This morning I was in the back of the house and I heard Bubba going absolutely crazy. It was more than “there’s someone walking in front of my house or there’s a cat in my yard” crazy. So I walked in to find out what was going on–he saw a turtle in the grass. By …
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Hold Me Tight
I just LOVE dahlias!
Where were you?
Where were you when the world stopped turning? I cry every time I hear this song. What a sad, sad day.
Day 10 – We went to see Ian Tyson!
This was our last day of sightseeing as we headed home. We left Amanda, Evan, Moose, Molly and Penny (who was so glad to see us go) at 7:00 a.m. local time. Rather than heading straight home, we took a different route than we’d ever gone. At Cheyenne, we headed north on I25 up to …
Day 9 – Going to see Ian Tyson!
Tommy saw an article in the Laramie Boomerang asking for volunteers to remove old railroad rails that will be used to create a new railroad park. Having never worked on a railroad, Tommy jumped at the chance. Now he’s going around singing “I’ve Been Working on a Railroad”. Here are some of the pictures from …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HALL!
Hard to believe it was only 27 years ago today that Hall came into our lives. We love him bunches!
Day 8 – Going to see Ian Tyson!
The big event finally arrived. The Ian Tyson concert was held at the Fine Arts Center at the University of Wyoming. Amanda was able to get us second row in the middle seats smack in front of Ian. We were probably 12 feet from him.He put on a pretty good show for his age (did …
Day 8 – Going to see Ian Tyson!
Another day of work for the kids and another day of sight seeing for us. This time we decided we were going to take 287 south towards Ft. Collins to Tie Siding. At that point we were going to take a dirt road over to Buford (population 1) and hopefully see some trains. Unfortunately there …
Day 7 – Going to see Ian Tyson!
Back to work for Amanda and Evan so Tommy and I hit the road again. We decided to head up towards Chugwater and hopefully see some trains on the way. Once we were outside of Laramie by a few miles the road turned into dirt.A common sight in Wyoming — antelopes.Driving along the dirt road …
Day 6 – Going to see Ian Tyson
Amanda and Evan took the day off to go for a drive with us. Tommy had wanted to go to Encampment, Wyoming which was a booming town at the turn of the century known for its copper mining. To get there we drove up and over the Snowies–one of my favorite places in the world! …