Winter Update

We finally got out of Georgia on the 14th after spending an extra 4 days in Valdosta - courtesy of the winter snow storm that hit the Atlanta area just as our original flight was supposed to depart. Guess they got hammered pretty good up there - 5 to 7 inches of snow is what I heard. Enough to close the airport for a couple of days anyway. We then got caught up in the clearing of the backlog at Delta. Pretty painless actually, especially since we had the extra time to spend with the grand kids, and I must confess that Delta handled the cancellations and rebookings quite well.

Been Skyping with Jennah and Makenna which has been fun and has been a good way to stay connected. Says she's been able to Skype with Mike pretty regularly since he's been deployed, and that he's doing well in Qatar.

We're already looking forward to a return trip to Valdosta in April - booked the tickets a few days ago. Plan to help get the house ready for sale by doing some painting while we're there next time since it appears that Mike may be up for orders once he returns from this deployment.

Things are pretty routine here in Vancouver. I was able to go hiking yesterday for the first time in about 8 weeks, and today am feeling the muscle soreness that comes with a long layoff like that. Need to get back into hiking shape ASAP - too much Christmas cheer during the month we spent in Georgia (and Florida). It's been warm enough to melt most of the snow along the Gorge I noticed yesterday so most of the trails appear to be open...pretty unusual for January. I can recall our first winter here a few years ago when I couldn't access any of the higher trails until June.

We're looking forward to taking off next week for a 6 week stay in Central Mexico. Will be staying in the village of San Miguel de Allende - one of the old Colonial silver mining towns in the central highlands (it's located at 6,200 ft. elevation), and which is supposed to be quaint, pretty, safe, and WARM...supposed to be sunny and in the 80's this time of year, although it gets down into the 30's at night. Should be a relaxing stay. The photo below is supposed to be from the rooftop terrace of our rental home.

San Miguel de Allende

Will post a few photos of the place once we get settled in.