End of 2014

Reviewing the past year for ourselves and those who peek at this blog will show that the season of grandchildren and watching our children in family settings is our biggest blessing and gift. We welcomed Oliver into the Krause clan.

Our next favorite blessing and gift is our mobility and joy in all things outdoors from biking to hiking. Yes, we are still geocaching and this adds smiles to our miles. We are still working and no photos of that. We joined a group of people starting a new church and enjoy the setting with smaller amounts of people. We continue to host our small group for spiritual refreshment ( not small really- if everyone comes we have 12 adults and 12 children. ) Full house! More stories to come in 2015.

Kearsarge Pass July 2014

Our 4 day trek into the wilderness took us over 2 passes of near 12,000 feet in elevation. Our lakeside accomendations created a space for us to to gaze at fish jumping, moon rising and slowing down the pace of life. No, the trip was not all perfect for us. We experienced wipe-out with altitude sickness,exhaustion, rain and ankle injury. However for us a few days to ourself with no agenda except to put 1 foot in front of the other and soak in the beauty of the landscape left us in awe and refreshed. During the 35 mile trip and extimated 5,000 feet of climbing we wondered if this was to be the last trip for us as our aging bodies complained just a bit. However the benefits outway the discomforts and we are already thinking about next year's adventure.

Joshua Tree April 2014

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