Each Day's 'Big' Activity

For your Mom and I, Rai, the best thing about our 2 one-year around the world trips was the fact that we had very few things to be responsible for on an hour-to-hour and day-to-day basis. Essentially, the 'big' decisions we had to make each day were these: what to see and where to eat. Time was not measured by minutes, or from one task or project to another, but rather from one meal to another. We began with breakfast. Then, we explored. When we got hungry we knew it was lunchtime. Then, we explored some more. When we got hungry again, we knew it was dinner time. Watches aren't necessary when you're traveling and sightseeing!
Life at the cabin is somewhat like that. We had only a few things to take care of each day: relaxing, playing with you, going for walks and to the hotsprings, and eating our meals. There was nothing else we had to even think about during the entire day. The good life it is.
To mix things up, though, we added a 'big' outing each day. This new 'big' activity was going to spend some time at the wonderful town library in Markleeville town center. So, each day we would drive the 4 miles down Hotsprings Road, into town, park by the library, and be welcomed extraordinarily warmly by the two ladies working there. By visit two, we were on a first-name basis. The library itself is a wonderful place, offering much more than we expected for the library of a town of less than 200. The non-fiction section is great, the magazines excellent, and the DVD section makes this place the local 'video store'. You, of course, liked the large section devoted to kids with plenty of books for all ages, a couple of bins full of toys, and three or four mini-chairs and recliners made just for you!