Serena and Cole

The long awaited visit form Serena and Cole has come and gone. I drove up to Casper (125 mi) to pick them up. Well worth the trip to avoid Denver. This was a small vacation after getting her MA in City Planning, from Berkley. Serena was prepared to enter the Chugwater Chili Cook-off but I desuaded her due to the heat and barren environment of new site. So we had our own cook -off here with Stan, Serena and I competing. Serena won hands down, the hand painted Chugwater Chili-Cook-off mug I had aquired at a thrift store.

We had a great visit, cancelling almost all preconceived plans opting to cook and eat, lounge on the deck with coffee in the mornings and wine in the afternoons.


We viewed and photographed a lot of wildlife.


Early each morning I noticed a new sound across the pond behind a group of Russian olive bushes and spent some time trying to identify the commotion. I couldn't tell if it was a flock of birds or a new herd of frogs working themselves into a frenzy. This morning I discovered the source of the mystery. Beyond the pond in the tall dead cottonwoods on the Two Bar Ranch....

Blue Heron nest

I really miss the kids (seems like just yesterday I was one) In September they will be getting married at San Francisco City Hall, reception in Albuquerque, and honeymoon in India.









Text © 2004 Mona E. Dunn