Steve and Judy's Travels!

 

Neither of us is feeling very good today.  No matter though, we’re doing our part to keep the old people safe.

 

 

 

I make all the sheets and blankets perfectly even, but then during the night Judy pushes all the covers my way to make it look like I’m the blanket hog.

 

Sometimes life just isn’t fair.

 

 

 

It was a warm wonderful morning on the deck for coffee and watching the birds.  By lunchtime though the clouds were rolling in.

 

By four, any thoughts of dinner on the deck were gone and we were setting up indoors.

 

Our little house fed seven while it poured down rain outside, no problem.  Judy cooked up traditional turkey dinner with all the fixins.  Pumpkin pie and homemade ice cream at the end.  Football, friends, and a whole bunch of food.

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

 

That was the year of our Caribbean Winter.  That was the plan.  We made the Alaska trip in 2019.  That was wonderful, but we were ready to drive less the next year.  We have a bunch of Southwest Airlines miles.  We can fly anywhere we want for free.  Let’s leave the bus at home and explore places in the Caribbean we haven’t been to yet.

 

That was the plan, and that’s the way it worked out.  We left the bus at home, and we drove less.  All went according to plan except that part about exploring the Caribbean.  We stayed home and stayed safe.  Okay then, maybe 2021…  Maybe 2022?  We’ll get there.  Someday.  When it makes sense.

 

 

…being married to Judy.  She talks to people.  She talks to people, and we end up in situations we’d otherwise never have been in.

 

One time, many years ago, even before Becky was born, we were at the Denver Zoo, and Judy struck up a conversation with the zookeeper at the big cat exhibit.  Next thing, it was feeding time and we were invited behind the scenes to see how it all worked from back there.  That was way cool.  It was primitive.  As sophisticated as the habitat looked from out front, this was meat being pushed through access holes and iron bars.  A big cat pouncing from just above us on a ledge, from out of our line of sight, to right next to us.  Very high startle factor.

 

I doubt such casual access would happen today.  Way too many procedures and protocols to keep everyone safe.  But what a neat thing to have happened then; getting to see how they moved all the animals around, and getting startled up close by a 500 pound Bengal Tiger.  One of those moments in life that has stuck with us.