7 great iPhotos

Ric  getting spring water in Richmond, IN.  Water was soo good. 

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North Dakota

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Montana, last week.  Lots of snow and very low clouds. 

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Columbia River in Idaho

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Fall colors in WA

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Sasha and I posing for the camera, 

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Sasha's hair down.  How she hates to have it brushed or fixed.  

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Oct. 17, 2010

Hello all,

We  are in Seattle for just a week and Friday we head south with a stop in Albany to see Ric's two kids and three grandkids.  Saturday we will go on home after being away for over three months.

It is a beautiful, sunny day but we were here for the first storm of the season which lasted several days.  The leaves are turning and we are seeing beautiful fall colors. 

We had a great 2 months in Richmond, IN volunteering at Brethren House again.  Met some really nice people and renewed some old acquaintances. 

On our way to Indiana we spent 10 days in Bismarck ND visiting with Sharon who is working there.  Courtney was the only grandchild there at that time and she had just gotten a job with Delta Airlines.  There are 4 airlines that fly in there so she is busy as each one comes in.  After we left her 14 year old brother, Brent,  flew in and with him being a minor, Court had to escort him off the plane.  That is too funny because Courtney is this tiny little thing and Brent is quite tall for his age.   But it was all in a days work.  Chelsey also flew in after we were there and we got to see them all on our way back from Indiana.

After we left there we spent a night in Elgin, IL and took my great nephew, Jeremy and his girl friend, out for dinner.  He was just finishing up over 2 years of BVS (Brethren Volunteer Service) and it was great to see him.  His office was at the Brethren  main offices which I had wanted to visit for a long time.  

While we were in Richmond we went to the Museum in Cincinnati and saw the Pompeii traveling display.  It was excellent as we have actually seen Mt. Vesuvius in Italy which made it even more interesting.  We also attended 2 plays at the Richmond Theater.  The first was Hair Spray which was excellent.  The other was 33 variations which was about Beethoven and music which we thoroughly enjoyed.  We also attended several local festivals which waswere also fun.  The area is beautiful with many trees, rolling hills and lots of corn and soy beans.  

We were pleasantly surprised one day when Jan and Roma Jo Thompson stopped in on their way to VA to visit for a while.  It was because of them that we volunteer in Richmond so they stopped to check us out.  They volunteer there in the spring.  They are the ones who planned our trip to China 3 years ago.  We first met them years ago when we were volunteering in Maryland. We thoroughly enjoyed their visit but it was too short. 

We also drove to Greensboro NC to see David, Angel and Sasha while they were visiting Angel's dad and his wife who does sculptures.  She has won awards for many.  It was neat to see them all over their home.  We had not met them before so it was great to be able to meet them.  The drive to NC was SE through the Appalachians and was just beautiful.  We  had a delightful time. 

We left IN Oct. 3 and did our trip in reverse.  I am sorry I have not written in a while.  With Face Book I find I don't write as much.  Sorry.  But we do love hearing from you all,.  

Take care and take care of one another.  

Ric and Jan