This was the year to round out my half a century on the planetā¦and the first year in as long as I can remember that I havenāt (at least not yet)Ā composed a year-end letterā¦So Iāve been flipping back through old photos to jog my memoriesā¦
Another year of many trails and travelsāwith destinations as close as Scout Mountain and the Ragged Islands and as far away as Alaska and Las Vegasā¦
January–
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We gained a beautiful granddaughter this year.Ā Which has of course necessitated more travels to visitā¦
February–
And as always, Iāve been out and about capturing the seasons in natureā¦
March–
April
May
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ā¦walking and prayingā¦
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June
ā¦and watching for seeds planted to begin to growā¦
ā¦and wonders to appearā¦
It was a year for a family reunion to celebrate an 80th birthdayā¦
July–
ā¦and the year for losing my most faithful hiking companion of the four-legged variety, reducing markedly the amount of hiking Iāve done sinceā¦
Instead, I became an A-1 stoker for my life companion!Ā Oh the miles we did ride and the sweat and smiles we did shareā¦
August–
September ended in Alaska, giving my mom a hand in making plans for my dadā¦Heās now in a private care facility in the city, far from home and mom most of the timeā¦waiting to go Home.
By October the little tykes had grown so much they needed another visit!
And the rest of the year has found me out and about enjoying the scenery closer to homeā¦
November–
ā¦continually grateful and amazed at this world God has let us inhabit for another yearā¦
Which brings us āround to December againā¦treasuring family near at hand, carrying on with all the family traditions, for who knows if this will be the last year they are home under this one roofā¦ (gulp)
Our present to ourselves this year was a (near)new Tandem to replace our homemade and not-as-strong-as-it-should-be relicā¦We are stoked to start putting on the miles together!
And that is a smattering of our year here.
Hereās wishing you and yours a God-Blessed New Year!
–LS, for the Skelton crewā¦
