Some Life Lessons at 5840
1.) Middle aged people are not the only ones who feel the altitude. Dogs, too, have to get acclimated and are great to bring along on mountain hikes as they provide… Continue reading
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Natural Experiences
“…we’ve not merely escaped from something but also into something…we have joined the greatest of all communities, which is not that of man alone but with everything which shares with us the great… Continue reading
All is Well.
We are here. Life is good. It has been a busy week. We arrived last Saturday and unpacked our zillion boxes, settled our rooms, crammed summer reading, finished school forms, attended orientation at… Continue reading
Mellow in Montana
We’ve enjoyed two days of rest from our travels-decompressing at a friends’ ranch in Montana. They took us up into the hills to see an old “buffalo jump;” an area where Native Americans … Continue reading
Awe Inspiring
We spent 10 hours and made our way from Rapid City to West Yellowstone with stops at some pretty spectacular displays of nature along the way: Devils Tower, Big Horn National Forest, Old… Continue reading
Westward Ho
Sitting on a rooftop watching shooting stars in Rapid City, South Dakota. All is well. We’ve watched the landscape change from endless miles of corn and wind towers to grasslands to Badlands and… Continue reading
The eve of…
Phew. Well even if the forest fires prevent us from getting to Sun Valley, our house in Illinois is immaculate, our photos organized, papers sorted, itunes accounts stocked. I’ve got an ointment and… Continue reading
Raw Material
Packing up. A strange experience, particularly when you are leaving for a year. You get the benefits of a move: excitement, farewell drinks, well wishes without the sadness of real goodbyes. One of… Continue reading