Retraction ...

OK, you knew it was coming ... About TV, I just finished reading my email from our local PBS station about upcoming programs and there are a number of them that peak my interest. I think my revised vow is to never just turn TV on unless there is a program I'm looking forward to. This will likely all change by tomorrow but I'll be sure to keep you posted ;)

Home Sweet Home

We have made it home safe and sound (Monday, June 19) and, although we are sad that the trip is through, we are immensely grateful that we made it without incident. Didn't make it to Sanduski thanks to the winds of Kansas killing our time, oh well!

For those of you who know how small our house is, let me tell you it feels HUGE after living in a tiny camper for 51 days. Kitty is speechless he's so happy. I think we were pushing his limits the past few days and I don't think he ever expected to see "home" again. To top it all off we came home to a freshly mowed and trimmed yard because our neighbors Tom and Nick are such cool people and good friends.

We will be posting more pics as we get a chance to reflect on them ourselves. Right now we're just thrilled to spread out and be in separate rooms without being able to see each other!! Looking forward to a very long shower, not having to crab crawl into bed, not having to shut the hot water heater and water pump off before bed, and absolutely love the fact that a machine will be doing our dinner dishes. However, we haven't watched TV in 51 days without missing it one bit and I personally have vowed to try never to watch again. Not sure how Dan will do with that knowing how much he looks forward to The Sopranos and Deadwood. P.S. - For any of you who watch Deadwood, E.B. (the hotel owner/mayor) was our campground host in Missouri and Dan does a great impression.

P.S. from Dan

After portaging once in Montana and driving through East Colorado and half of Kansas, Dan has confirmed that there is no Northwest passage to the sea and concluded that the world is actually flat!!! Also, no evidence of Yettie to date.

We're still here!!!!

Sorry there haven’t been any postings but, I’m rather happy to say, we have not been anywhere near internet access for some time. Kitty got a few funny emails asking where our bodies were buried, etc. (hahahahaha) We’ve been having a fantastic time but now we must start to head back East. Among other stops, we ended up spending 12 (or so ??) days in Glacier National Park, Montana. We were there about five years ago and were happy that we decided to return. Dan and I both agree that Glacier is our favorite park. I’ve tried to upload just a handful of pic’s from various places. We took a helicopter ride over the Continental Divide and Glacier NP which was spectacular. Oh yeah, we went whitewater rafting on the Flathead River but that was pretty lame. I saw a grizzly on the trail I was using to scout out a canoe portage in Glacier. If you’ve ever wondered what you would actually do if you came across one on the trail, as I often have, you can probably stop wondering – you will run (exactly what they tell you not to do) while possibly whispering obscenities hoping he/she doesn’t hear you!!! The North Cascades were incredible and we almost skipped them, so glad we didn’t. Left Yellowstone and weren’t planning to hit anymore parks but we couldn’t resist stopping at Rocky Mt. NP in Colorado just for a day or two. It was pretty but very crowded; Yellowstone was getting pretty crowded as well. We’ve never traveled this late in the season before and lately we’ve been reminded why. Plan to be back in PA around the 19th or 20th or something like that. We’re in Kansas right now and let me tell you Dorothy should have skipped town a lot sooner than she did. I thought Ohio was ugly until I saw Kansas. Oh, and it’s 96 degrees in the shade with 30 mph winds hotter than the sun itself, freakin’ lovely. Anyway, hope to make Sandusky, Ohio our final fun stop – lots of big roller coasters!! Promise to post more pics, etc. as time and access allows. Now for the pics from top to bottom (no particular order) 1. Canoeing in the Two Medicine area of Glacier NP 2. Lower Yellowstone Falls 3. North entrance arch to Yellowstone NP 4. Getting ready to take helicopter ride over Glacier NP 5. Canoeing Lake Josephine in Glacier NP 6. Hiked as far as you could go on Going to the Sun Road Glacier NP (that's where the BH Sheep were) 7. Great view of the Rockies and a glacier from helicopter tour 8. Big horned sheep 9. Dan walking Kitty in Olympic NP (Kitty prefers only old growth forests now) 10. Scarred black bear in Olympic NP. OK, sorry!!! I now see that they don't insert the way they appear when I draft the post but you get the jist.