More walking, more goating, first Samming.

Posted on by David Maxwell

Despite my best intentions I again slept past sunrise this morning. I realize that much of the blame rests with me for not setting an alarm. I was also up pretty late last night writing a letter to Luke. We went on our standard walk this morning and checked in on the goats. A little tummy time added to the fun.

Late morning we were paid a visit by Liz’s friend and former coworker Sam. She lives in nearby Tracy City and is currently turning her candle making business into a full time endeavour. After a tasty lunch at the Mexican restaurant she was kind enough to give us a couple of her products. They are really top quality.

We all took afternoon naps and then went on another walk. The fading light was very lovely and the atmosphere felt great despite the humidity.

I dropped Liz and Luke back off at the cottage and returned to the Goat Trail to photograph the fireflies. I set up three cameras to the side of the trail. It wasn’t ideal because I would have liked to have been composing from the center of the trail. My caution was justified though when a couple of bikers passed by. They stopped to ask what I was doing and we chatted briefly. A little later a runner came through. I felt like the volume of fireflies was a little lighter than usual, but we will see how the pictures turn out.

Back at the cottage I cooked dinner while Liz nursed. Luke had a busy day but he handled it well. Hopefully he will continue to sleep well at night.

Three months!

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Unfortunately I slept in again this morning and missed sunrise. Three days left up here on the Mountain, and hopefully I will make sunrise all three days. Little Man slept in too, but that’s okay, since he turns three months old today. After breakfast we went on a nice walk along the Mountain Goat Trail. It felt great outside with the fresh air. I really hope that he enjoys these times. Afterwards we drove over to campus and saw the goats, who were in a new field.

Like most days up here the afternoon was pretty relaxed and everybody napped. Luke has been eating well and getting rid of that food efficiently too. We went on another walk this afternoon on the same stretch of the greenway. It was overcast and felt very nice out, despite being rather humid. Of course we had to go see the goats again after. Back at the cottage Liz nursed Luke while I went to Piggly Wiggly. They had amazing sweet cherries for $2.49 a pound, so I bought a bag. I also got a box of Kix.

Liz and I talked for a while before I went out to take some pictures. It was too cloudy for sunset so I just went to the back side of campus to photograph the fireflies. I wish I would have arrived just a few minutes earlier, because it would have been easier to focus with a little more light. But I was able to get three cameras set up and running. It was so calm and relaxing out in the forest all alone. The lightning bugs were really active, although I struggled to get compelling compositions. Phone picture below shows the dark scene.

Back at the cottage we bathed Luke. We didn’t have his flower pad but he was a good sport about it. I made Liz a sandwich and had a little dinner myself. Luke had more of his usual.

Walk, goats, cruise, lake.

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I slept past sunrise and Luke slept through an early walk opportunity. So we hit the goat trail after breakfast. It was still pretty mild out, but rather humid. We walked three miles in right at an hour. The trail was quite pretty. After that we drove to see the goats. They were conveniently hanging out right by the gate. Liz was very happy to see them.

We spent the early afternoon relaxing at the cottage. It rained a little and that kept us from going on a walk, bit not a drive. We went by the overlooks on campus and drove by the goat barn, but they weren’t out.

I went to Jackson Lake for sunset. It was pretty and I took a lot of pictures. The firefly shots didn’t turn out great but some of the landscapes did. Below are some phone photos.

Luke seems to be enjoying the mountain. He sleeps well on our walks and has been nursing great. Tomorrow should be another nice day. We don’t really have anything planned but I know we will try to walk, do tummy time, and maybe go down to Winchester.