Hello everyone! It's time for an update. I have completed my internship in Missoula, renovated my townhouse, and am now living in Denver, CO. Shawna decided that Denver would be her portal to a job in dental hygiene so we are living near downtown so that she may begin her job search. I leave for Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Newport, RI on November 13. It will be a monstrous change from being a complete slacker and slob to vice versa. The transition may just kill me. Audrey and Shawna will stay in Denver during the interim so hopefully they are able to make lots of friends.Our last weekend (late August) in Missoula we visited Glacier National Park and saw the gamut of wildlife, did a 20 mile backpack from Jackson Glacier Overlook through Gunsight Pass to Lake McDonald, and ate a sordid amount of greasy hotdogs over the campfire.
Just finishing up the Ptarmigan Tunnel. Shawna apparently just murdered someone as well.
Ptarmigan Tunnel Overlook, South Side
Iceberg Lake. Shawna wouldnt take my dare to swim out to the larger iceberg.
Swan Dive!
A moosey looking creature
Shawna trying to be a scary troll. FAIL.
Gunsight Pass
In September, the Spirit of Boise balloon rally was graced with the presence of Shawna's dad, a balloon aviator. Incredulously, I was invited to take a ride the first day! Approximately 30 balloons flew each day, and flights last an hour or so. No casualties were reported.
It was damn cold that morning. Fortunately I was well prepared with shorts and a t-shirt.
Takeoff from Ann Morrison Park.
Landing at a Public Charter School in Eagle. Shawna and Audrey pose for the camera.
Audrey has been doing well. She had her 6 month wellness visit and took 5 immunization shots in the legs like a trooper. She is now in the lower 10% class weight wise, and improvement from 3% a couple months ago. Slowly but surely as they say. She survived a 12 hour drive from Boise to Denver, and then another 10 hour drive from Denver to Bozeman shortly after to visit my family one last time before I leave for OCS. Audrey has now lived in Idaho, Montana, and now Colorado. She will probably visit all 50 states before I do!!
Road Trip!!
Walk through the park
Trying to sit
