There is no mythical leisure time in my retirement!

I've been way too busy to send out any photos.  During August, September and October I've spent nights in ...

Los Angles, Santa Barbara, San Diego, White Sulphur Springs MT, near Thermopolis WY, near Steamboat Springs CO, Great Sand Dunes National Park, near Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Rangely CO, Wasatch Mountain State Park UT, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Fort Collins CO, Colorado Springs CO, Hygiene CO, and New Hudson MI (just outside of Ann Arbor MI).

In between travels we managed to have the 4 cottonwood trees on the street side cut down, upgraded from miserable 6Mbs DSL internet to 100+Mbs Starlink internet, a day trip to Missoula to meet up with Dorothy, and a visit from my sister Mary who drove out from Florida.

Winter has arrived early this year in West Glacier, with the first covering of snow on November 2.  In fact it was enough snow to warrant using the snow blower, which managed to clear our driveway before breaking down (an internal spring for the clutch that drives the wheels snapped)!  Even enough snow to be cross country skiing around the golf course, and I am hopeful to be skinning up Whitefish Mountain in the coming week (Whitefish downhill season does not open until Dec. 8).

The colder weather means it's time to focus on indoor tasks, one of which is to catch up on photos, so expect a few more emails to be dribbling out soon.

I'm still getting out running, despite the drop in temperatures. And who wouldn't want to be outdoors when the views look like this!

And some evenings it is just good enough to sit by the fire and watch amazing winter sunsets.  They only last about 3 minutes, and are incredible.