Ten Trip Tidbits

1. Well, 1/2 of 10 plus one - Jun hugged 6 "new friends" in various airports on the way home. It is really fun to travel with a happy extrovert!


2. LOTS of people own red cars in OR. My parents have 3 vehicles - all red.


3. I was shocked at the number of back-yard pools I saw from the plane in Portland. Cold, rainy in the winter, Portland!


4. "Airplane Gum" is a wonderful invention by moi! The initial reason was to keep the ears popped, but the additional benefit was...um...encouragement to stay in one's SEAT during take-off and landing - required by the smaller planes...and I mean small.


5. Three airy planes and one 2-3 hour car trip in one "day" is too much travel for ME!


6. Learned how to deal with fear and stress from Airplane Magazines. Hmmm - go figure!


7. Camping is much more fun with a toddler. After the Town Toddler gets used to becoming a Country Toddler.


8. Jun kissed a snake - a small boa. GROSS!!!


9. A Toddler can live for 2 weeks on peanut butter and honey sandwiches and Cheerios with milk. (See above pic!)
   
10. I miss my husband more and more each trip away from him. "Out of sight - out of mind," is changing into "distance makes the heart grow fonder." I think that is a good thing.

See Jun's blog for more trip stories and - hopefully pics!!! I KEEP telling her she needs to write things DOWN! HAHAHAH!

Petting ANIMALS!!! by Jun

I told our pastor I wanted to shake hands with a fish. I haven't done that yet, but I have petted LOTS of other things!!!

This is my cousin, Mollie, and her 4-H pig, that I petted!

This is my cousin, Kiely, and her 4-H lamb. I petted it and helped her take it for a walk!

This doggie's name is "Girl." She 's a girl. She went camping TOO!

This doggie looks JUST like "Girl," but his name is "Gunner." I shared my Ritz crackers with him and gave him some water too!

I got to pet a real live young chicken too! Thanks, Misty!

This doggie's name is "Lily." She let me hug her and even get

into "jail" with her. It was SOOO fun!

And...this...is a SNAKE!!! It is Jon's snake, and I got to hold it and it

kissed me and I kissed it. WOW, huh?!?!?!

I went to the zoo too, but they don't let you pet the animals there. I saw some tigers, lions, zebras and giraffes!!! I'll be in Amer ee ka for a few more days. I wonder if I will get to pet any OTHER animals??!!?!