Chickens

Last weekend we were in Clearfield Pennsylvania. One of the attractions we saw were Jean and Jim's chickens. Lauren had to go and collect some fresh eggs for Ryan. She only took eggs from the empty nests, she wasn't going to put her hand under a chicken to get an egg, and no way was she going to squeeze a chicken, to get the last egg for her dozen.

Glaicer 2009

Last week Linda and I went on vacation to Glacier Park in Montana. We went hiking every day 8-10 miles. We saw wildlife (bears, badger, deer, big horn sheep, mountain goats and birds), most of the wildlife was viewed through spotting scopes. The picture below is of Grinnell glacier and Grinnell pond.
One of our hikes was on the Hi-Line trail. This trail runs along the continental divide for eight miles. Most of the trail looks just like the picture below.

The Hi-Line trail goes to the Granite Park Chalet. We had supper at the chalet (bad freeze dried food) and we spent the night in the chalet. This chalet is one of the last two of the old back country chalets.

Here is a picture of the sunset from the front porch of the chalet.

Clunker Replacement

My new truck has arrived. It was ready to be picked up last month just before we went on vacation, but I didn't have the time to pick it up. I have moved the rack off of my old truck, so now the new truck looks just like my old truck. This new truck has almost the exact same options as my old truck, but the new truck does not have power windows or power door locks. The new truck does have an AUX input to the radio, so I can hook up my MP3 player.