thank You

The driver side door has never worked.
Since the sliding door has decided to freeze shut until spring,
your choice of entry is limited to the passenger side door and
crawling through the trunk.
 The heater is finicky now too, but the engine works!

Holidays have great potential to feel more like funerals when family is no longer within the accustomed driving distance. This Thanksgiving, I adopted myself into a dear family of three boys, just like having my three brothers except these boys are 2 feet higher. I don't think any of the 6 family members are shorter than 6ft and the median is about 6'7". We walked the neighborhood Turkey Trot together before prayers, lunch, and a cozy fire.
When family is no longer within the accustomed driving distance, holidays also have great potential for adventure.

Frozen lake

Thanksgiving weekend, the van faithfully carried
us, rattling and chilled, north to Talkeetna where negative temperatures ruled the weekend. Six of us 20 year olds rented a cabin, spending the brief afternoon daylight hours of saturday and sunday snowshoeing along lakes and rivers. Although the evening sky was so clear that the stars plunged eagerly into the tree line towards the roots of the snow-covered spruce, I have yet to discover the splendor of the northern lights. The sky was so cluttered with stars that night, I'm not sure the aurora borealis would have fit anyway, despite its agile dance.

Des amis