Happy new year everyone!… Who knows what this year will bring?… All I can say is I’m going to try to make it a fun and good one.

We slept in late today. Are they at fluffy yesterday was really fun and pretty hard work being outside for that long. I got to say though being around all those people really energized me.

Once we were properly awake, we decided to go for a New Year’s hike. We haven’t been up Robbins mountain… Which is in our backyard… For a good long while so that’s what we chose. There was very little snow and lots of ice and even some mud. And the thing is straight up. Just the thing to s kick in the new year.

 

At the top of Robbins mountain, there used to be an airplane beacon tower.… Our house f was called the “beacon light grange.” or many years the car our house is about 2000 feet below.… we used to hike to it all the time and climate… We’ve even slept up there. Now, though it is a massive cell tower… Kind of imposing and maybe even dangerous to approach. Even so it has its own beauty.

 

On the way up we ran in to our good friend Clint.. We saw his and his dogs footprints before we saw him. Once we got to the top, we had fun following his footprints to our favorite lookout. It’s a spot that used to be on the long trail.

 

The hike down with much easier than the hike up. We were marveling at the cool ice crystals that were emanating from the ground. Somehow related to the perfect temperature and the perfect (?) Amount of rain we’ve been getting.

Later in the evening we tried out one of dianes newest toys. I got her a a Pasta “Chitarra” (guitar).. Weed first seen one when we visited Navellie in Abruzzo. It’s a box with a bunch of stretched small wires that is used to cut pasta.… Deb came over and we tried it out. It was really fun fast and very delicious. ‘Diane made pasta with browned onions and fish sauce… Sounds weird, but was so tasty. 

 

Great first dinner of 2024… we’re off to a good start 🙂 

 

nite all, nite sam

-me