June 25, 2013
So, you may think I've been slacking, but that's not the case. Since last posting, I took one of our eight-year-old grandsons on a train trip to Fairbanks on the Alaska Railroad. He loved it and we had a good time. From Wasilla, it was a 10.5 hour ride each way. Stayed two nights at the SpringHill Suites downtown, a Marriott that offered a swimming pool, which we had to ourselves both nights. Perfect. It was a good trip and how nice to travel with a child so appreciative, observant, and interested in seeing and doing new things. His Bronco cap resulted in many conversations -- and also in a free cookie at Soapy Smith's. I've been told that he reported the sandwich in the dining car as the best he's ever had in his whole life! Next, I flew to Portland to offer a helping hand with the almost-two grandson who broke his leg. Think it happened when trying to walk in his Dad's shoes, with a fall and then a four-year-old brother falling on to...