Too bad that awful blizzard blew in right before you took the pictures. Can't see a thing, nothing but white.

Happy New Year to all my gardening friends. PEACE on earth, including Gardenweb. May the New Year bring love, happiness, forgiveness, joy, Wisdom, and Beauty beyond what you hope for in your gardens. Here's to New Beginnings. Cheryl

That is wonderful news!! Times are hard everywhere and it is pretty scary to me. I am praying for our entire nation...it just has to get better soon. Deb

The worst part of traveling for me leaving my house unattended and the expense. I do love seeing new places and observing how other people have adapateed to a particular location and terrain. Their practical solutions are fun to behold. During my employment years, we took a vacation each year. As my vacation time increased, we decided to see many of the grand sights in the USA and have never regretted it. from 1976 through 1992, we included rockhounding with our trips. That took us to some back-in places and places wew would not have otherwise visited. for example, we visited the quartz cyrstal area in Arkansas and Glass Buttes in Oregon. After retirement, we became interested in our family's genealogy and have visited places where our ancestors had been to observe their home turfs and to collect data. That activity turned into a living lesson in early US History. After those trips, we decided there was a better way to teach Early American History than the old traditional chore we had slogged through. Tracing ancestors through early America is much more facinating and the lesson stays in your memory. When you make a connection with an event in history, you have a better understanding of it. So, where will we travel to next? I dob't know. We do have a few items left on our bucket list, but these at the moment are dream trips and may never happen. Possible trips" 1. Inner passage cruise to Alaska. I have distant relatives living there, but we have never become aquainted. 2. Tour Ireland, Scotand, and Wales. Some of our ancestors came from there to the North American shore before there was a US. 3. Tour Asutrailia and New Zeeland. 4. Spend a week in Costs Rica. 5. Go back to Yosemite to see it again and to tour other sights nearby that we missed when we were there. 6. Visit the maritine provinces of Canada. 7. Go back to Syracuse, New York. We need to research a bit more family data in that location. What do we enjoy the most? Beautiful, grand scenery.