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come fly with me…

Some of our adventures to/from/at the Magic Pine Forest:
Grateful to travel with my daughter, Cathy…she’s so much fun!
Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport
Old Chicago…best pizza!
Gsons David and Scott…they know where to get pizza :)
Easily going through the TSA
Beautiful day for flying above the clouds…and some of them look like cotton puffs
Transferring at O’Hare
Time change 2 hrs. ahead in Cleveland
Heart hugs with family meeting us…the Best!!
Traveling on those busy interstates…
…actually noticing how courteous the drivers are even though they are speeding along.

Bless Crystal for planning and getting everyone together for a Magic Pine Forest party so that my daughter and I could meet so many of our WLG friends!
It was indeed a privilege to give and receive h u g e hugs with friends I knew would be even more than anticipated!
Carol Bailey Floyd..and her cute red car with Molly license plates!…
…Precious Ruth and her lovely daughter Kylia (who could be a model and resembles her mother)…
…Elizabeth, Kathleen, Jim (the bird man) Joe, Rose…
… Diane (who came on her birthday!) Myra, Tasha, Julie, Elle, Becky, Patricia and daughter who came before her p.j. party that night :)
…Mr. & Mrs. NUF (Cal & Pat) with Mr. NUF adorned in his Nuf cap and shirt…he entertained us all!
My ggdaughter who had a fun fun day with everyone!!…
…Her wonderful Dad who is always quietly in charge :)
Thank You to each and every one of the special friends who took the time to attend this fun event…I realized how far you had to travel and on those busy interstates!
I am Honored to have met every single one of you!

It was overcast this morning and the sun appeared as a perfectly round orange smiley face :)
Three cars, each with dogs inside, parked next to each other … the dogs loudly communicating with each other
David calling to check on us…nice
Cathy taking a road trip to Kalispell
A spa called “Her Alibi”
Garrett’s lemon cukes!
A car with Massachusetts plates…Wow!
Phil mowing lawns
GPa thought he heard geese honking…said, ..”oh oh winter’s on its way.”
Nathan making nice skateboards for his friends.

Only 8 more days until our adventure :)
Preparation…packing…and what the airline allows
Lists and more lists
The really nice girl at the UPS Store…so helpful
Doing the girly thing with Cathy @ Ultra’s new store…
…an array and multitude of colors for all of their products…
oh, and I told them I’d take a couple cases of the anti-aging stuff LOL :)
“Jazz in the Woods” at the Moose Creek Ranger Station
A guy and a gal having fun riding their horses
A huge 4×4 truck with New Hampshire license plates! Now they’re a fur piece from home :)

Family from Oregon are here :)
Were able to gather 12 of us together (oh, and Cookie, too!) for a great lunch and very enjoyable visit :)
Carol’s new puppy, a Lab who avoids the water…imagine that! :)
Amanda has everything ready for her senior year of college.
Wonderful stories in the pics of our Grandson who traveled on his motorcycle from Montana to Nova Scotia and back, crossing into Canada 3 times…
…among others, Minnesota, Michigan, Vermont, NH, Maine (his first Maine lobster)…
…Eastport, ME, the easternmost city in the U.S.!
He said it’s been such a wonderful feeling of appreciation that all of the people he met along the way were very friendly and so kind!!
GSon kept a journal of his more than 8,000 mi. journey :)
Okay……one more :)…… The Mama Cow said to the Baby Cow……It’s pasture bedtime……….. :):)

Clydesdales, gentle giants
Our morning walk…
…and Cookie jumping for joy when we prepare for our walk
A royal baby, Prince George
Making GPa’s fave…choc cake with/choc frosting
Crystal’s mention of Moai…at about the same time we were watching several programs about those monolithic statutes all over the world…interesting, food for thought, speculation and wonder!
Signs on a post in Kuwait showing, among others, distance to Kalispell, MT as 6,984 miles
Thinking about Detroit and the people who live there and sending good visions for them to once again make Detroit a vibrant and lovely city.
Watching Nathan climb on the power mower, place his can of Pepsi in the beverage holder, start the motor, and happily drive down the road to help Phil with mowing.
Where fish put their money…….in the river bank! :) okay okay, I’m outta here now :):)

Hooray! A new modem!!
Computer moving along fast…it seemed like the old dial up, s l o w l y kerplunk kerplunk :)
GPa painting outside early in the a.m.
Nathan, age 10, painting neighbor’s building…good job!
Lettuce for Charlie rabbit
Phil’s cat, Yo Yo, who goes nose to curious and friendly nose with Cookie (our shihtzu)
Cookie’s favorite thing to do…ride in the car :)
Kids on skateboards…such agility and fun!
Brenda’s caregiving
Crystal’s choices

YOUR name!
Our new computer, a real learning challenge
Able to access WLG, hooray!
License plate from Maine…had Lobster written at bottom and a pic of a lobster…they are far from home!
New York license plate…far, yet we do see some NY plates each year
Some people traveling around town on Segways
100th Tour de France
Rodeos
Farmers Markets
“The most important choice I make is the choice I make most important.” -C.Fandrich