I'm leaving Austin next week with my son Ben for some much needed change of scenery. Caitlin tells me as soon as I get there I'm going to be itching to go hiking and I know she is right about that! It's been too long since I've connected to nature and I know once I see that gorgeous wilderness it's going to put a deep yearning in my core.
Lynn and her husband Tim moved to a different ranch which is more in the mountains. Caitlin saw large bear tracks and cougar tracks not far from the house they occupy now, so hopefully I will get to see one of these animals or both while I'm there. The chances are probably remote, but the elk are in the pastures now by the hundreds, so I imagine the mountain lions are not too far from their food source...I'll have to stay on the alert. The men that work the ranch do tree lions from time to time and photograph them. I can't even imagine what that must be like. I'll be keeping a very close eye on Ben that's for damn sure.
I can't wait to see my sister and her family...it's been such a long time. It will be great to see the kiddos! Their "aunty Ginny and "cousin Ben" will come bearing gifts of course. I also look forward to watching Ben interact with his cousins. I bet he has a wonderful time with them! I'll take tons of pictures and plenty of video too.
Wish me luck for the drive up there as I'm a little nervous about it. I wish I could fly, but that's not an option. In any case, I'm taking my car in tomorrow for maintenance and repairs so hopefully it will be very road worthy...plus I'll be stocking it well with emergency equipment. I'm not going to drive it all in one stretch either. It's about a 13 hour drive and I'll divide that up over two days. I'll need to be well rested and alert for driving in such mountainous terrain.
Well I guess that's about it for now...I can't wait to start posting pictures and stories of the trip so stay tuned...I love you all!
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Have a wonderful time and a safe trip!
Oooo! Have fun! Your best chance to see bears would probably be late night. All the bears we've encountered in Ruidoso were after midnight. We are also taking the mondo long drive in a couple of weeks, NOT looking forward to being in the car with a crabby 1 y.o. for 8 hours. Then we'll have her for 10 hours on the way back (only to follow with a trip 3 weeks later to ABQ for Balloon Fiesta and that is a 13 hour drive, UGH!) But Ben's at a fun age, Ian and I had wonderful trips when it was just me and him! I can already hear the "I spy with my little eye" game going on in your car on the way! :-)
Have a good time and drive carefully. The mountains aren't too bad, just keep it a bit slow, the turns can be worse than they look.
I'll see you there on Sunday night, probably. Wonder if we could arrange a cook-out for that evening?? That would be fun..
Damn it all I'll by seeing in 4 weeks is Crocdiles and Koala bears. Ginny always gets to do the fun stuff ; )
Have fun!
Heh, I'd like to see some wild crocs...maybe someday...
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