Home in Orofino Now that we live closer to Shawna and Roland, they invite us to accompany them on their vacations. In 2024, we went to Yellowstone with Dan and Laurie and Roland’s dad Don Bais and his wife Alice. We spent several days in Yellowstone and then went to Cody, Wyoming with Laurie and Dan. We attended the great rodeo there and the western museums. There is a gun museum that had a sample of every kind of gun ever made in the whole world. It was amazing Then in March, 2025, we went to Belize with Shawna and Roland and Christina and spent several days at resorts along the shore and went boating and swimming. We stopped at the MOVE Institute and visited Jeff Sutton and saw how they finished up the buildings I had helped the Grass Valley church start to build. And in July we went with them to the Olympic National Park. We took a ferry over to the peninsula and drove up to Hurricane Ridge, over 5,000 feet elevation. And then, camped at a hot springs and enjoyed swimming in hot water. It’s an amazing place with big cities and lovely beaches and hiking trails and lakes. In August we went with them to Lake Chelan, about two hours drive from Wenatchee. The lake is over 50 miles long and the town of Stehekin, at the northern end, is only reached by boat or airplane. Stehekin is an Indian word meaning “the way through.” There are 27 active glaciers in the surrounding mountains that feed the lake. It’s a beautiful place with many hiking trails and campgrounds.There are also restaurants and gift shops and you can rent bikes and ATVs. Several weeks later found us all meeting up at Glacier National Park for several days of enjoying the mountain scenery and driving on the “Going to the Sun” road. And next August, Shawna has us all booked for an Alaskan adventure that we are looking forward to. Life is never dull.