OUR NEW TOY

JW HAS ALWAYS WANTED A TRAVEL TRAILER AND I TOO THOUGHT THAT AT THIS STAGE OF OUR LIFE CAMPING IN A TRAILER FAR OUT SHINES SPENDING THE NIGHT IN A SLEEPING BAG ON THE GROUND. GETTING UP OFF THE GROUND IN THE MORNINGS SOUNDS A BIT SCARY AND DIFFICULT TO ME!!

SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE PERFECT TRAVEL TRAILER CAME ALONG NEITHER ONE OF US COULD BELIEVE OUR WONDERFUL LUCK.
THIS TRAILER HAS BEEN PARKED NOT FAR FROM OUR HOME AND WE HAVE LOOKED AT IT EVERY TIME WE CAME AND WENT TO TOWN FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS THINKING "WOULDN'T THAT BE THE PERFECT TRAILER FOR US?!!"

JUST BY LUCK THE OWNERS CAME INTO JW'S WORK PLACE ONE DAY AND JW ASKED THEM ABOUT IT. IT HAD BELONGED TO HIS PARENTS WHO BOUGHT THE TRAILER NEW IN 1971 AND IT HAS NOT BEEN USED SINCE 1999 FOR A TRIP TO YELLOWSTONE PARK. IT IS IN AMAZING SHAPE WITH A WORKING 3 BURNER STOVE, WALL HEATER, WALL LAMP AND THE UPHOLSTERY IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. ALL IT NEEDS IS NEW CURTAINS WHICH I HAVE BEEN ON THE SEARCH FOR FABRIC BUT HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING I LIKE YET. IT EVEN COMES WITH IT'S OWN FULL SET OF 1971 MEL MAC DISHES!

BUT THE BEST NEWS OF ALL IT THAT THE GENTLEMAN LET US HAVE THIS GEM FOR JUST $195.00. AMAZING.

SO WE ARE PLANNING TRIPS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND THERE ARE SO MANY WONDERFUL PLACES TO CAMP AND FISH NOT FAR FROM HERE AND WE PLAN TO TRY EVERY ONE OF THEM!

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY TIGER LILIES HAVE WAITED TILL THE END OF SEPTEMBER TO BLOOM. BUT THEY SURE ARE PRETTY. I DO HOPE THE BULBS DO THEIR THING BEFORE THE GROUND FREEZES AND IT SNOWS.

FILLING OUR GAS TANK IS BEGINNING TO BE JUST A BIT LESS PAINFUL. I WAS TOLD THIS MORNING THAT THIS GAS STATION IS ACTUALLY SELLING GAS TODAY FOR $3.51. AMAZING.

WE ATTENDED A MEMORIAL FOR A NEIGHBOR THIS AFTERNOON. HE WAS ONE OF 12 CHILDREN SO IT WAS A VERY LARGE GATHERING. AS ALL OF YOU KNOW I NEVER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT MY PRECIOUS CAMERA. THE SURPRISE AND JOY I FELT EARLIER THIS WEEK AS I WAS SNOOPING THROUGH MY PHOTO COLLECTION IN MY LAP TOP TO COME ACROSS A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO TAKEN OF THIS NEIGHBOR. IT WAS TAKEN EARLY LAST SUMMER WHILE HE WAS BALING HAY JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN THE FAMILIES FIELD. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF HIM AS HE TURNED AND LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AS I SNAPPED THE PICTURE.

THIS GENTLEMAN HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE LAST MAY AND HIS BODY WAS JUST DISCOVERED THIS WEEK IN THE FOREST ABOVE OUR HOME. HIS FAMILIES FARM IS JUST A STONES THROW DOWN THE ROAD FROM US.

I MADE AN 8 X 10 ENLARGEMENT OF THIS PHOTO AND TOOK IT TO THE SERVICE AND PRESENTED IT TO ONE OF THE BROTHERS. OF COURSE THERE WERE MANY TEARS AND MANY GRATEFUL HUGS AND THANK YOUS AND IT FELT SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE TAKEN THAT PICTURE. I TOLD THE FAMILY THAT THIS PICTURE WAS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WANTED ONE. TODAY THAT CAMERA PAID FOR ITSELF A MILLION TIMES OVER.

YES, I HAVE BEEN OUT EVERYDAY FOR THE LAST 6 DAYS SPENDING WONDERFUL TIME ON HORSEBACK. S. AND I HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS FOLLOWING THE GREAT TRAILS JUST UP THE HILL FROM WHERE WE BOTH LIVE.
THE ABOVE PHOTO WAS TAKEN YESTERDAY AS WE VISITED A NEW PLACE AND RODE UP THE HILLS ABOVE THE BITTER ROOT VALLEY. BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS.

THIS PHOTO SHOWS WHAT OUR GLORIOUS INDIAN SUMMER WEATHER HAS BROUGHT US. THE AWESOME COLORS IN THE MOUNTAINS ARE BREATHTAKING.

THE TRAILS ARE ENDLESS HERE AND EACH ONE SEEMS TO BRING EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS THAN THE ONE BEFORE. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PLACE TO BE ABLE TO CALL HOME!

WHAT AN AMAZING DAY I HAD!! I JUST SPENT THE MOST WONDERFUL 5 HOURS OUT IN THE WILDERNESS ON HORSEBACK. YAHOO!! WHAT A GREAT TIME. THE NEIGHBORS UP THE HILL INVITED ME ON A TRAIL RIDE AND I DIDN'T HESITATE SAYING YES. I DON'T THINK I EVER STOPPED SMILING!! I SURE HOPE FOR MORE OF THIS INCREDIBLE DAYS TO COME!

OKAY, IT APPEARS MY WONDERFUL SUMMER WEATHER HAS MOVED ON TO WARMER CLIMES!!! DARN, IT'S ALWAYS OVER WAY TO SOON FOR ME. IT LOOKS AS IF MY TOMATOES WON'T HAVE TIME TO GET THAT BEAUTIFUL RED COLOR BEFORE THE FROST GETS THEM.