Dog Licks and Baby Kisses

Ahhhh San Francisco, you have been good for my soul.  So much laughter and sunshine!  I really will be leaving a piece of my Heart here...the rest I am Keeping Safe with me in Yosemite.......

Evelyn and Haile

 

Unconditional....

You really can go home...that is if you have the best parents in the world!  I am a Grandmother myself, but after a 6 month stay in Phoenix to live and work with my own Daughter, I found myself heading back to Washington to hang out at my parents house while I wait for the Yosemite job to start.  Sleeping on a blow up mattress in the "office" was quite comfortable!  Late nights my Dad would come up to do his computer stuff, and there we would be, both of us with our head phones on.  Mom was almost always crashed out by 9:30pm.  But there were some nights when we were watching HGTV that she would be up even until 11!!   And the food...wow! I ate and ate well!  I like to think I was in the "EAT" portion of the "Eat, Pray, Love" book.
What I learned was that my parents love me unconditionally.  I wasn't the best kid growing up, but I am the best kid now.  And even though they do silly things, like think I am still their little girl, it's OK.  Because it's really nice to be accepted for who you are.  Oh and my Brother?? He rocks!!

"Stuck Aboard Amtrak"

....that should be Amtrak's new jingle!!  I took a train from Seattle to SanFrancisco and as if 21 hours wasn't long enough, we were 10 hours late.  Broken down multiple times for hours on end...it was a horror that I will never put myself through again...and you shouldn't either!!
I did, however, take a few good photos along the way...

In The Pines

This Blog will be where I post photos, thoughts and ideas of the life I am starting as an employee in Yosemite National Park.  For more than 10 years I have wondered what it would be like to live and work in the most beautiful place I have had the pleasure to experience.  To realize this goal has been tremendously liberating for me....I have come a long way....come with me sometimes..............