Yes. I am still alive

I had a wonderful and problem free time back to Indiana.

First, I stopped in Montana and stayed with Eryn's grandma. It was wonderful. While there, I was privileged to go sapphire mining with Briana, Eryn's sister, and found two nice usable stone and a bunch of not so usable ones. Briana found two too, but hers were a little bigger.

Briana also took me to a ghost town in Garnet. It was neat; however, they were doing some construction and had a rather large and loud back hoe so it didn't feel so abandoned.

After finally leaving Montana I made it to Yellowstone. It was BEAUTIFUL! I wish that I had planned a few extra days. I planned on staying two nights at Hazel Cook's house, but she made it too inviting to stay, so I did just that. I ended up staying Saturday night through Wednesday morning. Arlene, thanks for suggesting it. I forgot to give Bree the shirt, so I'll have to mail it to her.

At Yellowstone a bear and several buffaloes were inches from my window.

After Yellowstone I decided it would be best to travel as far and as fast as I could because I had spent so much time getting not so far. So I made it through Wyoming and most of Iowa in a day and decided to stay in Iowa overnight before finally making it home.

I am home for a month and three weeks. Wahooo!

I hope to hear from you all soon.

Love ya,

James :-)
I will try to post some pictures soon.