The past ten days have been both exciting and hectic: Exciting in that we are exploring a completely new part of the country: Hectic because a couple things have quit working. Read More
Catch Up:
May 27, 2011
Playing Trains:
August 5, 2010
From 1962 to 1966 I worked as a telegrapher on the Northern Pacific Railroad. It started a lifetime interest in railroads. I worked in depots up and down the Northern Pacific line from Thompson Falls Montana to Toppenish Washington. On Tuesday this week I got to play trains on one of the same branch lines that I worked as a telegrapher. This time I got to play with the real trains.
Railroading.
August 30, 2008
Another weekend and another mode of transportation. This time we traveled to the fringes of Mt. Rainier National Park and rode the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railway from Mineral Washington. Renee, Neil and Georgia were along to celebrate Neil’s surprise birthday present from Renee. He got to ride in the engine.
Fish On
June 15, 2008
We have disconnected from the world for three days at a little National Recreation Area campground on Lake Roosevelt, the lake behind Grand Coulee Dam. The park is right where the Gifford ferry crosses to Inchelium on the Colville Indian Reservation. There is no cell phone, no internet, no wi-fi, no Wal-Mart and no electrical hook up. The park is set in a lovely Pine forest right at the water’s edge.
Mothers:
May 10, 2008
I know, I am falling down on my blogging this spring. We have been sitting stationary for a month now and I just don’t get much chance to get into trouble and therefore have something to write about.
Railroading
December 29, 2007
My hat doesn’t fit at all well. My head is so puffed up from the adulations. I have heard back from over half of you and I have been enthusiastically received by my reading audience. I will continue these episodes into 2008.
Face Lift:
October 23, 2007
Well if Arcturus had a “tummy tuck” when his brake and drive line were repaired earlier this month, today he is getting a “face lift.” In June as we started our trip to Alaska, Arcturus caught a fair sized rock in the passenger side windshield. We hadn’t even gotten to the gravel roads yet. Read More
Call of the Yukon
August 2, 2007
Yes we are now officially heading home. We expect to make it a slow trip with lots of exploring. But even here in the Yukon with its millions of acres of wilderness you can run into old friends and make new friends.
Chasing Trains:
May 12, 2007
Chasing Trains:
It isn’t often that you can step back in history fifty or sixty years and relive a bit of the past. Neil and I got to do just that today. Read More
