This morning Pat and I left at a quarter after five to get him to the airport for an early flight to Denver. He has business back in Florida and other Eastern states, but he is laying over in Fort Collins for the weekend to check out rental homes.

I finally gave up on avoiding the need to consider renting in Fort Collins as a prelude to finding a house to buy. It has proven to be too difficult and frustrating to attempt a purchase from here, and we are ready to move on with life after the Bay Area. Ironically, after spending ten hours yesterday researching and organizing rental leads, a great looking property for sale popped up, so he will also be checking out that.

Pat plans to spend Sunday night at the ranch in Wyoming. It's been a little chilly there - this morning when I had a look at their weather stats, it was -28.



Right in the middle of this frigid episode, all the cows are calving, and Mona and Clark are out looking after the newborns in the snow and wind.

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