BEET HARVEST, BIRTHDAYS, VISITORS, ETC.
I just got off the phone with Luke and Dad, and found out that beet harvest is in full swing as of yesterday. They will be at it 24 hours a day, with two crews of six people doing twelve hour shifts. Sounds like real work to me! It takes both Mavis and Ron full-time to help keep everything running smoothly. Luke said they would be shut down tomorrow (Sunday) because it was supposed to be too warm! That is amazing for the end of September.
Dad said that 20 oil wells have been staked around the area, but none yet on the ranch. He says the talk is that eventually, they will arrive on his place. Let's hope so!
We are now official residents of Arizona instead of Washington--a costly change it turns out, because auto licences and auto insurance are higher here. The rule is that if we live here more than seven months of the year, we have to become legal residents. This is the first year that has been the case. We spent most of the summer here because of Marie's illness.
Fortunately, she is doing quite well. She went to a cardiologist this week for a followup exam and got a good report. Amazingly, she discovered he is one of her former students at the University of Idaho. He remembered her very well and said he enjoyed her class. However, it was one of those big introductory courses with about 200 students so she did not remember him. He is one of the top cardiologists in Tucson, and was strongly recommended by our family doctor.
We hosted a long-time friend of 30 years last week who is a distinguished professor, and former provost, at the University of Southern Main. He was here to evaluate a graduate program at the University of Arizona and spent two evenings with us, much to our delight. Later in the week Marie's only niece and her husband from South Carolina were here staying at our house for a couple of days. She is a project manager for a big manufacturing company and her husband is in charge of training operators for a nuclear electrical generation plant. It was really great to visit with them and catch up on their lives.
On top of all that we both celebrated our 72nd birthdays this month! That is really hard to believe/accept since we feel a lot younger. Let's hope we can continue to stay vigorous for a lot more years as Dad has!
Dad said that 20 oil wells have been staked around the area, but none yet on the ranch. He says the talk is that eventually, they will arrive on his place. Let's hope so!
We are now official residents of Arizona instead of Washington--a costly change it turns out, because auto licences and auto insurance are higher here. The rule is that if we live here more than seven months of the year, we have to become legal residents. This is the first year that has been the case. We spent most of the summer here because of Marie's illness.
Fortunately, she is doing quite well. She went to a cardiologist this week for a followup exam and got a good report. Amazingly, she discovered he is one of her former students at the University of Idaho. He remembered her very well and said he enjoyed her class. However, it was one of those big introductory courses with about 200 students so she did not remember him. He is one of the top cardiologists in Tucson, and was strongly recommended by our family doctor.
We hosted a long-time friend of 30 years last week who is a distinguished professor, and former provost, at the University of Southern Main. He was here to evaluate a graduate program at the University of Arizona and spent two evenings with us, much to our delight. Later in the week Marie's only niece and her husband from South Carolina were here staying at our house for a couple of days. She is a project manager for a big manufacturing company and her husband is in charge of training operators for a nuclear electrical generation plant. It was really great to visit with them and catch up on their lives.
On top of all that we both celebrated our 72nd birthdays this month! That is really hard to believe/accept since we feel a lot younger. Let's hope we can continue to stay vigorous for a lot more years as Dad has!
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