family time

I spent the fourth of July with my fam-damn-ly in the Kansas City area.
here are a few pics of the newest members:

Harvest time

Shelley and I went to Riggins this week. 

We hiked up Lake Creek-Patrick Creek trail for about 3 miles and gained about 3000 feet in elevation. Yeah, our legs felt great afterwards. 
On the return stretch near the tree lined riparian corridor, we found some morrels.  Not enough to run out and harvest but a few, plenty for one night's dinner for two.  Yummy yum yum.

 
I also saw two orchids.  Such beautiful flowers.

Sunshine

A week ago the sun came out and the temperature was above 60'F.  Whoa!  So Todd, the zoo and i went to the Salmon River.  The water was cold, very cold, but it felt great on my legs after the hike up the steep Salmon River breaks hill slope.

Happy Earth Day weekend

What are you doing this weekend?
Todd and I are going camping, which means we are burning fossil fuel to get us there.

" Scow town again

Greetings to all.  I am back in Idaho, Moscow to be exact.  We arrived with the high winds on Tuesday.  Wednesday we moved all my stuff from the storage unit into our tiny little house.   It was raining and super duper windy.  What a fun time (insert sarcastic tone here).  My items were not without wear as a few field mice decided to nest in the couch and one died in the rug.  Picture this: unrolling the carpet in the living room and as the last bit rolls open, a dead mouse is nestled in the center.  Ugh.  Rats on the island, mice in the fields. 
I reclaimed desk space at the university and will begin work on the thesis this afternoon.
So far, I feel more alive since returning here.  Is it living in town? being able to walk from the house to town? having cell phone service at home? the coziness of the small house? seeing people a bit more alive than wealthy retirees? having acquaintances to say a bit more than a courteous hello to?  Maybe.  In time things will settle out, life will normalize, and I need to find a job.
No photos to add with this as our road trip down the coast was 90% driving with rain and squalls.  Overall, not a relaxing trip for me.  I developed a cold on the second day and the weather was not cooperative.

Well, its time to get to campus to start rolling the ball.

Mooooving

The house is practically empty as most of our stuff is in boxes.  Here is a picture of the pile of items that we moved to Moscow last week. 

80 % all week