Just updates

Greetings all; it's been a while so just some updates, curiosities of Arizona: We did go the NFR in Vegas as previous post; Lynn bought a horse at auction, finally got it home to Tucson. Long story... Christmas was fun in Phoenix, but unfortunately my professional skate boarding career was prematurely cut short with the assistance of Mateo...a little left shoulder separation and nasty hip bruise. Shoulder will most like need a little cortisone injection since it's been 6 weeks now and I'm still not sleeping. Memo: no skateboarding in one's late 60's. Ski trip to Whistler Canada was great with Ash and grandchildren and Lynn, all had a good time. It actually rained the first couple of days or so, then turned to beautiful snow. Whistler is indeed beautiful and we would all love to go back. It was so beautiful, in fact, I just couldn't stand it so went skiing shoulder and all, just slowly. As it turned out, maybe too slow, since I ran into a small bank of wet snow and instead of throwing ski I felt that distinct "pop" as a muscle in my left calf separated. But that's slowly getting better...and of course Lynn and I got the mandatory URI's from the airplane, most likely. Again, slowly getting better. Coming Up: Alice (Symmonds) and husband Joe Campbell coming down for a visit to stay several days! Will be great to see them and show them around. I can't wait to see them! Spending Valentine's week-end at the ranch with some friends from Tucson, then back home. I'll probably get back to ranch the 24th or so, pack up, head up to Winter Park. I'm assuming I'll have a good shoulder and left leg again by then!! Lynn flies into Denver Saturday, good friend Robert Dyck picks her up, joins us for some skiing with Ash and a couple of grand-kids or so for a few days again. Then Lynn and I drive home. Somewhere before then I have some airplane stuff to get done. On the 17th of March we will be visited by Brian and Cathy Hallamore, good friends from Calgary that I met several years ago on the Rhine River cruise, then have since stayed with them a couple of times in Calgary for the Stampede. We really look forward to seeing them again and we'll have lots of fun. They really treated Lynn and I well when we visited them last time! And, that's it from the Tucson Dickson's. Trust all goes well around the country, that UK/AS 's visit to the southeast went super, and that Kristin and Thomas's new baby still doing great! I haven't heard much from Florida either, figuring AD is still in the swimming pool or something! Love to all, Dad/UR