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Limitless potential

Posted on January 24, 2025

A few snaps of the past few days – When I texted my brother-in-law this photo, his response was, “Limitless potential.” That’s about perfect. This is the new entry way to our house. Instead of two cracked glass windows held together by essentially stucco walls and a floor full of spiders and what not, now there’s a new door, benches, a new window and drawers for hiding shoes. More room, lit up and insulated and just lovely. When you walk through the door, this is the view: hooks for jackets, a small set of cabinet drawers for gloves and caps, and a shoe-changing bench. I’ll have more complete photos showing the whole deal, before and after, which started last August. It includes a new…

Thanksgiving 2024 & then some . . .

Posted on December 7, 2024

We went up to Bainbridge Island again for Thanksgiving this year. Lisa, Jon and Phoebe were exceptional hosts, and we stayed at a nice Air Be and Be that was within walking distance to their place. Some of things included: a turkey parade, a turkey trot, a ferry ride & visit with my stepmom and brother, a nice run with a friend, a visit to see Phoebe’s horse and watch her work with Willow and some beautiful weather and mountains. Up at Bay Hay & Feed, they have an annual “Turkey Parade,” led by someone holding a tur-key. There was a good crowd and it was fun! Seattle city skyline from across the water. It was a beautiful clear day – so clear that…

Halloween & post event(s)

Posted on November 3, 2024

Nora and I carved pumpkins and roasted the seeds. Halloween evening was a nice, calm evening with several trick-or-treaters stopping by . . . . on Saturday I took Jonah up to Corvallis so he could take the SAT exam and I walked through some lovely neighborhoods as well as found a great coffee shop where I read my books. Finally, today, I ran the Silver Falls Half Marathon, which I have done before (2018). It was a fun day today and I ran well I thought. I came in 5th in my new age group (60-64) out of 20. Which I know does not really mean anything other than who shows up, but showing up is half the battle, as I understand. It…

Montana / Yellowstone National Park

Posted on September 3, 2024

Into Montana, with a brief stop in my mom’s hometown of Butte, then onto Yellowstone where we camped and did some day hikes in the area. It truly is magical. And crowded with people from all the world. Still, quite beautiful and stunning and it brought back so many memories . . . . A slice of downtown, where Copper Kings once roamed . . . Our first hike back in Yellowstone, along the Yellowstone River, near Gardiner, Montana. One of these guys is 20. The other, not so much. 🙂 Norris geyser basin in the morning was full of bright steam and sun. Norris In the evening after dinner we hiked in Hayden Valley, finding a sizable heard of bison. The moms looked…

Train to Minneapolis – 2

Posted on May 30, 2024

This part of our trip found us waking up near Glacier National Park, Montana. We went through the Flathead Tunnel, which is the second longest train tunnel in the lower 48 at 7 miles. We saw beautiful clouds skirting the tops of peaks in Glacier National Park before we moved on the flat Big Sky country of eastern Montana. I should have posted this earlier, but it is a map that shows Amtrak trains and when they are in daylight and when it is nighttime. It’s a good visual of when you can see things, although being up at night and seeing the lights outside is nice as well. Daylight is red, night time is blue. This is just before dark as we headed…