Line Creek Sunrise

Good morning one and all!

Start of a beautiful day. Going up to Red Lodge, MT today for lunch and a Gallery Reception. Will probably do a little shopping as there are stores there!

Went into Cody, WY yesterday and got laundry done, visited Jez at his shop and saw his 64 Mustang under restoration (looking good Jez), washed the truck and brought Barb back up to Line Creek with us.

Jaime and Barb made us a great supper of fresh tomatoes, peppers, Italian sausage and whole wheat pasta. WOW! That was great. Visited until 10 pm. Since it gets dark so much earlier it felt like we stayed up really late. And it does get dark up here. Lots of stars to gaze.

Early to bed and early to rise, so I went and got this photos standing at the back of the camper. Nice way to collect morning thoughts.

Well, off to breakfast and new adventures!
Tom & Millie

Yup, here it is, the obligatory Painted Canyon photo. 

As the previous post showed we made if further. Up at the Oslie/Penuel Art Colony about 1000 feet above Clark, WY. Had a great evening with my brother looking over all the construction projects since the last time we visited. I guess he and I have similar timelines at our cabins. Just hope his finds completion faster than ours did.

Jaime brought ribs and we provided bean salad, scotch and wine. Was great to sit and visit. I will get some photos today even though it is cloudy.

Make your day great!
Tom & Millie

First leg.

Clark WY. OK, need a pretty detailed map to see where this is. Just south of the Montana border. at about 5000 feet elevation and I am doing OK. Surprised me. It is really quiet here and the sleeping should be great. Had a few with my brother and am nearly ready for bed.

All set up where have to depend on the bubble to know if we are level. Hard to know where nothing is level. All either up or down. There are some positives to the valley.

Got a few good photos and will post some tomorrow. 200-250 miles a day is nice. Just not in our deck of cards to push and do long days. We are enjoying this now that we have a chance to do so.

More to come!
Tom

Nearly ready to go!

Not sure which is more difficult, packing or preparing the house to be on it's own. Lake cabin has taught us some things, but it is closed, water off, and all shut down. House has to be in sleep mode, ready to go on a moments notice depending on Chelsey. Won't be here much, but she needs access and use ability. Plus we had to do all the winter prep for the yard and garden. So packing was somewhat easy, take or leave, those are the choices.

Think all is nearly prepped and other than a few, out of left field, glitches hopefully tomorrow.

Had to get out of town and to the lake. It has been an interesting and stressful day. Left the office hopefully in reasonably low confusion as they pick up where I left off.

Pizza and beer with Millie at the cabin. Didn't look like it would be much of a sunset, but the twilight is spectacular.

Find that the September sunsets often are some of the most spectacular. And the quiet........ so nice.
Tom

Last day!

Last day of my current employment with the City of Fargo. Spending my time trying to be sure the "loose ends" are minimal. I have enjoyed working with them for the last 16+ years and surprised how I seem to look forward to what is to come and not apprehensive about leaving  a good job and paycheck. I will miss the interaction with coworkers and many of our customers. I believe that the Rental Inspection program has made a noticeable improvement in our city and even though all is not perfect the need for the program goes on. Always someone not willing to comply with minimums.

Even the Boss thinks I am done.


Thanks all for a great run.

Tom

Sunday September 6
Coming down to the wire. 4 more work days after tomorrow's holiday. Wow, sure came fast.

Out at the cabin this weekend and enjoying the slightly cooler weather. Still summer humid enough to keep moving slow and enjoy. Not sure what I am going to miss more, work or winter.............. OK, probably neither.

Even though, at work, we did not always see eye to eye, stimulating conversations did occur. I hope no one there holds any grudges as I do not. If we did not always agree, we backed each other up and learned from the experience.

About all that is left to pack is clothes and food. Hoping not to take much food so we can learn to shop and eat fresh. Also have to pull all the tools from truck and camper to consolidate, no need for duplicate tools. A little redundancy is OK, but doesn't take too many ounces to make to many pounds. Mostly hoping don't need any of them. Just know that all does not always go well and a little prep can be good.

Installed a Tire Pressure Monitoring System on the trailer. Hope it will give us enough warning of tire problems to prevent any damage to the trailer should one decide to try coming apart. Besides there is lots of tread left on the existing tires even though they are getting near the end of the "age" life. Have put money away for a new set when needed. Just hope we can make it to a tire dealer and not a service station.

Out on a Wild Goose Chase looking for a rummage sale. This was all I got. Red River Valley looking from the Eastern shore. Yes, that is a hill! Welcome to Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes and not much more!
Tom