Ten.One Thousand,Four Hundred & Sixty-Three

1. Up before sunrise.

2. Quick detour to Buttercream for coffee and donuts before we make our way. “This tastes like diner coffee,” I say. I’m not mad about it.

3. The kids are all asleep. I watch the colors of the landscape change as the sun rises.

4. Quiet.

5. I text her that I was today years old when I learned that the Donner party ended their journey in California. “I think I mixed it up with the Mormons,” I say. Learn something new every day.

6. My ears are popping. We agree that this reminds me of us of Colorado.

7. Familiar faces.

8. First bear sighting.

9. Happy Hour boat tour. Can’t get over how blue the water is. How beautiful the water is.

10. What is happening here?

11. Wine and cheese and figs and stories.

12. “Bear!” the kids yell from the hot tub.

13. Bear cub tries to open up our car door then moves to the neighbor’s house, ripping the screen, before he comes outside to tell him to get. The cub runs off into the distance.