Atlantic City Photos 9-3-08

Atlantic Merc - Where Bonnie and I had lunch with Sandra.

Next phots are inside the Merc

Cool Rocking Horse

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lady hanging laundry

3 shot panorama

Church at Atlantic City

Little Sandy Scenery Photos 9-3-08

Does the Wind Blow?

On the way to South Pass - at Little Sandy Creek -

must have been a thousand cattle in a pasture there.

Thursday September 4 2008

The blogger isn't working very well this morning for some reason. I want to journal about yesterday's trip. We had a WONDERFUL day. Loved Sandra's cabin, It is perfectly deserving of the name cabin in every sense of the word - But I can't believe I didn't take a picture of it - spaced it out, sorry Sue. I captured the "guest cabin" though and would have put that on now if blogger gave me the option, so later for that too - did a bunch of other tourist things - out on the open road all day - so put a little bit of Walt Whitman's poem below.

Today I'm off to Pinedale for a haircut, over to Sherals to get the jacket I left there the other night, stopping by Bonnie's to see the new gate..... YES I KNOW!! Craig has it nearly done in just a few days - how awesome is that??

So I'm having a fruit smoothie protien drink and will take off in a little bit to be gone most of the day. Look for more about our day to South Pass sometime later.

The Open Road - Walt Whitman

Excerpt
Song of the Open Road
Walt Whitman
1

AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune—I myself am good fortune;
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Strong and content, I travel the open road.

The earth—that is sufficient;
I do not want the constellations any nearer;
I know they are very well where they are;
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens;
I carry them, men and women—I carry them with me wherever I go;
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them;
I am fill’d with them, and I will fill them in return.)

2

You road I enter upon and look around!
I believe you are not all that is here;
I believe that much unseen is also here.

Wednesday September 3 2008

Antelope Buck

Off on an adventure! I'm leaving early to go meet Sandra at Atlantic City Mercantile. Bonnie is going along with me. She suggested that I don't go down the back way along the mountains on the dirt road because of the recent storm, but to go by the highway. So I'm not sure if we'll take the wild way or not. We'll have some lunch at The Merc and go see her cabin. We might have time for the Willie Hand Cart Co. site or something interesting. I should be a great day. The dogs can go too. I'll let you know tomorrow how the day goes.

Betty called and looks like she will arrive for 8 or 10 days about the 20th. We're working on me going back with her, then Debbie will bring me home after a week or so and stay at the ranch for 2 or 3 weeks. It's sure something to look forward to.

Dinner yesterday with Sheral and Dick turned out pretty good I guess. I can't hardly taste anything right so just try to make recipes like I always have and hope for the best. It was real enjoyable having them come over. By Thursday they are off to Utah and will fly to Texas to see two of their kids and their families - laying by the pool in the warm Texas sun, etc. They're going to be gone until the middle of October. And then will come back to the ranch for a while before they close it up for the winter. I left my new thermal jacket over there and have to get it before they leave - maybe today.

Lucky Wyoming isn't part of Canada: The U.S. War of Independence officially ended on this day in 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The war, which began at Lexington and Concord in the spring of 1775, had more or less been over for two years, since Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown, but the American navy continued harassing the British, and by the time the treaty was signed the American fleet had captured dozens of British ships. The treaty required Britain to recognize the independence of the United States and to cede all lands east of the Mississippi to the U.S.

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Tuesday September 2 2008

Betty Sent This -

Air Force One Over Mt. Rushmore

Clear cold morning. About a half inch of frost on everything, but that won't last long once the sun comes up. Woke up early today. Watched Arsenic and Old Lace. I never know what this erratic sleeping brings. So I spent the early morning catching up my bookwork, sending out receipts finally for things sold at the art show, getting the deposit ready, and going through a stack of paperwork and bills.

Deer at the Ranch

Melita called but not until about 10 to invite me to come in to the small painting group. I couldn't have gotten ready and got there and spent any time before having to come back and cook dinner, so sadly missed that. I would have enjoyed it. Sheral and Dick are coming to dinner. It looks like the menu will be meatloaf and creamed potatoes and peas using Bonnie's garden potatoes. Want to think of an easy but yummy dessert. Joe has been trying to call Aubrey to invite them over but can't get an answer. Maybe they've gone back to Georgia. I invited James too but he can't come this time. We'll get together soon.

My brother-in-law was on the Missouri in WWII and was there for the treaty signing. Our family considered it quite a moment in hisotry and that he was there when it happened. He's still alive and.... lives in gues where..... Missouri. I was about 5 years old then.

It was on this day in 1945 that Japan formally surrendered to the United States, marking the end of World War II. It was a gray, overcast day. The surrender took place on the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, and witnesses later said that from the ship they could see the sunken wrecks of Japanese ships all around the harbor, left over from American bombings.

Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day, also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, and subsequent anniversaries of that event. The term has been applied to both the day on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made in the afternoon of August 15, 1945 (August 14 North American date), as well as the date the formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo on September 2, 1945.

Here's a couple of interesting things to look at:

flying over mountains - http://electricoyster.com/esp3d/

http://www.dizzy-dee.com/recipe/chocolate-cake-in-5-minutes

Monday September 1 2008

A Group of Antelope Does

A new month. And fall has very likely arrived here. We had a disappointing sprinkle of rain yesterday but after dark we got several short downpours. I heard rain on the roof several times in the night. It rained more gently all morning, and then turned to sleet and snow for a while. The clouds were very dark most of the day, starting to clear up some by evening. The storm is over. I'm curious how much snow fell in the high country. I wouldn't have liked to been camping.

Another dull day. I guess I mostly sat at the computer fiddling with the new email program. In switching over it copied all the folders THREE TIMES, so there is a huge amount of unwanted messages in there. I don't know how else to get rid of most of it except to delete two of the three items and I have sat here doing some of that. Too bad there's not a setting to delete anything that is duplicated. Anyway, I'm sure all that much stuff is slowing things down. I fiddled with stationery and fonts, but guess I didn't click apply and it didn't take. That would be easy to try again. Other than that and some cooking I took a nap and we spent a quiet day.

Later both Debbie and Beverly called and we talked quite a while. Everyone is fine there. Tayler said she thought college would be a lot different, but it's just more school. It sounds like she's having a good time being independent. Sheral called too and I invited them to dinner tomorrow night - before they leave for Utah and Texas.