Wyoming

 

 

Well, my pictures are not in the exact order I wanted, but

please meet Nyx (black) and Syko (black and tan).  These

6 month old pure bred shepherds are as different in personality

as build and appearance.  They are about as cute as puppies come!

 

 

This is the view from Maribeth and Rick's deck

looking down the "hill"~

 

~and this is the view from the deck looking up the

"hill" at the rising moon.  We had beautiful weather!

It reminded me of Las Vegas, except cold.  If there

is dry heat (hot is not as hot)...well there is also dry cold (cold is not as cold).

The beauty of the area is remarkable - and my goodness, the sun

shines almost every day!!!

 

And, here we are - the 3 sisters.  We had a truly wonderful

time hanging out together.  This picture was taken in a

delectable little coffee shop in Lander, a nice little town

about 1/3 of the way to Rock Springs.  We stopped to visit

a couple of Maribeth's favorite shops and for a little snack, of course :~)

...and because Maribeth only got permission to go if she took walking breaks on the way. 

 

On the road to Rock Springs.

 

This is the sunset from Malia's front porch.  I am annoyed to

report that this is the only picture I took while we were there :-(

You will have to take my word for it:  Malia's house is really

cute.  Malia is too - and loving her job; her dog, Red, who is

coal black, is a delight.  Megan and Malia made a great dinner for us

and James hung out with the girls for as long as he could stand it.  We talked

and laughed and ate and generally caught up on the news, rehashed old stories, and

watched a good movie.  It was a really nice visit...sure wish I had taken some pictures..

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This is downtown Dubois - if you stand on the pictured side of the street

and take a picture, you pretty much have it all.  Some nice shops, several

good restaurants and, well, not too much more.  Don't blink!  Eleftheria - not

much of a nightlife!

 

Monday evening we went to Rachel's house for dinner.  Yes, we

ate VERY well the whole time we were there.  We also did a

great deal of talking, laughing and story telling.

 

That is Jason, aka Griz, in the chair with his whole

family piled on top of him.  Welcome to the family!

It was great to get to know him and I hope that there will

be opportunities for everyone else in the family to get to know him.

He has worked for the forest service for many years and is a tree and

bug guy - rumor has it he knows his birds also.  For dinner he grilled

elk and venison steaks and oh, my goodness, good eating!!

Rachel made the best bread pudding I've ever had, for dessert - even

made the bread for the bread pudding!

 

Here are our two recovering invalids.  Becky did all the work.

By the time I was there, they were both on the way to recovery.

Pretty sad commentary that it took two surgeries for us to get together,

but also awesome that  "all the planets aligned" and it worked.

I am hoping that Maribeth and Rick's recoveries continue to progress

quickly and that they both are able to do the things not only on their "to do"

list, but also the things on their "bucket list".

 

I took LOTS of pictures like this.  These are two of my favorites.

It was just breath taking.

 

We saw 4 gigantic bull moose on the way to the airport.  We didn't

get pictures of the first two, but lucky for us, we had a friend  in the air traffic

control tower who spotted a couple more and gave us a heads up.  I also saw

a large herd of buffalo, and many smaller herds of antelope and mule deer.

 

It was a great trip.