Another Trip North

We headed north again in early January to visit Morning Glory and the Dr - and to check on our retirement home! We had a great time - the weather was cold but not stormy and it was a super weekend! We really enjoy their church - it will be ours too when we move! We also stopped in to see Queen Beth and the Royal family and Karen Tradeoff and a couple of the little Tradeoffs! The new little guy is adorable!

One of the days we drove up to the local ski area - the road up is VERY turny and twisty but the views off to the side were wonderful! We looked around the ski lodge and had lunch, then the clouds started dropping a bit of snow and since we didn't have chains it was time to head down the hill! As you can tell it was cold - but really pretty! We are looking forward to skiing here when we finally live close! I'm thinking season passes!! As we were driving down the mountain, the blue sky reappeared and the view out over the valley was just incredible!!

That night the moon was especially pretty - so I went out on the front lawn to balance my camera on the tree branch and the frozen grass crunched under my feet!! That was not something this California girl has ever experienced!! I thought it was neat!! Morning Glory just laughed!

We took several drives past our house - we didn't want to bother our renter - so we just "lurked"!! The fence we put in a few months ago looked good, but the bright white of the fence sure made the pale trim on the house look dingy! With the winter grass and the leafless tree everything looked pretty bland! We decided we will have some planting and painting to do when we move in!! The park was all in behind the house - grass, trees and a walking path along the creek! We have now set mid June, 2008 to be our move-in target! It seems like a long time - but if the last year is any indication - the time will fly by!!




Not to be outdone by Morning Glory's Sunrise/Sunset site - this was the sunset from my office window the evening of the day after we returned! Oh my - the view can be great on a clear day - I can see the islands off the coast of SoCal! But this sunset was one of the best I can remember from this window!!

Wow! 2 posts in 2 days!! This has got to be some sort of record for me!! Tee-hee!! Happy weekend friends!