Adventure 550: Whole Country Turn Around/Hooley Farm/Post A

Early morning traffic at Logan Airport

The drive back Saturday from Vermont proved uneventful, except for the wonderful lunch served by Johnny's sister, Marion, and the exquisite "drive by" to see Johnny's boyhood home. Sunday morning at 5:15 A.M. Johnny took us to Logan Airport. We were stunned by the amount of traffic, but we weathered the half hour wait in the security line, the rifling of dangerous Judy's bag (Maple syrup, jam, knitting needles and the like), the flight across country, the two hour layover in Portland which landed us in Spokane about 3 P.M. I immediately went and got Frac, which proved eventful because the sudden ice storm had busted the water line behind the toilet. It will have to be fixed, but timing doesn't allow for that now. We packed, loaded the trailer with clothes, a little food, and as many other things as we could remember, and picked Liz up at 6 A.M. for the drive to Twin Falls where we'll spend the week helping with the annual Ten Thousand Villages sale the Filer Mennonite church hosts every year. This is our third time helping. We enjoy it very much, mostly because we've come to love these dear friends. This year, we have another of our dear friends, Liz Ulmen, in tow. She'll get to experience a little "farm" life this week. Joy will be ringing. We're happy we made it here safely. The twelve hour drive proved fairly draining, but the day was bright and warm, so life is good, especially today.

 Hopping the Alaska prop plane at Sea-Tac for the last leg.

 We stopped in Boise to pick up the "Lizmobile" and got to see her grand daughters. This little cutie is Mariana.

 Her older sister, Celia, enjoys Miss Judy very much.

 Mariana seems to love the new jumpy chair grandma brought her.

 And Celia is thrilled to have a game of catch with grandma.

 It was the soft part of the evening when we were finished setting up.

 Gary and Loey were completing their last chore of the day, feeding the heifers.