Hi all,
Its been a few days, so thought I'd write an
update.
Friday was wonderful. I was invited by the neighborhood moms
(Fred calls
them the M&M's (Mormon Moms)) to go hiking. I really like
them. They are
outdoors all the time and very involved in winter sports and
kids
activities. Most of them have kids just about to leave the nest and then
a
few that are still in grade school and every Friday morning they
get
together to hike and eat lunch. Today we went up to Stewart Falls
where
Robert Redford filmed 'Jeremiah Johnson'. We hiked 4 miles round
trip,
then we ate lunch at Sundance resort. One of the women is married to
a
former Olympic Skier, Doug Greer, and she and he build custom homes up
at
the ski resorts. She encouraged me to get a job at the resort for
the
winter for the fun of it and look for a more serious job in the Spring!
I
need to get my resume put together and head up to Alta and Snowbird.
She
said I could be on the radio team since I worked for Motorola :-)
There
are some photos in the Utah-Misc folder of our hike and lunch. I also
got
to surprise Kelli, the hostess at Sundance who befriended us last
year
when we were there. We have kept up with her via email and she has
become
a friend. She kept telling us she would drop by soon to see us but
hadn't
found the time. Kelli treated our table to a pork quesadilla and
we
ordered salads (trying to be good as we just finished a nice hike). My
new
laundry room floor was layed on Friday as well. Pics in the same
folder.
Saturday was rainy here but Fred got invited to hike with one our
handyman
guys, Rob, and they attempted Mt. Olympus (9026 ft), a 4200 ft
elevation
gain. Fred almost made the summit but decided to turn back at the
last as
the last 200 ft is rock and boulders and he was afraid on his
shaky,
flat-lander legs he would have trouble on the descent. But he got
some
awesome pictures. Those are in the 'Fred hikes Mt. Olympus' folder. He
was
gone about 5 hours and was exhausted and ravenous when he
returned.
Sunday, we worked on getting my desk set up so I don't have to
work in the
kitchen and I got a new flatscreen monitor which is great. We
also decided
to take the dogs to Dog Lake which is supposed to be the best
place for
dogs to swim and hike. We envisioned a easy hike into a meadow with
a lake
at the end. Ha! Turned out to be a very hardy hike up about to 8740
ft
(1000 ft elevation gain). We got out of the car at the trailhead
and
realized it was VERY cold there. But once we began the ascent we
warmed
up fast. We caught a snowstorm up by the lake but it cleared quickly
and
we had a nice sunny place for the dogs to play. The whole hike took
about
2.5 hours (and we thought it was going to be a 45 min walk!) but
we
thoroughly enjoyed it and it was great to get the exercise. Pictures
are
in the 'Dog Lake' folder at http://community.webshots.com/user/fredschub
I
decided that before the washer and dryer are moved back into the
laundry
room, I'd give it a new coat of paint. I chose a grey/green color and
will
have white moldings put in place of the brown. As soon as its finished
I
will post a pic. I spent last night painting, since the handyguys were
due
this morning. They never showed and I got a call about 11 letting me
know
Jason broke his foot and wouldn't be by til tomorrow. The laundry
is
piling up!
Tonight I'm going to hang out with Lacy, eat dinner and
get some much
needed advice on how to set up the living room. Its such a
weird room with
2 focal points (fireplace and tv/cutout wall). I am thinking
maybe I need
to divide it up into two sitting areas. We'll see. Also gotta
get a
woman's opinion on the guestroom paint and comforter set.
More
later this week...