The highlight of our past year was our summer vacation to the National Parks of the Desert Southwest. We flew into Las Vegas and toured Zion and Bryce Canyon NPs in UT and the north rim of Grand Canyon in AZ. We had many memorable hikes; one through the Virgin River slot canyon in Zion NP and another to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes in UT. We also enjoyed visiting the ghost town of Grafton in Utah, where the famous "Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head" scene from "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid" was filmed.
Jane and George are still working for the XXX and YYY, respectively. Jane recently traded her lab job for a supervisory regulatory position. Elroy and Judy are seniors in high school this year and working hard at classes. Both are keeping their grades up and staying on honor roll. Judy ran varsity cross-country this fall and Elroy has just started wrestling. He hurt his knee the first week of practice but is okay now. As in summer's past both mowed lawns over the summer to make spending money and this summer also studied for the SAT which they took in the fall. Besides classes, they've spent countless hours filling out forms and writing essays for the college application process. Next year Elroy and Judy will have their own stories to tell about their college experiences.
Last March, Jane and George ran the Greenway Trail Ultramarathon that one of our friends organizes. Extremely icy and muddy conditions conspired to make this the toughest physical challenge we've ever endured. George also ran the Marine Corps Marathon in October, finishing in 4:27, about 5 minutes faster than he ran the MCM in 2001. However, what we've enjoyed most this year is having Elroy and Judy join us on trail runs and we've even begun running races together. Our first "family outing" was an 8K race called the “Run Through the Grapevine” in which the race course wound through a local vineyard. Afterward, Judy thought the hilly course was brutal, Elroy was too tired to speak, but Jane was blissfully happy having won a bottle of wine.
We have a wonderful new cat named Maximus. We came upon him one evening while out walking, lost and obviously distressed (the cat not us), and he followed us home. So I guess he picked us out. After failing to find his original home we decided we could not give him up. He’s got a wonderful personality and is very tolerant of our older pets that are unsure what to think about this energetic new object of their owner’s affections.
The other news is that we’ve just started to add a little more space to our little home. The groundbreaking was just after the Thanksgiving holiday to add a first floor bedroom addition and screened porch on the back of the house. As always, additional details for these stories and more can be found at http://experiencetk.blogspot.com/. Happy Holidays to everyone.
Jane and George are still working for the XXX and YYY, respectively. Jane recently traded her lab job for a supervisory regulatory position. Elroy and Judy are seniors in high school this year and working hard at classes. Both are keeping their grades up and staying on honor roll. Judy ran varsity cross-country this fall and Elroy has just started wrestling. He hurt his knee the first week of practice but is okay now. As in summer's past both mowed lawns over the summer to make spending money and this summer also studied for the SAT which they took in the fall. Besides classes, they've spent countless hours filling out forms and writing essays for the college application process. Next year Elroy and Judy will have their own stories to tell about their college experiences.
Last March, Jane and George ran the Greenway Trail Ultramarathon that one of our friends organizes. Extremely icy and muddy conditions conspired to make this the toughest physical challenge we've ever endured. George also ran the Marine Corps Marathon in October, finishing in 4:27, about 5 minutes faster than he ran the MCM in 2001. However, what we've enjoyed most this year is having Elroy and Judy join us on trail runs and we've even begun running races together. Our first "family outing" was an 8K race called the “Run Through the Grapevine” in which the race course wound through a local vineyard. Afterward, Judy thought the hilly course was brutal, Elroy was too tired to speak, but Jane was blissfully happy having won a bottle of wine.
We have a wonderful new cat named Maximus. We came upon him one evening while out walking, lost and obviously distressed (the cat not us), and he followed us home. So I guess he picked us out. After failing to find his original home we decided we could not give him up. He’s got a wonderful personality and is very tolerant of our older pets that are unsure what to think about this energetic new object of their owner’s affections.
The other news is that we’ve just started to add a little more space to our little home. The groundbreaking was just after the Thanksgiving holiday to add a first floor bedroom addition and screened porch on the back of the house. As always, additional details for these stories and more can be found at http://experiencetk.blogspot.com/. Happy Holidays to everyone.
Is there no end to this conspiracy of irrational prejudice against Red Ryder and his Peacemaker..............HO! HO! HO!
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