Yellowstone! 2017

  

May 16 - 21, 2017

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone is the 1st National Park, with 2.2 million acres with hot springs and majestic mountains to wildlife, rivers and lakes.   

We stayed at Fishing Bridge which requires hard sided vehicles because, bears. The closer (and higher) we went, the more snow we saw. 

The park is overwhelming. 

If I can revisit any place I've been, this would be it.

We were snowed in the second day and lost water and electric, but  fortunately we are self-contained so we were snug and warm. They had the roads cleared by the next mid-morning, so we were on our way to explore.

Hot springs everywhere!

 

We were lucky to see Old Faithful erupt before we left.

Scenery

 

   

Animals, Lowlands

  

I tried to find the most memorable pictures to post.  After awhile I just started putting up pictures becauseI have so many great shots.

We spent the summer of 2017 in Idaho, so there are lots more pictures of our adventures. Hint: the Eclipse, St Anthony dunes, Mesa Falls, to name a few. 

On Our Way to Whitney Point NY

July 11, 2016
We were finally released from Seffner FL on Monday and decided to make our way up to Whitney Point NY.

We all know this place, yeah.

OMG hills!

We boondocked along the way and made it to Chenango Valley State Park on Friday.We stayed for a week, but we spent most of our time going to doctor appointments and the warehouse.  We took back bedding that came with the coach, and took out things we wished we had brought.  Most of the time, we just did errands since we don't expect to be back in the area anytime soon. 

We went past the house, but drove quickly... 

Do I miss it?  

No...

Snowy Winter and other stuff

I've been busy and very neglectful of you, Blogger.  I apologize.  So here are a few pics to update you on what I've been up to.

Making color samples: 

examining footprints in the snow:

hauling wood for the stove

Relaxing (daughter and friend)  I only go out at night

Enjoying the snow

homemade soup and English muffins.

Settling In

Well, I think I am finally starting to settle in for the long cold winter.  It has been snowing for the past few days, and it's here to stay.  It's only 10 right now and not going above freezing anytime soon, probably not until spring.  The wood stove is working 24/7 keeping us cozy.  In the evenings we go down and haul up wood every hour so we have enough to last through the night and next morning.  We just made our last trip and it was bitter outside even though the woodpile is right outside the downstairs door under the deck.  Tonight I saw fairly big  footprints in the snow (not big enough for a bear, thank goodness).  I'm going to do some research to find out what animal they are.  We've seen deer, turkeys, foxes, rabbits, the usual.  Nothing exotic.  Neighbors tell us there are a few bear around.

Yesterday and today I spent organizing and filing mountains of paper in my office.  It's a New Year's Day tradition.  If I'm slightly hungover, it's something quiet I can do to keep busy and start the New Year off organized.  I'm always so proud when I'm finished.  Soon I will get down to the onerous task of working on my business spreadsheets.  Every year I swear I'm going to keep up with it on a weekly basis, but I never do.  Maybe this year will be different.  Maybe someone will do it for me. 

Luckily, we don't need to go anywhere until grocery shopping next week