A Rainy June

We've been gone most of June . . . traveling in the very warm Midwest and Texas. I knew the rain was pouring on the coast (i.e. Seattle), but apparently our usually dry, north-central WA homestead saw its share of rain.

This is a mushroom . . . one of the biggest and most beautiful mushrooms I've ever seen. Nestled next to an old log and some lupine, this little fellow is sure proof that we've had more than our fair share of rain this month. After driving through the smoke in Montana and up I-25 through fire-scorched Colorado, I will never complain about the rain again!

We're Off the Mountain for a While

It's a far cry from a mountain in the middle of nowhere of Washington State to Chicago. We are going around the Midwest, visiting homeschool conventions and selling my books to eager homeschooling families.

Question about toll roads: what do they do with the money? I'm convinced they do not use it to improve the toll road for which they're collecting it. There was no improvement in the quality, and in some cases the roads were worse.

Missing the homestead right about now . . .