Feet Up Rev 2

[RichardA]

I wish...........Life is showing up way to often lately.  I could sure use that.

[Mick S]

5 minutes ago, RichardA said:

I wish...........Life is showing up way to often lately.  I could sure use that.

I hear you, Rick. I've thought about you often the last few weeks. Alison had 3 grand mal seizures in one day a few weeks ago, out of the blue. Never had one before and it's been an adjustment trying to figure out our new reality. She can't drive for 6 months and is still very wobbly. But in the grand scheme, we're lucky, and coming down here helps.

[Chestnut]

This and listening to the loons ... Perfect.

[Coop]

On 8/4/2018 at 5:05 PM, Mick S said:

I hear you, Rick. I've thought about you often the last few weeks. Alison had 3 grand mal seizures in one day a few weeks ago, out of the blue. Never had one before and it's been an adjustment trying to figure out our new reality. She can't drive for 6 months and is still very wobbly. But in the grand scheme, we're lucky, and coming down here helps.

Mick, our thoughts and prayers are with you and Rick and your brides. 

[TerryMcK]

The first shot is Elly’s feet. Mine are too ugly.

We are in Croatia which used to be part of Yugoslavia until that country broke up after the war in 1991 to 1995. This is the beautiful cove of Slano on the Adriatic Sea.

[TerryMcK]

And the view from the hotel balcony.

[TerryMcK]

And the fancy cee-ment pond (Beverley Hillbillies talk)

 

[wtnhighlander]

Beautiful spot, Terry!

[..Kev]

Looking back thru this thread, it would seem Terry gets more vacations than the rest of us

 

[TerryMcK]

In my new job that I will start next month I get 25 days + 8 statutory ones (Christmas day, boxing day, new years day and 5 what we call bank holidays) every year. That is pretty standard in the UK for everybody in work. The new job also allows you to buy an extra 10 days a year. Not many companies do that so I will get 43 days vacation every year - wahoo! And weekends of course. Mucho woodworking time.

 

[TerryMcK]

Here is a view from the restaurant I’m currently in - sorry for everybody who is working today.

[Coop]

That looks like a really relaxing place. Enjoy my friend! 

[Chestnut]

I get a fair amount of vacation something like 26 days a year which is a lot for a person my age in the US. Trouble is taking days off, i work regularly 45+ hours a week so even "taking" a Friday off here and there doesn't result in using any PTO and my workload doesn't really allow for much more than that. So i take mini-vacations. Sure fancy beaches and tourist spots are nice but i live a block away from my version of paradise and go there multiple times a week, it just looks different.

 

[Spanky]

Chestnut, have you parked your boat on the wrong side of town? It has graffetti on it. 

[Chestnut]

12 hours ago, Spanky said:

Chestnut, have you parked your boat on the wrong side of town? It has graffetti on it. 

That'd be an insult to grafiti artists around here they do far better looking work . The previous owner wanted to try their hand at painting it camo for duck hunting. Their bad camo = cheaper boat for me.

[Chet]

Drew - is that a red door stop I see on the other side of the new truck?  Hanging on to it for sentimental reasons?

[Chestnut]

It's my whole house burglary protection. They see a cheap junky vehicle and assume I'm poor. I suppose the boat will cover that now. My poor neighbors that boat is ugly.

Complete laziness. I need to get rid of it because its in the dang way. There are companies that will come tow it away and hand me $100 but my evenings have been very packed until 7pm and i want to be home when they tow it away.

[Chet]

Kathy and I recently did a trip that included Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks along with Jackson WY. and Park City and Salt Lake City UT.  Not a lot of "feet up" pictures because you need to be on your toes and give these boys some distance and your full attention.  They are really a majestic animal.

Lake Hotel and a 1936 White Motor Company bus that is still in use for tours around the Yellowstone Park.  This is the oldest Hotel in Yellowstone and has just the right amount of elegance inside for a national park setting.

Closest picture to feet up was lunch in the Lake Hotel with a view of Yellowstone Lake through the trees.  Took this picture right before it started to snow a little.

Small herd of elk.  Just the mom's and kids.

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.

[wdwerker]

I was over 100 ft from a bison in Yellowstone when it decided to do a little charge towards me. Thankfully I was 10 ft from the car !

Some guy bought a farm and there was a meteorite on the porch being used as a doorstop. Farmer said they saw it fall and dug it up. He said it fell here so it goes with the the farm. Years later they took it to a meteorite guy to see what they could tell him about it. It was worth $100,000 !

[Bankstick]

Used to tent camp but the years don't allow sleeping on the ground. We were at a conference last week and stayed at a Hilton Garden Inn. No more campgrounds or budget motels for us. Any camper, RV, or houseboat still requires cooking, cleaning, etc. Not much vacation for SWMBO.

I knew a guy whose idea of roughing it was staying in a motel with a black-and-white TV.

[Chestnut]

[treeslayer]

Better than a $150.00 a hour psychiatrist, looks beautiful out there!

[Chestnut]

Yeah but it might some day lead to couples counseling so not sure that's necessarily money save

[wdwerker]

She doesn't eat fish ?

[mat60]

Any chance she would like to try some fishing?