Saturday, May 07, 2005
Maggie, Wyoming, and Tequila
I took a week off from building water slides to visit my family in Wyoming. Marie and Scott were there with their 2 year old daughter Maggie (my niece).
I flew out to Tacoma, WA and drove to WY with my brother Tom (who sometimes goes by "Bob"). The trip was rather uneventful, except that we gave a lift to some kids who ran out of gas, and then we ran out of gas the next day. Bob's car is pretty cool. It's a Subaru Impreza Outback Station Wagon - 5 spd manual, 2.5 L 4 cylinder engine, All Wheel Drive (like all Subaru cars).
Maggie was having the time of her life with all 3 of her uncles (a first for her), my parents' dog "Tequila", and the vastness of Wyoming. We went to look at some fossilized dinosaur tracks a few miles from my parents' place - it wasn't all that spectacular because they are rather small tracks and not very prominent. But I got some nice pictures of Maggie and stuff.
Now I'm at my maternal grandmother's place in MN - she just had a hip surgery. My mother and Bob are here also. It's a big mothers day/grandma's birthday get together. But I'll have to be leaving before most of the festivities to go back to work.
I'm also looking into buying a truck(1 ton Chevy crew cab) from my mom's brother Dave. She's old and worn out, but she has a few miles left in her I reckon. I know the truck pretty well as I've worked with Dave on a number of occasions and even lived with him a few times.
I flew out to Tacoma, WA and drove to WY with my brother Tom (who sometimes goes by "Bob"). The trip was rather uneventful, except that we gave a lift to some kids who ran out of gas, and then we ran out of gas the next day. Bob's car is pretty cool. It's a Subaru Impreza Outback Station Wagon - 5 spd manual, 2.5 L 4 cylinder engine, All Wheel Drive (like all Subaru cars).
Maggie was having the time of her life with all 3 of her uncles (a first for her), my parents' dog "Tequila", and the vastness of Wyoming. We went to look at some fossilized dinosaur tracks a few miles from my parents' place - it wasn't all that spectacular because they are rather small tracks and not very prominent. But I got some nice pictures of Maggie and stuff.
Now I'm at my maternal grandmother's place in MN - she just had a hip surgery. My mother and Bob are here also. It's a big mothers day/grandma's birthday get together. But I'll have to be leaving before most of the festivities to go back to work.
I'm also looking into buying a truck(1 ton Chevy crew cab) from my mom's brother Dave. She's old and worn out, but she has a few miles left in her I reckon. I know the truck pretty well as I've worked with Dave on a number of occasions and even lived with him a few times.
