more than a year and a half later ...

I can finally look at these photos and videos without having to peer through tears.

Duke's the best travel companion EVER.

Yes there are trip photos of ND, SD, NE, KS, CO - I'll likely put them into another post.

 At Bill's ... happy Duke!

 Some of the ones who have gone on ahead ...

Dad and me ...

  The video doesn't work (did it wrong) but here's Dad again ... 

Bill and me ... 

Out at the Ranch ... Dad of course couldn't go himself - but he loved the video!

I did this wrong so it won't run ... I've got another video from out there but can't bear watching it just now.

 Goin' to Scott's ... 

Ben'ts Fort above; zoom below

Bindweed - prettier than it is nice

Duke and Cockroach 

Heading west ... to Bev and the Rockies ... and another post ... :) 

Working my way through these has been rougher than I thought it would be. Even though it's been over a year and a half, during which I've pretty much left them alone because of the emotional pain I know the grief of homesickness brings me, it's still so hard. So very very hard.

Yeh.

I was wrong about the tears.