(Michigan City, IN) Wow, it’s been a long time since my last entry, and this probably won’t be a long one, but I wanted to let you know that we’re alive, well, and on the move. It was such an amazing summer, and it's hard to see it end. We finished at Jean’s about the middle of August, and the kennels turned out even better than either Bob or Jean had envisioned. The dogs have a large exercise area for times between training, and Jean has some place to show everyone that wanders on her property~~whether they want to see it [View Full Entry]

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(Jean’s House: Antelope Creek Kennels) We’ve been busy the last few weeks. We did make another trip to Sidney, and also attended the Medora musical again. Our daughter Megan came with her kids to spend a week with us, which was wonderful! The week before that Jean’s daughter and son-in-law and their kids were here, so this place has been full of words! (It might be my imagination, but I think Bob and Jean spend more time working in the kennels when there are little kids around!) But it was so fun to have everyone. Our big news is that the [View Full Entry]

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(Antelope Creek Kennels) I wasn't going to post a lot of pictures of the kennel construction, because I thought you could keep up to it better if you went to Jean's website ~~ antelopecreekkennels.com ~~ and she could post the pictures, but the progress is just exciting! Once they got the concrete poured, everything they do makes such an improvement. I've added just a couple, but do go check out Jean's site. Besides pounding, there's not a whole lot going on. It's been hot (duh) and dry (DUH) and we're all surprised that July is almost over. And that's my news! [View Full Entry]

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(Jean's House aka: Antelope Creek Kennels) The kennel project is at a stand still because they're waiting for the cement. Bob and Jean worked so hard last week to get the forms completed, because they had the use of a trailer full of tools that belongs to a friend of Jean's who has his own construction business. But after a week Justin came back from vacation (when he left he was so excited about fishing for a week that we wondered if we'd ever see him again!) and sure enough, he needed the trailer and skid loader back, so they (B [View Full Entry]

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(Dickinson, ND) We’ve done some traveling since I last posted; we went Salt Lake City, and on the way to Townsend (to meet up with Bob’s siblings) we drove through snow! I’m not kidding. June 12 it snowed 4” in Great Falls, and we as we drove through the Bozeman area there was fresh snow on the sides of the highway! Let’s talk global warming! Traveling through the state we were grateful to see the snow in the mountains, and the rivers are running higher and faster than we can remember seeing them. Much of the state is in drought conditions, [View Full Entry]

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(Billings, Montana) It was different leaving Ness Lake knowing we wouldn't be on another project for several months. Leaving the other couples is always hard, but this one especially so, because we aren't scheduled to work with any of them until April, when we meet up with Henry and Annie again. Weird feeling. We arrived in Billings two weeks ago, after an eventful trip. Eventful trips aren’t always fun…this one had its times of both. We left Prince George in the rain, we drove in the rain, we did rv repairs in the rain….get the picture?! Now I know rain is [View Full Entry]

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We’ve been having a bit of trouble with the internet, and after getting kicked off (and losing my writing) twice, I gave it up. But I’m back! We’ve had rain, rain, rain! Finally the past three days have cleared up, and the sun has shone all day. The wild flowers are beginning to appear, and we’re all thinking maybe spring has arrived! It’s funny, because the local people seem to put on shorts and tank tops as soon as the sun breaks through, and then they keep them on when the rain comes! You can tell we’ve all spent time [View Full Entry]

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(Ness Lake Bible Camp) Here are a couple more Grizzly pictures. LeRoy was right behind us, and he said he waited until the bear turned toward him. He wanted to get out and entice the bear to stand up~~everyone thought that was a good idea except LeRoy's wife!!! But these are great. We found out that one of the reasons the snow disappeared so fast is because the ground never froze. They got 8" of snow the 18th of October, and the ground was covered all winter. That would make a difference. But the surprising thing is that Bob and I [View Full Entry]

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(Ness Lake Bible Camp) For tour today we drove to Barkerville, which is one of the original mining towns of this area. It is done in historical period, with the townspeople in costume in their shops as well as walking down the street. It was very fun to spend the day there. It’s also quite high in elevation, and they have snow piled so high, but today was absolutely gorgeous, and the snow was melting steadily…and running down main street! But like this area, it’s sandy, so the street was dryer when we left than it was when we came! I'll [View Full Entry]

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(Ness Lake Bible Camp) Spring hasn’t come yet, and the lake is still frozen over, but tomorrow… the ice is supposed to be gone tomorrow. It’s been raining every day, and although it isn’t cold (I’m working indoors, you remember!) it’s cloudy and looks like it should be cold. The other day I made the comment that people up here haven’t even opened their spring and summer catalogs yet, and somebody replied that they’re still busy cutting fire wood! But we can see the buds on the trees, and the grass is ever so green! I have to admit that I [View Full Entry]

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