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Skriven 2007-04-18 12:03:52 av hap newsom
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> trip would never make it all happen...so we decided this trip would 
be
-> ->  hn> north next trip would be south (grin). Primary reason North won 
was
->  hn> ->
-> -> So, are you planning that for next year?  I'd like to see more of the
-> -> state as well but haven't been able to yet.  I want to get over to
-> -> Carlsbad Caverns some day; we've toured several major cave/cavern
-> -> systems before but not done this one yet.
-> 
->  hn> Probably not next year, but hopefully within the next 3 or 4.
-> 
-> Don't put it off too long.  In 83, my dad drove our car from NY to CA
-> and kept talking about how he wanted to do it with my mom some time.
-> They finally did it in 95.  My one sister didn't want them to do it at
-> all for fear something bad would happen. The rest of us were of the
-> opinion "better they die doing somethg they wanted than sit at home
-> rotting and regretting they never made the trip" so they went. I've a
-> feeling tho that the trip they made south last fall will probably be
-> their last one together.
-> 
Hopefully we have many years of trips to look forward to! But it does take 
some saving up for them and that takes time!

-> ->  hn> that's where the Georgia O'Keefe museum is and I was NOT going 
to
-> 
-> -> That's one reason for me to head north.  The Southern Baptist 
Convention
-> -> has a conference grounds in Glorietta, outside of Santa Fe, that we
-> -> might get to some time for a conference.  If so, we can side trip into
-> -> Santa Fe. My younger brother has been to the Boy Scout camp at 
Philmont
-> 
->  hn> I never made it to Philmont but wanted to every year that I was a
->  hn> scout (grin).
-> 
-> Do they take senior scouts on staff for the summer?  True, you probably
-> want to make the trek too, but you could at least say you were there.
-> (G)
-> 
I'm an eagle scout so I could go anytime I think....but it wouldn't be the same

at all and I don't have the interest in doing it now like I did then.

-> ->  hn> most part we did a pretty good job....had no chest pains or need 
for
-> ->  hn> nitro during the entire trip, even though we did do a couple of 
fairly
-> ->  hn> strenuous hikes (at least for us at that altitude!).
-> 
-> -> I'd make sure I had my asthma meds handy--as in, in my pocket. Right 
now
-> -> the foot wouldn't be able to take much hiking but it does seem to be
-> -> doing better.  The surgery appears to have fixed the problem.
-> 
->  hn> I would think New Mex (and most of the desert Southwest) would be 
an
->  hn> asthma sufferer's nightmare! I am glad that it looks like they've
-> 
-> It can be.  The time I was there, I had several factors working against
-> me so my asthma was way out of control when we left.  Got rid of several
-> of the major "no-nos" and got a great pulminologist out in HI that
-> basically stabilised it.  I've still got a problem, especially in cold
-> weather but am overall, breathing better.
-> 
That's good!
-> 
->  hn> finally addressed (and repaired) the damage to your foot! You'll be
->  hn> dancing a jig in no time at all!
-> 
-> Well, maybe not quite that but getting around better.  I've been on my
-> feet a bit more than I should have been the last week or so and feeling
-> it--but it's not been hurting as bad as it was before the surgery.
-> 
Any step in the right direction is a good step!

-> -> hn> My minivan has the most comfortable  drivers seat I have ever
-> 
-> -> What kind of van was it that you got? IIRC, it was one of the ones we
-> -> looked at at one point.  Steve liks the Focus wagon we ended up with,
-> -> especially after he found the seat adjustments levers. He said it is
-> 
->  hn> I got the Ponitac Montana SV6, and I absolutely LOVE it. Easy to get
->  hn> into, easy to get out of, comfortable to spend a day of driving in it,
->  hn> and it can carry plenty of load as well.  I have been VERY happy with
-> 
-> OK, that was one we didn't look at.  Steve wanted to downsize from mini
-> vans.  he likes this car in that it does't take $50. to fill the tank.
-> (Part of that was HI prices too.)
-> 
I realized I'd be paying for the size but I need to have that space available.
I 
need to haul my equipment along, and luggage and sometimes passengers, 
and often taking things down to Amanda. My next car may be smaller. Anne 
has a pontiac Vibe (same as the toyota matrix) and she loves it, and I even 
find it fairly comfortable although still a bit of a hassle to get into and out
of.

-> ->  hn> full day of driving to the trip. You could just rename Vegas to
-> ->  hn> Grandbabyville (grin)!
-> 
-> -> It is that for us. (G)  One of our friends is going there next month to
-> -> see the kids.  She and her husband let David stay with them his last
-> -> year and a half of high school; our girls have always thought of them as
-> -> another set of parents so they are unofficial grandparents to Robert, as
-> -> we are to their 5 grand kids.
-> 
->  hn> Make sure that they make a video for you! (grin)
-> 
-> I'm sure we will see plenty of pictures. Rachel, David and Robert spent
-> a week visiting his extended family in TN and VA a couple of weeks ago;
-> first time for most of them to see Robert and he got lots of attention.
-> (G)  He met some gret grandparents and at least one great great aunt.
-> 
Good! Too bad they couldn't swing down your was as well!

-> ->  hn> offense they may have a good chance. We play in a tough division
-> 
-> -> OK, NY is expected to be the top on in the division this year.  Of
-> -> course living in GA, 99.99%of our baseball coverage is the Braves so
-> -> I have to hunt down the fine print for the Mets scores.
-> 
->  hn> Well you do live in the "land of the braves" (grin)
-> 
-> I know.  In HI the sportscasters only featured teams that had Hawaiian
-> players--got rather scant coverage in the last few years.  Mike Fetters
-> was one they really loved tho.(G) Hockey coverage was non exsistant;
-> here, it's almost that way.
-> 
We have good coverage of all the sports...but I'm a baseball purist, and have 
only a cursory interest in the others.
chat with you soon
hap 
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