Vacation Summer
The Artists for this Mural were Lindsay Olsen and
Jeff Hubble . Send them an e mail and ask those two
love birds about their process https://youtu.be/m-a6NXBck4M
-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA
-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA
Tranquility is what I need this summer . I turned the
TV off back in April and haven’t turned it back on .
Not listening to ANY news or news media , will
really help clear the mind . I just read and listen
to music when indoors , and that has been therapeutic
in not having to concern myself with ’The tragedy
of the Day ’ . Thanks for the compliment on the
pictures . I am used to framing things ; )
That is a beautiful glacier . I have never been to one .
We drove out along the Big Laramie River a few days
ago . The Snowy Range was on the right and the big
Rockies were on the left . Road with a view . We stopped
at a little man made lake at the foot of Sheep Mountain.
My friend Herb is the fisher . I am the watcher .
Lots of antelope lounging around and some really nice
brown billed magpies ….a symphony in black and white .
-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA
-- Abbas, Castro Valley, CA
Well , abbas , my friend , I did manage to leave central
Texas on June 1st . My friend and I drove from centex
to Laramie , Wyoming …..straight through……it took
about 24 hours . We can put a thousand miles behind
us in a day…….of course he used to drive a big rig
for years so he’s into that . It took a couple of weeks
to adjust to the altitude ( 7200 ft. ) . One spends a lot
of those days feeling light headed from the decreased
oxygen levels ( yogic breathing comes in handy at this
time ) plus you spend a bunch of time sleeping .
This is Turtle Rock , located in the Medicine Bow National
Forest . We were there around June 6th . The temperature
was around 58 degrees with a light rain falling……my kind
of day. We were the only hikers there . I’ll be back with some more
photos from Wyoming .
Well , the Waco Indians used to have large fields of corn and
vegetables near the river where the Suspension Bridge is now .
It had an ice cold spring nearby .( I used to swim in this spring
in the Summer , you could not stay in that water for long ) .
One day Stephen F Austin and a group of his land grabbing
ruffians rode over to have a look around . They joked that
this would be a great place to take over , they would even have
cold water for their brandy . The Waco Indians were not happy
with the white men’s intentions , and promptly kicked their
asses back to where they had come from . Years later the
Comanche forced the Wacos to move north to what is
present day Ft. Worth . That’s what happened to the
Wacos .
Laramie has about a dozen city parks . La Bonte park
is a great place to take a long walk . It is basically a
walking path with a lake in the middle .
It also has a community garden , where I chanced upon this

transplant from New England , she had her tools and was
ready to garden .