SMOKE

When we look at the map, we see that there are fires in all directions from our position…None are threatening where we are…The one in Salmon is the closest to our camp sight…I do a lot of sneezing from the smoke but it is not thick enough to create much respiratory problems.  Mary Ann is having a ball with tracing her relatives back to England and beyond…She has traced mine back to Germany in the twelfth century…Well I don’t think that there are any inheritance coming my way…

With the smoke as thick as it is, we are not able to see the mountains at times…We enjoy the scenery so much when the smoke isn’t present…Until the smoke clears up we will probably stay close to the motor home and carve and of course Mary Ann will continue her crochet and research…

My arm is healing very fast…I am able to reach above my head now…I hate falling off a hill…I am not as young as I think I am…My feet and small gravel just doesn’t stick very well…

I will talk to you later…Philip 

HELP!!!! I AM LOOKING AT BUYING A BICYCLE

We will be back home in about three weeks…I have been researching for a bicycle…I am still trying to loose weight and thought that riding a bicycle would be better than touring in the golf cart…I have been looking at the cruisers, with a single speed…I have found them from $88 to over $3,000 dollars…The last time (today) I Goggled there were 168 fell into this category…I would like to find something in the 100 to 200 range…If you have any suggestions, let me know…

We spent a wonderful week-end at the ranch with some special people…Relaxing and watching the animals roam…Saw some beautiful bald eagles, looked for the grizzly and her two cubs…She never came down off the mountain while we were there…Probably because of the number of people around…Hundreds of ducks and geese on the lake, and a pair of beautiful white swans and their three little ones…This is a beautiful place to relax and unwind…There is no one around for miles…Only you and mother nature…And of course the hundred of cows that roam…I will miss this place...

I took my camera and was so involved with nature that I never took a picture…So no pictures today…By the way there was no phone service out at the ranch…Talk to you later…Philip