Sonja Says

Yes, we are alive and well and able to tell the story of this year’s Jeep Safari.  John had thirty possible participants on his trail and twenty-eight actually came to enjoy the trip.  All knew what they were doing so we encountered no problems along the way.  Our tail-gunner had to give a little driving advice to a girl who was out for the first time and, together, they made everything work just fine.  It’s always amazing to me when people show up and have never done this sort of driving before.  Kudos to them for wanting to try.

The  3-D trail  has been John’s to lead for eight or more years and he loves it for the scenery and the ease of driving it.  Its name derives from the fact that, near the end, we go to an overlook from which everything we’ve seen can be appreciated from one spot.  

The first photo above is the back of his trail leader’s jacket showing the Red Rock 4- Wheelers club emblem and some of the patches for the years he’s participated.  Photo two is a canyon seen from an overlook which is our lunch stop.  You’ll notice in photo three that the wagons are circled during lunch break.  Last, but not least, is a photo of one of our fans seeing us off at trails end.  Yes, it was a perfect day!

It’s definitely coming.  Yesterday on a trip to GJ with Katie, we saw numerous prairie dogs who had drilled their way up through snow and ice seeking the sun.  The best sight was seeing the heron we’ve not seen for several years in an estuary of the Colorado River.  There it was standing tall.  Guess we should give it a name. 

Hi!

I have just a few things to say today.  One, I am very excited to announce that my little Gasteria liliputana is going to bloom!  This will be the first time it has bloomed for me, and I will keep you all posted on its progress.  Here it is today (Feb. 16, 2008):

The next thing I wanted to tell about is a talk given at the High School about the Long Walk which took the Navajo from their sacred land in the Four Corners area of Utah to Bosque Redondo, NM.   What I found most interesting is the speaker’s saying the Navajo do not consider themselves victims, but saw this as a learning experience.  The importance of education was stressed in order for the people to be able to deal with whites.  This was a great lecture and I was happy to have gone.

 On another note, our beautiful white-eyebrowed Steller’s Jay seems to have disappeared.  Perhaps he’s gone to find a mate, which means that next year we could possibly have a pair of visitors for the winter. 

This is an inaugural post, showing where it ends up, what it looks like, etc. This was written by Katie.

Here is a plant I have that is currently blooming.  It’s a butterfly Amaryllis.  Isn’t it beautiful?