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Patricia with "Officer Bob"
Waiting out the storm
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Sitting at Gov. Dirk Kempthorne's desk. This might be a good time for someone to ask for a pardon..
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Hi Everyone, --This is an update for today. This was our first day off so there were so many things to catch up on. Just had to decide priorities.
Getting communication going was first so spent most of the morning doing that--so good to be in touch and everything seems to be working on this end now so keep in touch with us--all family and friends because we love to hear from you.
I needed new pedals on my bike so it was off to the bicycle shop this afternoon. I hadn't really worn them out but had almost worn out the shoes that fit them so needed to take care of that pronto. There will be many more miles until we have our next day off in Casper.
After the bicycle shop, we went over to the Capitol Bldg. to see if we could say hello to the governor but he was not in because of a herniated disk. His secretary was so gracious though and invited us into the Governors office, pulled out his chair and said I should sit down for a photo so Gabriel obliged; Claudia, the secretary took one of both of us.
It was Awesome!! And then Gabriel got one of myself and Claudia. That was very exciting. It was starting to rain and the guard, Bob, said we better bring our bikes in the Capitol but silly us we said no thank you and took off. Well, we got into our first big lightning, thunder and rain and hail storm. "BIG"!!!
There is a shot I was taking of street flooding and then a big truck came by and Drenched me. After a few blocks we huddled close to a building and I sat in a flower box for over an hour while mother nature put on a fabulous display. We were wet by the time we got back to the Marriott but it was the first time we have been rained and hailed on. Possibly about 1 to 2 inches. Oh and we have been away from home for two weeks, WOW!
Bye for now--it's bedtime! Tomorrow we get back on our bikes!!
Patricia and Gabriel