In response to Sundquist's comment, "why is this post written in third person?" The answer is quite simply this: Our life has been so busy of late, that we have had to hire a third party professional blogger to keep up our blog for us.

Is Swan Valley for us?

About ten years ago, Bob decided that someday he would return to Swan Valley, Idaho. He had fond memories of some of the best fly fishing in the U.S. and Elk Hunting and Nature in its abundance and Greatest Beauty. It was all in one place in Bobs mind. And that dream location was Swan Valley Idaho.
He had great plans of an early retirement where he could fish and hunt and hike through some of the most beautiful mountains and relax watching wildlife crossing his property. The chance to return to Swan Valley was a reality for our family this week, Bob finally talked Becky into taking their trailer and spending a few days. Even Becky will admit that it is one of the most beautiful places on earth.

A few friends joined us: here is one of our favorites: Mr. Ashton Glodowski

And his mother: Mrs. Ashton Glodowski: AKA: Melissa GlodowskiAnd of course, the uncle of Mr. Ashton Glodowski: Uncle Ryan Ford We did lots of fun things: we ate square ice cream

We went to the DAM store

We had fun sleep overs that went way too long (& Mr. A stayed up the longest!)

Ryan and Bob went fly fishing -

After a day of fly fishing, Ryan was exhausted!
But Bob wasn't phased because of the enthousiasm for where he was! (also Bob never gets tired)

We ate MORE SQUARE ice cream

After all that funness, IS SWAN VALLEY FOR US????
Well, it really was a beautiful place and alot of fun, but........
unfortunately, there were a lot of mosquitos and Becky did not like them one bit!
She was very grateful that Will Ford (her new favorite nephew) gave her an electric bug zapping tennis racket (that zaps flying bugs on contact.)
She was never without that racket wherever she went!!

It was annoying, yes, but, it was even seen in bed at night - Because mosquitos got into the trailer too so the racket came in handy inside the trailer.

So, Bob realized that Becky would never be happy living in a place that had so many bugs and mosquitos. He knew regardless of the beauty it wouldn't be worth listening to Becky complain about the bugs, not to mention the fear of being shocked by the electric tennis racket.
So, Bob will miss Becky in Swan Valley.
Actually, Bob realizes he would be happier being with Becky than living alone amidst everything he loves. So, for Bob the search continues. Where will he go next? What other real estate agent will he drag through the mountains, the hills, and the trees to find a place where he can hang his hat. Even if its for just a few months each year.
In the mean time, Becky will be back in Temecula, laying out at her pool, relaxing, while reading a good book, where she has already found paradise!

Our Kanab 4th of July Reunion Trip (fishing Portion)

Pictures of Ryan, Bob, and Shawn fishing on some sort of Creek in Southern Utah -
Looks like they caught some fish -

Our Kanab 4th of July Reunion Trip Part III

THE KANAB 4th OF JULY PARADE Our family was in the parade as group #43 (the Jody & Agnes Johnson Family) I was lucky enough to get to ride in the corvette with Aunt Zelma who happens to be the oldest woman in the Johnson family. The car is owned and driven by Tom Laier. I had fun waving and throwing candy to the crowds.

What a cute picture of Grandpa Bob and Mr. Ashton!!

Here is Michelle & Kiley with Ryan - they are anxiously waiting and watching for the Parade to begin - they can hardly wait!!

Melissa and Mr. Ashton

The Sundquist Family: Michelle, Kiley, and Shawn

Patriotic - Mr. Ashton

Here comes the Jody & Agnes Johnson Family.......

There I go again.......

Our Kanab 4th of July Reunion Trip PART II

THE SERVICE PROJECT AT AUNT ZELMA'S
Those who helped:

Our Kanab 4th of July Reunion Trip PART I

The 4th of July started out with us taking our new trailer to Kanab - We got there on Wednesday and got everything set up so we would have Thursday to play before the family got there.
We took our Mountain Bikes and drove out to Johnson Canyon and found a great dirt road that we rode our bikes on - had a picnic lunch - then we found these really old houses that are falling down and thought they would be a great backdrop for a picture.

THE SINK HOLE:

On Friday before the kids came out, some of our relatives said they were going to a "sink hole" and we decided to join with them.
I've never seen a sink hole before so I was very interested & curious about this.
The road going there was on dirt, then rock, out in the middle of nowhere. It was the craziest thing ever!!