Neil August 14th, 2008
Left to right: Linda, Bill, Jane, Carol, Neil.
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We all enjoyed our time together in Cut Bank, MT. visiting with Alfred Olsen; Linda, Jane and Carol’s father. We spent the day Friday driving over Logan Pass and taking several short hikes to see the amazing mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers and creeks in Glacier National Park.
Logan Pass Visitor Center.
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On Saturday we drove to Many Glaciers on the north side of Glacier National Park.
Linda, Jane and dad Olsen shelter themselves from the sprinkles that came up while enjoying lunch at Many Glaciers.
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A young moose grazes the lake bottom for lunch.
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While hiking the trail to Red Rock Falls dark clouds gathered and let go on us with some pretty heavy showers and thunder.
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The red rocks in the area give evidence of where the name Red Rock Falls came from.
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About 15 miles southeast of Cut Bank there is a large wind farm being constructed. When completed there will be 149 of these giant windmills. Read the story about the project here.
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Neil August 4th, 2008
Lorene Jones-McAninch and her husband Chuck visited us yesterday. They were in the area to attend Chuck’s class reunion in Everett. We had lunch together at the Maltby Cafe. Had a great conversation catching up on one another. Enjoyed the time together with them.
Neil May 26th, 2008
Preston, Karen and pooches on the ferry from Edmonds to Kingston.
Carol, Amira and Karen read a book together.
Neil December 3rd, 2007
The culvert bringing the creek water under I-5 is full to capacity.
The first time the creek flooded as high it washed out the bridge in this photo taken about 5 years ago.
Neil November 14th, 2007
I came across this in my saved snippets among my MS Word documents. Whether you work all day long pursuing your profession or like me work all day long just living (retired) this is a good thing to remember:
Stress Release
To get rid of those stressful emotions that can build up throughout the day, take at least five minutes every two hours to re-group. Stop everything, relax and shake it out by doing shoulder circles and shaking your arms. Force yourself to breathe deeply. This little break will allow you to have a better focus.
Neil November 11th, 2007
The Butternut Hollow bunch (sans moi) visited the Poulsbo area for the afternoon Saturday. The Poulsbo old town area is a very picturesque area. The area has a nordic them.
The boat harbor next to Poulsbo old town is in Liberty Bay.
As usual, Amira is on the run up the boardwalk along Liberty Bay.
Neil November 3rd, 2007
This tree in the back yard has been the most colorful so far this year. Overall the fall colors have been quite subdued this year because of the mild summer and fall.
Neil October 24th, 2007
While varied and beautiful, the leaves don’t seem to have the more brilliant colors that we’ve seen in past years, so far that is.
