do with the dikes and canals were very important positions. They control the dredging and the level of the canals within the town and the surrounding <i>polders </i>(farm land). There is a yardstick on the wall of the canal that marks the NAD (normal Amsterdam point). That is average sea level in Amsterdam and the polders are three yards below that point. On the sidewalks we are standing above sea level and the canals are below sea level.</div>
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Also across the street from the church is the <b>Museum</b> <b>Prinsenhof </b>in what was originally <i>St. Agatha's Church/Convent/Monastery </i>built in the Middles Ages. Above is the old monastic herb garden in the rear. It was later the residence of Prince William of Orange leader of the revolt against the Spanish Hapsburg rule starting the Eighty Years' War (1568 to 1648). Prinsenhof literally means court of the prince or prince's house. His properties were confiscated by the King of Spain and he was forced to live here from 1572 to 1584 when he was assassinated because the King of Spain declared him an outlaw and offered a reward of 25,000 crowns. The bullet holes are still clearly visible in the wall by the stairway. His actions led to the foundation of the Dutch Republic and he is known as the founding father of Dutch Independence. He had to be buried in the New Church in Delft, since his home city was under Royal control and he could not be buried there. His body was embalmed, so it could be transported around the country for 8 to 10 years for distant family to be able to mourn for him. </div>
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The museum was opened in 1911. There are many paintings from the <i>Dutch Golden Age</i> and a very fine collection of <i>Delftware</i>. This is the only picture I took inside. Some lady and her dog buried here, maybe his fourth wife. He had five wives. Three died and one he had declared insane and sent away because she had a child by the father of the famous painter, Peter Paul Rubens. He had fifteen legitimate children and one illegitimate who he claimed and educated. His last wife nursed him through a first assassination attempt two years before his death. He is said to be the first head-of-state assassinated by a hand gun. The man who finally assassinated him, Balthasar Gerard, was captured before he left Delft. He was tortured before his trial and sentenced to execution brutal even by the standards of the time. Magistrates decreed that his right hand be burned off with a red-hot iron, his flesh be torn from his bones with a pincer in six different places, that he should be quartered and disemboweled alive, his heart torn from his chest and flung in his face and finally his head cut off. I sure hope his family got the 25,000 crowns!</div>
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There was a temporary exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Mojo Concerts. They have organized all the huge rock and roll concerts in the Netherlands for the past 50 years. This little garden in a small courtyard commemorated iconic pop artists who had untimely deaths, such as Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, John Lennon and many others.</div>
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Just down the alley from the museum is "<b>Mikkel</b>" a 2015 sculpture by Tom Claassen especially made for a huge, outdoor music festival. It is styrofoam on a steel frame sprayed with gray paint. Claassen is known for his enormous, soft, rounded sculptures for public venues. He has two giant rabbit sculptures at <b>City Garden</b> in St. Louis.</div>
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Back at Market Square we stopped for a drink at <b>Het Koning Huys</b> (the king's house). These pictures of their very popular king and queen, Willem-Alexander and Maxima, were on the restroom doors of this very nice restaurant, a dubious place of honor.</div>
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This sign was on the wall in the women's restroom. Interpretation: <i>"The ideal man smokes not,</i> <i>drinks</i> <i>not, flirts not, snores not and exists not."</i> I wonder if they had the same sign about women in the men's restroom. We stopped for supper at <b>Toros Santiago</b> for supper, an Argentinian bar and grill. John had ribs, fries and a Duval beer. I had grilled gambas (shrimp), baked potato and a glass of merlot and we shared a salad. We were home by 6:30 totally worn out.</div>
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Monday we made a long walk across town to the university to see the botanical gardens. This is the <b>Zuidpoort</b>, original old south port of the town.</div>
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Some very nice sights along the way.</div>
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Not a lot in bloom, but some unusual specimens in the green house.</div>
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Picture of winter here in one of the shop windows we walked by. Notice all the cars parked next to the canal. I wonder if they ever slide into the canals.</div>
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<b>Rietveld se-Toorn</b> (tower), an old original section of the town wall from 1448.</div>
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Then we walked clear across town to <b>De Delftse Pauw</b> (peacock), one of the old original factories of the blue <b>Delftware</b> for a free tour of how it is made. Much to my surprise, you can buy Delftware in many colors. It was just originally only blue when they started copying Chinese porcelain around 1600. It is not actually porcelain, but an earthenware clay that is coated with a tin glaze after it is fired and then it is hand-painted. At its peak between 1600 and 1800 there were 33 factories in Delft. It was meant to be a cheaper version of Chinese porcelain, but became a very popular collectible on its own. You can buy it at factory prices after the tour, but that was still way out of my price range. Anyway what would I do with it in an RV? I bought a small magnet to put on my fridge.</div>
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On our way back toward home we did a tour of the <b>Oude Kerk</b>. It has the largest bell in the Netherlands at 9,000 kilos (almost two full-grown elephants) with a diameter of 2.3 meters. It was cast in 1570 and has been hanging in the oak belfry from the 1600's. Thirty Two men were required to ring the bell. Since 1932 it has been rung electronically. The vibrations make cups rattle in the cupboards of nearby homes. Due to the fear that the vibrations could cause the tower to collapse, they are only rung for the interment of members of the royal family or on special national days. </div>
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Vermeer was buried under the floor here in 1675 along with other important people, including Anton van Leeuwenhock who invented the microscope in the 1600s. The church started in 1050 with a simple stone building 12 by 30 meters. In 1536 the nearby Nieuw Kerk caught fire probably caused by lightning. Half the city was reduced to ashes and the Oude Kerk was badly damaged. After the great city fire, funding dried up and the church was never finished. In 1566 the first <i>Iconoclastic Fury</i> raged in the Old Church. Statues were smashed to pieces by Protestants to break from the Catholic veneration of saints. In 1573 there was a second Iconoclastic Fury and it has been a Protestant church ever since then.</div>
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Organ at the back of the church. There is a clock above the organ to remind long-winded ministers to wrap it up. The Burgemeester (mayor) ordained services might not last longer than two and a half hours after many complaints from impatient parishioners.</div>
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Next we toured the <b>Nieuw Kerk</b>. This is the tomb of William of Orange. The more money you had, the closer your tomb would be placed to the front of the church. All that burying of people under the floor on a regular basis led to a rather smelly church. Therefore, in the 1829 a law was passed that only royalty could be entombed in the church, giving rise to the term <i>stinking rich</i>. </div>
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This church actually had an orange path to follow and lots of signs explaining everything you were looking at. Almost every deceased member of the royal family since William of Orange has been interred here in royal crypts.<br />
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I climbed the 376 steps up the tower, but John passed. Tower construction began in Delft in 1396. Its current height is 108 meters, the second tallest in the Netherlands. Its loud chimes ring out over the center of Delft at regular intervals throughout the day. The carillon plays automatically on the quarter hour, half hour and hour with a different tune for each. The town bell ringer also delivers live performances at certain times.</div>
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This is a view of another church just one block from the New Church. Johannes Vermeer and his wife lived at the back of this church with his Catholic mother-in-law. She insisted that he convert to Catholic to marry her daughter. He had all of their 15 children secretly baptized in the Jesuit church.</div>
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The blue building in the background is IKEA on the outskirts of town near the university.</div>
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<b>De Visbanken </b>(fish bank) and <b>de Centrale</b> (meat market) with cow heads above either side of the door. The canal is directly behind them with loading dock doors at water level.</div>
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This was the town's first and major trading canal. Produce was off-loaded here at the <b>Waag Huis </b>(weigh house) to be weighed and taxed.</div>
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Floating extra outdoor seating for restaurants across the street.</div>
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Tuesday, May 7th, we caught the train to Rotterdam. These weird crane-looking things are adjustable street lamps at a city park.</div>
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This is their <b>Stadhuis</b> or Town Hall at the end of a very modern pedestrian shopping mall. It is one of the very few old buildings in Rotterdam, as their town was mostly destroyed during the <i>blitzkrieg</i> of WWII, so most everything is very new and modern.</div>
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<b>Market Hall</b> shaped like a giant airplane hangar with huge, colorful panels on the walls and ceiling depicting all kinds of fruit. This building is humongous and all the shopping in here is food related with lots of places to eat foods from all over the world.</div>
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Ham. I tried a shrimp and seafood sausage, a little Turkish stir fry and a spinach, wheat grass smoothie while we walked around the market. John had herring and said it was very salty.</div>
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There were at least four flights of escalators going down to underground parking for the luxurious apartments that surround the arched Market Hall pictured below. Many relics of the medieval city of Rotta were found during construction, such as chandeliers, pots, kettles, etc. They are displayed at the escalators and the further down you go the older the objects are.</div>
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This picture was taken from the top floor of the City Library. There are rows and rows of outdoor markets surrounding Market Hall, all open seven days a week.</div>
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<b>Cube Houses </b>designed by Piet Blom completed in 1984. He spoke of his forest of tree houses and compared them to the vaulting of a cathedral. The complex of cube houses is actually a pedestrian bridge crossing a busy traffic artery.</div>
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Main bedroom on the second floor. There are two bedrooms and a bathroom on this floor.</div>
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<b>Erasmus Bridge</b> crossing the <b>River Nieuwe Mass</b> connecting the north and south parts of the city.</div>
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The old harbor that was once the mouth of the <b>River Rotte. </b>There are restaurants on this side and an open-air <b>Maritime Museum</b> along the boardwalk on the opposite side. In the distance is <b>Willemsbrug</b>, or Williams Bridge. <b>Witte Huis</b>, or White House is a 10 story office building inspired by American office buildings. It was built in 1898 and was the tallest in Europe at that time.</div>
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A manually operated wooden crane was used in Rotterdam from 1475.</div>
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The first iron crane in Holland was built in 1844. It could not be moved. Ships had to park next to it to get unloaded.</div>
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Now they have powerful floating <i>sheerlegs</i> named Kolossus, Atlas, Goliath, Ajax and Simpson. Simpson is the first floating sheerlegs able to lift 1/4 million kilograms with its steam driven winches. Its ballast tanks can hold 380,000 liters of water.</div>
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This sculpture is supposed to be good old Santa Claus holding something, but locals have another interesting name for it based on what they think he is holding. I'll let you figure it out. I found it under <i>five weird sculptures in the Netherlands</i>.</div>
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<b>Rotterdam Central Train Station</b>. We had lunch at <b>Wow Burger</b> in the pedestrian shopping mall and caught the tram to Delfshaven, where we walked to the historic immigrant neighborhood. We went in the <b>Oude Pilgrimvaders Kerk</b> (Old Pilgrimfathers Church) where they prayed the night before setting sail to the New World Aug. 1, 1620.</div>
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The last building on the right is the <b>Pilgrim Fathers' Church </b>in Delfshaven built in 1417. Delfshaven is one of the few areas in Rotterdam that was not destroyed during WWII. The church on the far left behind the beautiful chestnut tree is even older. In 1389 the city of Delft was granted permission to dig a canal from the <b>River Schle </b>to the<b> River Meuse </b>to establish its own seaport, Delfshaven. There were gin distilleries and it was a prosperous herring fishing harbor. In 1577 Piet Hein was born here, a naval hero, who in 1628 conquered a Spanish Armada near Cuba with a treasure of silver on board. We saw his elaborate tomb in the New Church in Delft. It was very similar to that of William of Orange. Those days it was a major port for spices from the Dutch East India Company. In 1886 it requested to be annexed to Rotterdam and they preserve this historically important part of the city as a memorial.</div>
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<b>Beestenhof Square</b> below is where they used to bring their livestock to market to be auctioned off. We stopped at a restaurant here for a beer and iced tea and a little people watching around the square on our last night here. Then we headed home to pack up for our last move.<br />
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Saturday, April 27th - Friday, May 3rd</div>
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Saturday we took the train 2 hours and 45 minutes to Brussels, Belgium for the second week of our trip.</div>
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We had a very memorable meal here our first day in Brussels. We were enticed in by a very friendly young man outside and the pictures and prices on their board outside. The very friendly wait staff made recommendations and brought us a small free drink to try, so we went with their suggestions and ordered a carafe of the drinks and a beer for John.</div>
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<i>Plateau de Fruits de Mer </i>((plates of fruit of sea). We ordered two platters of seafood to share. It was all very yummy and we enjoyed it very much. However, we were surprised to find out the bill was a lot higher than we had anticipated. When I was reading in our guide book later, there was a warning about restaurant hustlers in the neighborhood that would entice you in and charge exorbitant prices compared to their signs outside and other nearby restaurants. Oh well, live and learn. I have to say it was very good and we really did enjoy the experience even if we could have eaten for a lot less somewhere else. The adventures of travel.</div>
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This is a bread slicing machine in a little neighborhood grocery store where we went to stock up our new apartment in Brussels for the week. They had wonderful fresh breads and you sliced it yourself, if you wanted it sliced. </div>
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Every window you pass seems to have yummy Belgium chocolates. Totally worth a stop!</div>
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Our first evening we walked a couple blocks from our apartment to the <b>Grote Markt</b> (Grand Place), the original main square of the city with the Town Hall, shopping, restaurants, etc.</div>
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It was incredibly beautiful at night.</div>
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And humming with tourists and shoppers.</div>
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On the narrow side street, as we walked over here, there was an old lady playing an accordion on the corner with a huge St. Bernard dog sitting next to her. There is such an eclectic variety of musicians busking on the street corners and elsewhere, trying to make a living.</div>
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The old <b>Royal Palace</b> <b>and Gardens</b>. We went to the <b>BELvue Museum</b> next door, covering Brussel's history from their independence in 1830, a lot about their welfare system, national health care and worker's rights. In 1846 the Belgium economy was 55% agriculture, 32% industry and 13% services. In 2014 they had 1% agriculture, 21% industry and 78% services.</div>
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There was a chapel built here as early as the 9th century. It was replaced in the 11th century by a Romanesque style church. The present Gothic style church was started at the beginning of the 13th century and took 300 years to complete. A restoration from 1983 to 1999 uncovered remnants of the 11th century church.</div>
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This is where we had a late lunch after the museum and sightseeing. Pizza, fish and chips, and cordon blue. All very good.</div>
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Stock Exchange Building (1873) just off the alley from the Grand Place.</div>
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<b>Manneken-Pis </b>or <b>Pisguy</b> is a famous fountain. The little guy is only about 2 feet tall and it has become a tradition when heads of state or other dignitaries come to visit, that they bring a gift of a new outfit for him. So you never know what he may be wearing.</div>
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It has become some sort of crazy tradition for tourists to visit the little guy and take pictures, as you can see by the mob of people gathered around him on this tiny back street.</div>
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John and Dawn walking through <b>Grand Place </b>on Monday morning.</div>
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We were in a hurry to catch the 8:00 AM train for a day trip to the city of Bruges. This is the ceiling of the walkway outside the Brussels train station. I never knew the <b>Smurfs</b> originated in Belgium. <i>La Schtroumpf Experience Het Smurfen Aventuur.</i></div>
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Walking along the scenic streets in Bruges.</div>
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It's a lovely little town to walk around, but get there early to enjoy it before the tour buses arrive, as it gets very crowded later in the afternoon.</div>
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You can take a canal cruise around town if you wish, but we walked.</div>
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We headed directly to the <b>Belfort</b> (Bell Tower) to get in line to climb the 366 steps. Only 50 people are allowed up at a time, so you just wait until someone else comes down before the next person can go up.</div>
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This is the back side and courtyard where you go to line up and get tickets. The 83-meter-high belfry is made up of three building layers. The bottom is 2-inch brick built in the 13th century. The top octagonal lantern tower is Brabant limestone built from 1482 to 1486. Until 1741 the tower had a 19 meter wooden spire. The bell is 2.13 meters tall, 2 meters in diameter and weighs 6 tons.</div>
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The city charter was stored in this vaulted room, called the <b>Treasury</b>, from the 13th century onward. Belfries symbolized the power of the cities. This room was built after 1280 when there was a fire in the tower that destroyed the city's oldest documents, which are stored in padlocked chests behind two heavy wrought iron doors. There were ten locks on the doors, eight keys were in the hands of the deacons of guilds and trades, one was kept by the head of the district in the city and one by the mayor. None could consult or replace any documents without the other nine. The balcony of the bell tower was the preferred location for public proclamations.</div>
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Views of the city from the top. The <b>Belfort</b> has stood over <b>Market Square</b> since 1300.</div>
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<b>Market Square</b> is ringed by the frilly-spired post office, lots of restaurant terraces and great old gabled buildings. The typical old buildings here were rebuilt in the 1800s. The pre-Martin Luther Gothic style was a political statement for this very Catholic town. In the 1300s a canal came straight up to this square. Cranes (powered by humans in hamster-type wheels) loaded and unloaded the boats. There was a covered warehouse where businessmen from all nations stored and traded goods. In former times farmers shipped cotton, wool, flax and hemp to the port and locals would spin, weave and dye it into finished products and ship it throughout the known world. By 1400, they were trading more refined goods, such as trendy clothes, tapestry, chairs, jewelry, and paper (a new invention replacing parchment) made in Flanders with cotton that was shredded, soaked and pressed. The statue (below) depicts two friends clutching sword and shield and looking toward France as they lead a popular uprising against the French king in 1302. They won Flanders its freedom. Cleverly using hooks to pull knights from their horses, they scored the medieval world's first victory of foot soldiers over cavalry, and of common people over nobility. It was called the <i>Battle of the Golden Spurs </i>after they scavenged all the golden spurs from the fallen soldiers.</div>
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Belgium is famous for its lace making.</div>
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I popped into an art exhibition by David De Graef along the way. Very strange images. I guess art truly is in the eye of the beholder.</div>
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Tuesday, April 30th, we rented a car at <b>Midi-Zuid (south) Train Station</b> and drove to Flanders. This is the <b>Cloth Hall and Belfry </b>with 231 steps in the little town of Ypres that was completely destroyed by the Nazis in WWII. It now houses the <b>In</b> <b>Flanders Fields Museum, </b>named after the famous poem written by John McCrae, a Canadian doctor, while in the embankment of a canal following the death of his friend. On August 4, 1914, Germany sent some 800,000 troops across the border into neutral Belgium en route to France. By August 20, they had already taken Brussels, and four days later they were in Western Flanders. The low-lying ridges around the town of Ypres came to be known as <b>Ypres Salient</b> ( French term for bulge) and saw some of the fiercest fighting in WWI throughout the whole war. By November 1917 the town and countryside were completely destroyed with hardly a tree or building left standing. Then the U.S. finally entered the war. By late April the German advance had stalled and the American troops had come to the rescue. By the fall of 1918 the Allied forces made huge gains. Armistice Day on Nov. 11th finally brought an end to the war. The area was so devastated that Winston Churchill wanted to keep it in ruins as a monument to the travesty of warfare. Some advocated building a new modern town. But the locals decided to rebuild the whole town exactly as it was.</div>
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This is the cathedral directly behind Cloth Hall, which was a store house and market for wool and cloth, reflecting the importance of Ypres and the cloth industry in the Middle Ages. Both buildings were nearly completely destroyed. Cloth Hall was originally built from 1250 to 1304. Its reconstruction was faithfully carried out in its pre-war state and only finished in 1967. Every building in town has been rebuilt to its original state since 1918. People from 50 different countries or cultures fought here in West Flanders. WWI claimed the lives of an estimated 9 million people. About one million were reported killed, wounded or missing in this area.</div>
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<b>Menin Gate </b>is built into the old town wall of Ypres and it's etched with the names of British Commonwealth victims who fought here.The gate is formally a mausoleum for "the Missing" 54,896 troops whose remains were never found.. Every night since 1928 under the arch at 8 PM, a Belgium bugle corps plays the "<i>Last Post</i>" to honor the dead.</div>
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Hundreds of thousands of men passed through here from many countries. The gate is one of seven memorials to the missing in Belgium.</div>
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When we left Ypres we drove to this remote location in the middle of a field near the town of Wormhout and two neighboring villages that were strategic points for a possible advance on Dunkirk..</div>
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This memorial site recalls the massacre of 80 British soldiers and one French soldier during <b>Operation Dynamo </b>at Dunkirk when large Allied units were to gather at <b>Bray-Dunes</b> before being shipped back to Great Britain during WWII. On May 2, 1940 German troops blocked access to the three villages and took about 100 soldiers prisoner and held them in a cowshed in the middle of a pasture on this spot, known as <i>la' Plaine au Bois</i>. Twelve S.S. troops began their dreadful task by throwing five hand grenades into the barn and then shooting down most of those who tried to escape. In 1972 British veterans who had fought in neighboring villages returned and laid crosses here. The barn was rebuilt and opened in 2001 in the presence of two survivors. Before being captured these martyrs fought bravely against superior Nazi forces, helping the evacuation of the Allied troops in Dunkirk. They had been ordered to hold the village at all costs to buy time for the evacuation.</div>
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Overview of our next stop, Dunkirk, France at Bray Dunes.</div>
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The fort is a part of a nature preserve of 230 hectares, the <b>Flemish Coastal Plane Dunes</b>.</div>
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In the Middle Ages authorities surrounded the town with fortifications that have been endlessly remodeled, strengthened or rebuilt after enemy sieges.</div>
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<b>Operation Dynamo,</b> the largest seaborne evacuation of all time, brought back to England 338,000 soldiers between May 26th and June 4th.</div>
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Remains of the shipwrecked <b>Crested Eagle</b> that was attacked by a flight of <b>Stukas</b> can still be seen on the beach. It was just one of many that were sunk during the evacuation. The bombs ignited the fuel oil tanks and they were forced to run aground. Around 300 lives were lost. It has been resting on the beach since May 29, 1940. It was stripped and cut by the Germans and used for raw materials.<br />
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Wednesday, May 1st, we took the train to <b>Braine-l'Alleud</b> about ten miles south of Brussels and walked about a half hour to <b>Butte du</b> <b>Lion </b>(Lion's Mound) and the <b>Memorial 1815 Museum</b>, aka the sight of the <b>Battle of Waterloo</b>. John and Dawn above approaching museum and mound.</div>
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It's an excellent museum with a great 3-D movie plus special effects of ground trembling during cavalry charge and smoke from burning farmhouse. It covers the French Revolution and Napoleon's rise to power with lots of military equipment and uniforms. There is also a 360 degree panoramic painting of the battle that is 120 meters long and 12 meters high. It was done be a team of French military painters, a common practice at the time.</div>
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Climbing the 226 steps gives you a great panoramic view of the battlefield. The Crown Prince William of Orange fought bravely and was wounded here that day. His father King William I decided in 1815 to build a memorial here. Work began in 1824 and was completed in 1827. A total of 10,594,400 cubic feet of earth was moved to create the mound. The diameter at the base is 554 feet and it is 134 feet tall.</div>
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View of <b>Hougoumont Farm</b> in the distance where much of the battle took place.</div>
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The guillotine was used for the first time in 1792. Due to its speed, it was originally designed to make the death penalty a less painful procedure.</div>
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You can walk out to the farm or catch this trolley. Dawn and I walked. It was about a 20 minute walk and well worth it.</div>
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They had a very cool visual presentation in this barn that explains why the farm was key to Wellington's victory. More than 6,000 soldiers perished at the farm. <b>Hougoumont </b>became a battle within a battle for over nine hours. The chateau was shelled by Howitzers, caught fire and burned completely through to the chapel where it died out at the feet of Christ on a life size wooden crucifix, saving both the crucifix and the chapel. The crucifix was carved about 1600 and still hangs over the chapel door. It was still a working farm until 2003 when the last tenant died.</div>
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By 1815, the <b>Grand Alliance</b> (England, Prussia, Austria and Russia) had defeated Napoleon, sending him into exile in Elba and putting Louis XVI's brother on the French throne. But on March 1 Napoleon escaped and returned to France, driving out the king and restoring his army to its former glory. Each member of the alliance pledged 150,000 troops to rout him. On the day of the battle, 72,000 French faced off against 68,000 British and Dutch troops under the <b>Duke of Wellington</b> with 45,000 Prussians within marching distance. By nightfall, Napoleon was defeated and the Prussians even captured his abandoned carriage which was chock full of diamonds that later became part of the Prussian crown jewels.</div>
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Napoleon's reign of glory was over and <i>Waterloo</i> became a metaphor for a crushing defeat. Almost 200,000 men faced each other in battle for over 10 hours with 35,000 horses and under fire from 500 cannons. 40,000 men were killed or wounded and Britain became the superpower of the 19th century. In 1899 the last survivor of the battle died at the age of 110.</div>
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Back in Brussels, we checked out the many <i>stroopwaffel </i>(syrup waffle)<i> </i>stands and shops.</div>
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Goodbye Dawn, Thursday, May 2nd.</div>
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We headed out to the 1958 World's Fair site to see <b>Mini-Europe</b> and the <b>Automium</b>, a giant, silvery iron molecule, with escalators and stairs connecting the various atoms, Brussels answer to the Eiffel Tower, Space Needle and St. Louis' Gateway Arch. Picture above is a model of <b>Castle of Olavinlinnia </b>in Finland built in 1475.</div>
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Mini-Europe has scale models of just about any place in Europe you ever heard of and more, including little villages, people, boats, buses, etc. <b> Tallinn </b>"<i>City of the Danes</i>" since 1219. This large seaport was rebuilt in 1529 part of a well-preserved section of an ancient medieval enclosing wall.</div>
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Kind of kitschy, but kind of fun. <b>Hoensbroek Castle</b> in Holland built mid-1600s.</div>
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A great place to bring kids and there were many groups here on field trips. 13th century <b>Collegiate</b> <b>Church of Our Lady</b> in Dinant, Belgium.</div>
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<b>Ring of Canals</b> in Amsterdam built over a 50 year period in the 1600s. Amsterdam has more than 1,000 bridges. Venice has only 700.</div>
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Britain's<b> Parliament </b>and<b> Big Ben </b>with<b> Eiffel Tower </b>in background.</div>
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<b>Arc de Triomphe</b> in Paris. John is peaking through under the arch.</div>
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<b>Sacre' Coeur </b>(Sacred Heart) in Paris.</div>
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<b>Escorial Royal Monastery</b> built by King Phillip II in the mountains 30 miles from Madrid. It has 26 tombs of kings and queens, 7,500 relics and 35,000 books. It has 2,600 windows, 1,200 doors and 86 staircases.</div>
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<b>Plaza de Toros</b> (bulls) in Seville, Spain built 1760.</div>
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<b>Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela</b> in Galecia, Spain. It took 24,000 man hours to build this model.</div>
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Leaning <b>Tower of Pisa, Cathedral Piazza del Duomo </b>in Pisa, Italy.</div>
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The <b>Szechenyi Baths</b> in Budapest built from 1913 to 1927. Over 70% o Hungarian soil contains thermal waters.</div>
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Magnificent 18th century <b>Melk Benedictine Abbey</b> overlooking the Danube River in the city of Melk, the first capitol of Austria.</div>
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The <b>Automium</b>, built for the 1958 World's Fair, is 102 meters high with 9 spheres, one at each of 8 points and one in the middle connected by 20 tubes. It rests on three pillars and represents an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. It weighs 2,400 tons. The building heralded a new era, the <i>atomic age</i>, and was inspired by the "Atoms for Peace" program that was launched by President Eisenhower. Atomic power was to no longer be seen as a potential weapon of war, but as a new source for peaceful energy. It was the showpiece of the Belgian iron and steel industry.</div>
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One floor had this room full of pods with mattresses in them where kids could come on field trips and spend the night.</div>
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I found the furniture most fascinating. This chair and love seat are shaped like human teeth.</div>
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We stopped to eat at the <b>Hotel Orts</b>. I had Flemish beef stew and <i>frites </i>(fries)<i> </i>and <i>Moulleux de</i> <i>Chocolat</i> (chocolate lava cake with ice cream and fruit sauce). John had <i>stompf</i> (mashed potatoes) with ham and sausage and two biers. Then we just rode around town on the bus, as we had a day pass for the bus and figured, why not?</div>
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<b>Place du Beguinage (Beginhof), </b>another church among hundreds<b>.</b></div>
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Friday, May 3rd, we took the Metro to see the <b>European Parliament</b>.</div>
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Interesting painting inside that caught my eye. <b> The Parade</b> by Yannis Gaitis 1983. I'm quite sure I have seen this somewhere before.</div>
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Directly behind is the 1880 <b>Leopold Park</b> that was once a zoological garden. Behind the park is the <b>House of European History</b>, a very cool museum, where we spent the rest of the day.</div>
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We took the Metro and walked around a couple more neighborhoods. This is the <b>Palace of Justice</b> with a WWI and WWII memorial in front. From here we enjoyed the observation point on the hill overlooking the city and wandered back downhill toward <b>Grand Place</b> and our apartment. We stopped to eat at <b>Le Lotus Bleu</b>, a little Vietnamese place. It might have been our best meal of the trip and also one of the cheapest. Then we went home, did laundry and packed for our next destination, Delft. More about that in the next blog.</div>
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Friday, April 19th - Friday, April 26th<br />
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We flew out of Helena at 6:00 PM on Friday, changed planes in Salt Lake City and arrived at <i>Schiphol Airport</i> in Amsterdam about noon on Saturday. We took the train to <i>Centraal Station</i> and the tram from there to the apartment John had booked for us and got settled in. Dawn came in on a later flight and joined us later in the evening.</div>
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Sunday we took the train to <b>The Hague</b> where we happened upon an outdoor market in a park. </div>
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Some war hero from the <i>Battle of Waterloo</i> in 1815.</div>
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<b>Knights Hall</b> inner plaza. John sitting on bench looking at the gold statue of King Willem II (William of Orange).</div>
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One side of <b>Knights Hall</b> facing the canal. I guess the King's knights needed a lot of space or there were an awful lot of them.</div>
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Each room had a very different and unusual chandelier. Some of the others were a whale, a seahorse, a bird, a cello, an upside down umbrella, a bottle and a man.</div>
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This bizarre painting was called <b>Bond of Union</b>. 1956.</div>
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It was finally time to go and see what we really came to <b>The Hague</b> to see, the <i>Palais de la Paix</i>. There is a little museum, film and gift shop, but you have to have an appointment for a tour of the palace to prevent overcrowding. </div>
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This picture was in the museum of <b>Big Chief White Horse Eagle</b> from South Dakota who visited here. The caption said "<i>Honorable Chief White Horse Eagle (world famous chief) - age 108, born 1822, taken June 23, 1930."</i></div>
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John and Dawn sitting outside. No pictures allowed inside on the tour. Millions of soldiers lost their lives in WWI which all parties came to see as senseless and led to the creation of the <i>Peace Palace and an International Court of Justice and Arbitration. </i>Unfortunately they were unable to stop WWII. The palace opened its gates in 1913 and was managed by the Carnegie Foundation. Andrew Carnegie paid for the library here plus more than 3,000 other libraries worldwide, as books led to his success and he wanted everyone to have access to the same resources he had. He said, "If a man dies rich, he dies disgraced." He felt everyone should use their wealth and good fortune to help others.</div>
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Restaurant where we had lunch after our tour.</div>
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Statue of Willem Den Eerste, <b>Vader of the Vaderlands</b> (Father of the Fatherlands) 1848.</div>
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Monday we took the tram back to Centraal Station in Amsterdam. This is just overflow bike parking in front of station. There are several two-and-three-tier bike parking garages beside and behind the building.</div>
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They estimate that there are 350,000 bikes in use everyday in Amsterdam.</div>
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This is on the back side of the station where bikers are boarding the free ferry to cross the <b>IJ </b>(eye) <b>Harbor </b>to North Amsterdam. Centraal Station opened in 1889 and was built on three artificial islands on the <b>River IJ</b>. The North Sea Canal opened in 1876.</div>
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There is a long outdoor corridor at the end of Centraal Station where you can walk from the front to the back of the station and the wall is covered with seagoing scenes made from <i>blue Delft tiles</i>.</div>
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This is a three deck bike parking lot on the other side of the tunnel and boats across the canal where we took a cruise later in the day. Also, the high-rise tower to the left is for bike parking only. It is free courtesy of the government to encourage the green and ultra-efficient mode of transportation.</div>
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This is the <b>Magna Shopping Plaza</b><i>. </i>It was built in 1899 as the main post office. In the 1980s it was converted to a fashionable shopping mall.</div>
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Across the street is the <b>Royal Palace</b> that is no longer used as a residence by the royal family, but is still used for official state functions and receptions.</div>
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<b>Nieuw Kerk</b> (New Church) on Dam Square is right next to the Royal Palace. We walked past all of these on our way to the <i>Amsterdam Museum</i>. <b>Dam Square </b>is the heart of the city, where the original walled city was located in 1540. In 1578 Amsterdam joined the revolt against Spanish rule. The Protestants joined the militia and large numbers of Catholics were sent packing and transported out of the city from here, a completely bloodless revolution. </div>
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At the <b>Amsterdam Museum</b> this is a pair of carved ivory elephant tusks presented by a Chinese magnate from Sumatra to Jacob and Annie Cremer, who are portrayed in the carving. They made a fortune with their tobacco plantations on Sumatra employing Chinese and Javanese day laborers. In 1897 he was appointed Colonial Minister. The Dutch had over 400 plantations in Surinam. The city owned the colony jointly with the Dutch West India Company. Around 1700 they had as many as 10,000 African slaves.</div>
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The floor in one room of the museum was covered in glass Old World maps. It was in Amsterdam where the first attempts were made to introduce a welfare state, for which they became famous in the second half of the 20th century. They thought if you look after each other, the city will stay healthy. The city has been looking after its inhabitants for centuries. Around 1600 they began planting trees along the canals. It's a very green city. They have 40 parks. The city has been growing for over 800 years and 600 years ago there was a monastery here. From 1578 the museum was the city orphanage that housed tens of thousands of orphans who lived, worked, played and were educated here until 1975 when the orphanage was moved elsewhere. There were about 1,000 orphans living here at a time. In 1544 the city population was 12,000. The metro area is now over 854,000. As of 2014 there were 178 different nationalities living in the city. The first gay and lesbian wedding in the world was held in the city in 2001. That same year there were 1,300 gay weddings and 1,100 lesbian weddings in the Netherlands. In 2012 there were 540 gay weddings and 740 lesbian weddings.</div>
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The <i>Fahrenheit thermometer</i>, considered the first modern thermometer, was invented in 1724 by German-Dutch scientist Daniel G. Fahrenheit. He devoted much of his life's work to the measurement of temperature and also invented the alcohol and mercury thermometers. The Fahrenheit thermometer was the primary temperature standard for climactic, industrial and medicinal purposes in English speaking countries until the 1970s. The Celsius scale was invented in 1742 by Swedish astronomer Andre Celsius. Long used in the rest of the world, it is a less unwieldy system based on multiples of ten, and is used today in most of the world.</div>
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A protest movement emerged in Amsterdam among young people, students and artists in 1965. Known as <i>Provo</i>, their target was the establishment. One of the schemes they initiated was the <i>white bike and white car plan</i>, based on the ideal that sharing is better than owning and that a way should be found to reduce pollution caused by the growing number of cars in the city. Parking places were installed around the city where white electric cars could recharge their battery. You could pay to become a member and a small fee was paid for each ride. Because of the limited number of parking places, the project failed to attract the support it needed to succeed. After 1978, these cars gradually disappeared from the streets. Decades later, however, the goal is for the city to be completely free of gas powered vehicles by 2030. Buses, cars, etc. will all be electric.</div>
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This is a room in the orphanage where the generous benefactors hung their own portraits to pat themselves on the back for their generosity. The orphan's daily diet consisted of beans or bread and buttermilk, peas and lard or bread porridge with fresh milk. On Wednesdays the orphans would receive a piece of meat or fish.</div>
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This huge wooden statue of <i>Goliath</i>, his <i>shield bearer</i> and <i>David</i> are from an old maze in a pleasure garden with statues, fountains and a labyrinth. Some of the figures had mechanical movements. Goliath can roll his eyes and nod his head back and forth. They are from 1648 to 1650.</div>
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This is the interior plaza of the orphanage/museum. 1920 was the 400th anniversary of the orphanage. Four would eat from the same bowl and they learn to use a quill pen. Most of the orphans worked in the huge textile industries they had here.</div>
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<i>La Pampa Argentinian Grill and Steak House</i> where we stopped for lunch. I had vegetarian pasta and tomato soup. Dawn had salmon, rice, salad and French onion soup. John had Argentinian Sausage and ribs, salad, Belgian frites and two beers.</div>
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Me before boarding the <i>Lovers Canal Cruise</i>. It was enclosed and it was a nice day. I kind of wished we had picked a more open cruise, but it would have been perfect for a day that was not so nice.</div>
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Notice the legs showing beneath the little green cylinder? Yes, public urinals can be seen along the sidewalks occasionally. Very convenient for the guys. Once again us girls are left without.</div>
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After our cruise we decided to take the free ferry across the<b> IJ</b> to check out North Amsterdam. The funny white flat building is called <i>The Eye</i> and is a theater and film museum.</div>
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The <i>A'dam Tower</i> next to it has a restaurant and observation deck on top plus swings that you can ride out over the edge for a great view. We didn't feel the need.</div>
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Tuesday, April 23rd we caught the tram again to Centraal Station and another to go see the <b>Van Gogh</b> <b>Museum</b>. Above is a concert hall next to the museum.</div>
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And this is the <b>Van Gogh Museum</b> where we spent most of the day. It is four floors and you had to have a reservation time to enter to control overcrowding.</div>
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There was a backdrop of Van Gogh's legendary sunflowers where you could take your picture. No other photos allowed.</div>
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<b>Moco Museum</b> across the street was showing an exhibition by <i>Banksy,</i> the street art legend. A couple buildings down was a diamond museum. There are several in the city.</div>
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We saw a lot of these little <b>Canta LX</b> cars and several had the club on the steering wheel. I hardly think that would keep it from getting stolen. I think a big, strong guy could just lift it up and throw it in the back of his pickup and drive away. We saw one by our apartment where two ladies and a small child just got out and they were unloading a bunch of grocery bags. I don't know how they all fit in there with only two seats.</div>
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The <b>I Amsterdam</b> sign has recently been moved from in front of Centraal Station across the harbor to here because it was creating a traffic jam with so many people trying to take pictures of it as they left or boarded the trains, trams and buses.</div>
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Looking back toward the Centraal Station, these are the <i>free ferries</i>. We walked to supper at a rather fancy Asian place called <b>Tjay Tpap</b> near the grocery store in the Steigerland neighborhood where we were staying. Very yummy!</div>
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Wednesday we took the same route and went back to spend the day at the <b>Rijks Museum</b>. This is <b>Mary Magdalene</b> by Jan van Scorel (1495 - 1562).</div>
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<b>Aguamanilla</b> from Latin words for water and hands (manus). These jugs or ewers pour water over the hands of priests before celebrating mass and of diners at a table. Most are made in the form of a lion with a small dragon on its back for the handle, often shone biting the lion's head.</div>
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The Netherlands was once a leading center for production and trade of arms.</div>
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They had lots of furniture and beautiful cabinets like these throughout the museum and a huge room full of beautiful porcelain china, lots of it made in <b>The Hague</b> where they specialized in complete services of more than 300 pieces. The clock plays four melodies, shows the date, day of week, month, phases of the moon and time of high tide.</div>
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<b>William II Prince of Orange and his bride Mary Stuart</b> by Anthony Van Dyck (1599 -1641) on the occasion of their marriage in London. He was 14. She was 9.</div>
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Rembrandt's famous <b>Night Watchmen</b>. Sort of like the <b>Mona Lisa</b> in the Louvre in Paris. So many people crowded around it that it's hard to get a good look at it or take a picture.</div>
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Thursday we caught a bus from Centraal Station to <b>Keukenhof</b> to see the tulip fields and gardens. We started our day with a very nice bike ride of about 14 miles through the countryside. Dawn and John taking a short picture break.</div>
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Fields upon fields of tulips. Also, several field of peonies and daffodils.</div>
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Our bike ride is over and this is the entrance to the 80-acre <b>Keukenhof Gardens</b> that are only open about two months while the tulips are in bloom with 50,000 visitors a day.</div>
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Tulips were first introduced to The Netherlands from Turkey in 1593. Ever since 1594 Dutch bulb growers have continued to seek out new tulip varieties, which has led to ever more colors, shapes, etc. This over 400 years of plant breeding has produced 15 tulip groups and some 3,000 different varieties.</div>
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Some of the tulips were on their last day with their petals about to fall off, but they were almost more gorgeous than the others in their own way.</div>
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Does anyone know what this very unusual flower in the center is? I meant to ask before we left, but I forgot.</div>
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My smiling and patient travel mates. I know they are not as into flowers as I am, but they allowed me to wander as long as I wished.</div>
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Believe it or not, these rose-like flowers are tulips and so are the green and white ones below. I think the little blue flowers are called <i>muscari.</i></div>
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90% of the flowers here are tulips, but there are a few others for accent.</div>
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These are called <i>ice cream tulips</i>.</div>
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This <i>calliope</i> was playing modern rock and roll tunes. Very fun!</div>
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They had a little petting zoo for kids with sheep, rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, ducks and this lovely long-tailed peacock.</div>
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Friday, April 26th, we traveled to Leiden, Rembrandt's birth place and the final European home of the Pilgrims.</div>
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Our first stop was a tour of this <i>Windmill Museum</i>. Windmills were often built on top of the town walls to catch the wind. This is a platform mill where the miller lived in the house below and could rotate only the windmill's head (with the wings) to face the wind.</div>
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Rembrandt's father was a miller and owned a windmill that was built in 1574 and demolished in 1730. The <b>Leiden Windmill Museum</b> was born in 1965 when the last miller died. The trunk is 94' high. Height above the reefing stage is 45". The span or length of two sails is 88". With a wind speed of 6 to 8 meters per second the mill's capacity is 50 HP. Enough flour for 1,600 loaves can be ground in a day, enough for 8,000 people. Today <b>Leiden Flour Factory</b> can mill 32,000 kilograms of flour in one hour, enough for several million people. </div>
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This quintessentially Dutch house: stripes of red and white bricks, shutters with the town colors of red and white and a classic stepped-gable design was originally <i>Carpenters House</i>. Built in 1612, as Leiden was booming, it housed architects, carpenters and bricklayers who were hard at work expanding the city. The former warehouse along the back of the courtyard once held building supplies. </div>
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<b>Pieters Kerk Leiden </b>(St. Peter's Church). A Count of Holland built a chapel at this location in 1121. It was the first church in Leiden and has been extended, demolished and rebuilt repeatedly. Until 1512 a tower that was more than 100 meters tall stood in the square in front of the church. There are countless gravestones inside the church.</div>
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<b>Gerecht </b>(justice)<b> Square </b>adjacent to St. Peter's Church housed the 17th century prison and court of justice. Parts of the building are from the 12th century and the justice meted out here was medieval in every sense. Many were tortured and executed right on the square. They'd be drawn and quartered, or their bones crushed on a wheel. Their corpses were taken out to display at the park at the end of <i>Galgewaterstraat</i> (Gallows Water Street). Kitty corner from here was the building where young Rembrandt attended Latin school. His family owned a lot of property and was well-to-do enough to send him to prep school and later Leiden University at age 14. But all he wanted to do was paint and at 17 he decided he would make more money in Amsterdam and he was gone.</div>
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John reading the sign over the archway that was the site of the <b>Pilgrim Press</b> on <i>Pieters Kerk Alley</i> in the 1609-1620 home of Separatist Pilgrim Father, Elder William Brewster, of Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, the spiritual leader of Plymouth in England until his death in 1643.</div>
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<b>Citadel of Leiden</b> erected by the citizens as a defense against the water of the Rhine and the confluence of the Old and New Rhine. The <i>burcht </i>(artificial mound) was built in the 8th or 9th century. The citadel was built around 1159 and the city expanded around the fortress. Romans built a settlement here as early as the 5th century. Throughout the Middle Ages, Leiden steadily produced cloth that was sold across Europe, as well as beer and pewter. By 1500, it was Holland's biggest and most important city. William of Orange founded the Netherland's first university here in 1575. A Flemish professor recently returned from Turkey planted the first tulip bulb here in the University Botanic Gardens. Albert Einstein taught here and it's students included U.S. President John Quincy Adams. Today one in every six residents is a student.</div>
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The church in the background is the second parish church of Leiden. It started as a simple wood building in 1314 and expanded until the 16th century.</div>
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A closer view of the present 67 meter imposing edifice. The transept of <i>St. Pancras </i>or<i> Hooglandse</i> <i>(Highland) Kerk </i>is the longest in the Netherlands. The church was never finished because around 1500 the wool industry began to decline and there was no more money. The Catholic Church was in crisis due to the Reformation and in 1535 all activity stopped. In 1572 the church passed to Protestant hands.</div>
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We stopped at this little bakery <b>Bakker Van Maanen</b> for a <i>broodjes</i> (bread) and <i>tosties</i> (toasted) sandwiches for lunch.</div>
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<b>American Pilgrim Museum</b>. Leiden was the final European home of the Pilgrims. In 1609 they fled religious persecution in England to Amsterdam, finally settling in Leiden for a decade in the area around St. Peter's Church, before sailing in the <i>Speedwell</i> back to England and the <i>Mayflower</i> from there to America in 1620. Inspired by the tolerant policies of William of Orange, they wrote the <i>Mayflower Compact</i> while at sea, which later formed the basis for the <i>U.S. Constitution</i>.</div>
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Two small rooms in the oldest house in town (late 1360s with original fireplace and floors) filled with unique and priceless items from the time period that the Pilgrims lived here. A very well-informed curator demonstrated how some of the items were used and gave a very interesting presentation.</div>
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A 17th century Lutheran Church that lay hidden behind houses for over 200 years. The official Calvinist state church did not allow people with a different faith to build prayer houses on a public highway. That is why it is set back so far from the street. The houses were pulled down in 1866.</div>
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Courtyard of the <b>Holy Ghost Orphanage</b> of 1583. Now a museum and an art gallery. The orphans supplied labor for the cloth industry in the 17th century. When demand was high, orphans were even imported from other countries. 700 orphans were housed here at a time and were living here until 1961.</div>
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John and Dawn crossing bridge over <b>Rapenburg Canal</b> dug out not long after 1200 for defense. In the 1600s rich merchants and celebrated professors lived along here in imposing mansions.</div>
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Portrait of Rembrandt on the left wall and on the mound a statue of a young Rembrandt appreciates his later self-portrait. Rembrandt's birthplace was along this alley. He was born in 1606 and lived here until 1631. His father owned several houses in this neighborhood. The west side of the alley had a heavy city wall topped by two windmills, one owned by Rembrandt's grandmother. His home was demolished at the beginning of the 20th century and there is a plaque on the side of the current building to mark where it stood.</div>
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Locals live in the houseboats paying about 200,000 Euros for the cramped albeit waterfront homes. </div>
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These two lovely ladies were kind enough to let me take their picture with their bicycle built for two.</div>
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Tarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779813576780479004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634528650761403007.post-87975915293728650592019-08-19T17:52:00.000-07:002019-08-29T22:20:13.150-07:00Netherlands - Week Four - Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Zaanse Schans & Zandvoort<div style="text-align: center;">
Wednesday, May 8th - Tuesday, May 14th</div>
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Wednesday we took the train back to Amsterdam Centraal Station and the Metro to our last apartment. We walked a few blocks to a small convenience store for supper. I had a Turkish pizza. It was rolled up like a skinny burrito in a tortilla, but it was a yummy Mediterranean style of bread stuffed with tasty meat and veggies. It was delicious. We were the only ones in there and we had a nice visit with the owner who had moved here from Turkey many years ago. Then we went back to our apartment and watched three Netflicks movies, a nice break from all the running around.</div>
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This lovely iris was along the walkway outside our apartment.</div>
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Thursday we were back in Bike City! The city estimates there are up to two million bikes in this city of less than one million people. About 15,000 bikes a year are fished out of the canals. They say that's only .7%, but still. Varying reasons may be gusty winds, thrown in by drunk weekend revelers, just convenience if your bike isn't worth the cost of repairs it needs, cars bump them over the edge because there are no guard rails, thieves who just want to dispose of them when they are done using them, and some claim it's the <i>Amsterdam Mafia</i> giving friendly warnings to people who cross them! The canals used to be an open sewer until about 1860 when they started to see, or rather smell, the error of their ways and encouraged people to stop using them as a trash can. But some have still not totally kicked the habit. There are people paid full-time with benefits to fish out bikes and other debris, with a huge hydraulic claw on a crane sitting on the front of a barge, since the 1960s. There were so many bikes in the canals that they were scraping the bottoms of the boats. They tow an empty barge behind to carry the bikes and stuff. Two guys fish for bikes everyday and say it's the best city job you can get.<br />
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Around the year 1250, locals built a dam on the<b> River Amstel</b>, creating<b> Amstel-dam</b>. They drained the marshy delta, channeled the water into canals, sank pilings and built a city. By the 1300s it was an international trade center for German beer, locally caught herring, cloth, bacon, salt and wine. It was built on millions of pilings, founded on unstable mud that sits on stable sand. The pilings were driven 30 feet through the soggy soil into the sand. The <b>Royal</b> <b>Palace</b> two pictures below sits on 13,000 pilings and is still solid after 350 years. Concrete has been used since WWII, driven 60 feet and sometimes 120 feet today. It is a man-made city, built on trees, protected by dikes and laced with canals. From 1865 to 1876 the tech-minded Dutch built a ship canal from <b>IJ Bay </b>to the North Sea. More than 100,000 ships dock per year on the outskirts of Amsterdam, making it Europe's forth busiest seaport.<br />
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Thursday we were back in Amsterdam checking out more of the sights. <b> Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky</b> (1855) behind WWII Memorial in Dam Square. A <i>National Remembrance of the Dead </i>ceremony is held every year on May 4th to commemorate the casualties of WWII and subsequent armed conflicts. Dam Square is the real heart of the original town. All roads lead to the Royal Palace. The Nieuwe Kerk stores soil from all of the Netherlands provinces, as well as those in the Dutch East Indies, and has all the province crests.</div>
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<b>Koninklijk Paleis</b> (king-like palace) or Royal Palace on Dam Square with a small food truck parked out front. We also did the <b>Verzetsmuseum</b> (Dutch Resistance Museum) this day. The theme is <i>adapt,</i> <i>collaborate or resist </i>and they portray very personal stories of what choices individuals and families had and why they made the choices they made. A very good museum, near the Jewish History Museum and across the street from the Artis Zoo. We had lunch at a pub around the corner. John had a burger on Turkish bread with friets (fries) and a bier. I had pumpkin soup (a favorite of mine) with bread and ice tea. From here we walked to <b>De Wallen</b> (the wall), or the <b>Red Light District</b>, as it's more commonly known. The neighborhood was so named because of the walls that used to be around the original harbor here.<br />
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<i>Condonmerie</i> (condom store) in the <b>Red Light District</b> just a couple blocks from Dam Square..<br />
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This small statue was put up in 2007 to honor prostitutes and says <i>"Respect sex workers all over the world." </i>There are 300 one-room cabins rented by prostitutes in this neighborhood. This port town catered to sailors and businessmen away from home and has always accommodated the sex trade. That doesn't mean they necessarily approve. They just find it a matter of practicality, the same way they feel about legalized marijuana.<br />
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Another one of those handy, dandy street urinals along the canal.</div>
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Sculpture of a hand caressing a breast in the cobblestone street. We most likely would not have noticed this, except we were following the walking tour guide in the Amsterdam book by Rick Steves.</div>
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More canal scenes. There are 165 canals in the city, about 90 islands and over 1,900 bridges. The houses are 4.5 meters wide and 4 or 5 stories tall, each with its own unique design. They were taxed by the width facing the street. Therefore, their homes and businesses are very long and narrow. Originally the business was on the ground floor with living quarters above and storage at the top. If you look closely, you may be able to see the cargo hooks near the peak on some of the houses. They were built to tilt somewhat toward the canal, so furniture and other large items could be hoisted up to the top floors without banging against the building. They are referred to as <i>dancing houses</i>, due to the way they lean.<br />
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About 400 times a year ambulances are called for someone who fell into a canal. On average 18 people a year drown, about 20% due to suicide. A special division of the Fire Department responds to vehicles that fall into a canal. They have four full-time divers on 24-hour standby, the only city in the country with this capability. Many canal tour operators claim that one car a week falls into the canals. Locals joke that the canals are three meters deep, one meter of water, one meter of mud and one meter of bikes.<br />
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Another <b>Feels Good Coffee Shop</b>. There are many museums in this neighborhood, including the Erotic Museum, Prostitution Museum, Marijuana Museum, Medieval Torture Museum, etc.<br />
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I loved this sign in a pub window we walked by.<br />
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<b>The Bulldog</b> was the first coffee shop. Now there is a chain of them. From here, we went home and watched some more Netflix movies and shared some cheese and bread for supper.</div>
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Friday, May 10th, we went to <b>Alkmaar</b> to watch the weekly cheese auction. We had lunch at a little pub nearby. I had a brie tosti (toasted sandwich) and ice tea. John had an omelet and two beers!</div>
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These guys carry the lots of cheese with a type of harness around their shoulders to the scale in the <i>Weigh House</i> and then bring it out to be auctioned.</div>
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The guy in the center was wearing wooden shoes and he told us they were very comfortable and very practical for walking on the polders (fields) that are sometimes kind of spongy. He was a sales rep for one of the only two companies involved in the auction day anymore. It is more of a tourist attraction than the real deal that it used to be. He said they only auction about 30,000 pounds on auction days now, but it used to be more like 100,000 pounds when lots of small farmers brought their products here.<br />
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Later we were in the museum that was upstairs in the Weigh House. You can see there isn't much cheese left. The auction is just about over, but there is still quite a crowd there watching. The museum was also very interesting. For centuries small dairy farms in North Holland were housed within traditional Dutch farmhouse/barn structures shaped like cheese covers. Each kept an average of 15 cows and milk was turned into cheese right on the farm. Today the typical farmer has 80 cows and each produces approximately 25 liters a day. Nearly every village had a private <i>bull walker</i> that walked with his bull from farm to farm from the start of May until the end of July. He blew his horn to announce his arrival. At farms where a cow was in heat waiting to be bred, a pole with a flag was placed at the side of the road. After WWII artificial insemination took over. Vinegar, beer or linseed oil was used to rub into the wheels of cheese to prevent moisture loss and mold forming. Now it's all kept in climate controlled rooms. On the butter churner there was a staff with a wooden cross on a disc with holes at the end that had to be pushed and pulled up and down 70 to 80 times per minute for 20 to 40 minutes. It took a pair of very strong arms. The farmer's wife made cheese twice a day on the farm until around 1880, when cheese started to be made in a factory. Some 300 farmers transported an average of 120 Edam cheese rounds in each boat or wagon bound for Alkmaar. After 1850, cheese was often transported on a goods wagon or cheese wagon. A cheese cover or layer of grass was laid over the cheese to keep it from drying out. The Netherlands has some 18,000 dairy farms with 1.5 million cows that produce 12 billion liters of milk. About half is used to produce cheese. The Dutch eat an average of 20 kilos (44 lbs.) of cheese per person per year. The majority is exported, starting back in 1600 and is now sold worldwide. Edam was the most produced, but Gouda has now overtaken it. Both are now exported to 123 countries.</div>
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When we got back to Amsterdam we walked by<b> Rembrandtplein</b> (plaza) with this life-size sculpture of Rembrandt's famous painting, <b>The Night Watchman. </b>Then we stopped to get me a <i>gelato </i>cone and headed home for the evening.</div>
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The <b>Haarlem Train Station</b> is one of Holland's oldest stations (decor from 1908) and sits on the oldest rail line in the country. Saturday we checked out the Haarlem neighborhood street market.</div>
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<b> </b>The<b> Grote Kerk </b>(Great Church) in Haarlem towers over the <b>Grote Markt</b> (Market Square). A fire destroyed the old church in 1328 and the Grote Kerk was built over 150 years (1390 to 1540) with red and gray brick topped with a slate-covered wood roof and a stacked stone tower that had to be removed after eight years when the church began sinking under its weight. It was moved to another church and used as a lookout by Napoleon. Since it was classified as part of the town's defense, it became city property and the city must help to maintain it. The Great Church is surrounded by lean-to type additions that have been rented out to shop keepers since medieval times, when religion and commerce were more intertwined, to bring in a little extra cash. Haarlem gave America's Harlem its name back when New York was New Amsterdam, a Dutch colony. The square was bustling with the Saturday market, lots of yummy food, produce, baked goods, clothing and other miscellaneous trinkets to buy. I had a Vietnamese<i> loempie </i>(small egg roll), but resisted buying anything else. It is where ten streets converge and has been the town's centerpiece for 700 years. Until the 1990s, trolleys ran through the square and cars were parked everywhere. Now it is strictly a pedestrian zone, a great place to buy pickled herring, Vlaamse friets (Flemish fries) with mayo, stroopwafels (waffles with syrup in the center) and poffertjes (little sugar donuts cooked fresh). There is a statue here of L.J. Coster whom they credit with inventing modern printing before Gutenberg. Their Town Hall was built from a royal hunting lodge in the mid-1200s. The town drunk used to hang out on the bench in front and expose himself to newlyweds coming down the stairs. Rather than arresting him, the townspeople simply moved the bench (a typical Dutch solution to the problem). Haarlemmers were notorious consumers of beer. It was a popular breakfast drink and the average person drank six pints a day. </div>
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Originally known as <b>St. Bavo's Church</b>, it is one of the best known landmarks in the Netherlands, visible from miles around. St. Bavo was a local noble who frequented 7th century red light districts during his youth. After his conversion to Catholicism, he moved out of his castle and into a hollow tree, where he spent his days fasting and praying. In the late 1500s, St. Bavos became a Dutch Reformed Protestant church along with much of the country. From then on the anti-saint Protestants simply called it Grote Kerk.</div>
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Notice all the lines in the floor indicating graves of less wealthy patrons. If you had a little money, you at least got some fancy etching on your spot in the floor. They were sometimes buried five deep due to lack of floor space and the church's desire for continued income. The famous artist and hometown boy, Frans Hals, is buried here.</div>
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This man and woman were appointed by Prince William of Orange to lead the defense of the city of Haarlem, even leading a regiment of women, during the siege by Spanish troops in Dec. 1572 to July 1573 when they were finally forced to surrender.</div>
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We walked through <b>Klokhuisplein </b>(clock house plaza). This windmill was operational from 1778 to 1932. It is a museum and there is an outdoor sitting area where we just sat and enjoyed the view for a while. On the far left side across the river is a blue boat that is a gas station for all the river traffic.</div>
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<b>Zandvoort Train Station</b> about 150 yards from the <i>Zuiderzee </i>(southern sea, vast inlet to the North Sea) <i>Boardwalk</i>.</div>
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Statue of Anne Frank in <b>Westermarkt Square</b> near the <b>Anne Frank House Museum</b> which we toured on Sunday. The Frank family hid from the Nazis in a small, hidden section of this home for 25 months until they were finally discovered and sent to concentration camps where they all died, except for the father, who saw to it that Anne's diaries were eventually published. Reservations for the museum must be made about two months in advance. It is very busy and crowded, but also very organized and quiet as everyone contemplates what it must have been like.</div>
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This triangular pink stone with flowers that juts into the canal in front of <b>Westerkerk</b><br />
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Lover's Canal Cruise, the one we took our first week here. The bridges like this in Amsterdam have an average height of less than 7 feet of headroom, some less than 6 feet, varying with the water level.</div>
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Houseboats and other old-fashioned wooden boats. Amsterdam has approximately 50 miles of canals, most lined with an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 houseboats that were once cargo ships that became obsolete by the 1930s. They found a new use as houseboats where dry land is so limited and pricey. Former cargo holds were fashioned into elegant, cozy living rooms and once powerful engines were removed to make room for living space. Moorage spots are prized and grandfathered in and they can plug hoses and cables into outlets along the canals to get water and electricity. Zoning in some ritzy neighborhoods does not allow houseboats. The official speed limit on the canals is about 4 miles per hour. When the sun goes down and the lights come on, people cruise the sparkling canals with an on-board hibachi and a bottle of wine. Even the funkiest scows become floating parties. Junkie boats are sometimes abandoned. The city confiscates them and auctions them off three times a year. </div>
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We had brunch at this very modern place called simply <b>Pancakes</b>. They served very thin, plate-sized pancakes with about any flavor or topping you could think of (sweet, savory, spicy) and they were awesome. John had chocolate, strawberry, whipped cream and cocoa on his. I had smoked chicken, zucchini, savory and a mochachino. Mmm, Mmm!</div>
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After our yummy brunch of pancakes and our visit to the Anne Frank Museum we walked to <b>Vondelpark</b>. We spotted this little sculpture in a tree in a small park we walked through on our way to the most famous park in Amsterdam. Vondelpark has five restaurants, several playgrounds, lots of hiking and biking trails, a skate rental shop, an open-air theater and a rose garden. It is the biggest (120 acres) and most visited park in the Netherlands with over 10 million visitors annually.</div>
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Rollerbladers in Vondelpark. Amsterdammers get their skating fix every Friday night in Vondelpark. They meet here in front of the pavilion below and we did see a huge group of them go by on the street. </div>
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Vondelpark is named for 17th century playwright and poet, Joost van den Vondel. It opened in 1865. Several views in the park below.</div>
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This bicycle-built-for-two has a child's seat on the back, a carrying crate on the front, a child's glider bike strapped to the handlebars and an older child's bike locked up next to it. The Netherland's 17 million people own 17 million bikes, with many people owning two, a long distance racing bike and an in-city bike, often deliberately kept in poor maintenance, so it's less enticing to the many bike thieves. Local are diligent about putting double locks on their bikes.</div>
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We walked home through <b>Rembrandt Park</b> which was also a lovely, big park, but not so busy and did not have cafes and playgrounds and such like Vondelpark. We walked about 4 or 5 miles through the parks. We stopped at Albert Hein (grocery chain) for a few snacks and watched a few more Netflix movies. You have probably guessed by now, that we don't get Netflix at home in our RV, so we were taking full advantage that we could access it in our apartment here.</div>
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Monday, May 13th, we visited <b>Zaanse Schans Open-Air Museum</b>, a recreated 17th century Dutch town with windmills and old-time shops. The main attraction is the very good Zaans Museum that explains Hollands industrial past and present (life, work, wind and water) and includes this old-time <b>Verkade Cookie Factory</b> with samples. Verkade is a very popular cookie brand here, kind of like our Nabisco.</div>
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They also had some very interesting displays of different types of wooden shoes. They were adapted for various purposes including ones with boot-like leather to the knee, frilly, decorative bridal clogs, skis and roller skates and spiky clogs for ice fishing.</div>
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There are ten windmills still here along the <b>River Zaans</b>. This was the most important and first modern industrial area in the world in the 17th and 18th centuries. Between 1600 and 1900 over 1,000 factory windmills were active in the Zaan region, lining 11 kilometers of the River Zaans. Sawmills supplied planks for shipping, hemp mills for sails, and grain and hulling mills for shipping, cookie factories, cocoa, oil, paper and paint mills. In 1596 a wind-powered sawmill arrived on a raft, the first industrial sawmill in the region. It could be turned around at its base to face the wind, unlike other windmills where only the top part is turned, There were eventually over 300 of these types cutting wood in the Zaan region. Each of the windmills here are still working mill museums. One is a saw mill. One grinds dyes with gigantic millstones. One crushes oils from seeds and nuts, a drop at a time, up to an incredible 100 quarts a day.</div>
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There is also the 45-minute boat cruise that floats visitors through the park and the adjacent town of <b>Zaandijk</b>. Claude Monet spent four months in Zaandijk, producing 25 paintings and 9 sketches. Most windmills shown in paintings are flour mills or polder mills. Polder mills pumped the water out of the area forming a polder (field) that could be used by farmers. 1890 to WWI made way for steam-driven machines and later diesel, gas and electric, which increased the scale of industry in the Zaan region. Great factory buildings were built on the banks of the river and in the 20th century it became the biggest port in the world for cocoa which was processed into powder, cocoa butter and chocolate here.<br />
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Goodbyes from all over Europe.<br />
I hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as we are.<br />
Tarra<br />
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<u><b>Lesson in Dutch</b></u><br />
Directions: nord, zuid, ost, vest<br />
Days of the Week: Maandag, Dinsdag, Woensdag, Donderdag, Vrijdag, Zaterdag, Zondag</div>
Tarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779813576780479004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634528650761403007.post-42239461918815726292019-04-02T15:22:00.001-07:002019-04-02T15:22:04.894-07:00Snowbirding It Again - Fall 2018 to Spring 2019<div style="text-align: center;">
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We left Helena Thursday afternoon and arrived at Ghost Mountain Ranch Campground in Pollock Pines, Nevada Saturday afternoon, about 50 miles southwest of Reno, 15 miles from Placerville, California. That evening we had a steak supper at the club house. Monday we drove over to Placerville and had lunch at Tortilla Flats.<br />
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A few pictures from our campground in the pines.</div>
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Monday we drove over to Placerville and had lunch at <b>Tortilla Flats</b>, the best Mexican Restaurant in El Dorado County, so they claim anyway.</div>
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We have been here before, so not much new to see. Gold was discovered here at Sutter's Mill. The town along the creek was originally known as <i>Old Hangtown</i> and the vigilantes took care of the law breakers.</div>
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We also drove through nearby <b>Apple Hill Growers Valley</b> in Camino again and went through this little museum. The main crops here are dozens of varieties of apples, grapes and Christmas Trees. Also, berries, pumpkins, pears, peaches, nectarines and honey. The produce shops along this drive are only open from Labor Day to Christmas and they are mobbed with people.</div>
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We bought some fresh apple cider, pear cider and some pineapple tomatillos. All yummy!</div>
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Back at camp we went for a hike and discovered this remains of an old soundstage from when they used to film old western movies here.</div>
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I wanted our neighbor's sign, so I could hang it up when we are with the grandkids. We had a nice Thanksgiving supper at the club house and left on Friday to spend a week with John's sister for her birthday.</div>
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We left Kathy's the following Friday and arrived at Yuma Lakes on Saturday. </div>
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All settled in for a nice warm winter. Went to friends Craig and Terri's for salmon on Monday night and to the <i>Christmas Light Parade</i> with them on Saturday. It was an hour and a half long and we went to <b>Beer and Burgers</b> after.</div>
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Lots of agricultural related floats and those crazy bouncing cars.<br />
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Thursday John went to Mexico for a tooth implant that turned out great. The next Saturday my friend Mary (from Vancouver Island) and I decorated our bikes and joined the tail end of the <i>Christmas Golf Cart Parade </i>through the campground. We won the prize (box of cookies) for the most original.<br />
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Monday we went to Peter Jackson's new documentary about WWI - <b>They Shall Not Grow Old</b>. It was really good, all original film from the battlefields and narrated by the veterans who were there. We went to <b>Applebee's</b> for lunch, had Craig and Terri out for spaghetti Tuesday, had hoses fixed on the RV Wednesday and John went back to Mexico to finish his implant. Thursday we went to the movie <b>The Mule</b> which was very good and to <i>Lin's Chinese Buffet</i> for lunch. Friday we went to the fish fry at the club house.<br />
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This guy was showing off his t-shirt for me. Another I saw that I liked said "<i>They call me Papa because Partner-in-Crime makes me sound like a bad influence</i>."</div>
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It gets pretty cool after the sun goes down, so it breaks up pretty quickly after the moon comes up. Christmas Eve we drove over to Winterhaven and picked up our mail that Dawn had sent and stopped at <b>In-and-Out Burger</b> for lunch, John's favorite. We spent Christmas Day with Craig and Terri. She made ham, potatoes and veggies and I brought the pies and we enjoyed several cocktails.</div>
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The next day my friend Karolyn from 3M arrived to spend a week with us. Thursday I took her on a drive to show her around the Yuma area and we had chicken fried steak at the club house for supper. Friday she took us to <b>El Charro's</b> for lunch and we drove up to <b>Imperial Dam</b> and <b>Yuma Proving</b> <b>Grounds</b> and went to Craig and Terri's for supper and watched an Iowa football game. The pictures above are some art sculptures by <b>Senator's Wash </b>and<b> Squaw Lake. </b></div>
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Saturday John went to give blood and Karolyn and I went sightseeing. This is the <b>Imperial Sand</b> <b>Dunes</b> packed with campers and ATVs for New Years weekend. Just behind the dunes is the Mexican border fence.</div>
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Nearby is this remnant of the Old Plank Road which was the route through here from 1914 to 1927.</div>
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On the north side of I-8 from the dunes is Felicity, California population 2. It is a memorial in granite built by a French paratrooper from WWII to honor his parents.</div>
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It is an amazing place. The two people who live here are the guy and his wife who created it.</div>
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The history of the world is engraved on all these granite panels including stuff like this, stuff about the solar system, dinosaurs, religion, Egyptian and Roman Empires, discovery of America, you name it, it's all there.</div>
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There are panels memorializing military groups, colleges, family trees, etc. and lots of blank ones left for people to use maybe for the history of their family, town, state, country or whatever.</div>
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View of the whole memorial from up on the hill where the chapel and the graves of his parents are located. The hill in the distance on the other side of I-8 is Pilot's Knob near the Quechan Casino.</div>
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On Sunday Dec. 30th we went to <b>Castle Dome Ghost Town Museum.</b> The last few miles of the road were pretty rugged, but it was definitely worth it. Castle Dome City was established in 1864. It was a stagecoach stop as early as the late 1870s. There is in existence a 1770 sheep skin map of old Spanish mine workings in this area. The current site of the museum was the second claim made in the are in 1871. There were 100 men working the area in 1890 and the town included a school, church and five bars within a mile among other stuff. Ore was shipped from here on river boats to steam lines. Thousands of tons of ore were shipped from here through the Colorado River waterway. Indian employees were paid in gold and wore it in necklaces to safeguard it. The mines were closed during WWI and WWII and the area was heavily mined for its abundance of lead. Soldiers were trained all over the desert area. Mining continued into the 1970s when silver prices plummeted. The town was completely deserted by the end of the '70s.</div>
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Johnny's Bunkhouse. Miners, especially those with the families, often had their own campsite, tent or cabin. As the population grew (eventually to 3,000) bunkhouses became necessary for miners and workers, many of whom were transient.</div>
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We brought two small rocks that we wrote our names on. Karolyn said, "Let's put them next to this ocotillo, so we can find them again if we come back." Look around girl. There are ocotillo everywhere. But there are some pretty blue painted rocks close to it, so maybe we could find it again.</div>
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We also stopped at the Mexican cemetery north of the Paradise Casino, so Karolyn could look it over.</div>
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Another day we went to Mexico with Terri again. We all bought signs to put in front of our RVs.</div>
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Red Solo Cup. I fill you up. Let's have a party! But the favorite song is Senior Kegger!<br />
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HOOOWWWL!</div>
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Once again we are with Craig and Terri.</div>
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Just a little chicken humor. We drove out to the foothills and ordered a new mattress and stopped to eat at <b>Chicken on the Run</b>, one of our many favorite places to eat.</div>
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Karolyn left Sat. Jan. 19th to join other 3M friends boondocking in the desert near Quartzsite and we joined them the the following Saturday. Rick, Donna, Roy, Karolyn, Sue, Julie and Steve.</div>
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Rick fixed us the most amazing pork loin and ribs to go with our fresh veggie salad from the farm tour. Thank you Rick and Donna. Nice to see you guys again!</div>
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Monday we split up and Sue, Julie and Steve joined us at Emerald Cove near Parker on the Colorado River for a few weeks. Sue left on Feb. 3rd. Wednesday we had Mexican lunch in Parker. Friday we had chicken fried steak at the clubhouse. We picked up my Mom on Feb. 9th in Mesa, had lunch at <b>Sweet Tomatoes </b>and visited my Aunt Ruby. We stopped over at the <b>Blue Water Casino</b> on Sunday the 10th to watch the boat races. On Monday Julie and Steve headed for Yuma to boondock by <b>Lake Mittry</b>. We went to <b>Scotty's</b> in Havasu for ribs and chicken on Tuesday.</div>
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Wednesday Mom and I went with Julie and Steve to the <b>Asian Star</b> for lunch.</div>
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We stopped at City Hall so they could watch the video and see the plane and car that broke the record for being in the air continuously for 49 days. Then we drove out to the <b>Valley of the Names</b> again, so they could all see it. Thursday night we at at the clubhouse and played cards. Friday we went to the Asian Star again and went to the Flea Market and had pot roast at the clubhouse for supper.</div>
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Saturday I was back in <b>Mexico </b>again with Mom, Juli and Terri. It was <b>Taco Festival</b> and these kids were getting ready to do their dance performance.<br />
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Wednesday we were back at Chicken on the Run for lunch with Craig Terri, Julie, Steve and Mom. Thursday Mom and I went to see <b>What Women Want</b> which was okay, but I could have skipped it. Friday we had fish at the clubhouse. Monday we took Mom to see the movie <b>Meet Me in St. Louis</b> with Judy Garland. Tuesday we had supper at <b>Texas Roadhouse </b>with Mom, Steve, Julie, Craig and Terri again. Wednesday I took Mom out to the Date Gardens for a date shake.</div>
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Friday we were back in <b>Mexico</b> again where I got my hair cut short and spiky and had a massage. This sign was taped over a hole/trip hazard in the sidewalk. It says, "<i>Finally our government fixed</i> <i>the hole</i>." They have quite a sense of humor about our president and his wall and we hear lots of jokes and comments about the wall.</div>
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The sights in Mexico.</div>
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The barb wire on top of the fence is new since last year. I'm sure we're much safer now. We took Mom back to Mesa on Saturday, March 9th and had lunch at <b>Sweet Tomatoes</b> again. We had Julie and Steve over for lunch on Sunday and they headed out on Monday. We got our taxes done on Monday and I was sick the rest of the week. John did get to go over and see Earl and Cindy while they were here. We got new tires on the rig, John gave blood and we picked up our newly upholstered booth cushions this week. Monday March 18th we went to see <b>Cabaret </b>with Liza Minelli. </div>
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Monday, March 25th we moved to Bullhead City, Nevada. Our campground is directly across the Colorado from Laughlin, so this is our evening view of the casinos.</div>
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A closer view of the pool and hot tub. Tuesday we went to the Hibachi Buffet. Wednesday we went to Vito's Pizza Buffet and the Colorado River History Museum.</div>
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One of the exhibits was about Louis L'Amour since he spent a time here when he was young working as a mucker in the mines. He was young and husky and later he trammed, pulling ore from the chutes. He enjoyed breaking up the big chunks by hand. He was boxing then and he said that swinging the double-jack was good for his back and shoulders. He said the best miner he ever worked behind was a blaster named Sparks. I wonder if the town of Sparks, Nevada where my little brother used to live is named for him. He was the first American novelist to receive a special Congressional Medal in recognition of his distinguished career and his contribution to the nation through his historically based works. It was presented to him by President Ronald Reagan in 1983.</div>
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The first telephone switchboard was installed in Bullhead City about 1965. Before that there was one phone in the area at Davis Dam. When the dam was built it created Lake Mohave that left the small mining town of Tristate a sunken city at the bottom of the lake.</div>
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Can't wait to see the grandkids again. We will be leaving here Wednesday, April 3rd, and heading north. We expect to see our grandkids by Friday, if the roads aren't still blocked by snow somewhere! We are heading to The Netherlands April 19th for several weeks to see the tulips.</div>
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We left Helena on Monday and arrived in Hankinson, North Dakota on Tuesday evening where we camped at the City Park for the next week in order to attend my niece's wedding at the <b>Lady on the Lake Bed and Breakfast and Barn/Event Center</b> on lovely Lake Elsie. It was a beautiful wedding and lots of fun. Thanks for inviting us, Morgan and Hank.<br />
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From there we went to Brookings for a few days for our annual checkups and visits with old friends. Nice to see everyone and catch up on all the local news. Then we stayed a week at the Fairgrounds in Sioux Falls to spend some time with Dawn. She cooked us a couple very nice meals while we were there which we enjoyed very much. Thanks Dawn! We drove over to Emmettsburg, Iowa one afternoon to visit with John's Aunt and cousins and had a nice visit with Helen, Denny, Kathy, Deb and Darrell. On the 3rd and 4th of July we made a short trip over to Le Center, Minnesota to visit more friends. Thanks Betty and P.J. for all your hospitality. On our way back to Sioux Falls we stopped in Fairmount, MN. to see more friends. Thank you Mark and Sue for your hospitality, also.</div>
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We moved to <i>Cutty's Resort</i> in Des Moines on July 6th. Saturday we went to Hu Hot for lunch and World Market. Sunday we gathered at the lovely country home of Craig and Teri Barcus near Osceola with four of John's high school classmates and spouses for a very fun afternoon. Thanks so much for hosting Craig and Teri. It was great to see everyone all together again. Tuesday we drove over to Greenfield for a short visit with another of John's cousins, Ralph and Pat and old neighbors, Bob and Elva. Then we went kayaking on the Little Raccoon River with friends and had supper at a Mexican place in Stuart. A fun day! Thanks for taking us Bruce and Gerry and thanks for supper the next night, a gourmet feast, sea scallops and risotto, delicious as always! On Thursday we headed back to Hankinson where we had supper at my brother and sister-in-law's on Lake Elsie. My niece, Brooke, and her hubby, Kevin, made delicious French Dip sandwiches. Saturday we all met at <i>Cupcakes Restaurant </i>in Hankinson for a yummy breakfast. Thanks, Claude and Jodi! Monday we took Mom up to Fargo for her eye doctor appointment and Tuesday we headed back to Montana and brought Mom with us for a two week visit with the great-grandkids. We stopped in Billings on Wednesday for a short visit with Mom's brother Adam and wife JoAnn, then hurried on to Helena where the grandkids were anxiously awaiting our arrival.<br />
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Picking yummy plums. They have a plum tree, a raspberry patch, strawberries and two apple trees.</div>
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Hiyah! Ninja warrior.</div>
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On Saturday, Sept. 29th Tierney and Tally had an early birthday party together</div>
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We went to Missoula Thursday and Friday for a little break while Jeff's folks were here. We stayed at the Stone Creek Lodge and enjoyed the hot tub. We went out for lunch at <b>HuHot</b> and supper at <b>Fiesta</b> <b>En Jalisco</b>, both very good. Friday we toured the <b>Fort Missoula Historical Museum</b>. It was established as a permanent military post in 1877 until 1947, along the Bitterroot River near Hellgate Pass. It was built in response to request from townspeople and settlers for protection from western Montana Indian tribes.</div>
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Quartermaster's Root Cellar built in 1908 with metal vents on top to circulate air and keep the temperature constant.<br />
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The fort was Northwest Regional Headquarters for the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 until WWII. Then it became an Alien Detention Center for 1,200 non-military Italian men who happened to be in the U.S. when we joined the war, plus 1,000 Japanese resident aliens (mostly prominent business men from the West Coast), 123 South American Japanese and 23 German resident aliens. The Japanese men were rounded up by the FBI immediately after Pearl Harbor and sent to the fort. Enemy Alien Hearings were held here to determine their loyalty to our country. It is one of the most intact WWII internment sites with most of the major buildings of the era still in use. The fences and guard towers have been removed. The Italians were the first to arrive by train from Ellis Island. Some of them had been workers at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. On arrival they declared "Che Bella Vista" (What a beautiful view) and many stayed on after the war. By May 1941, 16 wood-framed barrack buildings like this one were shipped to the fort and assembled by the Italians. Another 14 had been shipped and completed by August. Each barrack held 40 to 60 men with a military bunk and 40 sq. ft. per man. The cost to keep each man per day was 49 cents, food 40 cents, clothing 5 cents, laundry 2 cents, medical needs 2 cents. Canada also detained 23,000 citizens of Japanese descent along the West Coast, as did many Latin and South American countries. The Japanese Empire also interred citizens of the U.S. and its allies. The U.S. wanted to create a reserve of prisoners to trade. So, in cooperation with many South American countries, they transported more than 2,200 people of Japanese ancestry (80% from Peru) to the U.S. in a quazi-legal kidnapping program. Many were deported to Japan who had never set foot in their ancestral land. After the war the barracks housed 1,250 court-martialed military personnel between 1944 and 1946.</div>
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Tipi Burners or Wigwam Burners (45' to 55' tall) covered the Montana skyline with 11 in Missoula Valley. They were used to burn the sawdust and other by-products from the saw mills.</div>
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In 1896 Lt. James Moss organized the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, the first of its kind in the country, made up of black soldiers and white officers. They made several short journeys before making a 1,900-mile trip to St. Louis, Missouri. They road 50 miles a day from June 14 to July 24. Lt. Moss graduated at the bottom of his class at West Point in 1894 and was assigned to Fort Missoula. His commitment to military cycling launched him on a successful military career. He never married and authored many military training books and is the founder of Flag Day, June 14th. He retired as a colonel in 1920, was killed in a car accident in New York City in 1941 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.<br />
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Forest Fire Lookout Tower. After the Great Fire of 1910 these pre-packaged towers were manufactured in Columbia Falls and shipped throughout a four-state region for assembly on mountain tops.<br />
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I took the kids to the Hwy. 55 Diner where they got to meet Elvis and get their meals served in little cardboard classic cars from the 50's.<br />
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I took Dallas for his first professional haircut a couple days before Halloween. He was so well-behaved and had a very nice conversation with the lady cutting his hair. He told her what he was going to be for Halloween and where he got his new Ninja costume and what Ninjas did and how awesome they were.</div>
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What are you going to be for Halloween, Dad! The ultimate Green Bay Packers Fan! </div>
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Two pirate girls and a ninja warrior.</div>
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Oct. 29th I took Tierney, Tallia and Dallas to see <i>Treasure Island</i> at the <b>Grandstreet Theater</b>. Halloween we took the kids downtown for trick or treat. Wednesday, Nov. 7th we all went to Pizza Ranch for John's birthday and games for the kids, all six grandkids from 19 year old to 1 year old. What fun! On Nov. 2nd, the day between John's and my birthday, Tierney fell 10' out a tree and broke her arm. The good thing is that she gives Tally a little more chance to play Momma with Benny now and lug him around, which she enjoys very much.<br />
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Our sweet baby girls!<br />
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Dawn arrived for a week's visit on Saturday, Nov.10th. I can't believe we are still here! It's getting very cold and snowy. Tuesday Dawn and I took Tierney, Tallia, Dallas and Keira to see the new Grinch movie.<br />
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Dawn and Benny<br />
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Playing games with Dawn<br />
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Goodbye supper. We head south tomorrow.<br />
Thursday, Nov. 15th we are finally out of here and heading for Pollock Pines about 50 miles southwest of Reno. We will be in Hanford, California with John's sister Thanksgiving weekend and Yuma for Christmas, I think.<br />
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Happy Turkey Day All,<br />
Tarra</div>
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We took advantage of the time while Jeff's folks were here, to go off and do some stuff on our own. One day we drove over to Deer Lodge to go to the <i>Old Montana Territorial Prison Museum. </i>Gold was discovered near Deer Lodge in 1862.<i> </i>Vigilante groups hung or banished many of the worst criminals<i>. </i>The prison received nine convicts on the first day it opened in 1871 and was decommissioned late in the 1970's. The stone fortress was home to at least one member of <i>Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch</i>. The old stage road ran from Deer Lodge to Gold Creek and was part of the future Yellowstone Trail. The trail was improved and maintained by prison work crews. They built many miles of roads around the area and most of the prison.</div>
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It is actually five separate museums all on the main street and all included in one ticket, $12.00 for Seniors and children under 10 free. This is <i>The Yard</i>, exercise and recreation area, where there was weight-lifting, horseshoes, boxing, volleyball, basketball, shuffleboard, softball and gardening. There was once a very nice theater on the grounds that was donated in 1919 by William Clark, Jr., son of the Butte Copper King and Senator. It was built in Renaissance style and decorated with paintings done by inmates. It hosted boxing matches, meetings, religious services, movies, plays and prison band performances. Traveling theater groups would perform for the inmates in the afternoon and the townspeople in the evening. Theater privileges were used as rewards for good behavior. It was gutted by a deliberately set fire in 1975, but no one was ever charged.</div>
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You can hire a tour guide for more in depth stories about the prison, but we opted to go on our own. They give you a self-guided pamphlet and there are signs about the grounds. They also offer occasional ghost tours that start at 9:30 PM and last until about 2:00 AM. The <i>Galloping Gallows</i> (one of the few original hanging gallows remaining in the U.S.) is on display in the remaining shell of the theater building. It was the official "hanging scaffold" of eastern Montana, designed to be dismantled, and the parts were all marked with carved Roman numerals for piecing it back together in a jigsaw manner. It was built for rapid movement and erection, so it could be loaded and "galloped" to a new site. During its 20 years of use, seven men were dropped to their death after climbing the 13 unlucky steps leading up to the trapdoor platform. Its final use was in 1939. In 1978 it was moved to Great Falls to prepare for use once again after nearly 50 years. Delays in the conviction of death prompted the return of the gallows to Deer Lodge where it is now officially retired, although hanging was still legal until 1997.</div>
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A rather odd piece of artwork in one of the solitary confinement cells, done by one of the prisoners. There are a few other pieces of inmate art on display throughout the prison, including a painting <b>The Stone With</b> <b>Seven Eyes</b> by John Bellanger. It refers to the seven guard towers around the main prison yard. Another inmate named Evans (convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1971 and deliberate homicide in 1980) slipped into his own world, believing he was an earthly manifestation of Jesus Christ and claimed to speak with God. He made himself a set of robes, a crown and a pyramidal temple which are still on display. He was humored to the end of his life, a model inmate and a hard worker.</div>
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<i>The Hole</i> was reserved for the worst of the worst problem inmates after all other disciplinary measures proved inadequate. There was no light in the cell except for the peephole in the doors. The lights outside the doors were turned off except when inmates were checked and issued their bread and water twice daily. Every three days they were given a full hot meal. There was a ten day limit on time in the hole, after which they received an exam by a physician. If they were okay, they could be returned for another ten days. By the late 1960's this was considered excessive and <i>The Hole</i> was closed in 1969. Almost as many prisoners died in <i>The Hole</i> as were sent to the gallows.</div>
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Typical Cell. Another well-loved inmate called <i>Turkey Pete</i> went a little mad and started selling the flock of prison turkeys to the other inmates. They were allowed to print money on the prison press to humor him. He eventually bought the prison and would pay the guards salaries with the fake money. His was the only funeral ever held in the prison system when he died in 1967.</div>
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At the end of the two cell blocks, between them, were these three shower heads. Twice a week inmates marched through assembly line style. They got wet in the first one, soaped up in the second one and rinsed off in the third one. There was an armed guard in a cage in the corner above. More shower stalls were added in 1959. From here we passed through the gift shop to the <i>Auto Museum. </i>Walking down the hallway, we passed a continuing Burma Shave sign. Remember them? "Past school houses--Take it slow--Let the Little--Shavers grow."</div>
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The Yellowstone Trail was the first coast-to-coast auto route across the northern tier of states from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound. Before 1912 railroads dominated long distance transportation. Local roads were dust and mud. There was little help from government, so owners of the newly arrived autos rose to the challenge. Small town businessmen from South Dakota formed the Yellowstone Trail Association to "get out of the mud" and to pressure counties to build usable automobile roads. They named the road Yellowstone to draw tourists along it to the national park. Roads and autos were crude and travel was tough. With no maps tourists relied on guide books and yellow rocks to find their way. In 1915 the road was extended from Chicago to Seattle and, by 1917, to Boston. Yellow and black signs were posted across the country. The Association promoted the opening of Yellowstone National Park to private auto travel. Until 1930 hundreds of towns supported the famous Yellowstone Trail. They created free campgrounds, travel bureaus and publications to aid travelers. By 1930 route numbering (now an international system, but created by the State of Wisconsin in 1918) reduced the need for named roads. Then the Depression spelled the end for all trail associations.</div>
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<i>Yesterday's Playthings Museum</i> across the street has a huge collection of all sorts of dolls.</div>
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They have tons of antique toys, including a collection of cap guns and six-shooters, dating from the 1890's to the 1960's.</div>
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They even have a small collection of Princess Diana dolls and gowns and a scale model of Kensington Palace. Princess Di's elaborate fairy tale wedding gown had 10,000 pearls and sequins hand sewn onto 45 feet of ivory silk and taffeta. The auction of 79 of her gowns at Christie's Auction House in 1997 raised $3.26 million for charity with the majority going to the AIDS Crisis Trust.</div>
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Next door is <i>Cottonwood Pioneer Village</i> and the <i>Frontier Museum</i> with the original wood flooring from the prison mule barn. </div>
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This dentist price sign hung inside one of the log cabins. Specialties Teethe Extractions Without Pain. First Tooth $1.50, Each Additional Tooth 50 cents, Each Tooth Filled 75 cents, Replacement Tooth $2.00.</div>
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Lots of interesting stuff in the<i> Frontier Museum</i>, including several antique gun collections, a spur collection, clothing, furniture, dishes, tools, and a whole case of stuff that belonged to General Custer and his family. The guns included Derringers, Suicide Specials and other oddities like glass guns that were made very cheaply and sold for $2.00. People who used them said they never knew when they were going to blow up. A quote on the wall said " God created man, but the Peacemaker and its rivals made them equal." The Colt Single-Action Army and Frontier Revolvers were manufactured from 1872 to 1940. Demand spurred Colt into new production again in the 1950's. Spurs were used more for decorative purposes rather than practical purposes. A good cowboy wood rarely spur a horse and always removes his hat when indoors! If he doesn't he's just one of those fake cowboys.</div>
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<b>The Indians of the Little Bighorn. </b> Plenty Horses (Cheyenne), Taboonawasha (Arapaho), Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Two Kettle, Red Shirt and High Bear (all Lakota or Oglala Sioux).</div>
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The male of this pair of Great Snowy Owls was found caught in a coyote trap in 1912. Because the Great Snowy Owl mates for life, it was believed that the female of this pair would withdraw, stop eating and eventually die. It was felt that the humane approach was to terminate her life, so here they remain together for eternity. </div>
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This <i>Knabe Square Grand Piano</i> built in Baltimore in the late 1860's was shipped up the Missouri River by steamboat to Fort Benton, Montana Territory. From there it was carted overland by wagon to the frontier town of Elliston near Deer Lodge where it provided entertainment at the Adirondack Saloon and was later enjoyed by five generations of a private family until they donated it in 2003. </div>
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On the other side of the pioneer village is the Powell County Museum covering mining, forestry and other local history. Above are my favorite shakers of the huge salt and pepper shaker collection. There is also an Art Gallery here with all sorts of very expensive artwork (paintings, scuptures, leather work, etc.) done by current prison inmates at the new prison, which is just a few miles down the road.</div>
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The 1909 <i>Last Spike Monument</i> for the last spike of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, better known as the Milwaukee Road, driven near Gold Creek 17 miles west of Deer Lodge, was moved here in 2003. The Anaconda and Pacific Railway in Butte, Montana converted from steam to electric locomotives in 1914. The Milwaukee Road, aware of their success, electrified its Rocky Mountain Division from Harlowtown through Deer Lodge to Avery, Idaho in 1917. Originally called <i>Pelicans, Black Cows and Mules</i>, but better known as <i>Box Cabs</i>, the original electric workhorses were more efficient than steam engines in the cold, northwest winters. The dangerous smoke and gas was also eliminated in the tunnels. The second phase of the Milwaukee Road from Othello to Tacoma, WA. was completed in 1920 and they had the longest stretches of electrified mainline railway in the world, 647 miles. G.E. built 20 electric locomotives for the USSR in 1946. With the Cold War going on, the USA prohibited their delivery. They were converted to American gauge and referred to as <i>Little Joe Stalin's</i> locomotives. They were geared low with a maximum speed of 68, perfect in mountainous territory. In 1950 they bought 12 of the <i>Little Joes</i> for passenger and freight service (one in above left picture) that were used until 1974 when the Milwaukee electric operation ended.</div>
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Today's Tidbit: Cabeese is the plural of Caboose.</div>
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We left Vegas on Monday, April 9th and arrived in Helena on Tuesday.</div>
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Just a day or two later this was the scene. The kids were building snowmen and catching snowflakes on their tongues. Brrr, it was cold in the RV, but we do have an electric mattress pad, so sleeping was nice and cozy.</div>
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The kids had a couple weeks of swimming lessons left at the YMCA, so I got to go and watch. Dallas was much improved from last year.</div>
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Relaxing on the couch watching a little TV. Everyone gets a turn helping with the baby.</div>
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Look Dad, a behind-the-back pass just like Carter does!</div>
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Oh Grandpa, You're the best! You let me sit on the table. Mom won't let any of the kids sit on the table! What a push over!</div>
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Hey Grandma, we got chickens, seven of them! Mine is named <i>George.</i></div>
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Mine is <i>Puff</i>.</div>
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Mine is <i>Summer</i>. Keira's is <i>Birdie</i> because she calls them all birdie. Benny's is <i>Toppie</i> because it has a fluff of white feathers on the top of its head. Mom's is <i>Chipmunk </i>because of its speckled colors that look like chipmunk stripes. Dad's is <i>Chickenmungen</i> or <i>Red</i> because of its red color. </div>
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Meanwhile, back in the house, everything is momentarily calm and quiet as Grandpa reads stories.<br />
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Dallas's preschool graduation.</div>
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This park is about 8 blocks from their house right down the bike path, so it makes a nice little outing for me and the kids.</div>
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We stopped to see the neighbors burros across the road from the park before we headed home on the bike path.</div>
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Yeah, I finally finished the shower remodeling project while you had the kids at the park! Jeff's folks arrived May 31st for a week, so we ducked out one day and went to the Territorial Prison Museum at Deer Lodge while they were here. More about that in the next blog.</div>
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First blossom on the new clematis we just planted a couple weeks ago.</div>
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We left Helena on Monday, June 11th and arrived in Hankinson, ND. the next day, where we camped through the weekend for my niece's wedding. More about that in another blog. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer as much as we are.</div>
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We spent a couple weeks in Las Vegas. We spent three days at the Springs Preserve while we were there. It is where the original springs were that the town grew up around. They have Boomtown 1905 which is a replica of the original downtown buildings, train station and homes here at that time and a train ride that takes you out around the whole property where there are hiking trails and interpretive signs.</div>
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They have playgrounds for kids , butterfly garden, desert botanical gardens with guided tours, the <b>Nevada State Museum</b>, <b>Origen Museum</b> and the <b>Waterworks Museum</b>. There are several videos and we saw <b>Jump! The Ultimate Dog Show</b> performed by rescue dogs on the outdoor stage while we were there. </div>
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In the center is a C<i>entury Plant</i>. It actually blooms about once every 25 years, which is what the big branch is sticking out of it. They get about 12 feet tall with a big white blossom on the top. Then the main plant dies, but new little plants sprout up from the root and carry on. The three small plants in front are <i>Queen Victoria Agaves</i>.</div>
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On January 17th I flew up to Montana to see the grandkids and help out a bit for two and a half weeks and John moved to Havasu City while I was gone, where he got the windshield replaced on the RV.</div>
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He even liked the <b>Charlie Russell Gallery</b> with all the statues and paintings of Indians, cowboys, horses and buffalo. Too soon my time here was up and I had to return to my hubby and the warm sunshine. I flew back on February 4th and my friend, Julie, met up with us at Emerald Cove near Parker on the Colorado River on Feb. 6th to spend the next three weeks traveling with us.</div>
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Back at camp it was happy hour for the usual gang of burros. There are usually about a dozen wandering around the resort. These ladies with the carrots were very popular indeed! The burros have become quite unpopular with the workers at the campground, as they leave their calling cards everywhere they amble and raid the dumpsters every night making a big mess.</div>
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Saturday we drove out to the <b>Desert Bar</b> for lunch and beers. We have been there a couple times, but will never drive our car out there again. The road is really terrible and you should have a high clearance vehicle like a jeep, but it's definitely a happening fun place to go. This is the main part of the bar with the band on the stage to the right. This was pretty much all that was here the last time we were here. Now there is a huge area down the stairs with several food trucks and lots of seating. There are a couple of patio type areas above this level, also.</div>
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Vegetation is scarce out here, but this beautiful bush was growing right out the side of a rock wall.</div>
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It's just the fake front of a church, not an actual building, but people do actually get married here and others just take their pictures here.</div>
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Back at camp in time to watch the sunset from our campsite. Sunday we drove into Havasu City where they were having an arts and crafts festival. We took Julie to see the <b>London Bridge</b>, went for a little walk along the marina and ate at <b>Scotty's Broasted Chicken</b>.</div>
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Tuesday the 13th we moved to Quartzsite to boondock in the desert for a week. While we were there we decided to try the Palm Canyon Hike about 20 miles south that someone had told us about. It seemed like a nice, moderate hike at first.</div>
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Then we stopped to visit with some folks we met and they pointed out the oasis of palm trees up in the canyon where we were supposedly heading. You can see the palm trees up in the crack between the two peaks and we could actually see people up there. They looked like little tiny ants so far away.</div>
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This ocotillo was along the trail coming back down. Normally they just look like a bunch of dead sticks, but when they get a little rain their tiny green leaves bud out all over and turn them a beautiful green. Then the tops of each branch bud out with red flowers that look like a flame. The flowers on this one had not opened yet.</div>
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This is the campsite we picked out in the dessert a few miles south of Quartzsite. Mexican poppy blooming in the foreground. John was grilling us up a little supper. What a guy!</div>
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Julie's dog checking out our new campsite.</div>
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One day we ventured off biking in the desert and rode 20 miles before we found our way back to camp again. Sometimes we had to walk our bikes when the sand got too soft to ride. It was quite a workout.</div>
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I picked up this <i>dragon fruit</i> while we were in town shopping. I had never had one, so I was curious. The inside is sort of like a kiwi in texture and slightly sweet, but mostly kind of bland. I liked it.</div>
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Sun going down reflecting off the mountains to the east of us. You can see a few of the other campers out in the desert around us.</div>
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Tuesday Feb. 20th we headed to Yuma Lakes for Julie's last nine days with us. While we were there we went to line dancing classes and to the pool most days. We went to a movie and a couple of flea markets. We had lunch at the <i>Garden Cafe </i>and did a 14 mile bike ride along the bike trail and back to our campground. On Friday we drove to the <i>Salton Sea </i>in California and took Julie to <i>Slab City</i> and<i> Salvation Mountain</i>, all of which I have written about in the past in my blog. Julie headed back to Casa Grande on March 1st and we stayed at Yuma Lakes a couple more weeks. We met up with friends from Iowa, Craig and Terri, a couple times and John went down to Mexico a couple times for dental work.</div>
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Then we headed back to Emerald Cove for three more weeks where I continued with the line dance lessons and water aerobics. This is as close as I got to a car show this year. It was parked in our campground with Alaska plates on it.</div>
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A little further down we walked through the <b>Martin Lawrence Gallery</b> which is also free and full of fabulous stuff, including stuff by Picasso, Chagall, Andy Warhol and many others. This is <i>Glowing Trees at Sunrise</i> (in North Carolina) by Robbie George.</div>
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Brown Siproeta. The <i>Butterfly House</i> was open now because it is finally warm enough for them.</div>
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Spicebush Swallowtail. Clark County has at least 135 species of butterflies and 65 species of moths. They are most abundant in April.</div>
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The Blue Morpho butterfly has about a 5 inch wing span. Its colors blend with the plant or tree leaves when its wings are folded shut.</div>
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When it opens its wings, it is beautiful bright blue and black, but it is very hard to catch a picture.</div>
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We walked through the <i>Desert Botanical Gardens</i> again.</div>
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This tiny unique little cactus was only about 4 inches in diameter.</div>
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I think this is a type of <i>hedgehog cactus. </i> It was about 4 to 8 inches tall. We are currently in Vegas where it is very warm and sunny, but we will soon be back in Montana and we'll have to break out our jackets and turn on the furnace.</div>
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We spent Halloween night in Kennewick, Washington and Wednesday drove the rest of the way to Portland where we spent two nights at <b>Fairview RV Park</b>. We spent Wednesday evening with John's cousin David and wife Karen. She fixed us a wonderful lasagna for supper and we had Tillamook ice cream for desert. Yum Yum! Thursday we went with them to the <b>Oregon History</b> <b>Museum</b> and had supper at <b>Chang's,</b> a Mongolian grill that's been in their neighborhood for many years. Again, Yum Yum!</div>
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One of the things in the museum was JFK's mahogany coffee table and the rocking chair his father gave him to make him more comfortable with his back pain. A quote of JFK's shortly before he died, "<i>Mankind must put an end to war--or war will put an end to Mankind.</i>" Jackie said that at night before they went to sleep Jack liked to play some records. The last song on one of his favorite albums ended with the words he liked to here most, "<i>Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Cam</i>e<i>lot</i>."</div>
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Friday we moved to <b>Thousand Trails Campground </b>in Seaside, Oregon for three days. Saturday we drove up to Long Beach, Washington.</div>
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<b>Marsh's Free Museum</b> in Long Beach is a very quirky little place. This unique instrument is called the <i>Seeburg Orchestra</i>. It has a flute, violin, pipes, base and snare drums, castanets, triangle, cymbals, mandolin, xylophone and piano all enclosed within the cabinet and it plays ten different tunes.</div>
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We drove around Astoria on our way back and ate at <b>Drina Daisy</b>, a little Bosnian restaurant we had eaten at last time we were here. Cheers, Mom!</div>
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Sunday we relaxed in the hot tub. Monday we drove down to <b>Tillamook</b> to the ice cream and cheese factory. We checked out their museum and had free cheese samples and each had a big bowl of our favorite flavor of that delicious Tillamook ice cream.</div>
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Friday and Saturday we stayed at <b>Village Camper Inn RV Park </b>in Crescent City, California. Sunset Friday night.</div>
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Saturday we drove through <b>Jedediah Smith Redwood National and State Park</b>. Mom and John hiking through the waist-high sword ferns in <b>Stout Memorial Grove</b>, 44 acres given to the <i>Save the Redwoods League</i> in 1929 to memorialize lumber baron Frank D. Stout, an apt name for a lumber man of giant trees.</div>
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Mom and John straining their necks to see the tops of the 300' tall redwoods. There are three kinds of Redwoods, the <i>Coast Redwoods</i> (world's tallest species) from southern Oregon to central California, the <i>Giant Sequoias</i> on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevadas in California and the <i>Dawn Redwoods</i> in the remote mountain valleys of China's Sichuan and Hubei provinces. Now they are just a small fragment of an ancient world-wide forest that has a 250-million-year history.</div>
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Mom standing by <b>Paul Bunyan</b> and <b>Babe the Blue Ox</b> at <i>Trees of Mystery</i>. They have a nice hiking trail here, with Paul Bunyan wood carvings and stories along the way, and a sky tram ride. There is also a very nice free museum inside with the gift shop.</div>
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One of the exhibits in the museum was this Blackfoot warrior and Cheyenne woman and child. We ate at Pizza King in Crescent City this evening.</div>
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Traveling in style. He even has a second story on his mobile home. Realtors would probably call it a story and a half or a split level. Sunday we moved to <b>Mad River</b> <b>Rapids RV Park</b> in Arcata/Eureka.</div>
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We had lunch at the <b>Samoa Cookhouse and Logging Museum</b>. This was our third time here. They feed you family style just like the lumber jacks used to eat. A different meal everyday, such as pork chops, meat loaf, etc. including soup, salad, dessert, drinks and fresh baked bread. Places like this fed 120 to 190 men three times a day through the 1950s. When longshoremen were loading ships thirty extra tables were set. Samoa Cookhouse opened in 1893 and is the last surviving cookhouse in the west.</div>
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They have all sorts of smaller logging equipment here. Things that were used in the offices and for cutting, planning, shaping the lumber into things like shingles, posts, toothpicks and so on.</div>
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Lumbermen worked six days a week, twelve hours a day. Sunday nights they got a cold plate of leftovers and cold cuts. In 1906 men spent a small fraction of their $1.00 a day earnings for meals. By 1922 they earned more and 60 cents a day covered three generous meals.</div>
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Excelsior Redwood Company log train in Eureka, Ca.<br />
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This record load of redwood logs, the largest known to be delivered, arrived in Fort Bragg in 1952. The logs are all 40' long (7, 8 and 9') in diameter equaling 53,670 board feet, enough to build five small houses. Estimated weight of the logs is 185 tons. Due to muddy conditions, roads were often built of logs and called corduroy roads. Makes my teeth chatter just to think of it.</div>
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4th U.S. Cavalry in the Sierra Nevada Mountains east of Fresno in the 1840s.</div>
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Monday we drove to <b>Fort Humboldt</b> where Ulysses S. Grant once served as a young officer. This is Mom in front of a very scorched redwood in <b>Humboldt Redwoods State and National Park</b>. Redwood resists fire, is slow burning, easy to extinguish, hard to ignite and resists rot because it has a natural preservative. When properly seasoned it will not warp, shrink or crack. It is light in weight and easily worked. Logging began in the 1850s. The Northwest Pacific Railroad was completed in 1914 at a cost of 25 cents an inch, ending the isolation of Humboldt County.</div>
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In the Visitor's Center is the <b>Travel Log</b>, the largest piece of hewn redwood in the world. It took two men several days to fell a redwood, standing on scaffolding way above the base of the tree. In 1917 Charles Kellogg, using a one-man saw, cut off a 22' section of an 11' diameter tree to build his <b>Travel Log. </b>He and two helpers shaped the exterior. He grew up surrounded by the redwoods and his dream was to preserve the great groves of redwoods in California by awakening public sentiment in New York and across the United States. Touring his log home throughout the U.S., he sold Liberty Bonds to support the WWI effort. Its maximum speed was 18 mph. He would tour three or four months and spend the rest of the year at home in Morgan Hill or in the wilderness. He was a friend to the great naturalists, John Muir and John Burroughs and an early member of the <i>Save the Redwoods League. </i>He invented farm equipment, designed fireplaces, was an avid photographer and made his own writing paper. He used his voice to reproduce the songs of birds and was a top-selling recording artist with Victor Records with his bird songs. At 16 he began performing on the Vaudeville circuit dazzling audiences with his bird songs on stage and radio for many years. He toured the world sharing his stories and bird songs. It was said he was able to sing notes inaudible to the human ear and it was claimed his unique vocal vibrations could extinguish a flame or fire up the Travel Log without the use of the crank.</div>
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It took the wealthiest man in America, John D. Rockefeller, to save the redwoods. In 1926 members of the <b>Save The Redwoods League</b> invited him to a picnic among the towering giants. He was so impressed he donated $1 million to purchase a grove. The state of California and another $1 million match from JDR purchased groves at Dyerville Flats. The <i>Dyerville Giant</i> was 362', taller than the Statue of Liberty. It fell in 1991 and was one of the world's tallest living things. Today the <b>Rockefeller Forest</b> is at the heart of Humboldt Redwoods State Park, the largest old-growth redwood forest in the world.<br />
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Gardens behind <b>Loleta Cheese Factory</b> in the small town of Loleta on Monday.</div>
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<b>Carson Mansion</b> in Eureka, now a private club. There are lots of beautiful homes in this town left from the lumber baron times, and also in nearby Ferndale.</div>
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Tuesday we took Mom to see the tallest totem pole in the world made from one tree in a shopping center in McKinleyville.</div>
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Then we drove up to Trinidad, <i>ice plants </i>at the beach. "<i>One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." </i>Wm. Shakespeare<br />
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We took <i>Trinidad Scenic Drive</i> and stumbled upon <b>Luffenholtz Beach County Park </b>with this awesome hike out to the cliff's edge overlooking the smashing waves. We have been to most of these places before, but we had not been here. It was awesomely beautiful and rugged. So cool.</div>
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This was my view down the beach from the end of the trail. We stopped at <b>Cypress Grove Chevre </b>(goat) <b>Cheese Company</b> in Arcata and bought several different kinds of goat cheese to try. We normally like all types of cheese. One was okay, but the other two were really nasty. Even a good red wine with it just didn't cut it. Just my opinion.</div>
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Wednesday we moved to the KOA campground at Petaluma north of San Francisco (Napa/Sonoma Valley). Lots of the vineyards in this area also had olive groves.</div>
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<b>Kunde Family Winery</b> established 1904 near our campground. Mom and I did a tasting here, but we weren't impressed by their wines or their prices.<br />
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Perfect sign for our camper. I'll let you guess which one it refers to. Probably changes from day to day.<br />
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We had fish and chips here at the<b> Bodega Bay Boat House</b>. Bodega Bay is where Alfred Hitchcock filmed the movie <b>Birds</b>. There was a 2005 newspaper article on the wall here about the mysterious and cannibalistic <i> jumbo squid </i>schooling in huge numbers off the California coast, giving anglers an exciting option to the regular salmon, rock fish and crabbing seasons. The hard fighters were being caught off Monterey, Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay. The water was warmer than normal, 55 to 56 degrees versus the normal of 48 to 51 degrees, the same as 1998 and 1999 when the squid were there. They ranged from 15 to 50 pounds, averaging 25 pounds. They used glow-in-the-dark squid jigs down to the bottom in 600 feet of water. These squid live only one year and grow up to one inch per day. To keep growing they feed on everything. The daily limit is 35 and they are extremely powerful. When they are landed they go through amazing color changes from red to pink to blue to gray. They are relatively docile once they are out of the water, but you must be careful handling them because their razor sharp teeth tear through the flesh of their prey. Mexican fishermen go out at night in the <i>Sea of Cortez </i>to supply the Japanese calamari market. The big white-meated squid are considered a delicacy. They live at depths of 600 to 2,300 feet. There are an estimated ten million living in a 25 square mile area outside Santa Rosalia, Mexico. There is probably an almost unimaginable number in their entire range from Chile to California and half way to Hawaii along the equator.</div>
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Interesting sights driving through Haight-Ashbury. Sign reads "<i>Head Rush Smoke Shop-Vaporizers-Hookahs-Pipes-www.headrushsf.com".</i></div>
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Typical wall-to-wall housing in San Francisco on very hilly streets.</div>
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Saturday we moved to <b>Morgan Hill Thousand Trails Campground</b>. This is nearby <b>Avery Family Vineyards. </b>Lots of horse paddocks, vineyards and olive groves in this area.<br />
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<b>Kirigin Cellars</b> where Mom and I did some tasting and found a really yummy dessert wine called <i>Vino de Mocca</i> with chocolate and coffee flavors. It's as good as the name sounds. We bought six bottles, one gone already. Later we stopped at a gift shop with lots of garlic stuff. We bought a garlic-infused chocolate peanut butter cup to share. It was okay, but nothing I need to have again. Then we walked over to Rapazzini Winery next door and did a little tasting and had a nice visit with the charming owner. We found another dessert wine there that we really liked, but only bought one, as there is limited space in my wine cellar.<br />
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Sunday we went to<b> Winchester Mystery House </b>in San Jose. This is the third time I have toured this house. Sarah was the heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune and was convinced she would share in the fate of all those killed by the Winchester Rifles, unless she began building a mansion for the spirits of all those killed. A psychic told her she must build continuously, so she started with an 8-room farm house and continued adding on around the clock in the most bizarre fashion until her death 38 years later. </div>
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View from the back. Very interesting tour about a lady with some rather odd ideas. It was the best gig in town, because she paid her servants, gardeners, carpenters, etc. double the going rate for wages. Guaranteed work until she died. In 1922 she ended up with 161 rooms, 13 bathrooms, 47 fireplaces, 10,000 windows, 52 sky lights, 2,000 doors and 40 bedrooms, each of which she slept in at least once to confuse the spirits. She also had a seance room and doors to nowhere. So the servants were never quite sure where to find her. She was trapped in one of the bedrooms during the 1906 earthquake and it took them all day to find her. We had late lunch at <b>Sweet Tomatoes</b> today, one of my favorite places to eat.</div>
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Monday we took Watsonville Road to Santa Cruz on the north end of Monterey Bay and stopped to enjoy this view of the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum in the lighthouse.</div>
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Here at <b>Lighthouse Point</b> they have large, powerful swells and waves generated by winter storms that sculpt the bluffs and beaches, eroding large chunks of the cliffs. This is a famous place to surf, called <b>Steamer Lane</b>, for the shipping lane once used by steamships as they headed toward the wharf. In the park here are shrines to all the surfers who have died here.<br />
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Surfing was first brought here by Hawaiian Princes during the summer of 1885. The three young princes rode the waves at the mouth of San Lorenzo River on redwood planks cut in the shape of olo surf boards, while attending St. Matthew's Hall Military School in San Mateo. They stayed in Santa Cruz during their vacations and started the craze of surfing on the Pacific Coast. Since 1965, 100 people have drowned along these coastal cliffs and beaches. Everywhere there are signs to stay behind the fences and away from the cliff edges.</div>
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It goes right from rugged cliffs to beautiful beaches. <b>Monterey Bay</b> is part of the nation's largest protected marine environment, larger than Yosemite or Yellowstone National Parks. The sanctuary protects 6,094 square miles of ocean from north of Golden Gate Bridge to south of Big Sur. The <b>Monterey Canyon</b> plunges two miles beneath the surface and attracts research scientists from all over the world and has the highest concentration of marine research institutes in the world. The <i>Giant Kelp </i>in its lush kelp forests grow to 175 feet tall.<br />
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We could hear the seals barking here at Natural Bridge State Park and the whales breeching and spouting far out in the distance.</div>
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Close-up of the brown pelicans that are all over the big rock in picture above.<br />
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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Casino opened in 1907. It is California's oldest, continuously operated seaside amusement park. The 75' Giant Dipper wood coaster is a roller coaster landmark. It opened in 1924 with an initial drop of 65'6" with tight twists and a serpentine tunnel. It was constructed in less than seven weeks for $50,000. It has starred as a background in several movies. It is one of ten of the oldest operating coasters in the world and has thrilled over 50 million riders. There are four full-time mechanics that inspect and maintain the Boardwalk roller coasters.</div>
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The indoor natatorium pool was 144'x64' and featured a 40' slide. It held 408,000 gallons and was replenished daily from the Pacific Ocean. It was heated from a chilly 50 degrees to a comfy 83 degrees. 30,000 people witnessed the <b>Plunge Water Carnival</b> performances each summer. It was the home of the record-holding Underwater Natators (human submarines), flying trapeze artists, fire divers, Stratosphere Plungers, water ballets and Slide for Life Daredevils. Today the pool is gone and it houses a museum, games, mini golf, etc.</div>
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Surfboard benches throughout the Boardwalk. We ate a late lunch at the <b>Falafel Hut</b> across the street. At the turn of the century 1900, lounging couples covered the beach much as they do today, but women were fully dressed and men wore hats and suit coats. Laws prohibited sitting on the beach in bathing attire. What fun that must have been in the California heat! The first Miss California Pageant was held at the Boardwalk in 1924.</div>
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<b>Sycamore Creek Vineyard</b> right next to our campground.</div>
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Leaving Thousand Trails Campground in Morgan Hill on Uvas (grape) Creek.</div>
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Mom at <b>Casa de Fruta Campground</b> near Gilroy, <i>Garlic Capitol of the World</i>. We just stopped here for gas and a break and drove the rest of the way to Hanford, where we spent six days over Thanksgiving with John's sister and friends. We went out for Chinese lunch on Wednesday and to <b>Sizzler </b>for Thanksgiving and went to the movie <b>Wonder</b> on Friday. Friday night I made spaghetti, broccoli salad and bread for seven of us. We had a birthday cake for Kathy and polished off that bottle of Rapazzini and two others. Good times with family and friends!</div>
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Sunday, Nov. 26th we moved to <b>Santee Lakes Campground</b> about 30 miles north of San Diego where this Great Blue Heron was hanging out along with lots of pelicans, ducks, egrets and coots.</div>
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<b>Historic Old Town San Diego</b> is a very nice place to spend a day. The original old buildings are renovated or rebuilt and have historic plaques describing them. Many have unique little shops and restaurants. Some have museums about the town. The smoking museum and shop was very interesting with old pipes, tobacco tins, cigarette packages and such, but hard to stay in there very long with the smoke.</div>
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San Diego was settled by pensioned soldiers and their families from the Presidio. By 1835 they were about 40 dark brown huts. The stars and stripes were first raised over the plaza in 1846 by marines from the <b>USS Cyane.</b> In 1855 San Diego had over 800 citizens plus nearly 1,000 Native Americans who were, of course, not counted. The Mission trained the Indians who became vaqueros (cowboys) and house servants to the Mexican-Californians and later to the Americans, until they were replaced by Chinese as the primary labor force. Cooking and cleaning was still left to the Indians in commercial establishments and they were employed as day laborers compensated by only food and minimal shelter. </div>
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The first mayor of San Diego was Joshua Bean, older brother of the infamous Judge Roy Bean.<br />
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The Wells Fargo Stagecoach was considered the finest passenger vehicle of its time. It traveled an average of 5 mph, changing horses at stations every 12 miles and stopping for meals at stations every 45 miles. The three benches inside held up to nine passengers. The roof carried luggage, but often provided extra seating for as many as nine more passengers with their legs hanging over the rails. The coach was painted a familiar red with the company name in gold leaf, still the signature colors of Wells Fargo. Oiled leather curtains helped keep out the dust, wind and rain. The wheels and running boards were a bright straw yellow. The coach rested on thick leather straps called thoroughbraces that served as shock absorbers. In 1861 Mark Twain and his brother rode west on the top of a coach with their legs hanging over the side rails. The rocking motion led to his description of the coach in his book <b>Roughing It, </b>as a "<i>cradle on wheels</i>". The driver handled a team of four to six horses and the shotgun messenger kept an eye out for bandits. A finished coach weighed 2,000 pounds and cost $1,250 in 1868. From 1870 to 1884 Wells Fargo experienced a wave of 347 attacks on its stage shipments. 206 of the robbers gained prison terms instead of riches for their unauthorized withdrawals. Henry Wells built the earliest commercial telegraph lines in the U.S. and worked for cheap mail delivery. He was a keen advocate of education for women and founded Wells College for Women in Aurora, NY. in 1868. William Fargo was mayor of New York City during the Civil War. He was a skilled manager, president of Wells, Fargo and Company 1870 to 1872 and American Express from 1868 to 1881. He directed the Overland Mail Company in the 1850s and was director of Northern Pacific Railroad which traversed the Great Plains in the 1870s. Fargo, ND. is named for him. Wells and Fargo met at the elegant Astor House in New York City in 1852 to form a new banking and express company. By 1855 they had 55 offices in California in gold camps, Sacramento and the coastal port cities of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego.</div>
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Tuesday we went to <b>Balboa Park</b>, the <i>Jewel of San Diego</i>. This park is incredibly huge and not to be missed if you are in San Diego. It includes the <b>San Diego Zoo </b>and many athletic facilities, tennis courts, basketball, fitness center, velodrome for bicycling, vast green spaces and about a dozen huge museums (Space and Science, Automobiles, Electric Trains, Art, Music, etc.) </div>
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<i>Bromeliads</i> are native to the tropics. There are about 2,000 different species, including pineapple, the most well-known.<br />
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<i>White Paint Brush</i> native to South Africa is related to the Amaryllus.<br />
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This Spanish Colonial Revival masterpiece was commissioned for the 1915 Pan-Cal Expo. The design is from 15th century Spain and the cast-stone ornamentation on the facade tells California history through representations of missionaries, explorers, kings and symbols of Spain, Mexico, California and the U.S. The dome in the rear echoes the <i>Church of Santa Prisca</i> in Taxco, Mexico. The 208' California Tower houses a carillon rather than bells. The upper left corner above the door is <b>Viscaino </b>(Spanish soldier). Upper right is <b>Cabrillo</b>. At the peak is <b>Father Serra </b>(established the first nine missions in California 1769-1782). Lower right is <b>D Las Genison</b> and lower left is <b>Jaune</b>. Inside is the <b>San Diego Museum of Man e</b>xhibits include <i>Thousands of Years</i> <i>of Beer History, Cannibals, Race, Living With Animals </i>and <i>Monsters-Magical and Mythical Creatures.</i><br />
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the Valley of the Palms. We ate at Anny's Burgers in the train station mall when we got back to Santee Lakes and went for a hike along the lakes at our campground.</div>
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Wednesday we crossed the <b>San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge</b> to see the <b>Hotel Del Coronado</b>. The Victorian Hotel was built in 1887 and is one of America's largest wooden buildings.<br />
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Upside down Christmas tree in the lobby. The basement under the lobby is full of high class shops and there is a picture gallery of famous people who have stayed here, including several presidents, actors and Dr. Seuss, who lived in the hotel for a time.<br />
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The tree on the right is a <i>Dragon Tree</i>, native to the Canary Islands. It was planted before 1900 and was used as a backdrop in Marilyn Monroe's movie <b>Some Like It Hot </b>in 1958.</div>
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View of the pool and ocean from the terrace. They also have an ice-skating rink just to the right of the pool.<br />
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Down at the beach Mr. Sandman has built his usual sand castles for everyone to enjoy and left a can for donations.<br />
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From there we drove over to the <b>USS Midway</b> which is now a museum. It was the first ship built that was too big to fit through the <b>Panama Canal</b>. The sculptures in the foreground are Bob Hope entertaining troops from all branches of the military.</div>
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The statue of the iconic picture on the cover of Time Magazine of the returning soldier from WWII.</div>
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From there we drove up to Cabrillo Point across the bay.</div>
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Replica of his ship in the Visitor's Center where there was a small museum and a film. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was one of the conquistadors with Cortez in South America. Mexico had an estimated population of 25 million in 1517 which dwindled to 3 million by 1600 when the Europeans had had their way with them and spread their diseases across the continent. Cabrillo built a fleet of 13 ships at Iztapa in Guatemala. He entered the harbor here in 1542, the first Europeans to set foot in what would become the west coast of the United States.</div>
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This small finger of land is called <b>Ballast Point</b> and is most likely where he landed. This large natural harbor is headquarters for part of the Navy's Pacific Fleet. It is the submarine harbor. The island right across from the point is the naval base.</div>
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There is a huge military cemetery just up the hill behind the submarine harbor on Point Loma. It goes on and on over the rolling hills on both sides of the road.</div>
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Saturday, Dec. 9th we watched the golf cart Christmas Parade at our campground.</div>
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Sunday Mom and I hit the Flea Market one more time. Monday we went to <b>Lin's Chinese Buffet</b>. Wednesday we moved to <b>Cotton Lane RV Resort</b> in Goodyear on the southwest edge of Phoenix. We visited my Aunt Ruby on Thursday and stopped at <b>Red Robin</b> for supper. Friday we drove over to Mesa to visit Mom's friend, Kathy and stopped at<b> Raising Canes </b>for supper, best chicken ever! Saturday we dropped Mom at the airport in Mesa and she headed back to the cold, so she could spend Christmas with all the kids and grandkids. Wednesday we headed back to <b>Yuma Lakes</b> for the rest of the 2017.</div>
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We're all ready for Tierney and Tallia's <i><b>Little House on the Prairie</b></i> birthday party on Saturday, September 30th.</div>
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We can't wait for the guests to arrive.</div>
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Oh look, they're here! 30 little girls, including sister Katia and Grandma Bonnie to celebrate Tierney's birthdy.</div>
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Lining up for the covered wagon rides.</div>
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School Marm Granny Sackett and Mary Ingalls.</div>
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Laura Ingalls, aka <i>Half-Pint</i>.</div>
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Time to blow out the candles, Tallia 6 and Tierney 9.</div>
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Cake, Yum!</div>
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Little House on the Prairie. Sister Annica and Grandma Patty came the following Sunday to celebrate Tally's birthday.</div>
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Remains of the first snowfall.</div>
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Bedtime videos with Mom.</div>
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Beautiful fall colors at our campsite.</div>
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Grandma and Grandpa Wald came October 10th for a visit.</div>
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Benny in doll cradle made by my Grandpa.</div>
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We love our new baby!<br />
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Great-Grandma and Princess Keira.<br />
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Posing on the trolley with buckets full of candy. Happy Kids!<br />
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Happy Winter Everybody,<br />
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Tuesday we stopped in Le Center, MN. for a very nice overnight visit with our old friends, Betty and P.J. Wednesday we stopped in Ruthven, Iowa to visit John's Aunt Helen and cousins Mary, Denny and Kathy.</div>
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Wednesday evening we arrived at our friends, Steve and Linda's place, just a few miles outside Greenfield, Iowa and stayed for the next week.</div>
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Our view while we were camped here. Friday we met up with John's cousin, Nancy and her son Chris and his wife Nancy, for lunch at the Mexican restaurant in Greenfield. Saturday night Gene and Julie joined us for supper at Steve and Linda's. Sunday we drove up to Lake Panorama with Steve and Linda and spent the afternoon with more friends, Earl and Cindy and Terri and Craig. We also stopped to visit Bob and Elva while we were in Greenfield and John visited his cousins, Ralph and Patti.</div>
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Monday evening we had dinner with Bruce and Gerry in Des Moines.</div>
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Thursday we stopped in Emmetsburg, Iowa on our way back north and had supper with John's cousins, Denny and Kathy, at the Mexican restaurant and spent the night at the casino campground there. This statue in the park there is Robert Emmet, Irish patriot and martyr (1778-1803) for whom the town is named, considered by many to be the most romantic patriot in Irish history. He was hung by the British for protesting British Rule in his <i>Campaign for Freedom</i>. There are three more of this same statue, one in Dublin, one in Golden Gate Park and one at the Smithsonian Museum. We were back at Dawn's in Sioux Falls on Friday and went to Hu Hot for supper, John's favorite place. I really like it, too. Monday night we spent in the campground at Hankinson, ND. and had supper with my baby brother, Claude and his lovely wife, Jodi.</div>
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Tuesday we went to Mom's in Milnor where we stayed for a week. Wednesday we went shopping in Fargo and stopped in the small town of McLeod for supper on our way home. Thursday we drove up to Fort Ransom in the Sheyenne State Forest on the River Valley National Scenic Byway. The North Country National Scenic Trail, a premier footpath that stretches 4,600 miles across seven northern states (ND, MN, WI, MI, OH and PA), runs through here.</div>
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We went on a four mile hike to check something off John's bucket list. He has seen Multnomah Falls in Oregon, Niagara Falls, Yosemite Falls and Sioux Falls, but he wanted to see the tallest falls in North Dakota.</div>
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At last we arrived at the tallest and only waterfall in North Dakota and were delighted to be able to check it off our bucket list. You might need a magnifying glass to see it. Friday I took my great-nephew, Braylon, to the pool.</div>
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Saturday evening Hilary and Jeff and the kids arrived at Mom's on their way to Wisconsin to visit Jeff's parents. Sunday morning we had some playtime at the park. Dallas the Digger.</div>
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Sunday afternoon Hilary and I took the kids to the pool. Sunday evening my brother Dewey and Joni and Andy stopped for supper with us at Mom's and we had a very nice visit. </div>
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Tuesday we were back in Brookings at Sexauer Park for a few days. Wednesday I met Julie, Nettie, Dee and Shar for lunch at Perkins and went to the Children's Museum with Julie and her granddaughters. Another truly amazing facility that the city of Brookings can be very proud of, Thursday evening we went to the <i>Wooden Legs Brewery</i> for live music outdoors with Ron and Linda and Julie. Friday we went to the movie <b>Dunkirk</b>, very good.</div>
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Mama T-Rex above roars and moves it's head. Baby Rex is about my height.</div>
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Very happy co-pilot. Saturday the kids came back from Wisconsin and met up with us at Sexauer Park. From there Jeff and Carter headed straight home and back to work. Hilary and the little ones joined us and Dawn to go camping at Lake Thompson and go to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant in De Smet. The girls have been reading the <b>Little House on the Prairie</b> books for several years. They enjoyed the pageant and the wagon rides Saturday very much.</div>
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We also had lots of fun swimming and kayaking at the lake. On Sunday Hilary and Dawn took Tierney and Tally to tour the Ingalls house and farm where they learned how to make rope, candles, soap and such. The old school house museum in the background of the playground. Even the public restrooms here are labeled <b>Ma</b> and <b>Pa</b>.</div>
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We saw this <i>cicada killer</i> here in the park. It was over an inch long and on top of a upside down <i>cicada </i>that was almost two inches long, doing it in.</div>
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The day after we got back to Helena they moved to their new acreage. It's five acres with a three bedroom house, double garage with attached apartment where Carter now lives, playroom building, tack room, horse stable and coral, hay shed, goat hut and pen, chicken coop and chicken run, boat house/shop building and best of all full RV hookups under a beautiful weeping birch tree.</div>
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View from out by the pasture of raised vegetable gardens, greenhouse next to boathouse, playroom and tack room on left and Carter's apartment in center. They have a raspberry patch, two strawberry patches, a plum tree, two apple trees and a half dozen or so lilac bushes.</div>
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A little PBS time with Gramps.</div>
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I peed, Mom. Yeah, I get a video!</div>
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Happy 2nd Birthday, Keira!</div>
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Tierney, can you help me blow out my candles?</div>
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Look at me. I got a new pink bike for my birthday.</div>
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Watching our favorite show of the week with Gramps, <i>Lawrence Welk</i> on Saturday nights.</div>
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The kids call this area in the middle of the drive-way loop <i>the park</i>, where they stop for a break from their biking to have a little picnic. Stables, hay shed, chicken coop, etc. in background.</div>
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Happy Birthday, Brooke! You'll have to share it now, because our newest grandson, Benjamin, was born today. We now have three boys and three girls!</div>
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Exchanging their vows Saturday, September 2nd.</div>
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Tally sitting in a police car. We played some games, got some prizes, had lunch and cotton candy, petted the goats and horses and got pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. Fun times! Sunday John and I went to the <b>C.M Russell American West</b> presentation at the Civic Center.</div>
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Keira, what are you up to?</div>
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Oh, look at our new baby, Benny! He's so cute!</div>
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We really love our new baby brother!</div>
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Music crazy. Besides this violin he has two guitars, a drum, saxophone, recorder and piano and now he wants a trombone. That darn Lawrence Welk is giving him ideas.</div>
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Wow, Tricia brought us a jeep and we love it!</div>
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Look at our new bonnets for our <i>Little House on the Prairie Birthday Party </i>that<i> </i>we are planning for next week! More about that in the next blog.</div>
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Easter Loot from Grandma and Grandpa. Yeah, they're back!</div>
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Carter and Eamon with their prom dates, twin sisters.</div>
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Carter and his best girl, Mom.</div>
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Vigilante Days Parade May 12th. They have floats with varying themes from fur trading, gold mining, saloons and bordellos to...</div>
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Drive-Ins that were here in the fifties and other businesses, to all sorts of activities and sports that go on at the college, including rodeo stuff.</div>
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Disney ride videos with Grandpa.</div>
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My turn. This is much more fun than swimming lessons!</div>
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A new buzz cut and Great-Grandma's earrings. Oh no! What have you girls done to me?</div>
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Yeah, at last! On to new life adventures. June 3, 2017.</div>
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Tally running in the crazy octopus sprinkler that Aunt Kathy brought.</div>
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Princess Keira.</div>
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"<i>Great</i>" Aunt Kathy!</div>
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Ticklers from Grandma Clem.</div>
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Badlands scenic viewpoint on the way back to the Dakotas. Painted Canyon Overlook on I-94. Teddy Roosevelt was 24 years old when he came to the North Dakota Badlands from New York City to hunt his first buffalo. Historic Medora, among the buttes on the bank of the Little Mission River, was founded in 1883 by the Marquis de Mores. There are tours of the chateau where he lived. Medora was once home to cowboys, buffalo hunters, gamblers and gunfighters and many of the original buildings are still standing. It's definitely a tourist attraction with museums, exhibits, shops and a wonderful outdoor musical pageant in the summer. The Loop Drive of the Theodore National Park begins in the North Unit with a 14 mile scenic drive and continues in the South Unit with 36 more miles that take you to Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin at the Elkhorn Ranch Unit. There is a visitor's center, ranger programs, hiking trails and the foundation stones of Teddy's first ranch home in the badlands. It is the only national park named for a person and honors his love of the North Dakota Badlands and the influence this place had in shaping his conservation ethic. If not for his efforts many iconic treasures like the Grand Canyon, Yosemite Valley and Mesa Verde would have been mined, timbered and robbed of their cultural artifacts. Custer's Trail goes through the park. Between 1864 and 1876 five military expeditions crossed here, though only a couple of skirmishes occurred in the Badlands. But their stories have a significant place in the history of the Great Sioux War. Custer accompanied two of these expeditions. Remnants of the trails, ruts left by hundreds of wagon wheels, can still be seen.</div>
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All ready for Lacey's wedding at Lake Elsie.</div>
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Father of the bride with next year's wedding couple. Thanks Hank, for taking a few pictures for me. I'm looking forward to next summer's wedding.</div>
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Lyla Mae at her Baptism party...</div>
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and her proud big sister Miss Kenna.</div>
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Proud Grandma Jodi and Lyla Mae.</div>
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Feeding the goats at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls with Julie and her daughter and granddaughters.</div>
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The Galapagos Tortoise prefers to eat, drink and sleep at the exact time and place each day, just like John! Their oh-so-predictable habits have created deep paths in the landscape, carved by thousands of them walking to their favorite places year after year. They can survive up to a year without eating or drinking due to their slow metabolism and large intestinal stores of water. They live 150 to 175 years, weigh from 330 to 440 pounds and grow from 3 to 4 feet in length. There are only 10,000 to 15,000 remaining with several subspecies already extinct.</div>
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The Scarlet Ibis range is in South America from Venezuela to Brazil. They live about 16 years in the wild and about 20 years under human care. The male and the female build the nest together and incubate and feed the young together. Seems like a very fair and balanced arrangement to me.</div>
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The Greater Rhea courts several different females at one time, up to 12. After gathering them in his home range, he builds a nest for all of them to deposit their eggs into. They lay one egg every other day for 7 to 10 days, resulting in nests that can have upwards of 50 eggs. He incubates all the eggs and provides the sole care for the huge broods of chicks for up to six months. Seems only fair to me.</div>
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20 year-old Mama Imara and one-year-old son, Komati. They have a 15 month gestation and weigh about 90 pounds when born. Father Jubba is in an adjoining enclosure. Eastern Black Rhinos are on the brink of extinction. In 1970 there were 65,000 in Africa. By 1993 there were only 2,300 left in the wild. They have no natural predators, other than humans. Rhino horn is worth three times it's weight in gold. Well organized gangs poach them, even in protected reserves, sometimes using tranquilizers and helicopters. Their funny shaped ears give them a super sense of hearing. </div>
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Bath time. The Black Bear lives up to 25 years in the wild and into the 40s in captivity. It weighs 200 to 600 pounds and is 5 to 6 feet tall. It's range is Canada, United States and northern Mexico.</div>
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The Chilean Flamingo lives 20 to 30 years in the wild and up to 50 years under human care. They stand in water on one leg to conserve body heat. They raise their legs more in the winter than in the summer, but an equal amount in the spring and fall. Just think some guy, or girl, had the job of studying this and recording the stats. I wonder what the pay scale is for a job like that.</div>
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The Amur Tiger is now found only in the Russian Far East. It gets 14 feet long, including tail, and weighs 500 to 800 pounds. There about 500 remaining in the wild and about 1,000 in captivity. It has the lightest color fur of any tiger species for blending into snowy landscapes. Their thick fur and layer of fat protect against temperatures to -50 degrees. Individuals cover large territories up to 50 square miles.</div>
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In most parrots the males and females are nearly identical, but the male Electus Parrots are green and the females are varying shades of bright red, blue or purple.</div>
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The Scarlet Macaw has a lifespan of 70 to 80 years. All parrots have strong beaks, but the Scarlet Macaws can open their beaks extra wide to deliver a more powerful bite, for extra-strength crushing to break open the hardest nuts and unripe fruit.</div>
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Kites flying over the soccer fields in Brookings along the bike path.</div>
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Walking the bike path with Julie, Sue and their dogs June 25th?</div>
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The bike path now runs through the new <b>Dakota Prairie Nature Park</b> south of the softball complex. It is above the Big Sioux Aquifer that supplies Brookings with drinking water. In addition to the paved bike paths, their are also grass trails, interpretive exhibits and a mountain biking area. You can rent snow shoes, cross country skis, canoes, etc. at the nature center.</div>
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There is a fishing pier and three fishing ponds. The East Pond is stocked with rainbow trout from the Black Hills and the West and Islands Ponds are stocked with large mouth bass, crappies and bluegills. This is really a nice area. Kudos to Brookings for adding such a nice park.</div>
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Tuesday, our last day in California, Kathy drove us up to Kaweah Lake Dam which was completed in 1962 and is 250 feet high and 1,000 feet at its base. It holds back runoff waters from high in the Sierras that is used for irrigation, hydroelectric power and recreation. The fusegates, the large concrete boxes on the top of the dam, were built in 2005 to protect the dam in case of a flood by sacrificing themselves, breaking away leaving a gap to let water flow out of the lake much faster, preventing the water from getting too high and flowing over the top of the dam.</div>
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Kaweah River flowed through this narrow valley for thousands of years with several forks flowing together upstream at Three Forks. Downstream it flows into four creeks and from time to time its waters would flow all the way to Lake Tulare, once the largest freshwater lake west of the Rockies.</div>
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Pumpkin Hollow Bridge at Three Forks. Wednesday we drove all the way to somewhere in Oregon and finally arrived at our destination in Florence, Oregon about noon on Thursday. We stayed at Thousand Trails South Jetty Resort and just cuddled up in the RV for a couple days while it rained and rained. The town of Florence is famous for the <i>exploding whale video</i>. In November of 1970 a dead sperm whale was blown up by the Oregon Highway Division in an attempt to dispose of the rotting carcass. The explosion threw whale flesh over 800 feet away. The incident became famous when humorist, Dave Barry, wrote about it in his newspaper column. It became well-known internationally a few years later when the video circulated on the internet.</div>
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Saturday we finally ventured out in the rain for lunch at Mo's where I had their famous clam chowder that I love and John had shrimp while we looked out over the bay. Afterwards I ambled through some of the artsy shops down on the waterfront.</div>
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These kitchy little clocks in one shop caught my eye. The base is a small bread loaf pan. The elephant's trunk is made out of bottle caps. The bat's antennae and feet are made from spoons and forks.</div>
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I think the dragonfly's head might be a sardine can with numerous pans and lids for body and tail and spatulas for wings.</div>
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Monkey with bottle cap ears, spoons for hands and forks for legs.</div>
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These seal sculptures are the theme all around town.</div>
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The azaleas are gorgeous. We huddled up in the camper on Sunday, but Monday we ventured out in the rain again to go to the buffet at Three Rivers Casino. We had a coupon for $10.00 worth of free play, so after we ate, we decided to give it a go. Being complete novices at this gambling stuff, it took us a while just to figure out how to get our free credits in the machine and then we had no idea how to play. So we just kept pushing different buttons and watching all kinds of symbols flashing around, having no idea what we were doing. However, we could see our credit balance getting lower and lower. All of a sudden we started seeing all kinds of lights and hearing lots of bells and such, so we figured it must be good. When it finally stopped, we had won $47.00. We cashed it in and left, laughing all the way at how totally stupid we were.</div>
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Tuesday more rain, but we went to the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum in town, named for the river and valley here. This is an Edison Standard Phonograph 1888 to 1892. You placed the cylinders on the machine and cranked the handle to get music.</div>
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This is a Chinese coiffure pillow made out of porcelain to rest your head on so as not to mess up your hairdo.</div>
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Complete chamber set purchased from an estate sale in the 1930's. Pitcher, soap dish, shaving mug, chamber pot and receiver.</div>
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And who knew? A musical TP holder that played <b>O DuLeiber Augustin</b> and <b>Bei der Blonden Kathrein</b>. I remember my Dad singing that first song.</div>
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This was like a shadow box, about 4 inches deep from the wall. It is a music box about 18" x 24" that, when wound, plays music and the baby revolve's from the Padre's arms up toward the heavens and back again. It was found in an abandoned house in California in 1945.</div>
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Down front is a Farberware <i>table crumber</i>, above is the <i>silent butler, </i>dustpans used to catch the crumbs brushed off the table cloth. The Farberware Company was started by tinsmith S.W. Farber in his basement in The Bronx in 1900. They were the first company to introduce a coffee percolater in 1930 and made the first electric fry pan that could be immersed in water in 1954. </div>
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This machine was for sizing eggs.</div>
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Hair holders, choker, brooch, watch fob and necklace made by Isabella Kyle from her own hair, a popular hobby trend of days gone by.</div>
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This Dictaphone was a dictating machine and transcriber used in a doctor's office in 1955. Now we can do it all on a smart phone.</div>
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They had a bunch of campaign buttons, including one for our 6th president, John Quincy Adams.</div>
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Florence Telephone Switchboard 1940 to 1960. This was back in the day of party lines, when people could listen in on other's calls and get all the community gossip. Back then people resented those who listened in and spread their business around town. Now we have Facebook where everyone just skips that middle man and puts all their personal stuff right out there for the whole world to see. </div>
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The phones of long ago had a mouthpiece on the front and a crank on the side, which when turned, rang every telephone on the <i>party line</i> in the early 1920's. Only the party with a given sequence of rings was supposed to answer, such as two longs and a short. You rang the operator to connect to folks outside your own system. The disadvantage was that busy bodies with little else to do, quite often carefully lifted the receiver to listen in. If you heard someone pick up during your call, you were supposed to be courteous enough to cut your call short, so they could have a turn to make a call.</div>
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At the top of the old telephone was a big pull switch connected to the outside lines that entered the house. When the first clap of thunder struck, the person nearest the phone dashed over and yanked the switch. You were led to believe that if you didn't, balls of fire might shoot out of the mouthpiece and sear through the dining room table. Most important was the <i>line call</i>, an uninterrupted cranking for a half minute or so. This prolonged ringing brought everyone on the party line to the phone. It signaled an emergency such as a fire, injury or other life-threatening situation.</div>
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<b>1.</b> Teachers each day will fill lamps and clean chimneys. (I hope that means the chimneys on the lamps.)</div>
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<b>2.</b> Each teacher will bring a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the day's session.</div>
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<b>3.</b> Make your pens carefully. You may whittle tips to the individual taste of the pupils.</div>
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<b>4.</b> Men teachers may take one evening each week for courting purposes, or two evenings if they attend church regularly.</div>
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<b>5.</b> After ten hours in school, the teacher may spend the remainder of the time reading the Bible or other good books.</div>
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<b>6.</b> Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct will be dismissed.</div>
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<b>7.</b> Every teacher should lay aside from each pay a goodly sum of his earnings for his benefit during his declining years, so that he will not become a burden on society.</div>
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<b>8.</b> Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in any form, frequents pool or public halls, or gets shaved in a barber shop will have good reason to suspect his worth, intention, integrity and honesty.</div>
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<b>9.</b> The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without fault for five years will be given an increase of twenty five cents per week in his pay, providing the Board of Education approves. </div>
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Dolls through the 1700's and 1800's were usually wood combined with leather, wax and porcelain. In the 20th century doll making shifted to plastics and polymers, so they could be mass-produced at lower prices. Brown was the dominant eye color until the Victorian Era, when blue eyes became popular, inspired by Queen Victoria. Raggedy Ann was created by American writer Johnny Gruelle in a series of books he wrote and illustrated. He received a patent for his doll in 1915 and introduced her to the public in his 1918 book <b>Raggedy Ann Stories</b>. The sequel <b>Raggedy Andy Stories</b> in 1920 introduced her brother in his sailor suit and hat.</div>
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These are unique. I had never seen them before. The <i>Apple Doll</i> is a North American cultural phenomenon where the doll's head is made from dried apples. The apple is peeled, then carved with facial features. Next it was left to dry for several days or weeks. When completely dry, it was positioned on top of a wire frame which is shaped into the rest of the doll's body and covered by hand-sewn clothing.</div>
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This a 1917 Maytag washing machine that was used until electricity was available in the late 1930's. It has a motor that runs on gas. The person who owned it put gas in it about 20 years ago and had it running. It was a modern marvel in its day.</div>
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The earliest fabric that has ever been found is a pair of hand-knitted woolen socks, found in a tomb in Egypt that was built in the 4th century B.C. The oldest knitting needle is on display in a museum in England, dating from the Iron Age. All knitting was done by hand until 1589 when English clergyman William Lee invented a machine that could knit stockings. Queen Elizabeth refused a patent at that time on the grounds that it would put hand knitters out of work. However, the machine was sold in other countries.</div>
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Dragon fruit or pitaya is the fruit of several cactus species indigenous to the Americas. I saw it in the grocery store, but I'm not sure how you eat it or serve it. Wednesday we went to the movie Going in Style which was very funny. Thursday we moved to Neskowin Creek RV Resort just a few miles north of Lincoln City, Oregon where it continued to rain. These are pictures of some unusual plants at our campground.</div>
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Saturday the sun finally came out, so we drove north up along the coast. We drove through Pacific City, Oceanside, and did the Three Capes Drive, ending up in Tillamook for some of their famous ice cream and some cheese to take home.</div>
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The marshy fields and pastures were covered with these pretty yellow flowers. I found out later it is called skunk cabbage. It is a carnivorous plant and it is edible. These are lots of recipes on the internet for how to fix it.</div>
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It rained about 12 days out of the 14 days we were on the coast here. Saturday we drove north on scenic Highway 101. It is a winding drive through small coastal communities with waysides and parks for spectacular vistas. We took the <i>Three Capes Loop</i> connecting Cape Kiwanda, Cape Lookout and Cape Meares. No RVs or trucks allowed on this very narrow, winding loop. We stopped at Winema Wayfinding Point to look for whales, but didn't spot any. Almost any pull-off along here is supposed to be good for spotting gray whales in winter and spring as they migrate north or south.</div>
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After Three Capes Drive, we came back to the main road and dairy country. We drove into Tillamook to the factory to taste their famous cheese curds, had some of their delicious ice cream and bought some cheese to bring home. We also bought some of their ice cream a couple days later at the grocery store when we were closer to home, so it wouldn't melt. When the milk arrives at the Tillamook factory, it is turned into cheese or ice cream within 24 hours. They make approximately 170,000 pounds of cheese daily, 60 million pounds per year. Every week they package approximately one million pounds of cheese in Tillamook. They also make cheese at a second factory in Boardman down on the Columbia River Gorge.</div>
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Monday night we met up with John's cousin and wife for fish, shrimp and clam chowder at Dory Cove. Tuesday David and Karen took us on a little tour of the area. Our first stop was here at Devil's Lake right in Lincoln City to look for bald eagles, but we didn't see any.</div>
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Then we drove south to the town of Depoe Bay, the world's smallest harbor. It was named for Charles DePoe, a Joshua Indian from the Coast Reservation who, with family members, received allotments of land in 1894 when the reservation was closed. The town was formed in 1927, the same year the Depoe Bay Bridge was completed.</div>
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Just behind them below the rock wall. The central coast is a land of contrasts with coastal rain forest, beautiful beaches, dramatic capes, headlands and mountains edging the sea and waves breaking on beaches, crashing onto rocky headlands or churning in basalt chasms.</div>
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On the street next to us was this little old Porsche with a stuffed tweetie bird fastened to the suitcase on the back and TWETPIE on the license plate. Right across the street next to the taffy shop was the <i>Hi Cascade Premium Cannabis</i> shop, one of many you'll spot in all the little towns along the coast.</div>
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We stopped at Boiler Bay State Park Scenic Viewpoint. We were standing at the fence that had many signs warning you not to go past the fence, when these four young people jumped the fence and headed out on the rocks. There is another fenced off area out there on the rocks where a huge hole goes straight down to the ocean.</div>
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They just walked right out to the very edge. We didn't stick around for the accident that was just waiting to happen. Spouting horns are formed by the eroding or weaker material, or the presence of lava tubes withing the coastal rock formations, causing the pulse of the sea to be released and thrown skyward. These spectacular display vary with the power of the waves.</div>
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This is Fogarty Creek running out to the ocean.</div>
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This is a really nice beach with some nice quiet spots protected from the wind.</div>
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Only four other people here, a very quiet and secluded beach.</div>
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Wednesday we met in Lincoln City again for lunch, this time at Mo's for more fish, shrimp and their famous clam chowder. This is the view of the bay out the window. They have a really nice beach here, also. Then David and Karen came back to the campground and crawled in a window for us and helped us take apart our door lock, as something had broken off inside and we couldn't get the door open to get back in. We had to tie the door shut and stop in Portland at Camping World and get a new one when we left on Thursday.</div>
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There were about 30 or 40 of the cutest bunnies running wild at our campground, which was an unexpected treat for our Easter weekend there.</div>
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Our grandkids were waiting at the door to run out and see us when we arrived here in Helena about 10:30 today, Friday, April 21st. We will be here until June 10th, so probably not much blogging until next fall. Have a great summer everybody. We hope to see some of you along the way this summer.</div>
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Thursday, March 23rd, my baby's 40th birthday, we arrived at Coast to Coast Catalina Spa and RV Resort in Desert Hot Springs. Friday we drove over to the <b>General Patton Memorial Museum</b>. The situation in North Africa was critical and America had to send its best, that meant Patton.</div>
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February 4, 1942 Major General George S. Patton, Jr. was designated Commanding General of a Desert Training Center. He selected an 18,000 square mile area of the California and Arizona desert, the largest military installation and maneuver area the world had ever known. Temperatures were often 120 or more in the shade, which was seldom available. Rainfall averaged less than 2 inches annually. Camp Young at Chiriaco Summit east of Palm Springs was selected as Patton's base camp and headquarters. There were 12 divisional camps of 15,000 men each. At the height of the operation there were 190,000 men using 27,000 vehicles, including tanks and half-tracks, 1,200 artillery pieces, 100,000 tents, 400,000 cots and 300,000 gas cans.</div>
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The museum is at Camp Young where the extreme climates varied from 130 degrees in summer to below freezing in winter and included sand storms and flash floods. The troops lived in tents with wood floors, no electricity, and none of the amenities of other stateside training installations. Rattlesnakes and scorpions crawled into sleeping rolls and boots. Going to the latrine at night was a daunting task, since there were frequently rattlers crawling about. Water was rationed to one canteen per day. It took several weeks to get used to the desert living on only a gallon of water a day. Patton's training regime required all men to run a mile in ten minutes with full pack and rifle by the end of a month. Men were required to take three salt tablets per day, but most actually ate dozens to fend off heat prostration, cramps and weakness. The harsh environment taught them how to survive in North Africa. By 13 weeks they were the best conditioned men on the front.</div>
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Rock-Ola Juke Box used by the soldiers from Camp Young in the Cafe at Chiriaco Summit.</div>
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1st Lt. Mabel Emily Howe Cornwell (U.S. Army Nurse Corp) and Sgt. Gale Thomas Cornwell (U.S. Army Airborne) were the only mother and son to serve in combat in the European Theater of Operations during WWII. He was 16 when he enlisted and she was 46 when this picture was taken a few days before D-Day. Both served with Patton's 3rd Army. He also served as a helicopter pilot in Korea and all three of his sons served in Vietnam.</div>
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"<i>Rosie the Riveter</i>" poster by J. Howard Miller was based on Rose Monroe, a worker at Willow Run aircraft plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The original was done by Norman Rockwell for the cover of the <b>Saturday Evening Post</b> May 29, 1943. The cover was an enormous success and stories about real life <i>Rosies</i> began appearing in papers across the country. The government took advantage of the popularity of <i>Rosie</i> and embarked on a recruiting campaign of the same name. It brought millions of women out of the home and into the work force and sold many war bonds. It is still considered the most successful government advertising campaign in history.</div>
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Skeletons of Camp Young. Canvas was used over frameworks like these mounted on a jeep to simulate tanks used for training maneuvers.</div>
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The training center was not only designed to train troops, but also for developing new techniques and testing equipment and weapons for desert warfare. The terrain was far worse than anything in Libya or Mesopotamia.</div>
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Remains of one of the chapels from the camp. Major General Walton H. Walker assumed command of the center upon Patton's departure Aug. 2, 1942. Over one million men were trained before its closing April 30, 1944.</div>
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A few flowers on the desert drive back to Desert Springs. I think the yellow ones are called Paper Daisies.</div>
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The purple ones are Sand Verbena and the other is one of the many varieties of Desert Dandelions.</div>
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We also drove through the town of Twenty-Nine Palms on our way back to camp. They have many murals like this one with plaques telling about the history of their town.</div>
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Views from our campground.</div>
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Sunday, March 26th, we moved to Thousand Trails Soledad Canyon RV Resort at Acton, California just north of Los Angeles.</div>
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They claim to have the largest swimming pool in the West, whatever that means, plus a splash park for kids, but it wasn't open yet for the season. They also have another very nice pool and hot tub that is for adults only when this one is open. I used the hot tub, but the pool was very cold.</div>
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Wednesday we went to the <b>Autry Museum of the American West</b> in Griffith Park, across the street from the Los Angeles Zoo. Born in 1907, Gene Autry was a popular singing cowboy whose career spanned 60 years and multiple industries. He endorsed a variety of products from guitars and cap guns to books and clothing, most marketed to adolescent boys and girls. He appeared in 93 feature films and made 635 recordings, more than 300 of which he wrote or co-wrote. Between 1940 and 1956 his radio show broadcast weekly over CBS Radio Network. He was known as <i>America's Favorite Cowboy</i> and the museum opening in 1988 was the realization of his dream to build a museum to interpret the history and heritage of the West. </div>
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There are murals around the main foyer. Recognize anyone?</div>
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The Pony Express was an ultra fast, but short-lived mail service. The 1,900 mile route began in Missouri and ran through Wyoming and Utah crossing the Sierra Nevada mountain range to Sacramento. The riders exchanged horses at over 180 stations and the journey took between nine and ten days, for which they were paid $25 per week, compared to the going rate of $1.00 per week for skilled labor. This sculpture "Special Delivery" depicts the critical moment when riders carried Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address from a telegraph station in Nebraska to newspapers in California in the record time of 7 days and 17 hours. The Pony Express lasted only 18 months 1860 to 1861.</div>
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This piece of art was made by Gerald Clark, Jr. from squashed beer and pop cans and was made to honor the tradition of Cahuilla basket weaving and to highlight today's problems with alcoholism and diabetes within the tribe and in the general public.</div>
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The Autry's collection of "<i>The Handgun That Won The West</i>" is one of the finest in the world. Colt's Single Action Army Model Revolver was used by pioneers, peace officers, gunslingers, outlaws, cowboys and the military. It is the most successful and recognizable revolver of all time.</div>
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The 1876 Buntline Special Model Revolver was advertised as the <i>World's Longest Six-Shooter</i>! This toy sold for 69 cents, the gun used in the famous "<b>Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp</b>" TV series on ABC Tuesday nights starring Hugh O'Brian.</div>
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This Los Angeles pattern bar was built by Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company in St. Louis, Missouri in 1900 and was used in Wibaux, Montana for nearly a century. The carved female nudes on the back bar mirror were not commonly used, but saloons, for the most part, catered to men. I'm sure my uncle frequently bellied up to this bar when he lived in Baker and I'm also sure my parents have been there with him on occasion. </div>
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Tobacco and food were commonly available for saloon customers. Cigars, cigarettes and tobacco were usually sold from a separate counter, or <i>cigar apartment</i>. Fancy cigar lighters and trimmers were placed on the counter and cuspidors throughout the saloon. The cigar counter also sold bottled wines and spirits, which sometimes were filled from barrels in the basement. Most saloons offered free refreshments to attract customers. Pickled eggs, crackers, sandwiches, oysters, celery and other salty foods were common.</div>
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According to the Topeka Daily Commonwealth in 1871, saloons had live music both day and night. The five-piece orchestra at the Long Branch in Dodge City, Kansas was a typical band. As high as $7 a day was paid to musicians who were accomplished on several instruments. Coin-operated amusement devices became popular by the turn of the century. For a nickel this Edison Multi Phone (early Juke box) offered a choice of 24 cylinder recordings simply by turning a crank.<br />
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They had lots of miniatures that were used as salesmen's samples back in the day, including plows, hay rakes, windmills, and even coffins.</div>
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The Gold Rush effect on the population left an important legacy. From 1848 to 1855 some 300,000 immigrants came to California from all over the world making the Golden State one of the most diverse populations in the country. Our country's immigrant history is kind of interesting, especially our history with Mexico.</div>
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300,000 people of Mexican descent were living in the American West in 1890 and described themselves as Mexicanos. New Mexico was home to the oldest settlements, colonized in the late 1500's. They settled the towns of San Antonio in 1718 and Laredo in 1755, and Tubac and Tucson in 1751 and 1776. They founded San Diego de Acala in 1769, the first of 21 mission colonies and 4 presidios (military colonies) that extended 500 miles up the California coast by 1819. The Texas Rebellion in 1836 led to its annexation by the United States in 1845. The American invasion of Mexico in May of 1846 began a brutal military campaign that lasted almost two years. Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico was forced to accept the Rio Grande as its border with Texas and surrender nearly half of its territory. The U.S. forced Mexico to sell the present-day states of California, New Mexico, Nevada and parts of Colorado, Arizona and Utah, over one million square miles, for $15 million.</div>
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The earliest Asian communities in the American West were established by emigrants from China during the California Gold Rush. By 1890 nearly 100,000 people of Chinese descent lived throughout the West, the majority in California. Many lived in "Chinatown" districts that were part of cities, mining camps and farming towns.</div>
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In Texas and Indian Territory, African Americans struggled to overcome a history of slavery. In Kansas, Nebraska and the Oklahoma Territory, rural communities formed, eager to escape the legacy of the South and its racial barriers. In such cities as El Paso, Denver, Oakland and Los Angeles, railroads provided employment and aided the formation of urban neighborhoods.</div>
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The last 25 years of the 19th century saw an explosion of settlement in the West. The Homestead Act in 1862, the Desert Land Act in 1877 and the Timber and Stone Act of 1878 made land speculation and settlement possible. Between 1870 and 1900, 430 million acres were settled and 225 million acres were put under cultivation by nearly one million farmers. The new West was dominated by white males and their influence over public law and policy gave them control of the lives of other immigrants and residents.</div>
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This Concord Mail Stage Coach ca. 1855 was driven as part of the California Stage Coach fleet in the Gold Rush era. It held 9 passengers on the inside and the top could hold baggage or as many as a dozen more passengers. Teams of 4 to 6 horses were managed by a driver with an express guard seated next to him. Mail and packages were carried in the leather boot in the rear. The coaches often transported gold to banks. In 1997, after 150 years of use and neglect had turned it almost black from darkening varnish layers, the Autry Museum began careful removal of the varnish, revealing the original paint scheme and details. These coaches came in a wide variety of colors. Some of the California Stage Company coaches were yellow, others were green and a few were red.</div>
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Black Bart robbed 27 California stagecoaches from 1875 to 1882 using an unloaded shotgun. He always left behind crude poetry signed "<i>The Po8</i>". When he left behind a handkerchief as well, the laundry mark led detectives to the culprit, Charles Boles, in a San Francisco boarding house. He served four years in prison. The shotgun he used is in the museum and was exhibited by Wells Fargo at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. They also have one of his hand written poems on display as follows: <i>"Here I lay me down to sleep to wait the coming morrow. Perhaps success, perhaps defeat and everlasting sorrow. I've labored long and hard for bread, for honor and for riches. But on my corns too long you've tred, you five-horned sons of bitches. Let come what will, I'll try it on, my condition can't be worse. And if there's money in that box, tis money in my purse."</i></div>
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Basket ca. 1930 made by a Mono Lake Paiute lady from sedge root, red bud tree and bracken fern root. Originally used for collecting, cooking and storing foods, by the 1930's native baskets had become highly desirable as art objects. This basket is about four feet across and was four years in the making.</div>
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These bison chairs were created in 1842 for Scottish Nobleman William Drummond Stewart for his family estate, Murthly Castle,following his return from a series of frontier adventures. They included the 1837 rendezvous at the mouth of the New Fork River on the Green River in Oregon Country, an annual event that drew fur traders, Indians, French Canadians and trappers from across the Rocky Mountain west to join in "<i>mirth, songs, dancing, racing, target shooting, yarns, frolic and all sorts of extravagances that white men or Indians could invent</i>."</div>
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1896 silver, bronze and gold punch bowl by Tiffany with images of Native Americans, such as the figure wearing a bear claw necklace, were symbols of the wilderness that permeated the Victorian culture on many levels. Wealthy households showed their status by entertaining with lavish serving pieces.</div>
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Both of these sculptures were made at the end of the 19th century, shortly after the U.S. Census proclaimed the frontier officially closed. "<b>The Bronco Buster</b>" 1895 by Frederic Remington shows the triumphant feeling of winning the west, while "<b>End of Trail</b>" 1896 by James Earl Frazier laments its cost, the utter collapse of Native America in its traditional form.</div>
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1948 Indian Chief Roadmaster motorcycle, their top model, was designed as a handsome, comfortable rival to Harley Davidson's heavyweight touring bikes, as American's took to the roads in the years following WWII. Imagine the Indian head on the front fender with the custom-fringed leather work flying in the wind speeding toward the horizon.</div>
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Dale Evans <i>The Queen of the West</i> and Roy Rogers <i>The King of the Cowboys</i> did their first picture, "<b>The Cowboy and the Senorita</b>" in 1944, several years after Roy (an original member of the <i>Sons of the Pioneers</i>) had become a star. They thrilled generations of matinee, radio and, by 1951, television audiences. Most of their costumes were made by Nudie Rodeo Tailors. These and the gun belt with Colt revolvers were donated by Roy and Dale.</div>
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Even Michael Jackson got into the western cowboy look. He wore these specially designed metal cowboy boots to the White House in April of 1990 to receive the "<i>Artist of the Decade</i>" award from President George H.W. Bush.</div>
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He also wore this outfit on March 2, 1977 for an episode of <b>The Jacksons</b>. The set of the TV variety show was decorated like a western saloon and he performed "<i>The Cisco Kid"</i> and "<i>I Shot the Sheriff"</i>.</div>
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Western products for children were a mainstay of American marketing, associated with favorite film, radio and TV heroes of the fictional West. Buck Jones, the Lone Ranger and Gene Autry were among those whose products included <i>cowboy codes</i> listing expectations about the behavior of the young fans. Women and minorities were rarely reflected.</div>
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Quentin Tarantino's 2015 movie <b>The Hateful Eight </b>managed to both celebrate and rebel against the conventions and stock characters that define the western. Members of the film's crew did research at the Autry Museum to ensure historical accuracy. Some costumes and props, including the buffalo coat (left) worn by Kurt Russell were based on objects in the permanent collection. The other costumes were worn by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Samuel L. Jackson.</div>
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Sombrero, gun belt and revolver worn by Chevy Chase and guns and gun belt worn by Martin Short in the 1986 movie, <b>The Three Amigos</b>.</div>
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Gene Autry toys that kids back then wished for. Hopalong Cassidy bought his movie rights for television in 1948. Gene Autry and The Lone Ranger followed soon after. Western series ran from the 1950's through the 1970's. There were 39 prime-time western TV shows in 1959 when there were only three stations.</div>
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After leaving the museum we drove up by Griffith Observatory on the hill overlooking the L.A. skyline.</div>
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Thursday, March 30th, we went to spend six days with John's sister, Kathy, and several of her friends. The following Wednesday, April 5th we drove all day to somewhere in Oregon. Thursday we arrived at our next stop, Florence, Oregon. More about that next time.</div>
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Valentine's Day we moved up to Emerald Cove on the California side of the Colorado River near Parker, AZ. Thursday we drove up to Havasu City to see the movie "<b>Lion</b>" which is based on a true story and was very good. After the show we noticed the sign for <i>Scotty's Broasted Chicken and Ribs</i> and couldn't pass it up. Yum, yum! A week later on Friday we were in Havasu again to see another movie, "<b>The Great Wall</b>" with Matt Damon. Bad movie, don't bother, but we went back to <i>Scotty's</i> for their fish fry, which was very good. </div>
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The following Thursday we went back to Havasu to get our taxes done and see another movie, "<b>Get</b> <b>Out</b>". A very strange movie, sort of reminded me of episodes of "<b>The Twilight Zone</b>". Okay, if you like that sort of thing. On someone's recommendation, we went downtown to <i>Juicy's Restaurant</i> which was very good, and stumbled on a car show.</div>
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Sunday, March 5th we moved to <i>Dead Horse Ranch State Park</i> at Cottonwood, just south of Sedona.</div>
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Monday we headed up to explore the mile high town of Jerome on Cleopatra Hill. It is named for Eugene Jerome, a prominent New York attorney, who invested in a mining venture in central Arizona's Black Hills in 1883. After hearing of the richness of the Arizona copper mines, he and several others formed the United Verde Copper Company. The costs of operating, especially transportation, outstripped profits and the company folded in less than two years. It took the vision and vast financial resources of a new owner, Senator William A. Clark from Montana, to bring a narrow gauge railroad and reduce freight costs. By the early 20th century, United Verde was the largest producing copper mine in the Arizona Territory. About in the center of the picture is Mexican Methodist Church built in 1939 of scrap lumber, mine timbers and discarded dynamite boxes. It was known as the <i>powder</i> <i>box church</i> and is now a private residence.</div>
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About 100 miles of mining tunnels run beneath the city. Workings eventually went down 4,500 feet from the surface. In 77 years it produced 1.4 million tons of copper, 1,702 tons of silver and 46.7 tons of gold with a total market value of $500 million. Tunnel blasting began in 1924 in an effort to loosen more rock. Entire tunnels were packed with 125 to 130 tons of explosives. The blasting shook the very core of Cleopatra Hill. The center of town began to slowly descend down the hill. Many buildings were destroyed before the slippage finally subsided years later. The second largest J.C. Penney store was once here. As the store slipped away from the walk, a plank was extended from the walk to the front door, until the gap became too wide and the store was torn down. The water and sewer lines slowly twisted like pretzels.</div>
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In 1915 Clark planned and built the town of Clarkdale just down the hill from Jerome and built a new smelter there. He made millions and became one of the richest men in America, one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. He was known as an unscrupulous and fearless investor, making money as a miner, merchant, banker and railroad magnate. United Verde became the single richest, privately-owned mine in America. He was also considered the founder of Las Vegas, his railroad bringing prosperity to that area and Clark County, Nevada is named for him.</div>
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Mark Twain's opinion of Montana's senator. He won his senate seat by bribing members of the legislature who, at that time, elected the senators. The U.S. Senate refused to seat him and the governor had to appoint a new senator. Both the governor and lieutenant governor were out of the state at the time, but the lieutenant governor who supported Clark raced back to Montana and promptly appointed Clark to the position. Some things never change. This scandal and similar cases prompted the 17th Amendment granting the right of direct election of senators by the U.S. citizens. In 1901 he finally won an election, more or less legitimately, and spent his time working to advance his own businesses, never even trying to address his promises to the voters. Clark lived at his New York City mansion from 1907 until he died in 1925. It took 13 years to build, cost $7 million and had 121 rooms, 31 bathrooms, 4 art salons, marble hallways, Gothic tapestries and a huge tower. To insure against inferior materials, he purchased a stone quarry, a wood and plaster works and a bronze foundry. It was considered ugly by New Yorkers and torn down 17 years after it was finished. He had seven children from two marriages and two of the sons managed the Jerome properties after his death. His daughter, Huguette, just died in 2011. She has an odd, but interesting story. Check it out on the internet.</div>
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In 1912 James S. Douglas opened the Little Daisy Mine right next to United Verde. By 1916 Jerome had two bonanza mines. Copper production peaked in 1929, but the Depression and low grade ore deposits reversed the fortunes of the town. The Little Daisy shut down in 1938. Phelps Dodge took over the United Verde, but loss of profits brought the operation and Jerome's mining days to an end in 1953. The population of Jerome peaked at 15,000 in 1929 and dropped to 100 after the mine closed in 1953. In the 60's the Hippies started moving in and turned it into an artists colony of sorts. There are about 500 residents today. The Douglas Mansion in the pictures above and below is now the <i>Museum of Jerome State Historic Park</i> about the town and its mining history.</div>
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The mansion was built in 1916 on a hill just above the Little Daisy Mine with all materials purchased in Arizona and the adobe bricks made on site. It is 8,700 sq. ft. and cost $150,000 and is one of the largest adobe dwellings in the country. It has a very good video and beautiful views of the Verde Valley. He designed the house as a hotel for mining officials and investors, as well as for his family. It had a wine cellar, billiard room, marble shower, steam heat, electricity and a central vacuum system.</div>
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This is part of a set of Royal Crown Derby China from England that once belonged to Mrs. Leonard Jerome, mother to the infamous Jenny Jerome Winston Churchill's mother. Investor Eugene Jerome, who the town was named for, was Jenny Jerome's cousin.</div>
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This buggy belonged to Dr. Douglas, James's father, who used it to travel the territory scouting mining claims for Phelps and Dodge Trading Company and made a fortune getting in on the ground floor of several famous mines. It was used in 1955 by RKO Studios in the filming of the movie "<b>Oklahoma</b>" near Elgin, Arizona.</div>
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This is for my brothers who worked for Ingersoll Rand. A slusher hoist made by Ingersoll Rand, a scraper and double-drum hoist. By pulling on cables, the scraper can be moved back and forth, scraping material into an ore car or skip. A far cry from the Bobcats they build today.</div>
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It is definitely a ghost town, just an open air museum of left over mining equipment to wander through.</div>
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Hotel Conner built in 1898 was billed as "<i>second to none</i>" in the Southwest, elegantly furnished and carpeted with each room featuring a call bell and electricity. Rooms rented for $1.00 a night. Jerome from 1899 to 1900 with 4,000 residents, was known as the <i>Wicked City</i> or the <i>Wickedest</i> <i>Town in America</i>, a lawless town of wild women and hard drinking men....a place where bordellos, saloons and dance halls lined the streets and wages were wasted in wicked pursuits, according to the <b>Arizona</b> <b>Republic</b> and the <b>New York Sun</b>. At the time, there were almost as many people in Jerome as there were in Phoenix. The legendary Madam Jenny Bauter came from Belgium in 1896. Her first building burned down in 1897 and the second in 1898. Her third building still stands and was the first in town to have a concrete sidewalk. When she was murdered in 1905, she was the wealthiest woman in the Arizona Territory. Much of the <i>Red-light District</i> was on Hull Avenue, the road just below Main Street. In 1913 reformers passed an ordinance restricting houses of ill-fame from being located downtown. Citizens showed their disdain for the law by naming the alleyway from Main Street to Hull Avenue <i>Husband's Alley.</i></div>
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The Bartlett Hotel was built of brick in 1901, but became unstable with the slides of the 1930's and was abandoned in the 1940's and sold for salvage in the 1950's. What is left of it is now closed off with wrought iron fencing with a variety of interesting receptacles arranged inside, so people can toss coins for luck. Receptacles include an outhouse, toilet, chamber pot, wheel barrow, feeding trough, etc. So you are literally throwing your money down the toilet.</div>
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We drove up to check out the scenic viewpoint above Jerome. We could see Cottonwood down in the valley from here. The Jerome Mining District is in the middle of what was once one of the richest outcroppings of copper ore in the world and produced over $4 billion in recovered metals. We were only about 30 miles from Prescott over the mountains from here, so we decided to go check it out.</div>
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It was a little cool and snowy going up over the pass.</div>
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But the roads were good and it was nice again when we got down to Prescott. Meanwhile our next two weeks in Casa Grande and Yuma averaged 95 degrees! Way too hot.</div>
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This is the Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott. They have a timeline of their history carved into the sidewalk way back to the 1400's. Barry Goldwater and his uncle, Morris Goldwater, whom he nominated as <i>Man of the Century</i> at Prescott's centennial in 1964 while running for president, are both on this timeline, another interesting story. The statue in front of the courthouse is "<b>Rough Rider Bucky O'Neill</b>" done by Solon Hannibal Borglum, half-brother to the man who did Mount Rushmore. Their father was a Mormon in Idaho Territory with multiple wives. It is among his greatest works and acclaimed by art critics as one of the finest equestrian monuments in the world. He was known as <i>America's First Cowboy Sculptor</i> and he portrayed the western epic in marble and bronze.</div>
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Beautiful grounds and brick walkways around and crisscrossing the square. Prescott was founded in 1864 on Granite Creek, a source of placer gold. It was named for William Hickling Prescott, Eminent Historian. He was an appointee of Abraham Lincoln to the first Territorial Capitol of Arizona.</div>
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I like the moral of this dog's gravestone on the grounds.</div>
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This 1990 statue is in recognition of the ranching heritage of the people of Yavapai County. The Governor's Mansion and museum complex is just two blocks west of here, but we didn't have time for that today.</div>
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Back in Cottonwood, we made a quick stop at DQ for some take home ice cream. This shop across the street is very typical for the area. Our friends, Jim and Claudia, came down from Sedona to meet us for supper at the Tavern Grille in old downtown Cottonwood and stopped out at our camper for dessert, Brandy Alexander with ice cream. Mmm, mmm!</div>
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Tuesday we drove up to Sedona to do some hiking with them. Sedona is definitely my favorite place to go hiking. It's so beautiful and usually cool, but it was pretty warm this day.</div>
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We saw mountain bikers several times. It's just crazy where they will go.</div>
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We sat under a shade tree and had a little picnic with the sandwiches we brought.</div>
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There's proof we actually made it up here.</div>
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Of course, we could have taken the Pink Jeep Tours, but we didn't.</div>
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We hiked Marg's Draw Trail and Broken Arrow Trail in Mund's Mountain Wilderness.</div>
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Me and Claudia having a little chat with Albert Einstein at Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village in Sedona while the guys were having a beer. Hmm, seems like all the men in this arrangement were smarter than us. There are shops, restaurants and galleries here and weddings, cultural events and traditional festivals are held in the courtyards.</div>
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Wednesday, March 8th we went to the new Copper Art Museum in the 1928 Clarkdale High School. Founded in 1912, Clarkdale was senator Clark's greatest venture, costing him $6 million. He chose the site for a massive expansion of the United Verde Copper Company to provide housing and services for 7,000 employees. It was the first master-planned community in the state of Arizona on a ridge overlooking his new industrial smelter complex, the world's most modern copper smelter from 1915 to 1953. The "5 C's" of Arizona's economy are copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate. They were the leading producer of copper for over 100 years, thus their nickname <i>The Copper State</i>. From 1863 to the present they have produced over 125 billion pounds of copper, about 10% of the world's production, the 6th largest producer in the world, about 2 billion pounds per year. The U.S. is the 4th largest producer of copper in the world, 1.5 million tons per year compared to 16 million tons in the world.</div>
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On the Arizona flag, the copper star represents Arizona as the largest copper producer in the nation with the 13 rays from it representing the 13 original colonies and symbolizing Arizona's western setting sun. The red and yellow colors are in reference to the flag of the Spanish Expeditions that searched for the <i>Seven Cities of Cibola</i> (gold). The blue portion symbolizes liberty.</div>
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Copper conversation tub. Check out the built-in wine bucket. Scientists believe that copper particles were among the debris that formed the earth 4.5 billion years ago. Humans first discovered copper about 9,000 B.C. Only copper and gold occur as native metals in large amounts, such as nuggets of pure metal found lying about. Copper-based minerals such as azurite, malachite, chrysocolla and turquoise have bright bluish-green color that is easy to see. Copper is heavy and when polished is a reddish color. Copper and gold can form in pure nuggets, other metals form in ore. Copper, like gold, is a metal that will not disintegrate over billions of years. There are 88 metals known to man. Only copper and gold have color. All others are shades of gray. Bronze and brass are alloys, a mixture of copper and another metal.</div>
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Intimidating mask on the back side of a copper helmet. Copper was the first element to be discovered, followed closely by gold. The Egyptians were the first to make extensive use of copper. some of the pharaohs were the first to have indoor plumbing, using copper pipes. Copper pipes were found still in serviceable condition after 5,000 years in the Great Pyramid of Giza. Not sure why they needed plumbing in the afterlife. St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim, Germany was built with a copper roof in 1031 and lasted over 900 years until it was destroyed during WWII. Of course, the building was still standing, too, after 900 years. I wonder if any of the buildings in this country will still be standing after 900 years.</div>
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Beautiful, shiny, stamped copper ceilings. The Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. was constructed with a copper roof. The hulls of Columbus's ships in 1492 has a copper skin-like coating to protect them from barnacles and accumulation of organisms and algae on wet surfaces. The Statue of Liberty has an almost one inch thick copper skin. Copper is one of the most important minerals needed for life. It has been used for thousands of years as a form of medicine and sterilization and as an unproven remedy for arthritis pain and other ailments. Copper-bottomed pans provide more uniform heating, but renowned chefs prefer solid copper for its immunity to rust. Beer, wine, water and other liquids were stored in copper as a way to sterilize it, as copper piping aids in the sterilization of water. 92% of the breweries in the U.S. brew their beers and ales in copper.</div>
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The <b>Spring Temple Buddha</b> in Henan, China was completed in 2008 and is currently the largest statue in the world. Made from 1,000 tons of copper, it is 502 feet tall, taller than a 50 story building. The<b> Christ of the Abyss</b> bronze statue was submerged in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy in 1954 in water 50 feet deep. It weighs 7,000 pounds and stands 8 foot tall. There are two similar statues off the coast of Grenada and Florida. I really think there must be a better, more humanitarian use for all that copper, but what do I know?</div>
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Before records were produced on vinyl, a <i>mother copy</i> or <i>master</i> had to be made. Many times they were made of copper from 1930 to 1995. The masters were then used to create stampers that were used to stamp the form onto a lump of hot vinyl.</div>
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After the copper museum we went to Tuzigoot National Monument at Cottonwood. Humans have lived in Verde Valley for 13,000 years. Around the year 1300 there were 6,000 to 8,000 natives living in this area in a complex network of villages. It was a great farming area with a reliable source of water from the river. They lived on hilltop sister villages, avoiding the mosquitoes and floods next to the river, not wasting the good farmland, with good views between their villages. Tuzigoot is the only one that has been extensively excavated, done by the WPA and CWA starting in 1934. From the years 1000 to 1400 at least 40 large villages flourished in Verde Valley. Tuzigoot housed 225 people at its peak. There were 110 rooms here, the first built 900 years ago. Few things were as widely desired as the products from the agave plant. Economic development was literally tied to this plant. Woven leaves cushioned feet and body and leaf fiber was twisted into strong twine. The hearts were roasted, making a sweet food with calories equal to corn. Today, of course, we make a much more important product from it...tequila for making margaritas!</div>
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Distant view of the mile-high town of Jerome from Tuzigoot. They don't know the actual name of the people who lived here. Tuzigoot, meaning <i>crooked water</i> for the bend in the Verde River here, was suggested by an Apache man who worked on the excavation crew. More than 400 graves have been unearthed here. Today tribes must be consulted when remains are discovered and efforts made to avoid disturbing burial grounds. One necklace found here was 12 feet long and had 3,295 beads. Imagine the patience! Maybe it was made by a retiree like me with nothing better to do.</div>
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That evening we went to the <b>Blazin' M Ranch Dinner Show</b> right next to our campground. This sign was next to the entrance.</div>
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They had a little western village with saloon and other shops and a neat little wood craft museum. This is a scene of Robert E. Lee surrendering to Grant at Appomattox.</div>
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Sign on the gallows: Public Hangings - High Noon, Weddings - 3:00 P.M. Out with the old, in with the new?</div>
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Little tour of the farm to see the animals. John was really excited to be back down on the farm. One of his favorite TV shows is "<b>Green Acres</b>".</div>
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Pony, llama and burrow. They also had geese, peacocks, horses, cows, goats and a cute little pig. A sign at the barn said, "<i>Oatsmobile run forever</i>". I guess that might be true, as long as you can afford the oats.</div>
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And I got to go back to my roots, too! Saloon Girl. In the early days of saloons, whiskey was pretty wicked, made from raw alcohol and burnt sugar and a little chewing tobacco. (I remember my Grandpa making homemade schnapps that way, but I don't think he put in any tobacco.) The whiskey had names like <i>tanglefoot, tarantula juice, red eye </i>and<i> coffin varnish</i>. <i>Cactus wine</i> was also popular, made from a mixture of tequila and peyote tea. <i>Muleskinner</i> was made with whiskey and blackberry liquor. The most popular term was <i>firewater. </i>It originated when early traders sold whiskey to Indians and demonstrated its high alcohol content by pouring some on the fire to watch it blaze.</div>
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The majority of regulars drank straight rye or bourbon. To prove a man wasn't a sissy, he was often forced to swallow a fifth of 100 proof at gun point "<i>for his own good</i>". Saloons also served beer, but it was room temperature. It wasn't until the 1880's that Adolphus Busch introduced artificial refrigeration and pasteurization to the U.S. brewing process, launching Budweiser as a national brand. Many old west mining camps became more well known for gun fights over card games than their lodes of gold and silver. Taking swift action became part of the gambler's code: <i>Shoot first and ask questions later.</i></div>
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Thursday we moved to Leisure RV Resort in Casa Grande to spend a few days with my friend, Julie, on her first excursion south as a new snowbird. Friday we showed her around Tucson a bit and had lunch at El Charros in old downtown Tucson, a very cool restaurant and yummy. Saturday we met up with Julie's friends, Darla and Ernie, for lunch. We also had friends from Des Moines, Earl and Cindy, drop by for a visit Monday, which we enjoyed very much. On Tuesday we took them out to the Casa Grande National Monument...</div>
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and went to BeDillons Cactus Gardens Restaurant for lunch. It was built as a private home in 1917 by a nobleman from Germany. His father was head of the German Army during WWI. The BeDillons bought it in 1964 and hosted several hundred weddings here. It has been open for 25 years and has been featured in the <b>Phoenix Home and Garden</b> magazine,<b> Arizona Highways</b> and four times in the <b>Arizona Republic</b>.</div>
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A very unusual kind of cactus that I had not seen before.</div>
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It's a very nice place with good food and reasonable prices and a small antique museum.</div>
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There were several of these Peruvian Retablos in one of the shops. In colonial times, when Muleteers transported goods between tiny Andean towns, they would seek divine protection on their hazardous journeys by carrying these small, portable altars to their patron saint, San Marcos. They depicted life in the Andes with portrayals of regional festivals, traditions and religious feasts.</div>
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From Tubac, we drove a few more miles south to visit my old friend and classmate, Judy (aka Nicieen) since the second grade at Avalon Organic Gardens and Eco Village.</div>
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They have a half dozen emus here.</div>
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And a few llamas. This is Daddy Llama.</div>
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They also have a half dozen horses and cows and some goats, from which they make goat cheese to sell at the farmer's market in Tubac along with all the vegetables and fruit they raise. They also sell all sorts of arts and crafts in Tubac and run a holistic spa, hospice and legal center for the needy.</div>
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Some of their art projects and a couple young men from Brazil, I believe, working on a gardening project.</div>
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On our way back to Tubac we stopped at <b>Tumacacori Mission National Historic Park</b> in the Santa Cruz River Valley.</div>
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Mexican Poppies.</div>
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The indentations in the wall around the cemetery for the 14 stations of the cross. After the priests left here, treasure hunters vandalized the graves and cattle were corralled her. No markers remain from the early graves. When peace came to the valley, the dead were again interred here, the last one in 1916.</div>
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Thursday we headed back to Yuma Lakes where the temps continued to average around 95 for a second week. The following Wednesday, March 22nd, we headed to Desert Hot Springs for a few days and Sunday to Soledad Canyon RV Resort for a few days, before spending a few days with John's sister and heading north up the Oregon coast for a few more days with John's cousin.</div>
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More about that next time and we will probably be back in Montana with the grandkids by the time I get that all posted.<br />
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Signs of the Day<br />
Notice: Department requires no physical fitness program. Scientific research studies have shown that humans get the required amount of exercise by <b>jumping</b> to conclusions, <b>dodging</b> their responsibilities, <b>flying</b> off the handle, <b>running</b> down the boss and <b>pushing</b> their luck.<br />
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John just wants to know: If a man speaks in the desert where no woman can hear, is he still wrong?<br />
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I just want everyone to know: I'm not bossy, I just have better ideas!</div>
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Happy Spring Everybody,</div>
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Tarra </div>
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