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It is a beautiful morning here in SW Montana. The sun is rising over the Continental Divide, not a cloud in the sky. I am sipping my tea, watching the elk out my kitchen window. I just finished paying a few bills and thought that I better come and post now before my week gets too busy and my blog was left stagnant. Spring is finally here. I say that with some hesitancy because I know that it can snow here every month of the year; but at some point it just must be spring. We have had pleasant temperatures for the last several days. Highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. Evenings in the 20s and 30s. I think that we have acclimated to this weather because 58 degrees does feel warm. So, for me this weather is just as lovely as the 60s and 70s I would be seeing in Central Oregon. We are starting to see buds on the willows and aspens. The ground is thawing and except for the tree lines that face to the north, we are completely out of snow. We have seen bees, butterflies, and even a few mosquitoes. Over the weekend we found ourselves in Yellowstone again. The weather was so gorgeous. I love being able to spent my weekends in the Park. It wasn't too long ago that I was only able to be there just in the late spring and early fall. Now I get to see the Park in every season. It is a dream. This past weekend I was treated with getting to watch two grizzly bears wrestle in the snow. They weren't fighting, just playing. My guess is that it was a couple of 2-3 year old siblings, recently excused from mama's side. It may have been a courting pair, but it is just a tad too early for that kind of behavior...but you never know. Grizzly bear cubs stay with their mothers for two or three years until the sow has new cubs. Sissy blew out her knee while hubby was taking some pictures on the Madison River. She was jumping from rock to rock when she tripped and knocked her knee cap right on the point of a rock. She spent most of yesterday with her knee iced and elevated. Poor girl could hardly walk. If I hadn't had my own knee mishap two summers ago I think I would have taken her straight to the ER, but with lessons learned I am using essential oils to help with pain and and letting her body heal itself. With only eight days until our Virginia trip we are really starting to change gears. School books have been put away and we are digging into our to do lists. I am so thankful for the nicer weather today as I will be able to get out and clean the chicken coop and get it weather proofed. I am also baking more bread and trying to get through heap of laundry that accumulated over the weekend. We will be taking a packing/camping trip into the Tetons this weekend. I haven't feasted my eyes on those mountains since last summer and with Grand Tetons National Park finally opening I just had to see those mountains before I left. So, on Thursday we will leave for YNP and GTNP and be there until Sunday or Monday. Monday we will come home briefly to unpack camping gear and pack for our trips. We drive to Spokane where we will part ways with hubby. He will head for Seattle and the kids and I will go to Virginia. We have so much fun waiting for us in Virginia. My grandmother (the other have of my recently lost Grandpa) will be there. I haven't seen her in over 20 years and she has never met my children. My brother and SIL have a new home. Family dinners, historic battlefields, and the beach-some of the things we love the most are just waiting for us. I hope to visit Amish country and maybe even DC...we will see. Well, if you have read this far you must be getting tired of my rambling. Just wanted to catch up my faithful readers and let you know what is going on here in beautiful Montana. I will catch you all up again after we are settled in Virginia. Please keep us in your prayers for travel mercies. |
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