Home away from home

We're in the same room we had on our last visit, which is pretty nice because we know how the fancy light switches work. It's too cold to sit outside and look at the river without a down jacket, but we have all the conveniences of home. Plus a little gas corner fireplace, nice for warming your feet while you surf the Internet and wait for the wife to make breakfast :-)

The leaves are off the trees, fall is over and the valley feels ready to hunker down for a long winter. The mood here is a mixture of anticipation, preparation and resignation that doesn't apply to us city folks, who are merely inconvenienced by winter. The temperature is in the 30's, and it looks like a mix of snow and rain for the next few days.

Everyone is well, and in the month since we last saw her, little Maya has changed from newborn to little baby. Nova is the sweetest big sister.  More pictures soon...