Home with new eyes.

I did not think that I would continue blogging after our return from the trek, but the trek has changed me. When I drive through Oregon I now look at it with different eyes and am just awed by the beauty of the mountains around here. Last weekend Bob and I went up to our favorite camping spot. It has a great view of the Clackamas river valley and of Mt. Jeffereson. We had two days to ourselves and then daughter, grandson and two friends arrived. While it was just the two of us I sat there and almost had tears in my eyes looking over the beauty. It was awesome in every sense of that word. I must be thankful for the trek to have given me those new eyes. Bob and I sat at the cliff edge and just watched the sky and the clouds as it got closer and closer to sunset. I will not say that we watched the sunset because we were looking southeast, but it was that time. We watched the clouds move in, dissolve, and move in again. We watched the mountain turn pink as the sun actually set. We said goodbye to our favorite spot because the altitude is so high that it is difficult for Bob to breathe. He is able to manage, but not really much energy. It takes him almost a week to recover from the lack of oxygen. So we have decided that this is the last time.

Then when everyone arrived I did not really have much time to look at the scenery. Grandson is truly a handful and is very active and into everything. We gave him a small broom and he spent many hours sweeping the dirt. I love him so much.

We were very thankful to have the larger trailer for this trip because it got pretty cold at night. Daughter could come into the trailer in the morning and have coffee, heat a bottle for the boyo, and we could let him run around inside until it warmed up. we even had enough room inside for everyone to have breakfast in the warmth. (It went down to below 40 so it was pretty cold.) It warmed up later in the day, the Honey was very nice in the morning.

Honey is now at the dealership getting some very critical repairs made. She will be there for a while and that is fine. We are not planning on going anywhere for several months.