Mccall Trip 1/23/08

So the weather in Boise has been the pits for a long time now. Snow..Rain..Snow..fog..and than we start all over again..Yuch! Time to get the heck out of "dodge". So Bonnie and I pack up the van and off we go to McCall..everyone knows that the sun shines and the clouds are blue high up in the mountains. Yeah Right....We fight the fog all the way to Horseshoe Bend where we have a great breakfast and good conversation. Back in the car we just know that it is gonna clear up but when is the question. Fog follows us all the way to McCall but we are here so lets go with the flow..First stop is the "Womans Auxillary Shop" which is this great little second hand shop....NOT TODAY...today we have junk and not even good junk. No problem: we have a plan so next stop is the sporting shop to rent cross country skis and on to Ponderosa Park for some exercise. So the skis are not expensive and when we get into the park we can actually see SKY blue sky and soon we see the sun...YEA!
OK now how do we put these long skinny thing onto the nice boots that came with them? We seem to have forgotten to ask..we're smart so soon (5 or maybe 10 mins.) we figure it out and off we go across the snow to find a path thru the woods...the very icy slick woods. For someone who has never done this before I think I did very well....only fell down twice..tried to wipe a tree out...and forgot to pay attention. Let me tell you these long skinny pieces of wood on ice are not very forgiving. I quickly learned that I can NOT go downhill because I CAN"T STOP!!!! I learn that I can not lean over to check thing on the ground because I TUMBLE OVER!!! Once I hit the ground I CAN"T GET UP!!!! I CAN'T EVEN GET THEM OFF MY FEET!! So 3 hours of sking, walking, taking pictures, seeing Big Foot and wolf prints have passed and other than hurting all over we have had a great day..but wait it isn't over yet. Back into McCall..by by sky..and off to Lardos for a late lunch and than return of our equipment and off we go to the Gold Fork Hot Springs where the road is narrow and snow covered and I am white knuckled the entire way. (I hate driving on snow much less on little bitty roads. ) The HOT water beckons so we get into the pool and hang out for a couple of hours and than off we go back on that nice narrow snow covered road. by now it is after 7 pm and we are headed home, Cascade is clear as a bell, as is most of the way to HorseShoe Bend. On the road from HSB to Boise we hit an area that is so bad that we needed both of us to see where the road was. I swear if you looked at Bonnies' dash my fingers are etched into it, probably my nose to since I was peering out the front window as I held that death grip on the steering wheel.
Long story short we managed to see the sun, play in the snow, eat good food, listen to good music, soak in hot water, and enjoy good companionship. It was a great day...even though every part of me and parts I didn't know about hurts like crazy. Until my next adventure.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow I am having my stepson Chris over to dinner. I haven't seen him for a couple of years (we do text each other) and I am looking forward to the visit. I am fixing Lasagna, green salad, and garlic bread. I remember his favorite food was Lasagna so I will see what I can do.. I will offer a red wine but don't know if he will have any, I think we will have ice cream for dessert. I miss spending time with my Buchta family...I will update this after we visit.
This is follow up to the above note.
Rick Mindy and Tristan joined us for dinner and we had a great time. The food was good (with the exception of the garlic bread which had too much garlic) and we visited like we had never been apart. After dinner we went over to Rick and Mindys so Rick could let Chris listen to his music and hang out.
Chris looked good and he appeared to be doing very well hopefully we will not wait to see each other again. Just one more brick into becoming a family again.

Ken and Carol

Ken Tooley is a good gentle man who happens to be the father of my children and a very good friend of mine. He and his twin sister love to "pick and sing."
He spent his whole life working like a mule just to survive and now that he is retired he can be seen every Thursday night playing with the Gospel Revival at the fairgrounds in Emmett. He also plays with the Old Time Fiddlers and at the local nursing homes. He is the "real" thing and never pretends to be anything except who he is and I, for one, never tire of listen to him entertain. Now Kenny takes his guitar most everywhere he goes and is always ready to pick it up and entertain you. His sister,Carol has a site on YouTube and she posted some of their hanging out sessions...please feel free to check it out and enjoy some good ole Gospel music.
www.youtube.com/cjcidaho

DAVID

David is my oldest grandson, he lives in Colorado and I don't get to see him. BOO HOO...
When I was expecing my daughter, Amanda, my daughter Jodi, was expecting him so they are the same age from Aug to Oct. It made it hard for me to be the kind of grandmom I should have been and a mom to someone his own age at the same time.
David is a special young person and he is that way totally because of who he is. The way he was raised he should probably be a hood but instead he is a smart talented young man.
His craft is the internet and any kind of art, while his artistic talent ran toward gothic..I am sure he could do anything he sat his mind to.
I was bless with him as a small child and again as a teenager and have missed him a lot and after an extended time of no contact we have recently been talking and I am excited about getting reconnected. Wish us luck in becoming friends and family again.