Well, it's been a year since I posted.
I went back to work part time for Guy Faler at the CDC last spring. Ten to twenty hours a week quickly turned into twenty to thirty. I was able to work from the trailer, so my commute from bed to desk was about 20 feet. I renewed friendships with old friends from my previous stint at CDC and met a bunch of great new people - some only via phone and email. The gig lasted a year. I really enjoyed the challenge.
We have been in the Chattanooga area since last August, when Bill's mother Peggy was hospitalized. We stayed after her death to help Bill's dad Hueston recover from eye surgery and to renovate an apartment on the side of Bill's son Shane's house so that it can be rented out and generate a little income. That has been a MAJOR money pit, but it is almost over.
My "sister" Marilyn Windle and I flew out to Boise, Idaho to visit Starr and Karen last August. Starr and Karen took us hiking along the Crooked River Trail east of Idaho City. Marilyn and I drove up to McCall and visited the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Boise on our own, then Starr took us up to Stanley where we visited Redfish Lake, and Sun Valley
where we ate lunch at the top of Bald Mountain overlooking the town. I
spent another wonderful ten days with Starr and Karen in Idaho at the end of
April just hanging out.
I will blog about the Idaho trip with Marilyn over the next few days. and include some pictures.
