HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Hey all you mothers! Today is your day. And isn't it nice that somebody thought of honoring all the Moms in May? How about all those other days of the year? Hopefully each of us can do something special for our mothers in our lives.

We have been in Grand Junction Colorado, visiting Ellen's sister Mary. Mary has been getting treatment for mantle lymphoma over that last several years. She is doing pretty well, and she has lots of friends helping her out. We were able to meet with or have meals with some of them, including Jackie, Bob and Michelle and Marcus, and Carol.

Ellen and Mary at Mary's house

We spent about 9 days there, and we were able to take a day trip to Gunnison and visit with Ellen's cousins John and Bobbie. Had a nice lunch with them downtown Gunnison and the spent the afternoon at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, a fantastic National Park. I cannot remember all the info on it, other than volcanoes, lava, and the fast running Gunnison River caused spectacular vertical cliffs that drop about a half a mile.

Two happy sightseers