October 2024 |
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![]() Lisa & Larry bringing up the rear with me. |
Hike #2 in our Fall group hiking series - McGuire Lookout Eric & Amy lead the way. |
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Seems like every hike includes a glimpse of Lake Koocanusa. | Enjoying a short breather on the way up. |
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At the top, Stryker heads for the edge of a cliff every time. | Inside the lookout. It can be rented for camping. |
![]() Someone had hung festive lights. |
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Looking up into the loft lookout area. | |
![]() Socializing while we ate our snacks. |
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The McGuire Lookout | |
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McGuire written in white rocks next to the lookout. | Eric sharing his crackers with Buddy & Carson. |
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Me & Amy & Buddy on our way down. | Group photo, there was a bit of a dreamy quality to the camera. |
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This is mostly to help our ailing memories to remember the trail. | At the Rosh Hashanah celebration Rose hosted at God's House. |
![]() After the meal, gearing up for some Shofar blowing. |
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Cooper was a pro at it. | |
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Lane did fantastic, but got tickled at the end. | Buddy did NOT like the Shofar sound at all, since I wasn't stopping it, he decided to see if Aunt Kristi could make it better. |
![]() Dan & Tracie having fun, while Larry has a cat nap. Those Casazza boys can sleep anywhere! |
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Out for a walk one day and we ran into this crew of renegades. Lane, Lily, and Hunter with Roscoe the dog, of course. |
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![]() We got a clear view into Canada on this day. |
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![]() Lane & Hunter were down looking at the trapped fish. Lane &
Tracie ended up rescuing |
We enjoyed a dinner with Kenna & Coti, then a nice walk after the meal. | |
![]() Buddy, Eric, and Kenna on the hill above our house. |
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![]() The sunset was looking beautiful that night.
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![]() Until now, I've only seen Northern Lights once in all these years, but this
week I saw Luckily, our local photographer Keith
Taylor takes excellent pictures of them. |
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You'll have to trust me, these are Northern Lights and stars. | |
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Our favorite walk, all decked out in yellow for Fall. | Sunset over E-S Ranch. |
![]() Morning sun lighting up the yellow trees. |
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Eric was out of town so I was in a sewing marathon. This is my indicator that it's time to take a break. |
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This one just enjoys getting in the way, he's not sending any messages. | Evening beauty. |
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![]() These are the noisy toys that Eric has banned on account of their high annoyance factor. When Eric is out of town, they ALL come out of hiding! |
I was trying to do an ab workout, but this happened. | |
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Eric is back! First item on the agenda is a sleep pile for nap time. | Out for a walk with newly-returned Eric so he can see the beautiful fall colors. |
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After a lovely dinner with Mike O and Tessa, we joined up with Amy for a long walk. | We are checked out the latest 40 acres that has been added to the E-S
Ranch. We are so grateful to own this property! |
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![]() They replaced a giant section of pipe that ran for over a quarter
mile. They did almost |
GLID (Glen Lake Irrigation District, of which Eric is a member) did a HUGE project this month on the D-C Ranch, just north of our house. Eric helped when he was in town and Buddy & I came down to watch a few times. |
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Looking up at the ditch where they were laying the pipe, it's approaching the ranch house now. | Looking down into the middle part of the project. |
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We set up a trail cam to see what came to eat the trapped fish in the "Hillbilly Hot Tub" inlet of the lake. |
We got some neat owl pictures. |
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Several of this eagle, they look so funny when they walk. It costs major dignity points! | Airborne squirrel! |
![]() Roscoe & Hunter joined Lane & Tracie in rescuing some of the fish before they died. |
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A skunk patrolling the area. | |
![]() We got tons of pictures of these turkeys making a daily stroll through the area. |
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The best shots from our apple tree camera
this month were of this adorable mouse.
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Cody with his Cedarcrest Falls quilt. Rose is covering the boys of the family in my quilts! |
Back in Oklahoma, poor Brodie had a very bad bike wreck. He spent a long evening in the ER but thankfully recovered quickly and fully. |