tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24785576557372675132024-03-13T23:04:25.493-04:00Peg and Russpeg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-86433140360207345702022-01-11T19:53:00.002-05:002022-01-11T19:53:57.923-05:00Five Years Ago This Month<p>I spent many days in the fall of 2016 training for a Grand Canyon adventure with three friends over New Years. My training goal was to be able to hike down and up the 232 steps at Devil's Millhopper State Park near our Gainesville home 10 times in a row to build the leg strength I figured I'd need. It worked. It took several weeks to build up to the ten times in a row, but I did it.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjarnzhCHBPxdLuPpspS_-lWHzB4F6Vk3ndZ4wb7GSlvu7mYSIWN3Ao2jUwCIG7Bj4ajUmw0E5hC8hZc6eBPA90q6RMfQRPP_iIQPiQ97kFnIpYPpvC6QdrFWZbek_CLCGGVxIM8PjNmZWOl8se53JJelNPVHjGJEedIw31Ilyu1AKNEFw895DYXw=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0IgDSO-xqWqa3IYmlyTQ6Nko6AhHCLj2F0rG5oGmCUDt0UVWNZVImvTEgPV8-Tlgp9TQNmk8Ptg0rAgPXdhEJ_gSm26HDMZLY1rykQUFnzaIXW4PalcDdjLCIc8tW63PFR0Fk49wOVBNub9HMEqrCCSmnd0Dk7BkqHXRQDZqtL_gZ2tMaIapUWA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0IgDSO-xqWqa3IYmlyTQ6Nko6AhHCLj2F0rG5oGmCUDt0UVWNZVImvTEgPV8-Tlgp9TQNmk8Ptg0rAgPXdhEJ_gSm26HDMZLY1rykQUFnzaIXW4PalcDdjLCIc8tW63PFR0Fk49wOVBNub9HMEqrCCSmnd0Dk7BkqHXRQDZqtL_gZ2tMaIapUWA=w240-h320" title="Going down" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going Down<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></a><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjarnzhCHBPxdLuPpspS_-lWHzB4F6Vk3ndZ4wb7GSlvu7mYSIWN3Ao2jUwCIG7Bj4ajUmw0E5hC8hZc6eBPA90q6RMfQRPP_iIQPiQ97kFnIpYPpvC6QdrFWZbek_CLCGGVxIM8PjNmZWOl8se53JJelNPVHjGJEedIw31Ilyu1AKNEFw895DYXw=s320" width="240" /></div><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdo8NR-BDw-navakAXOLniWer12DeBOkXXDkK_t0AXAhY5zcyPbcpbJCrBHC5Bm2yJLRoIUtXdUprYBoyxUzkkszhNRk6BtdtVHOLkKk0x2DmbqnvEqUFZYuOLfTOXR-Z3C_x3oEIUOjQ3QrJuy7Onw9zR67-F9J5BVXLgBPbdkbY72tlcMZE8BA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdo8NR-BDw-navakAXOLniWer12DeBOkXXDkK_t0AXAhY5zcyPbcpbJCrBHC5Bm2yJLRoIUtXdUprYBoyxUzkkszhNRk6BtdtVHOLkKk0x2DmbqnvEqUFZYuOLfTOXR-Z3C_x3oEIUOjQ3QrJuy7Onw9zR67-F9J5BVXLgBPbdkbY72tlcMZE8BA=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading Back Up<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Over New Years week 2017, four of us who were members of the board of directors on American Pilgrims on the Camino hiked the Grand Canyon. What an adventure. We stayed on the South Rim on New Years Day. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsdDuZ5qJwDfz7hcz2SKHOfCWvWv-HMpz4LeC3VpApBpw2MGFXADKVed73xZaYwV6LksorQZRQTIEjD4tjNPXs0D-Q4SfzMgGxsidhV1A-QosTjrmwqgCiMTAFiwxDm8FnrthY7m5c0svlCMrGa4JKkeef-DFgQolz0eIs01FbP7Y-Jf1Hyn0FPA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsdDuZ5qJwDfz7hcz2SKHOfCWvWv-HMpz4LeC3VpApBpw2MGFXADKVed73xZaYwV6LksorQZRQTIEjD4tjNPXs0D-Q4SfzMgGxsidhV1A-QosTjrmwqgCiMTAFiwxDm8FnrthY7m5c0svlCMrGa4JKkeef-DFgQolz0eIs01FbP7Y-Jf1Hyn0FPA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Rim, Getting Psyched!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIzHoFyg_0XFlBiLc6EeZdeIGmWAdZNsOJre0oGPT5ETdkwZ342Zhb3cZO5EiI7dG4wnhSvu5NZIYqdLaDCMOz11pdwuFDlVf0s698vSmCeU86p5P563er6gMEC2k3B4BxZC88Y0VDTJWsrhT1eB88FVO1_CcPMyxgbzPJHa1uFwsBIj0LKTk_vg=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIzHoFyg_0XFlBiLc6EeZdeIGmWAdZNsOJre0oGPT5ETdkwZ342Zhb3cZO5EiI7dG4wnhSvu5NZIYqdLaDCMOz11pdwuFDlVf0s698vSmCeU86p5P563er6gMEC2k3B4BxZC88Y0VDTJWsrhT1eB88FVO1_CcPMyxgbzPJHa1uFwsBIj0LKTk_vg=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice Rim Accommodations<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidP2raEICU1aYfLusXsflCP9yvMAjclWf8lmdAeyBmhp_2-BgYnS28WdFJUBKkkNBI2LCxgnWzeKvIxBjVv0Kdt_7V_hSOqcxtJpJI8o0Cp-m1tS-fuTjoxIIaWTGD1_I4W93HSTVIVDjZ4qFkdAOBk38InKul9PViIMTjhDOOhRo0IFP2v3sK6g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidP2raEICU1aYfLusXsflCP9yvMAjclWf8lmdAeyBmhp_2-BgYnS28WdFJUBKkkNBI2LCxgnWzeKvIxBjVv0Kdt_7V_hSOqcxtJpJI8o0Cp-m1tS-fuTjoxIIaWTGD1_I4W93HSTVIVDjZ4qFkdAOBk38InKul9PViIMTjhDOOhRo0IFP2v3sK6g=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The View</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>We ventured down the South Kaiban trail the next day in the snow, with crampons strapped to our hiking boots to gripe the snow and, after a couple miles, the sucking mud. We trusted our trekking poles from the Camino to help us keep weight off our knees on the descent. Beautiful!!</p><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEi4FBIYrIvhjn2qDn3-aiqfpMeeCHeaBK0BerQ4xH8-Kat_rREl6KX3QxA6KI4OMIxnFCgzZp7UVrmFJ4T3ox37vP98fBbBiduVmpNL_ZZ4AxSjd0gwCfoK7YwNQ1wEtRJexIqqfKOl_mm1gJpmx73wmVwiMh5pVCJFRJSz-Opb8Z52cl8xwNGA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEi4FBIYrIvhjn2qDn3-aiqfpMeeCHeaBK0BerQ4xH8-Kat_rREl6KX3QxA6KI4OMIxnFCgzZp7UVrmFJ4T3ox37vP98fBbBiduVmpNL_ZZ4AxSjd0gwCfoK7YwNQ1wEtRJexIqqfKOl_mm1gJpmx73wmVwiMh5pVCJFRJSz-Opb8Z52cl8xwNGA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Colorado Rive, At the Bottom<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb_quU1Z1srZDca4GH44dOz5MYPX9fYOn6vwGo7effVx3r_uHp-nfOFf_hSdeZR2KPtmtmOvCiX4e5GjPltNQ9bf5K_U_XLNOtmzSVssyp8PKW1z0e9rzHfOAPKCFIzQOx5BfnJnNN3Y4J6YFrNAPf0Kss93hEnkKavUbNM3lqzEA5POnn7jKy7Q=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjb_quU1Z1srZDca4GH44dOz5MYPX9fYOn6vwGo7effVx3r_uHp-nfOFf_hSdeZR2KPtmtmOvCiX4e5GjPltNQ9bf5K_U_XLNOtmzSVssyp8PKW1z0e9rzHfOAPKCFIzQOx5BfnJnNN3Y4J6YFrNAPf0Kss93hEnkKavUbNM3lqzEA5POnn7jKy7Q=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First View of the River From the Trail<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw5KhP9nwUaZQXNtnhpZb6hbqQ6eVt90CzPDVcrWEnXn789vFpsHGIcFFaSurkqRROUMXMkakbfWY7UOCJTtDZiL0-1SFhGd7mbwPoOOOvnJPqNDVCIi3GQtO_LUvzCNfYspFXYd6PkFQdHQ_Gf3VSHBEZ3s9BpxGs-0VbBwXoDwF0feEE5mM2WQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiw5KhP9nwUaZQXNtnhpZb6hbqQ6eVt90CzPDVcrWEnXn789vFpsHGIcFFaSurkqRROUMXMkakbfWY7UOCJTtDZiL0-1SFhGd7mbwPoOOOvnJPqNDVCIi3GQtO_LUvzCNfYspFXYd6PkFQdHQ_Gf3VSHBEZ3s9BpxGs-0VbBwXoDwF0feEE5mM2WQ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too Much Beauty to Take It In<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3KXhQmBaK7Z3gpwjquRTOSDe86aXh6a-ZJcJBWKNtRnZVF9vMGFxSn3-yypx8FvSYvc7ffM1OhaIom3M3ZOCV8KPYBTx1Tg1QDcIECa-VjOgq6eqDcOPITP4SyBOXmE2kzo4KPPRDlGUMiIXu3uCAM7zENBAWPinDcpt6F_QhzNpuwZ8teNk_Vg=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3KXhQmBaK7Z3gpwjquRTOSDe86aXh6a-ZJcJBWKNtRnZVF9vMGFxSn3-yypx8FvSYvc7ffM1OhaIom3M3ZOCV8KPYBTx1Tg1QDcIECa-VjOgq6eqDcOPITP4SyBOXmE2kzo4KPPRDlGUMiIXu3uCAM7zENBAWPinDcpt6F_QhzNpuwZ8teNk_Vg=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowy at the top<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ9RNs3oLtHOlOnS1vzIuREl5GDyW-LSx6fJrqym3dzGrnV3EyriiZ_jNecuMSK9x05kGyqixCZuYGlBdcMu4cIP9JHAajIE0BaWDj83a0xEsL03aWc6OiYZy2cRWhXYwOaR-RTF1EPrxwBKgiSfSfH3CttDZoc9mvv0A0RUTKZ1ek3Zz5bC_1gw=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ9RNs3oLtHOlOnS1vzIuREl5GDyW-LSx6fJrqym3dzGrnV3EyriiZ_jNecuMSK9x05kGyqixCZuYGlBdcMu4cIP9JHAajIE0BaWDj83a0xEsL03aWc6OiYZy2cRWhXYwOaR-RTF1EPrxwBKgiSfSfH3CttDZoc9mvv0A0RUTKZ1ek3Zz5bC_1gw=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello Canyon!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtyrHY1OJg3gqUQ77Wc8GZ3pjUxIBO2bqbfgH701nSt3_bQXKfyRXaSBiL_rxN8sS_HcOhv5ZYTq_Tq0bNo0oO4oPGoYzVLKcvuQFVf2WbIiyoP7zXXby7wXoA1AJ95Fyq07vjzLfi-TIBkMfqanh0ibx3gaiRBFM8WmvWskZ0-fPUXUVdfCF9OQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtyrHY1OJg3gqUQ77Wc8GZ3pjUxIBO2bqbfgH701nSt3_bQXKfyRXaSBiL_rxN8sS_HcOhv5ZYTq_Tq0bNo0oO4oPGoYzVLKcvuQFVf2WbIiyoP7zXXby7wXoA1AJ95Fyq07vjzLfi-TIBkMfqanh0ibx3gaiRBFM8WmvWskZ0-fPUXUVdfCF9OQ=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We Were Not Alone<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>We stayed in a CCC-built cabin for 4, with the world's tiniest toilet room (if you did not stand straight up from the seat you bumped the door open with your head), at Phantom Ranch for a day at the bottom, sleeping in bunk beds (thankfully I was the oldest and thus assigned a bottom bunk). When we arrived, no one's legs were strong enough to climb to the top bunk so we collapsed, in resounding laughter after Yosmar and Cheryl tried to climb to the top bunks, two-by-two in the bottom bunks for a be-kind-to-our-muscles rest. We spent a day enjoying Phantom Ranch before the climb back to the rim.</p><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj25LquNWws_DXjgPS61OQ75W-nyWelHnABgINfxCmUI8oXD0Sj-GmsRyN9VDUF--veF7OPJMWjECZn-dlsB-fD4hyWpiZC8l11IExncHq-c9hBfirZ_EvD4lFCGnQ6C7m8SELHtqTQFlLfZryD6pdOY0vyU0YM8XZBY1xZbBz20s0YRo2IDSYXuQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj25LquNWws_DXjgPS61OQ75W-nyWelHnABgINfxCmUI8oXD0Sj-GmsRyN9VDUF--veF7OPJMWjECZn-dlsB-fD4hyWpiZC8l11IExncHq-c9hBfirZ_EvD4lFCGnQ6C7m8SELHtqTQFlLfZryD6pdOY0vyU0YM8XZBY1xZbBz20s0YRo2IDSYXuQ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The River Ran Through the Ranch<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjU0VxLiSHUTPNjfRDHwBXMvi_UY3J3kG03ZH_QVFohG56_kCCXtiMrKM89vq1Cff0YgnmcaOXG_tqUlPD71WIH9vpRcRZ_pR5R1vi2L4gZArvnXPdBp_Fvzrnr68ZNqg-j7GGL0Z0xocjLWHU3TueeHHJ1W8aSNPsMyQy8X6Dq9uNg1I6W0R4oMA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peg, Cheryl, Yosmar, Cindy <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJRNW8Sth_Frrx0FomCCwWV2mevTvEU19bRNHRFYRLHgOrRJz9W_CyWXI_Tzh0zdwwU4WJJg7VvOj-8FUlD0FRAYKR3BQX3DYpaD8oKs_PmRYtECaFKuAqeiGytmq0A1TWG9PTh63bqhIQjzqJchLVK12-kk0Nr53Mzqqv1Pqyym_diI4dTJXaAA=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJRNW8Sth_Frrx0FomCCwWV2mevTvEU19bRNHRFYRLHgOrRJz9W_CyWXI_Tzh0zdwwU4WJJg7VvOj-8FUlD0FRAYKR3BQX3DYpaD8oKs_PmRYtECaFKuAqeiGytmq0A1TWG9PTh63bqhIQjzqJchLVK12-kk0Nr53Mzqqv1Pqyym_diI4dTJXaAA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ranch as We Approached<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Or Was that Sunrise on Day 3?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>At dawn the day 3, wearing our head lamps, we started up the Bright Angel Trail. We used every minute of daylight and arrived at dark, cold and super tired. But we did it and it was awesome! <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLXr84vG_Eo2P42MCJkg2Or2Xw5efDUkzVM7GJoYGcH-HSHJL7B3_yvdvbiTwzZVrHcQG5pJLF8V8koRSJs00pUkD3uwL-zhHEX0rXRP6ZkIiiUB9KoEJFSEjIr1c3UxWXLjQkOLfiPPPFhlwB3ZjlAQ14UsNJ7Pg7nAMLBlskxZRV715gk1wNEw=s3264" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLXr84vG_Eo2P42MCJkg2Or2Xw5efDUkzVM7GJoYGcH-HSHJL7B3_yvdvbiTwzZVrHcQG5pJLF8V8koRSJs00pUkD3uwL-zhHEX0rXRP6ZkIiiUB9KoEJFSEjIr1c3UxWXLjQkOLfiPPPFhlwB3ZjlAQ14UsNJ7Pg7nAMLBlskxZRV715gk1wNEw=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to Start<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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It was a whirlwind of a visit.<br />
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Heading off on blue highways, we drove through the hills, through Carthage, around the south side of Watertown, through Adams, and across Route 104 to Rochester. We drove through Durand Eastman Park, where I did most of my practice driving in Driver's Ed when I was 17. I could feel the power of learning that it is better to accelerate slightly on curves rather than braking on them.<br />
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We cruised Rock Beach Road, into White City, past Tone Terrace here I lived until I was in 7th grade.<br />
In the summers, my Gage cousins, Walt, Rich, and Mike often came with Aunt Dorthea to spend a day at the lake with me, Marty, Pat, Kathy and our mom. We could walk down Tone Terrace, which was our post office address but was only a foot path . . . no cars allowed . . . cut through some yards, and be on the Lake Ontario shore in minutes.<br />
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It was not an official beach. It was our beach. We jumped off water-logged tree trunks, dug in the sand, and jumped the waves.<br />
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Lake Ontario is very high water this year again. I suspect our beach was not there any more. But a little farther along, I drove down Bateau Terrace to a city park on a piece of land that used to belong to my parents. Looking down the grassy slope to the beach, it looked a lot like what I remember of our beach a few block east.<br />
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Best of all, there were kids jumping the waves and playing with water-logged giant chunks of wood. Moms were watching and letting them take all those thrilling risks. Sweet!<br />
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We drove past the house I lived in while in high school and it looks great.<br />
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We crossed passed the Seneca Park Zoo (which was pretty much in our back yard), the Genesee River, and Kodak, to the cemetery to check out the family area and see if I needed to have the stone cleaned.<br />
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The day ended with a gorgeous drive through the hills and valleys of New York into Pennsylvania for the night, and a drive up Pickle Hill to the house we built in 1973.<br />
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Saturday we arrived in Lexington for an afternoon and evening with Meg and Steve.<br />
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Eleven+ hours after we left them in the morning, we were home in Gainesville. The amazing good news at home was that just about two weeks after leaving, we returned to a renovation project that is 90% complete. Bravo Robert Battaglia and Graetz Renovation!<br />
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-1516221525001908822019-08-08T20:00:00.000-04:002019-08-13T16:46:27.080-04:00Yoga, Walks, Art, Family and FriendsIt is so nice to have a yoga class in Star Lake. I went both Tuesdays that we were in town and enjoyed both classes. Thanks to Pam Testone, Annette Craig, and the Wellness Foundation for making it happen.<br />
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Each day we were able to walk around the lake with Stela, training for our fall Camino walk while enjoying the abundance of wild flowers and gardens in bloom. Well, Stela wasn't in training. She will spend our Camino in Lexington with Steve and Meg.<br />
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We watched the rain fall and the loons swim by. We bought a few things at Adirondack Rustics, which we love to visit.<br />
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Wednesday, we had a nice lunch with Cousin Charlene in Ogdensburg. It was a pretty drive over through the Amish farm country, Colton, Canton, Heuvelton, and Edwards. Charlene ordered us up a huge feast from the local Italian restaurant and her caregivers picked it up for us. She was in fine fiddle, counting all the caregiver assignments on the white board, bragging about how well they make coffee and Spruce Street House, and talking about her birthday trip home to Watertown, where she grew up, next week for her 76th birthday. She will stay at a hotel, visit her old haunts, and meet up with an old friend from her family's church there. Last year when we visited she was in a lot of pain. We were very happy that she was more comfortable this visit and that we could chat more.<br />
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Jim and Sue Conner came by for lunch on Thursday. they are Gainesville friends with whom our lives have multiple intersections. they summer in Rochester, where Sue and I both grew up. Jim went to Eckerd College, as did Meg (Several years after Jim's time there.) We are all cheese fans and nature lovers. They had been on a road trip through Maine, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. They returned through the Adirondacks to Rochester and we were luck-for-us right along their route. It was a great visit with multiple tomato sandwiches made with home grown tomatoes that Pam and James, and Kit left for us. We topped off the sandwiches with scones left from the Class of '61 and Friends party. peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-37514068561911392332019-08-06T15:03:00.001-04:002019-08-06T15:03:55.588-04:00Copper Rock Falls HikePam and James spent Monday fishing, kayaking, and rafting.<br />
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Kit, Russ, and I took a lovely drive along the River Road from Newton Falls to the Windfall. Russ found his first geocache. We hiked at Copper Rock Falls on the Tooley Pond Road, after which we walked around the lake. That may have been too much. I sure was happy for the Star Lake yoga class this morning to stretch out the walking and hiking muscles.<br />
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We all got back together for dinner at our camp last night, since Pam, James, and Kit all needed to head out this morning.<br />
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<br />peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-65018783012246578662019-08-02T20:00:00.000-04:002019-08-06T14:48:05.831-04:00If you have to work . . . Look for an office on a floating dockPam and James arrived Thursday. She had a conference call on Friday. She set up an appropriate office for it. <br />
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Mid call, there was a break for folks to replenish their coffee supply before the next discussion. Pam found an alternative activity. <br />
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The four of us celebrated our friend Pat Neptune's
life Friday evening with many, many Star Lake summer friends. Her spirit
will always be part of our lake-time.<br />
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Kit, another Cedar Key friend, arrived on Saturday in time for the annual
Star Lake Poker Run. She, Pam, and I kayaked around for a while. We all sat at our camp and watched the parade of decorated competitors float by when we were tired of kayaking and swimming. We took the raft from Pam and James' camp out to see all the other rafts, including one towing a power boat as a sidekick. <br />
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Sunday Kit, Pam, James, Russ, and I walked in the Save Our Schoolhouse 5K Walk/Run, after which we participated, for philanthropic purposes of course, in the pie and ice cream social. The race results were ready when the pie was gone. Kit, Pe<span class="text_exposed_show">g, Russ, and James won in our age groups. James - first place; Russ and Peg - each got a second place, Kit - third place. Pam, who came in ahead of any of the four of us who brought home plaques, got no prize! She is in a competitive age group for women.</span><br />
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Sunday afternoon, the five of us hosted a Clifton-Fine High School Class of '61 and Friends party. Darn nice day!<br />
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-33186734113646918602019-07-31T16:43:00.001-04:002019-07-31T16:43:30.200-04:00Around the Lake, Kayaking, ReadingRoger and Libby left today to continue their adventures.<br />
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We walked around the lake with Stela. Our legs are getting a bit more used to the hills, but it is still harder to walk 4 miles here than in Florida.<br />
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I did some kayaking. I am almost good at getting in and out now, after several days of practice.<br />
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Mostly, today was a quiet day of washing clothes, reading, and watching the rafts and water skiers go by.<br />
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-48080569602377152062019-07-31T14:12:00.001-04:002019-07-31T14:12:31.376-04:00Lunch with Friends on a Rainy Adirondack DayLibby, Annette, and I went to yoga at the Star Lake Community Center yesterday morning. Then Annette, Sherm, Lisa, and Nancy came for lunch at our Star Lake camp.<br />
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After lunch,Nancy, Lisa, and I went kayaking and swimming . . . in the rain . . . like kids. What fun! And, the lake is warmer than normal after all the hot weather this summer. It is beautiful here in the rain.<br />
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<br />peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-22373872216882422632019-07-30T16:58:00.003-04:002019-07-31T13:59:05.499-04:00Dinner on Cranberry LakeMonday evening, Roger, Libby, Russ, and I met up at Annette and Sherm's house in Wanakena with Nancy and Lisa, our Cedar Key neighbors who live in Kingston Ontario at this time of year. We went out the Oswegatchie River on the Craigs' boat, to Cranberry Lake. On the river, just past their house, rock cliffs squeeze the river into The Narrows. Although it then opens wide about where you pass by the Ranger School, there is still a narrow, marked channel caused by hundreds of trees that died and fell into the water as the damn caused the water to gradually back up, create the lake, and flood the forested river banks. The fallen trees, even when removed, left navigational hazards to be avoided. Thus the long, circuitous channel. <br />
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We cruised for a while, in warm, gentle breezes, then stopped for appetizers. Roger and Libby brought a fantastic white wine from Maggie's Vineyards to pair with our cheese from Meg's Cheese to You shop . . . Kunik from the Nettle Meadow Farm on the other side of the Adirondacks, Tallegio from Italy, and Colston Bassett Stilton from Neal's Yard in the UK. The cruised continued, past the camps and the Cranberry Lake Biological Station, a SUNY environmental research facility accessible only by boat. When we stopped next, again just floating out n the middle of the lake, we had dinner .. . broccoli salad, roasted corn, and sausage.<br />
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The weather was perfect. We did not even need jackets . . . on a boat, in the evening, on an Adirondack lake! Pretty amazing. <br />
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Back at the house, Sherm, Roger, Lisa, and Nancy went to see a house for sale in Wanakena. Loved it, as they did, nobody bought it. Instead, they returned for blueberry-peach cobbler and ice cream.<br />
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A perfect Adirondack evening.<br />
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-67504157169822258512019-07-29T14:50:00.001-04:002019-07-29T14:50:41.377-04:00More Cedar Key Visitors to the North CountryAll four of us, plus Stela, walked 5+ miles around the lake this morning. It is a gorgeous day. While the rest of us rested, Stela went swimming again and a raft went by trailing several tubes full of kids!<br />
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Tonight, we are invited for dinner on Annette and Sherm's boat as we cruise the Oswegatchie River and Cranberry Lake. Our Cedar Key neighbors, Nancy and Lisa, who are also friends with Annette and Sherm, are coming over from their summer home in Canada to go with us. WaHoo. Looking forward to a wonderful evening.<br />
<br />peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-91696013880418375152019-07-28T13:52:00.000-04:002019-07-31T16:53:16.218-04:00First Full Day at the Lake, Friends Arrive, Macbeth in WanakenaWe had a good night's rest out on the sleeping porch. 65 degrees. Moonlight. Breezes. Loons calling.<br />
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We took our first walk around the lake, taking special notice of the beautiful flowers. The trips up and down the Millhopper last week helped my flat-lander legs not be too exhausted after 5 miles. We went to the Great American Market to stock up the pantry. Lo and behold, other summer people beat us to the supplies . . . no bottled water, none . . . one type of crackers, Keebler flavored pita chips . . . ha! Love that people buy them out at this time of year. We want the store to stay open and buying them out is bound to help them do so! <br />
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Stela swam for a while. I kayaked my first little bit, trying to not over exercise my shoulders the first day out.<br />
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Libby and Roger, from Cedar Key, arrived about 6:00. Relaxation, Russ' oven-roasted chicken-and-potatoes with kalamata olives, and lots of time to watch the rafts float by.<br />
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Sunday, we took Libby and Roger for a 3-mile walk along the South Shore Road in Wanakena, had some lake-time with Stela, kayaked a bit, and then went back to Wanakena for a live performance in the town square of Macbeth presented by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Summer Theater Festival. <br />
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We followed that up with Russ' baked macaronada for dinner back at the camp on the waterfront, with sangria Libby and Roger brought. Life is good at the lake.<br />
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-18440363801210665892019-07-26T09:38:00.000-04:002019-07-29T13:52:12.724-04:00A Day with Meg and Steve, Then on to Star LakeOur day in Lexington with Meg and Steve was a good
one. We walked all through their new neighborhood with Stela in the morning. They live more downtown now, nearer to Washington and Lee University, than in their former house. There are bungalows and old Victorian mansions. We admired the no-grass landscaping in many of the yards. We helped hang curtains, went to Cheese to You for cheese, olive oil, olives, and balsamic vinegar, and had dinner out. . . all without having to get in the car. City living rocks, even in a town of fewer than 10,000 population.<br />
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After leaving Lexington at 7:00 on Friday morning, we drove through the rest of VA, WV,
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baked for us and cheese from Meg for dinner. Iconic Star Lake rafts floated quietly by. Everyone waved. Ahhhhh! Lake time.<br />
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<br />peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-15519620094479672222019-07-24T09:12:00.000-04:002019-07-28T09:28:52.484-04:00Road Trip to Star LakeThe first day of our trip to Star Lake began at 6:00 and ended at 6:30. Long day. We skipped I-10 in favor of more rural roads for the
first few hours. Bonus—our kitchen remodel
is starting today in our absence. We’re grateful to miss at least some
of it. The sunrise was lovely and, except for Georgia where a tropical storm was pushing rain in from the Atlantic the whole time we were driving, it was a great road-trip day. It would have only taken 12 hours if traffic had not been heavy near Roanoke. All in all, a lucky travel day.<br />
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<br />peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-67196285501903057522019-01-18T09:37:00.002-05:002019-01-18T11:52:57.871-05:00Adding Photos from Pam and James<div style="text-align: center;">
On Day 1 of our trip we flew to Bozeman, Montana and walked through the downtown.</div>
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On Day 2, we took a shuttle from Bozeman to Mammoth Hot Springs and a Snow Coach from Mammoth to the Snow Lodge at Old Faithful. Each shuttle took several hours.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Snow Coach stopped at Norris Basin for our first really snowy walk.</td></tr>
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On Day 3 we donned our cute hats to visit the Continental Divide, Kepler Falls, and West Thumb Geyser Basin.</div>
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On Day 4, I mostly watched the snow from inside the lodge. Pam and James spent a few hours outdoors walking near the Old Faithful geyser.</div>
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On Day 5, we had gorgeous weather for walking all through the Old Faithful Upper Geyser Basin in the morning. In the afternoon, we took the Snow Coach to the west side of the Park, along the Madison River. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Faithful, with a sign warning us not to approach the wildlife.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wearing my zaktrax and using my trekking poles in the snow</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking at the sun over the valley</td></tr>
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On Day 6, we descend from the Park to the real world, stopping at Firehole Basin for a final farewell to Yellowstone and watching the vegetation change as we come down into Mammoth, Paradise Valley and Bozeman.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This and the two subsequent photos show bobby sock trees at Firehole Basin. They occur when the water gets hotter because of an earthquake or other natural happening. The tress die slowly however they continue to take up minerals for a while near the roots and those minerals accumulate at the base of the trees. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The red trees are willows. they are returning in the Park since the re-introduction of wolves. There are about 8-0 wolves in the whole Park. They have kept the size of the elk herd in check and stopped the overgrazing by elk which had eliminated all the willows. The willows will support more small mammals and more birds. </td></tr>
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<br />peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-26424428965589076112019-01-15T18:20:00.000-05:002019-01-16T12:29:49.881-05:00Our Trip to Yellowstone in WinterThe posts below chronicle the trip Pam, James, and I just made to Yellowstone. We were away 7 days. the final day was fully consumed by air travel, which is not worth of being chronicled. Therefore, I have selected a couple of favorite videos to include in this post. The posts below follow our fun from Day 1 through Day 6. You will have to click on "Older Posts" a couple of times to see all the days.<br />
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Old Faithful, Upper Geyser Basin<br />
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At Norris Geyser Basin<br />
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Ice Skating Rink at Snow Lodge<br />
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<br />peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-7855967768821023862019-01-14T13:00:00.000-05:002019-01-15T18:27:27.326-05:00Yellowstone in Winter, Day 1On January 4 2019, I flew out to Bozeman Mt for a week in Yellowstone's winter wonderland with Pam and James. Russ decided he had a lifetime of winter while living in star Lake and that he preferred to stay home in Florida with Stela.<br />
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I had seen pictures of snowy Yellowstone over the years and imagined how beautiful and fun it might be to visit when the roads go unplowed and you need to ride in on a snowmobile or in a 'snow coach' with huge, low-pressure wheels. In July, I got an email ad (probably because of my Grand Canyon walk two winters ago) touting the wonders of winter in Yellowstone and offering a big discount. I fell for it. Later I learned that the Christmas in July discount is not any better than the usually available Frosty Fun Package, but both are better than the rack rates.<br />
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It took a lot more planning during the fall to determine our dates and select our activities. That kept our excitement going. Finally, the day arrived.<br />
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I flew from Gainesville to Atlanta to Minneapolis to Bozeman. Pam and James from Richmond to Minneapolis to Bozeman. We arrived together on the final flight, checked in to our Bozeman hotel and walked through the city's quaint downtown before dinner back to the hotel. It was a smooth first day ending with a nice walk and good dinner.<br />
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-85819743814785456262019-01-13T15:51:00.000-05:002019-01-15T18:27:45.554-05:00Yellowstone in Winter, Day 2 The second day of our adventure involved two shuttle rides to get us to the Old Faithful section of the Park. The first was a large bus that drove us from Bozeman, through Paradise Valley, to Mammoth Hot Springs, the Park's north entrance. We had about an hour there to walk to the travertine terraces that are the highlight of the spot. We then boarded our 15-passenger Snow Coach to ride on the unplowed, snow packed roads to the Snow Lodge at Old Faithful.<br />
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Because President Trump's government shutdown includes the Department of Interior, we were unsure until the last minute whether the National Parks would be closed and our trip would be cancelled. However, he allowed the concessioners who operate the lodges, shuttles, and tours to continue to use the National Parks, although all federal employees were furloughed.<br />
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There were no rangers taking entrance fees or monitoring the north entrance when we drove through. Most noticeable to us was the large number of snowmobiles on the roads. Yellowstone allows only 200 snowmobiles per day into the Park. They must enter in groups no larger than 12. Drivers must be 18 and have a drivers license. The concessioners must provide training to the machine drivers and must have a licensed guide with each group to keep them on allowed roads and assure safety. The machines must be of the most up-to-date technology to minimize pollution. Rangers assure the rules are followed, but there are no rangers now and rules were clearly not being followed. We saw many young teens, but hopefully they were not the drivers.<br />
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The Visitor Center at Mammoth was closed as was the one at Old Faithful while we were there. The roads in the interior are not plowed in winter; they are groomed by Park employees. The concessioner that runs the Snow Lodge hired groomers to assure safety. We saw one snowmobiler overturn his or her machine on soft snow at the edge of the road. We heard of another who fell, with her machine, into a river. The folks who told us about it had been in a Snow Coach right behind her. She was not with a sanctioned group. The Snow Coach passengers called 911 and a helicopter landed on the groomed road to take the woman to a hospital.<br />
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We had a totally delightful ride on our Snow Coach. The driver-guide stopped foe about an hour at one of her favorite places in the Park, Norris Geyser Basin. It was our first really snow view. Most of the trees are lodgepole pines. The snow was piled on their branches. The earth was boiling up from the volcano beneath us. It was the first of many breathtaking walks in the Park.<br />
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It was almost dark when we arrived at the Snow Lodge. It did not disappoint. The lobby is beautiful. In front of the huge fireplace, chairs are arranged around tables with puzzles and board games, and people working them. Our comfortable second floor rooms were just off a loft overlooking the lobby. My hand soap was shaped like a teddy bear. There are no televisions. The dining room was efficient and relatively quiet. The staff were great. It was hard to turn in on such a day, but we had a trip to the Great Continental Divide at 7:45 the next day, so we had to give up before too late.<br />
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<br />peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-25131931942895781872019-01-12T09:16:00.000-05:002019-01-15T18:28:48.304-05:00Yellowstone in Winter, Day 3 in the morningSunday dawned bright and cold. We had booked a trip by Snow Coach across the Continental Divide, to Kepler Falls and then to the West Thumb Geyser Basin.<br />
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pants, waterproof over-pants, gators, thermal socks, boots, base-layer
shirt, shirt, double layer jackets, scarf, fur-lined hats with earflaps,
and double gloves. Luckily, we boarded the Snow Coach quickly and it
was heated very lightly, which helped to have the windows fog less. By
8:00, we were off to see the snow and thermal features! <br />
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We had lunch in the grill after our hike. It was packed with snowmobilers, some of them were youngster about 10 years old. There were surely more than 200 snowmobiles in the parking lot, although 200 is the total allowed in the whole Park on any given day. We heard that the outfitters had said they had machines and people who wanted to rent them. Since no rangers were working, they would go for the extra income.<br />
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Lunch was good . . . organic quinoa and kale soup :) I worked on a drawing and they read for a while. We met up for a hot buttered rum and light dinner in the lounge before suiting up again for our Steam, Stars, and Sounds tour after dark. The night sky was totally clouded over. There was not a single star to be seen. It was as dark as dark can be once we were out of sight of the Lodge on our Snow Coach. <br />
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Our driver-guide, Chuck, took us to Firehole Lake geyser area. The wind was brutal and the temperature was about 10 degrees. Still it was magical. With flashlights, we walked out to the geyser area. All four of the thermal features of Yellowstone are found in this area . . . geysers, hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles (steam vents). When we arrived at the mud pots we all turned off our flashlights and just listened to the muddy earth boiling around us in the darkroom-esque black with the cold and the wind wrapping around us.<br />
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Then we heard steam and waterfall-like noises just beyond where we were standing on a boardwalk. The Great Fountain Geyser was erupting. It goes up 75 to 215 feet and erupts every 9 to 15 hours. We watched it by flashlight until we had all had enough. What a magnificent piece of luck to see to, and at night!<br />
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Chuck served us hot chocolate when we got back to the bus. We learned that Chuck, like Pam, was born in 1968. He was a salesman of medical spine implants until he sold his company and retired early, opting to be a cowboy guide by summer and snow coach driver by winter. Okay!<br />
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A second-of-the-day hot buttered rum called to us when we got back to the lodge. What a Sunday!<br />
<br />peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-91312299097189393462019-01-10T16:13:00.000-05:002019-01-15T18:29:50.219-05:00Yellowstone in Winter, Day 4Monday was COLD and WINDY. The temperatures were in single digits and the wind was more than 20mph much of the morning. We spent the morning drawing and chatting in the lobby-loft. We had decided to go cross country skiing in the afternoon, but all decided the weather was more than we wanted to fight, especially since none of us had ever tried cross country skiing before.<br />
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Naturally, the weather lightened up just as the group was leaving to ski. We donned our multiple layers and ventured out to walk the big loop of trails beyond Old Faithful. We stayed out of the way of the snowmobilers and passed the closed-by-the government-shutdown Visitors Center. That was enough of the cold for me and headed back to prop my feet up and enjoy the lobby loft. Pam and James walked for a couple of hours, turning back when the wind was blowing the snow over the path and obliterating the edges so they could not be sure where to step. Yikes.<br />
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The rest of the afternoon lent itself wonderfully to drawing and chatting with folks in the lobby and lounge. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a free ice skating rink in front of the Lodge. Free skates and helmets are provided. The staff kept it shoveled and it was lighted at night. We saw one family out there. It was our entertainment to watch them one evening with the twinkle lights on them.</td></tr>
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-54270289323484280292019-01-10T10:09:00.000-05:002019-01-15T15:36:29.394-05:00Yellowstone in Winter, Morning of Day 5Tuesday morning was as clear and sunny as Monday's had been snowy and windy. We decided to try the long loop around the whole Old Faithful Geyser Basin. We saw Old Faithful erupt again. We watched the Castle Geyser erupt for about 15 minutes. The mud pots and steaming pools were brightly colorful outlined in snow. A coyote came toward us on the trail and ran off when we startled it by being startled by it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the path that was snow-blown on Monday so Pam and James decided against walking this way until it was easier to be sure where to step.</td></tr>
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-31542374215422503342019-01-09T10:44:00.000-05:002019-01-15T15:36:11.726-05:00Yellowstone in Winter, the rest of Day 5On our final afternoon at Snow Lodge, we took a Snow Coach trip that was supposed to be for wildlife viewing but was more for viewing scenery. We did see bison, coyotes, and trumpeter swans. Others were impressed by eagles and by osprey nests, but they are so abundant in Cedar Key that we preferred the bison herds. We drove along the Madison River, where the snowmobiler went off the trail that afternoon and ended on a helicopter ride to the hospital after having to be rescued from the River by guides and by rangers working for no pay during the government shutdown. Happily, we did not see that happen and only heard about it from folks back at the Lodge that evening. The scenery was spectacular all day.<br />
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-80550308727972979692019-01-08T13:57:00.000-05:002019-01-15T15:35:53.518-05:00Yellowstone in Winter, Morning of Day 6Wednesday was our final day in the Park. We took the Snow Coach back to Mammoth Hot springs and then the shuttle from there to Bozeman, again through Paradise Valley . . . which is not too shabby!<br />
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The Snow Coach stopped at Firehole Basin, which is where we went in the dark on the Starry Nights tour. It was wonderful to walk it in daylight, to see what was too dark to see at night, to watch the mud boil as well as hearing it, and to see all the scenes that we only heard on our first trip there. Our guide and Coach mates were in awe of our walking it in the dark and of our having seen, by flashlight, the elusive geyser erupting.<br />
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We asked the guide about working in the Park in winter versus summer. He had graduated from college in 2017, spent a year teaching English in China, and come to the Park as a summer employee at the most rustic lodge, Roosevelt. Most of the activity there centers around horse riding and old-time living in cabins. He worked there until mid-October, had a month between contracts, and started at the Snow Lodge in mid-November. The employees have a month to ready the place for guests. No lodges are open until mid-December when Snow Lodge opens.<br />
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The about 130 employees at Snow Lodge live in dorm-style buildings and pay $15 per day for lodging and their meals. The concessioner hires a recreation director to plan activities, such as a Paint and Sip party, Skiing trips, lots of workshops to learn about the Park, and other stuff. They have their own pub and the only TV in the Park . . . for sports games. He claims it is a great gig. We enjoyed being with him for the morning.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glad I didn't fall off in the dark.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rich blue color was hard to see with the difference in temperature between water and air causing all the steam. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guide said that an advantage of coming in summer is that on a hot day there is little steam and the colors really knock your socks off.</td></tr>
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The shuttle bus from Mammoth Hot Springs to Bozeman again took us through the beautiful Paradise Valley. It didn't have the ambiance of the Snow Coach, but was beautiful too. It was a grand trip. I am ready to start planning the next, but for now . . . That's All Folks!!<br />
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-42499146139953401892018-09-05T15:40:00.000-04:002018-09-07T16:07:38.184-04:00Visiting Meg and SteveThe drive from Fredericksburg to Lexington was short and easy. We hadn't stayed with Meg and Steve at their place in a long time because they had geritatric dogs and we had . . . Stela-the-pup! Now that Lenny, Guiness, and Bushmills are all fond memories, we skipped our Lazy Acres cabin and stayed in town with them. Nice!<br />
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We had a whole afternoon and evening to talk and laugh, remember their pups and compare their adventures to Stela's. Steve made a marvelous dinner of black bean cakes and grilled shrimp with a sauce from Susan Spicer's Bayonna recipe.<br />
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Labor Day was lazy and relaxing. We walked in the Lexington park, shopped at Cheese to You, and just enjoyed being together. Steve made another great dinner for us. We hated to leave.<br />
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The drive home was as good as it could be, but still took from 6:30 am to 6:15 pm. The end, until next time :)<br />
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peg's prague bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509927596065577192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478557655737267513.post-87625870611015720762018-09-02T14:06:00.000-04:002018-09-07T16:10:36.756-04:00Visiting Pam and JamesStela remembered us. She was even glad to see us. The Smiths were so good to her. She didn't gain weight. She is calmer over all. She seems so happy. Harris may be a dog whisperer. We think she still misses him.<br />
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After picking her up, we stopped for lunch at Linda and Lenny's. It was good to have a couple of hours with them before heading out of star Lake for another year. With luck, the four of us (maybe Stela too) will get together in Florida when winter sets in in Star Lake and they head south.<br />
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It was only a few hours drive to Altmar, our destination for the night. Russ' paternal grandmother is buried in Altmar and we wanted to visit the cemetery. Finding it was not too difficult and now we know that we need to find someone to clean her gravestone and those of other family members before the lichens make them unreadable. It was good to be there.<br />
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We stayed at the Tailwater Inn, which was surprisingly upscale for such a small, rural town. Our impression is that the fishing in the Salmon River drives the economy of the region and creates more prosperity than we saw in most other areas. Salmon come upstream from Lake Ontario to spawn and there are also steelhead trout.<br />
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Friday we drove to Pam and James' in Fredericksburg, VA. We dreaded the drive, on the first day of Labor Day Weekend, but the traffic was no worse than usual and we arrived before 4:00.Saturday, we walked to the Farmers Market downtown and partied with their kids and grandkids in the afternoon. It was a nice wrap up to the first week of vacation when they were all in Star Lake with us.<br />
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After a lovely evening of sitting on the porch together and a wonderful brunch Sunday morning, we headed off to visit Meg and Steve in Lexington.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peg and Anna putting finishing touches on a pupusa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James and Ryan, who thought the blue-masa pupusa balls looked like rocks, are being supervised by Hailey and Emily</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">JJ, Emily, Tanya, Hailey, Peg, Pam, Amanda, and Caroline</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emily, Anna, Erik, Mackenzie, and James</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emily and Caroline looking over the tomatoes they just harvested</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James, Tanya, Erik, Pam</td></tr>
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