Today was my first day back at work after more than 3 weeks away.

At home the gardens were overflowing.. look at this garlic !!!

Vermont is so green after the desert.. we’re happy to be home !

nite all, nite sam

-me

Today we headed home .. it’s been a really good time. This is wrapping up about 5 weeks of travel to see the boys..   thats been so fun

We hitched a ride back to ABQ with George and Doreen thanks for a fun and challenging game of jenga getting all our bags into the tiny rental. Our. planes were within an hour of each other so we grabbed a drink and watched the planes with them..
the trip home was peaceful.. I managed to get most of the way through my email which was satisfying.

Kyle picked us up around 11PM and took us home..

sooooo nice to be home !

nite all, nite sam

-me

Today was our last day in Santa Fe and our last day of covid camp.  It has been a great vacation despite everyone getting covid.THough we’re really sad about Our friend Joe’s passing We are thinking thinking of Kevin, Pat, Martha and joes wife Pam..

THere’s also been a tragedy here in Santa Fe . Matt King, one of the founders of MeowWolf where Max and Becky work also died this week. Today tehre was a memorial gathering for Matt that Max and Becky wanted to be at

We decided to head out on one last hike with Doreen and George

. We chose Grasshopper canyon.. one of our favorites.  (not before surprising violet with a new hat)

We dropped max and becky off at the masonic hall to work on matt’s memorial for a while.. then we met up to take a walk in the beautiful  sunset

One of the surprises we saw was a bunch of hummingbird moths   drinking nector out of 20 foot tall century plant flowers… We could see their long probosci drinking the necter.. So amazing

It was a great end to an interesting and fun vacation.. covid included..

thanks to max and becky for being such great hosts.. and thanks to george and doreen for being such good camp mates !

nite all, nite sam

-me

We woke today to the very sad and shocking news that  our friend Joe  had died in a motorcycle crash the night before. Joe is the father of our very good friend Kevin and Pat.. and the former husband of our good friend Martha . Joe was riding  his motorcycle northbound on the i89 overpass heading out of Richmond when he hit a guardrail .  Diane told me the news when I woke up  and I really had trouble taking it in..  Joe was a good dad to Pat and Kevin . He and his wife Pam saw the boys often.  I hadn’t seen Joe in a whole… but used to see him often every other week or so when he was working in the TSA.. at the BTV ariport.

Kevin is getting married  to Margaret in just 3 weeks. They are goign ahead with the wedding.. Joe will be in everyones minds and hearts.

Rest in peace Joe.

nite all, nite sam

-me