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We will see it.....eventually. "Carking" through Utah :)

Zion National Park - Mom and Mother Nature Mom, look over your shoulder. Bison sighting at Antelope Island State Park Bison joining us for a picnic at Antelope Island State Park Down at the Virgin River at the Temple of Sinanawa at Zion National Park...we hiked here! :) Nature was calling ....and we found 15 Bighorn sheep grazing One of the hundreds of flowers that we stopped or u-turned to photograph Look closely....that's me and the majesty of the Capitol Gorge Exploring the canyons of Zion National Park The giant watermelon slice at Green River, Utah Mom conversing with llama Only we can Prevent Forest Fires....a friendly reminder from Smokey the Bear Mom and me at Zion National Park Cedar Breaks National Monument where at 11,000 feet there was snow....and a speed limit sign that looks like it had a rough winter I start laughing out loud as I am driving because it dawns on me that Mom and I have created a new a
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Happy 74th Birthday, Mom.....Mom in the "Motherland" that is Poland

Mom and I in front of Wawel Castle First photo of ETC in Krakow Smoked cheese ...artistically created Florian Gate - one of the entrances to Old Town Krakow Mom and Ziggy....Our guide, our friend and our guardian angel here in Krakow ETC at the Tyriec Monastery...with cake :) The Santa Marta cake only found at the Benedictine Tyriec Monastery The soup is always yummy in Krakow...and the lattes, divine :) The truth of the matter is Mom and I have planned to visit Poland many times over the past few years.  Even up until 10 days prior to our planned vacation LAST year, we thought we were going to Poland.  But somehow, something else always distracts us, being a great deal on a not-to-be-missed cruise or autumn foliage adventures or having to do loads of laundry (guess which comment is not true :) ). The other factor that is the most honest but hardest to describe reason for not visiting Poland before is that we did not

"Do you want to go for a sleigh ride?"

....amongst elk herds in Wyoming? Most of our mother/daughter travel adventures start off that simply.  I wish I could tell you that there was some sort of grand planning strategy but it usually just starts with a question. Mom says, "Yes" and off we go. Here's the thing.  I was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming a few weeks ago.  I could have taken the sleigh ride.  It's a one hour ride.  But I knew (because I just KNOW) if I came home and said to my Mom, "Look at these terrific pictures I took during my cool (literally, as the temperatures are hovering around 20 degrees in Jackson Hole this time of year) sleigh ride" that perhaps that would be the last time Mom would cook a meal for me or she would disown me at my tender age of 55 (56 years of age now as I wrote this back in March and have seen a birthday come and go since). The National Elk Refuge is yet another spectacular national treasure.  It is part of the migratory path for about 9,000+ elk.  They are n