Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Touring the Park

Hi All,

We spent a wonderful day touring the park. No bears showed up but we enjoyed many of Grand Teton's other delights.

First stop was the Chapel of the Transfiguration.

This is the view from the altar

and this is one of the stained glass windows.

Next it was on to Schwabachers Landing. Who knew that Wyatt was a budding herpetologist? He found this wandering garter snake (that's the name not the behavior) in the grass

and it caused a snake jam along the trail.

The Florida Greenbaums posed in front of the mountains.

The Chapel of the Sacred Heart has this beautiful stained glass window.

Next stop was Signal Mountain Lodge for their Mountain of nachos!
We did see some distant pronghorn on the way home but scenery and cultural history filled the day- oh, and the snake🙀. Tomorrow we do more exploring and hopefully the bears will cooperate.

We now have a snail mail address here if anyone needs to send us something:
PO Box 291
Moose, WY. 83012

Love 

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Six Bear Day

Hi All,

Day 2 started with grizzly bear 793 (AKA Blondie) and her two cubs north of Coulter Bay. They nursed, ate and napped for two hours before they moved towards the road and we shut it down so they could cross.

Late afternoon we were called to a black bear plus 2 cubs in Jenny Lake campground. We hazed them out of the campground and into the woods.

We also saw mule deer, a cow elk with a very small calf and lots of pronghorn.

No owls today.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Our First Patrol

Hi All,

We got our radios, uniforms and bear spray Monday morning and set out on our first patrol of the season. We soon  got called to a jam with over 50 cars parked along the roadway. It was a great gray owl perched about 75 yards from the road. Since owls are nocturnal, this guy was going nowhere. We watched the owl from 10-3:30 and our relief was with him until evening.

Here is some of the crowd.

After work we met Scott, Tara and the boys in Jackson for dinner. They are having a great time and we go with them to Yellowstone on Friday.
Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Saturday, May 26, 2018

Grand Teton

Hi All,

After four straight days of driving we arrived at Gros Ventre Campground in Grand Teton National Park. Ginger seems to know that when we turn the front chairs around, we will be in the same place for a while

Scott, Tara and the boys are in Salt Lake City. They will drive to Jackson tomorrow. We are really eager to show them our park and Yellowstone.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Sunday, May 20, 2018

Don’s Address

Hi All,

Many have requested Don's address.

Don Shapiro
41 Carriage Lane
Hooksett, NH 03106

For those interested in making a memorial donation, details are at legacy.com. Search for Sandra Shapiro.

Sandy & Carl 
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Volunteering across America
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Sad Detour

Hi All,

As many of you know, our best friend in NH, Sandy Shapiro, died suddenly of a massive stroke early last week. We were long time friends with Don and Sandy so we left the coach in northern IL, arranged for someone to feed the cat and flew from Chicago to be with Don and the others who loved her.


It was sad and painful but Don enjoyed the comfort of friends and family, particularly his three grand children and grand niece.

On Tuesday we fly back to Chicago to continue our trip to Grand Teton.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
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Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Monday, May 14, 2018

More APOD

Hi All,

Long drive today with rain, traffic, toll transponder failure and a broken air conditioner. Tomorrow will be better.

Meanwhile Carl has collected a few awesome Astronomy Photos of the Day. The arc of the milky way over a National Park has been a popular subject. Here's Crater Lake

and Bryce Canyon.

When aging stars explode they generate expanding gas clouds in many different shapes.

Not surprisingly, this is called the Robin's Egg Nebula.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
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Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Birding Magee Marsh

Hi All,

Northwest Ohio along Lake Erie is a fabulous migrant trap where birds stop to fuel up before the long flight across the lake. Early May brings hundreds of thousands of birds and almost as many birders.

This was the boardwalk Saturday morning. No matter the temps were in the low 50's with an intermittent drizzle, we were all there to see the birds, especially the colorful warblers.

Many of the birds were so focused on feeding that they ignored the people, allowing us to take pictures with our cell phones. 

Black throated green warbler

palm warbler 

Red winged blackbird showing off his colors.

Cape May warbler

Magnolia warbler

Chestnut sided warbler

and a yellow warbler.
65 species including 19 different warbler species. It was a great birding weekend.

The visitor center of the nearby Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge had this great quote on the wall. ". . .birds are by right not the property merely of the people alive today, but the property of the unborn generations whose belongings we have no right to squander."   -Theodore Roosevelt

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Saturday, May 5, 2018

Garrett’s Graduation

Hi All,

Tara went all out decorating the house for graduation including this large banner.


We were so happy that Alan & Barbara flew down to join us. Here they are catching up with Tara and Wyatt.

This is the entire graduating class from their home school group. Since it was such a small group, parents got to write and deliver a tribute to their child. We got a real sense of what these young women and men were like. It was unlike any graduation we had ever attended and it was wonderful.

The program for the ceremony included photos of each graduate and  a statement of thanks and their hopes for the future
Garret won the humor award as he concluded his with,"I plan on becoming an orthodontist so if you bring in this program, I will give you 15% off your braces."

Back at the house the crowd grew as family and friends gathered to celebrate and eat tons of food including the cake.

Many of Garrett's friends were there and soon they gravitated to the hot tub.
It was a wonderful day and we are both immensely proud of our graduate.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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Friday, May 4, 2018

We Be Busy

Hi All,

Lest you think the lack of emails means we have been idle. Here's a synopsis of the last ten days:

Sun-Dinner with Alan & Barbara

Mon-Blood work, physicals and lunch with Nancy, Elaine & Buzz.

Tue-Lunch with Aunt Lily

Wed-Drive to Orr's Island, ME to visit Barb & Ed. Stayed overnight

Thur-Breakfast with Barb & Ed then drove to Moultonborough, NH to visit Jean & Geno. Stayed overnight.

Fri-Breakfast with Jean & Geno then a hike along Lake Winnipesaukee to the Kona Mansion.


Sat-Went with Roberta & Elliot to watch their grand daughter(third from left) compete in the state finals of the Lions Club Youth Speech contest. Samantha came away $500 richer!
Saturday evening we had dinner with a group of Sandy's cousins.

Sun-Lunch with Roberta & Elliot then dinner with Jill & Shaun.

Mon-Drove to Hooksett, NH to visit Sandy & Don. Stayed overnight.

Tue-After breakfast drove to Nashua for medical tests.

Wed-Car repairs and work on coach. Dinner with Roberta , Elliot, Judy & Jerry.

Thur-Burding with Roberta & Elliot at Mt Auburn Cemetery.

Fri-Today we flew to Jacksonville for Garrett's High School graduation.

Meanwhile out in Grand Teton, winter had been hanging tough.

There are also lots of grizzlies out. Sunday night CBS 60 Minutes will air a segment on our bear 399 and her cubs. We can't wait to get back out there.

Love,

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502

Sandy & Carl 
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
617-435-8502
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