homeward bound

We drove 10 hours on our way from Wenatchee to Bozeman. The day was filled with beautiful views, road construction and rain. We drove through three separate rain storms. The first was quite heavy with some light hail. The second was a bit heavier and the hail actually accumulated down the center and on the sides of the road. It looked like snow in July. The third storm was fairly mild, no hail, but it lasted the longest. I did not feel terribly stressed by any of these conditions, but during the third storm, I looked over at a passing car, and am certain that the passenger was a big banana lighting a pipe. The forecast is for more rain today, wish me luck!

Holden was great. We hiked several trails around the camp, ate really good (healthy) food, and got to make some fun camp crafts. We saw lots of deer that were not afraid of people standing near them and we lived among hundreds of ground squirrels that were not afraid of people at all. Many of our group saw bears while out on the trails. Mara and I must have been on the louder hikes, because we saw no bears, until on our last day, we were on the bus ride down the mountain and a young bear bounded across the road in front of us. What was especially nice about the week was our group of 21 pilgrims. Young and not so young, all fun to be with!