Reznjun

i paid for my plane tickets to peru. so it is semi official i am going to machu picchu. or at least i am going to peru. that much is definite. i still have to pay the balance for the tour i am going on by the end of january. no problemo. i have been saving for the past year. and per cap is this week. all of it will go toward my trip. i will have it covered.

i have looked forward to taking this trip for a long time. scratch that off the bucket list.  i wont leave until the end of april.  i am up for it already. the tour includes going to 9 different ruins. i have been fascinated with ancient ruins for a long time.  this trip also includes a visit to a museum that houses many incan artifacts. i will get a chance to soak in the hot springs the incans used.  i take a 10 hour train ride through the incan valley and thru the mountains. that should be fun. i have only ridden trains in europe. and one here when i was born. they shipped me back from oklahoma on a train.

one good thing about this tour is i will get free time to check out places on my own. the tour of machu picchu will be one day. then we go back next day to explore on our own. it will be the same in cuzco and lake titicaca. one day on a tour and a half a day on my own. cant beat that.  only thing i gotta worry about is the altitude. i have been walking on the treadmill since i got it. i plan on being in shape for this trip.

i like to keep a fire going in our basement stove. it keeps the house warm.  i like to have the floor warm in the morning. i bought some new stove pipes. i usually replace them every year. i clean the pipes out regularly during the winter. if i dont then they usually smoke. so i keep them clean.

we had a big family dinner. it was just a get together so we could eat and visit. it was alot of fun. nice to be around family and friends. we had a gift thing. we all had to bring a gift. then we drew numbers so we would pick in order. thing was you could glom onto someone elses gift if you wanted. i ended up with a hand made quilt. glad i got to keep it. i remember my mother making them.

i have seen that young eagle a few more times. it sits in the trees near my house. then when i come down the drive it flies away. it is neat to be able to watch it fly.

i was contacted by another trapper. he said he had some porky hair to sell. i told him i would buy as much as i can. i havent been making roaches but i am stock piling hair. i want to have as much as i can get. eventually making roaches is all i will do. the more hair i have, the better the roaches will be. it is hard to find a good supply of porky hair. i have bought it from many different sources. then i dont hear from the suppliers anymore. glad they find me through my ad i have on the internet.

per cap week this week. then our winter dance is also this week. and i have a wedding to do. will be busy….