Lynda’s year 2016
Hmmm, what did happen this year?
Seems like it was a pretty quiet year. No big-deal family trips. We did (finally after 18 years) install cabinets in the laundry room – it’s awesome now.
And we finished building and painting a new shed in the back yard. 
In April the Behrens family gathered in Bishop to scatter my dad’s ashes – shhhh, don’t tell anyone. We visited some of our old haunts and I was surprised to find that my memory of just how beautiful the Eastern Sierra is had faded a bit. Here’s an example:
Mono Lake
We started by driving to Reno in a snowstorm. 8 hours later we made to our hotel. It looks pretty in the pictures but it was really no fun.
We scattered the ashes above the house that my parents built and paused for a bit to honor his memory. Here are a few pictures from the trip:
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- Snow on Donner Pass
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- The Sierras from Buttermilk
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- Nana enjoying a walk around Plant 4
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- We lived in the green house.
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- View across the Owens Valley
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- Taking the Lexi 4-wheeling.
We also visited Alex in Seattle along with Richard and Lucinda King – longtime friends who also happen to be the parents of Alex’s roommate, Ian.
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- Alex on Star Trek
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- Alex, Ian, Lucinda and Lynda in Seattle
And we visited our youngest son Ricky in Kansas City. It’s different having family so spread out.
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- Lewis & Clark camped here
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- downtown KC from the WW I museum
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- Ricky’s new place!
Thanksgiving was our big family celebration.
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- Sharks game!
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- Thanksgiving Dinner
Travis and Kellen appeared in the Shoestring Theater productions of Seussical! It was a fun show and they were adorable together – my unbiased opinion of course.
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- Travis as Horon
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- Kellen as Maisie
7 Comments
Kathy&Rich says:
Fun letter! Will read Ray’s next. It IS weird to have your kids spread all over…tho yours thoughtfully at least didn’t go any further than MO! (I like KC! My nephew also lives there.)
02 Jan 17 @ 11am
Julie Handel says:
Fun – Great year Lynda!
02 Jan 17 @ 3pm
The Krugs says:
Nice to hear things are going well with everyone. A trip to Kansas City should include a stop at the Krugs in Colorado 🙂
02 Jan 17 @ 5pm
NANA says:
iT WAS A MEMORABLE TRIP! EVEN I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SIERRAS!
02 Jan 17 @ 5pm
NANA says:
iT WAS AN INTERESTING TRIP. iT IS EASY TO FORGET HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE SIERRAS.
02 Jan 17 @ 5pm
Larry Brown says:
Thanks for sharing the touching tribute to your dad. And I love the pictures – Alex on Star Trek! Plus it looks like Ray is my guy to fix some shed doors that were not hung well!
02 Jan 17 @ 8pm
Ken Kallbrier says:
Great page Lynda. Thanks for sharing your year with everyone. The pictures of Eastern Sierra are a reminder of how fortunate we are to live in this area. Yet the U.S. has many fantastic areas, Seattle and Kansas City to name two, both of which are only a short flight away. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
03 Jan 17 @ 7am
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