A Body in Motion...

It's been busy. And it's been very nice to keep catching what life's been throwing at us, along with some really good luck.

( A little about Las Vegas, I helped Jet's class go to the Science Museum while John changed out all our kitchen counters for granite for far less money than I thought possible, I get a new greenhouse, I knit two new creations, the garden is going gangbusters, Jet buys a typewriter from a rummage sale for his homework, the boys and I readied the bee boxes for bees, I learned how to painlessly catch bees, and Jet and I build a Ponyo Putt-Putt boat from an aluminum can. )

The Shambala Stupa

Last Friday, John and I took the day to go up to the Buddhist Shambala Mountain Retreat. One of our neighbors and several people in our church are Buddhist, and our neighbor goes up there regularly for retreats. It was the same neighbor who told us about the granite countertops. John was curious as to what it would be like, and I was willing to go on the adventure with him.

So, on Friday, as soon as we saw Jet off on the bus to school, we got our hiking gear, drinking water, and sunglasses into the Passat, and headed out to I 25 and then north to Fort Collins. Once we were far enough north we turned west and drove up into the mountains, through rolling foothills, and ended up at the head of the dirt road with a sign that said, "Shambala Mountain Center 5 mi."

( We turned down the dirt road... )