Summer Solstice

As June 21 approaches, it has become that time of year when Alex and I head to the Sun Dance he attends. We asked for 4 days off and ended up with 6, so we'll be heading to Cherry Creek, South Dakota on Tuesday. Alex will not be dancing this year, but we'll be supporting this year's dancers and reuniting with our Sun Dance friends. We're going to be celebrating Lucio's final (4th) dance to which he's bringing his wife & son from Italy (see the European trip blogs for more on Lucio's family).

We've had spells of sunshine with "scattered thunderstorms" here in YNP, so we're praying for sunshine for the Sun Dance, recognizing that the weather is quite different in SD, 10 hours east of here. It's been cool in SD, as we've been told, so please send your thoughts out for sun for Sun Dance. This is not a rain dance!

Alex has been having fun experiences watching elk, calves, bears, wolves, and tourists. If you want to encourage him to add them to the blog, please email him at cedarandsmoke@gmail.com.

We will be without a computer for the next week, but will update you when we get back!