Summer Updates

I was in town last week and someone asked me, "Well, are you ready to go back to school?" This isn't an unusual question for the last weeks of July and early weeks of August. And usually my reply is, "Sure- I do great with a routine". But this year I feel like my summer vacation has just started. June is a blur of this, that, and the other, with no real focal point anywhere. It think I mainly cleaned out boxes. But two weeks ago the real fun of summer vacation began. July 10th Charla drove down with her two dogs in tow and stayed a couple of days. We packed and then headed to New Mexico, via Childress to pick up Richard. From there it was a week in southwest New Mexico in the Gila Ntl. Forest- camping, fishing, hiking, star gazing, cooking on the open campfire, star gazing, roasting marshmallows for S'mores......... it goes on and on. Of course, I won't mention the 21 miles of bumpy, winding, dirt road, getting queasy from the hairpin turns, biting flies, pit toilets, no showers..... It really was great!!!!! And if that wasn't enough of a reason not to be ready to go back to school, we are now on a two week trip to Washington state to spend time with Will and Amy. I will write about this trip and add pictures from both trips when we get home. THEN is when I will be ready to "go back to school". See ya!!!!