I've just made a slideshow of *some* of the pictures from the trip to Idaho--this is mostly just the ones from Yellowstone. I promise to do a summary post (or five) soon!
For now, the slideshow:
If you click on it, it'll take you to Picasa where you can see them embiggened. (I highly recommend that!)
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Almost over the bug, and a neat day trip
It's been a while since I've posted, but I've been fighting some sort of illness. Everyone else in the family has had a very slight cold, but it hit me like a ton of bricks and has pretty well knocked me down for most of the last week.
I'm finally getting over it, and today I felt strong enough to go with the rest of the family on a day trip up to the Tallgrass Prairie up near Bartlesville. It was beautiful! They normally have a bunch of bison running around, but last weekend they rounded them up and they're penned for a while.
Greg drove, even though he doesn't generally prefer to drive, because I still wasn't feeling quite "with it" enough to drive.
I got some really neat late-fall pictures of the vegetation.
When we first started out on our drive (it took a little over an hour to get to the preserve), Ryan said that he really liked "seeing all the naked trees. But they're not ALL naked!" LOL!
This is a statue by the headquarters of the preserve:
And Mom, here's one of the pictures we'll be using for the family calendar this year:
This building is a landmark in Pawhuska, as the map we printed out said "turn right at the triangular building" (and it *is* tough to miss!). It's kind of hard to see form this angle, but it's definitely like a pie wedge. Ryan said "it's just like a slice of pizza!"
And now it's almost 11:00 at night, so it's time for bed.
I hope you all had a great weekend!
I'm finally getting over it, and today I felt strong enough to go with the rest of the family on a day trip up to the Tallgrass Prairie up near Bartlesville. It was beautiful! They normally have a bunch of bison running around, but last weekend they rounded them up and they're penned for a while.
Greg drove, even though he doesn't generally prefer to drive, because I still wasn't feeling quite "with it" enough to drive.
I got some really neat late-fall pictures of the vegetation.
When we first started out on our drive (it took a little over an hour to get to the preserve), Ryan said that he really liked "seeing all the naked trees. But they're not ALL naked!" LOL!
This is a statue by the headquarters of the preserve:
And Mom, here's one of the pictures we'll be using for the family calendar this year:
This building is a landmark in Pawhuska, as the map we printed out said "turn right at the triangular building" (and it *is* tough to miss!). It's kind of hard to see form this angle, but it's definitely like a pie wedge. Ryan said "it's just like a slice of pizza!"
And now it's almost 11:00 at night, so it's time for bed.
I hope you all had a great weekend!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Idaho Trip (VERY picture-heavy)
Quite a few posts ago I said I'd finish posting about our trip to Idaho, and I didn't. Shame on me!
Now that Fiber Christmas is over for this year (post and pics later), I can concentrate on other things and getting caught up.
So, in the last vacation post I stopped as we were heading up to Island Park on Thursday. I'm going to go back to using my Dad's narration, so here goes!
June 4, 2009, afternoon
The drive up to Island Park was spectacular with the Tetons visible to the east.
Buffalo Campground, near Pond’s Lodge on the Buffalo River, was almost empty. We found a great spot by the Buffalo River in the C loop with its electrical hookups. Spot C14 cost us $11 rather than $17 per night because Bill is over 62.
We also reserved a spot for Mom Allred’s bus.
The mosquitoes were absolutely fierce until it rained and there was a wind to drive them away. Sand hill cranes (birds) were nesting on the other side of the river. I had never before heard them and as they flew overhead they were calling the entire way. We also saw osprey. Five people are ‘cozy’ in a 21 foot 5th wheel camper but we all had a great time. There’s nothing like camping to bring a family together.
Friday, June 5, 2009:
We drove in the Avalon to West Yellowstone and stopped to see an exhibit of painted fiberglass ‘buffalo’ in front of the old Union Pacific Railroad depot, now the historical museum.
The ‘buffalo’ will be auctioned the end of August and are expected to bring from $1,500 to $10,000. I can’t imagine where a person would put one of them. Local businesses seem to become attached to the ones in front of their stores and will probably keep them.
Union Pacific also had a dining room to the west of the museum where Bill’s father was a dishwasher in the summer of 1939. Dad always loved West Yellowstone and Yellowstone Park.
Ryan announced that he needed a belt to keep his pants from falling down so we went to the old Eagle’s Store. Ryan picked out his own belt with horses and a shiny silver big buckle. He also got a glow-in-the-dark Yellowstone t-shirt and Gillian got two Yellowstone t-shirts. The adults had a cup of much-needed coffee.
The nice ranger lady at the West Entrance gave us an information package including a page of animals to check off for each of the kids.
We saw elk, buffalo including orange babies, bald eagles, Canada geese, and swans even before Madison Junction. We drove up the Firehole Falls road. We had lunch at the picnic area at Firehole Flats and saw a bald eagle circling nearby.
We drove to Old Faithful and while waiting for it to erupt saw Beehive and Lion’s Head erupt on the other side of the Firehole River. We watched Old Faithful.
The kids put their hands in the lukewarm water that flowed fromOld Faithful .
We then went to the Old Faithful Inn and had ice cream and some iced tea while we sat on the balcony. We drove to Bridge Bay and had a potty stop and watched boats being launched including a huge one. We drove to the Lake Inn area and saw more buffalo. We watched a storm on Lake Yellowstone.
We drove through Hayden Valley and commented on the scoured areas where buffalo rolled and dusted themselves. Kathie gave each of the kids $5 and at the Canyon visitor’s center store Gillian bought a set of Yellowstone picture cards. The kids and Kathie played ‘go fish’ with them. Sometimes Ryan liked the picture on his card so much that he didn’t want to give it up. Kat also bought bookmarks and a refrigerator magnet with scenes of Yellowstone.
It began to rain hard and on the road from Canyon to Norris we were fortunate enough to be going against a long herd of buffalo that had been on the road for some time, judging from miles of backed-up traffic on the other side of the road going the same direction as the buffalo.
We could hear their grunts as they passed. They were shaggy from shedding their winter coats.
We returned to camp in Island Park about 6:30 p.m. to find Melanie, Kevin, and Emily already set up. About 8:30 p.m., Wayne Valentine drove Mom’s bus with Paula into the campground and Wayne and I helped plug the bus into power, light the hot water heater, and get Paula and Mom settled.
The mosquitoes were fierce.
An osprey was keeping an eye on Kat and the kids and came in for a landing on a tree across the river:
Saturday, June 6, 2009 (D-Day):In the morning Bill took Ryan and Gillian to the fisherman’s dock at the far end of the campground and enjoyed the beautiful area.We later learned that Kevin, Melanie’s husband, has been coming to this campground and the others in Island Park from early childhood, camping and fishing with his folks.
Later Kevin took Gillian and Ryan fishing. He hooked fish and they reeled them in. Gillian caught two and Ryan one. They were both very proud of their fish. They also saw two moose!
It rained much of the day. The kids played with Emily and rode bicycles and scooters that Kevin and Melanie had brought for them. Grumpdad hid from the mosquitoes in the camper, read more about the Titanic and enjoyed a nap. We went to Pam and Wayne’s cabin for dinner and were joined by Rachel and Jeremy and their four children for the 3rd birthday of their youngest, Luke.It was unusually silent when we woke up and Bill looked out of the camper to see it snowing! There already was about 2” of wet snow everywhere, very beautiful. We got dressed and had breakfast and enjoyed the snow, then started preparing the camper for the trip home.
Pam and Wayne joined us and Kevin prepared a brunch of eggs, sausage, and fish that Ryan, Gillian, Emily, and Kevin caught in Mom’s bus. We helped prepare it for the return trip and left by 12:30 p.m.
Kevin, Wayne, and I all emptied camper tanks at the dump station at Island Park, a very scenic area on the north fork of the Snake River. We couldn’t see the Tetons because they were shrouded in clouds. We were home by about 3 pm and unloaded the camper and spent most of the rest of the evening doing laundry and cleaning out the camper.
Monday, June 8, 2009:
We rested in the morning.
Bill went to work for an hour to make sure there were no pressing issues and then had an hour-long lunch at our house with some of the symphony people about symphony issues. In the afternoon we visited the library to return books, get credit for reading, and check out some more books. We drove to the Museum where Kathie bought two books to store squashed pennies from various locations since the kids have many more at home.
We then drove to the mountains east of Idaho Falls to about 6000 feet to see the giant windmills and stopped near one. We could hear its blades softly ‘whooshing’ and the gearbox humming. We looked over the Snake River Valley on the return trip down the mountain. In the evening, Kat, Kathie, Gillian, and Ryan played ‘Go Fish’ with Yellowstone cards Gillian bought at the store at the Canyon Visitor Center
Tuesday, June 9, 2009:
Bill went to work and Kat and Kathie packed.
Bill returned about 11:30 for lunch and good-bye and at about 12:15 Kathie took Kat and the kids to the Idaho Falls Airport. Our house is once again too quiet.
Now that Fiber Christmas is over for this year (post and pics later), I can concentrate on other things and getting caught up.
So, in the last vacation post I stopped as we were heading up to Island Park on Thursday. I'm going to go back to using my Dad's narration, so here goes!
June 4, 2009, afternoon
The drive up to Island Park was spectacular with the Tetons visible to the east.
Buffalo Campground, near Pond’s Lodge on the Buffalo River, was almost empty. We found a great spot by the Buffalo River in the C loop with its electrical hookups. Spot C14 cost us $11 rather than $17 per night because Bill is over 62.
We also reserved a spot for Mom Allred’s bus.
The mosquitoes were absolutely fierce until it rained and there was a wind to drive them away. Sand hill cranes (birds) were nesting on the other side of the river. I had never before heard them and as they flew overhead they were calling the entire way. We also saw osprey. Five people are ‘cozy’ in a 21 foot 5th wheel camper but we all had a great time. There’s nothing like camping to bring a family together.
Friday, June 5, 2009:
We drove in the Avalon to West Yellowstone and stopped to see an exhibit of painted fiberglass ‘buffalo’ in front of the old Union Pacific Railroad depot, now the historical museum.
The ‘buffalo’ will be auctioned the end of August and are expected to bring from $1,500 to $10,000. I can’t imagine where a person would put one of them. Local businesses seem to become attached to the ones in front of their stores and will probably keep them.
Union Pacific also had a dining room to the west of the museum where Bill’s father was a dishwasher in the summer of 1939. Dad always loved West Yellowstone and Yellowstone Park.
Ryan announced that he needed a belt to keep his pants from falling down so we went to the old Eagle’s Store. Ryan picked out his own belt with horses and a shiny silver big buckle. He also got a glow-in-the-dark Yellowstone t-shirt and Gillian got two Yellowstone t-shirts. The adults had a cup of much-needed coffee.
The nice ranger lady at the West Entrance gave us an information package including a page of animals to check off for each of the kids.
We saw elk, buffalo including orange babies, bald eagles, Canada geese, and swans even before Madison Junction. We drove up the Firehole Falls road. We had lunch at the picnic area at Firehole Flats and saw a bald eagle circling nearby.
We drove to Old Faithful and while waiting for it to erupt saw Beehive and Lion’s Head erupt on the other side of the Firehole River. We watched Old Faithful.
The kids put their hands in the lukewarm water that flowed from
We then went to the Old Faithful Inn and had ice cream and some iced tea while we sat on the balcony. We drove to Bridge Bay and had a potty stop and watched boats being launched including a huge one. We drove to the Lake Inn area and saw more buffalo. We watched a storm on Lake Yellowstone.
We drove through Hayden Valley and commented on the scoured areas where buffalo rolled and dusted themselves. Kathie gave each of the kids $5 and at the Canyon visitor’s center store Gillian bought a set of Yellowstone picture cards. The kids and Kathie played ‘go fish’ with them. Sometimes Ryan liked the picture on his card so much that he didn’t want to give it up. Kat also bought bookmarks and a refrigerator magnet with scenes of Yellowstone.
It began to rain hard and on the road from Canyon to Norris we were fortunate enough to be going against a long herd of buffalo that had been on the road for some time, judging from miles of backed-up traffic on the other side of the road going the same direction as the buffalo.
We could hear their grunts as they passed. They were shaggy from shedding their winter coats.
We returned to camp in Island Park about 6:30 p.m. to find Melanie, Kevin, and Emily already set up. About 8:30 p.m., Wayne Valentine drove Mom’s bus with Paula into the campground and Wayne and I helped plug the bus into power, light the hot water heater, and get Paula and Mom settled.
The mosquitoes were fierce.
An osprey was keeping an eye on Kat and the kids and came in for a landing on a tree across the river:
Saturday, June 6, 2009 (D-Day):In the morning Bill took Ryan and Gillian to the fisherman’s dock at the far end of the campground and enjoyed the beautiful area.We later learned that Kevin, Melanie’s husband, has been coming to this campground and the others in Island Park from early childhood, camping and fishing with his folks.
Later Kevin took Gillian and Ryan fishing. He hooked fish and they reeled them in. Gillian caught two and Ryan one. They were both very proud of their fish. They also saw two moose!
It rained much of the day. The kids played with Emily and rode bicycles and scooters that Kevin and Melanie had brought for them. Grumpdad hid from the mosquitoes in the camper, read more about the Titanic and enjoyed a nap. We went to Pam and Wayne’s cabin for dinner and were joined by Rachel and Jeremy and their four children for the 3rd birthday of their youngest, Luke.It was unusually silent when we woke up and Bill looked out of the camper to see it snowing! There already was about 2” of wet snow everywhere, very beautiful. We got dressed and had breakfast and enjoyed the snow, then started preparing the camper for the trip home.
Pam and Wayne joined us and Kevin prepared a brunch of eggs, sausage, and fish that Ryan, Gillian, Emily, and Kevin caught in Mom’s bus. We helped prepare it for the return trip and left by 12:30 p.m.
Kevin, Wayne, and I all emptied camper tanks at the dump station at Island Park, a very scenic area on the north fork of the Snake River. We couldn’t see the Tetons because they were shrouded in clouds. We were home by about 3 pm and unloaded the camper and spent most of the rest of the evening doing laundry and cleaning out the camper.
Monday, June 8, 2009:
We rested in the morning.
Bill went to work for an hour to make sure there were no pressing issues and then had an hour-long lunch at our house with some of the symphony people about symphony issues. In the afternoon we visited the library to return books, get credit for reading, and check out some more books. We drove to the Museum where Kathie bought two books to store squashed pennies from various locations since the kids have many more at home.
We then drove to the mountains east of Idaho Falls to about 6000 feet to see the giant windmills and stopped near one. We could hear its blades softly ‘whooshing’ and the gearbox humming. We looked over the Snake River Valley on the return trip down the mountain. In the evening, Kat, Kathie, Gillian, and Ryan played ‘Go Fish’ with Yellowstone cards Gillian bought at the store at the Canyon Visitor Center
Tuesday, June 9, 2009:
Bill went to work and Kat and Kathie packed.
Bill returned about 11:30 for lunch and good-bye and at about 12:15 Kathie took Kat and the kids to the Idaho Falls Airport. Our house is once again too quiet.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
More of the Idaho Trip
My Dad wrote an awesome recap of our Idaho trip, so I'm going to let him narrate and I'll add occasional pictures.
Here we go!
Thursday, June 4, 2009:
I'm going to end this post here, as the next post will have a *lot* of pictures!
Here we go!
We drove to Rigby on back roads and had lunch in the room at ‘Me n’ Stan’s’ (a restaurant) where we had our rehearsal dinner on August 30, 1968. We ate a local specialty, scones with honey butter. We drove to Mom’s where we sat with Paula, Mel, Pam, and Mom while they ate and we all had dessert together.
We then went to the children’s portion of the Idaho Falls Library to check out books and reading material for the summer reading program. The railroad tracks south of the library and between it and the parking lot were about to be repaired so we looked at how the inside upper surfaces of the old tracks were worn over.
We drove to Reed’s Dairy and all bought kid’s-sized cones of ice cream, ate them in the little inside seating area (to avoid the rather intense smell of dairy cattle), then stopped at the Fiber Arts Guild meeting where Kathie took her grandchildren inside to show them off to her friends.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009:
Bill had several meetings and worked all day.The rest of the family drove to Rexburg to meet Pam, Rachel and her kids, and Mom and Paula. They rode a wonderfully restored carousel and had ice cream and ate at McDonald’s.
Here's Aunt Paula, who was being a great sport about riding the carousel (she's in the purple/maroon shirt in the center):
And here's Grandma and Aunt Pam:
In the evening Granddad and the kids took the truck to the storage place and retrieved the camper. We all loaded the camper and Granddad mowed the lawn. It rained and got the camper wet so Granddad washed it while he had a reasonable chance of removing a year’s accumulation of bugs.
Thursday, June 4, 2009:
At 11 a.m., Gillian, Ryan, and Kat went for a half hour ride in a Cessna Skyhawk II, a 4 place airplane, with Bob Picker, flight instructor. Gillian sat in the left-hand (pilot’s) seat and flew the airplane. (Bill was about her age when he had his first small airplane ride with his Uncle Bob, his mother’s brother, from the Sayre farm in
Gillian turned the airplane using the wheel – her legs were too short to reach the rudder pedals so Bob operated them for her and took off and landed. The flight was an ‘Introductory Flight’ and featured a thorough pre-flight inspection where Bob patiently explained the airplane and what he was looking for during his inspection.
Here's a view of the mountains to the east, with the Grand Teton just peeking above the closer mountains in the very center.
Gillian made a sharp turn and I was surprised to be looking straight down at Idaho Falls.
The Snake River, with the falls in the center.
By 2 pm we were on our way to
I'm going to end this post here, as the next post will have a *lot* of pictures!
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Holy cow, where did the month go?
I just realized that it's been a month since my last post. No wonder my sister has been bugging me about updating!
At the moment the kids and I are in Idaho visiting my parents, and we're having a great time so far.
This morning we were supposed to go for a small airplane ride but since it was raining, we rescheduled for Thursday morning. Let's hope it clears up by then!
So instead of going flying, my Dad pulled out his neat trains, which are incredible moving works of art. They've got working parts and make all kinds of neat noises.
Here's GrandDad running the train for the kids:
Ryan was really enthralled with them:
Both kids decided to be bridges:
The trains were definitely a big hit!
After that we went up to Rigby and ate lunch (and delicious scones!!) at the same restaurant where my parents had their rehearsal dinner 41 years ago. After that we went to visit my grandma and saw three of my aunts. It was a fun, but brief visit.
Yesterday we went to the Titanic exhibit at the local museum, and it was neat but sad. I learned a ton of things about the Titanic and its sinking, and the kids had a great time feeling the big chunk of ice they had in the exhibit.
Sunday my Dad took the kids to wash the car and run an errand while my Mom and I went to a bead show. It only had two vendors, but we got some neat stuff!
I got some purls. This is the dark strand:
And I also got two light blue strands:
I also got this round bead that I'll use with the stone beads below for a necklace:
I'm really excited about this Labradorite. I've been looking for some for a while, and my wonderful Mom bought this strand of beads and single large bead for me:
The picture doesn't do it justice. The beads flash with iridescence like fish scales.
I also got a little bit more done on my brown socks:
So that's about all I can handle for the moment. I'll work on another post tomorrow.
Bye for now!
At the moment the kids and I are in Idaho visiting my parents, and we're having a great time so far.
This morning we were supposed to go for a small airplane ride but since it was raining, we rescheduled for Thursday morning. Let's hope it clears up by then!
So instead of going flying, my Dad pulled out his neat trains, which are incredible moving works of art. They've got working parts and make all kinds of neat noises.
Here's GrandDad running the train for the kids:
Ryan was really enthralled with them:
Both kids decided to be bridges:The trains were definitely a big hit!After that we went up to Rigby and ate lunch (and delicious scones!!) at the same restaurant where my parents had their rehearsal dinner 41 years ago. After that we went to visit my grandma and saw three of my aunts. It was a fun, but brief visit.
Yesterday we went to the Titanic exhibit at the local museum, and it was neat but sad. I learned a ton of things about the Titanic and its sinking, and the kids had a great time feeling the big chunk of ice they had in the exhibit.
Sunday my Dad took the kids to wash the car and run an errand while my Mom and I went to a bead show. It only had two vendors, but we got some neat stuff!
I got some purls. This is the dark strand:
And I also got two light blue strands:I also got this round bead that I'll use with the stone beads below for a necklace:
I'm really excited about this Labradorite. I've been looking for some for a while, and my wonderful Mom bought this strand of beads and single large bead for me:
The picture doesn't do it justice. The beads flash with iridescence like fish scales.I also got a little bit more done on my brown socks:
So that's about all I can handle for the moment. I'll work on another post tomorrow.
Bye for now!
Monday, May 28, 2007
Vacation Day #3, #4, and #5, STS edging
Warning: LOTS of pictures; lace knitting at the end of the post.
I'm really falling behind in my vacation postings, but I'm going to try to catch up a little bit.
Day #3: in Cedar City, seeing family and friends.
We spent the morning with the kids in the pool, and four of the cousins came over to swim, too. Much fun was had by all! In the afternoon we all met up at one of the great parks in Cedar City, Canyon Park. When we were living in Cedar we spent a good amount of time there.
Here's a picture of Greg with our kids and two cousins, walking from one side of the park to the other:
There are two streams that run through the park. One has bridges like this one, and the other is really wide and quite deep, with only two bridges across it at either end of the park. This is toward the beginning of the picnic, before all the kids ended up in the stream.
A view of the canyon from the park.
Ryan, debating about whether or not he's going to climb down by himself. (He didn't.)
I have some other pictures, but I didn't get permission yet from the people in them to post, so I'm going to wait.
That evening we went to my friend Gale's house (and Brad's house, too!) and hung out for a while. We all had a great time! Here's a very very patient cat that Gillian decorated. It was so funny! Gillian was crumble dandelion petals on the cat, then go look for more and the cat would follow her and then wait patiently while she put more stuff on her!
----------------------
Last night I swatched a lace edging pattern for my Shetland Tea Shawl, and I'm not happy with it. Well, that's not true--I love the design but I think it's way too open for the edging on a large shawl. It might be really good on a shoulder-size shawl, but on this big shawl I think it'd catch on things. Especially as clumsy as I am sometimes. Here's my two-repeat swatch or just the outside part of the edging:
It's gorgeous, but it's really open. I'll have to keep swatching. :-)
I think I might use it as an insertion, with something somewhat less open at the very edge. We'll see—I haven't found a combination yet that has the right number of stitches.
Wow, thanks for reading all the way to the end! Hopefully tomorrow's post won't be quite so long....
I'm really falling behind in my vacation postings, but I'm going to try to catch up a little bit.
Day #3: in Cedar City, seeing family and friends.
We spent the morning with the kids in the pool, and four of the cousins came over to swim, too. Much fun was had by all! In the afternoon we all met up at one of the great parks in Cedar City, Canyon Park. When we were living in Cedar we spent a good amount of time there.
Here's a picture of Greg with our kids and two cousins, walking from one side of the park to the other:
There are two streams that run through the park. One has bridges like this one, and the other is really wide and quite deep, with only two bridges across it at either end of the park. This is toward the beginning of the picnic, before all the kids ended up in the stream.
A view of the canyon from the park.
Ryan, debating about whether or not he's going to climb down by himself. (He didn't.)
I have some other pictures, but I didn't get permission yet from the people in them to post, so I'm going to wait.That evening we went to my friend Gale's house (and Brad's house, too!) and hung out for a while. We all had a great time! Here's a very very patient cat that Gillian decorated. It was so funny! Gillian was crumble dandelion petals on the cat, then go look for more and the cat would follow her and then wait patiently while she put more stuff on her!
Gale and Brad have fiber animals, and this is Devo. He's a part-mohair goat and he and Ryan became good buddies.
The kids also enjoyed chasing Gale's exotic chickens, hoping to get one to let it pet it. Yeah, right, like that was going to happen! Much fun was had by all.
Brad and Gale have motorcycles, and Gale's has "Ride like a girl" written on it (in purple, of course!) so Gillian put on her helmet and posed for a picture.
Day #4 I didn't take many pictures; we pretty much just recovered from the busy days we'd had and visited with Greg's family. It was nice to relax a little bit!
Day #5 we went from Cedar City (Utah) to Idaho Falls, Idaho, which is about 8 hours. Here's a view of the back side of Cedar Breaks National Monument. One of my all-time favorite drives is from Cedar City up the mountain to Brian Head/Cedar Breaks (US Hwy 14).
Here's a picture of the back side of Cedar Breaks, with the morning light.
180 degrees from that picture, the kids and my wonderful husband, enjoying a quick roadside stop:
This is the Zion Overlook on Hwy 14, which is very special to me/us because this is where DH gave me my engagement ring more than 11 years ago. All those craggy areas in the distance are Zion National Park.
We were hoping to go up the mountain, then through Cedar Breaks and down, but Cedar Breaks wasn't open for the summer yet. Instead we went by Navajo Lake, through Duck Creek, and down over the other side of the mountain to US Hwy 89. We went up 89 through Panguitch, then took I-20 across to I-15.
----------------------
I'm really discouraged by a lot of the posts on the knitting email lists lately. There seems to be a lot of negativity going around. I posted a question on the KnitList about why more dishcloth patterns aren't charted a few people jumped all over me for even suggesting it. Honestly, I just don't understand 1.) why designers don't post charts as well as the word instructions, and 2.) why people jumped all over me for even asking about it. If people aren't open to new ideas (not that charting is a new idea!!) then why are they on lists like that? I just don't get it.Three hours later: My dear friend Rori came to my defense with the acrimonious woman, and I was quite relieved that it wasn't just me who thought I was being rude. I'm feeling much better about things now.
----------------------
Last night I swatched a lace edging pattern for my Shetland Tea Shawl, and I'm not happy with it. Well, that's not true--I love the design but I think it's way too open for the edging on a large shawl. It might be really good on a shoulder-size shawl, but on this big shawl I think it'd catch on things. Especially as clumsy as I am sometimes. Here's my two-repeat swatch or just the outside part of the edging:
It's gorgeous, but it's really open. I'll have to keep swatching. :-)I think I might use it as an insertion, with something somewhat less open at the very edge. We'll see—I haven't found a combination yet that has the right number of stitches.
Wow, thanks for reading all the way to the end! Hopefully tomorrow's post won't be quite so long....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)