Getting Excited!

     Starting to plan an exciting summer!  I get to spend two weeks at Luther College teaching lessons at Dorian Music Camp!  I've done this for a long time and enjoy the opportunity to reconnect with friends, Luther and Decorah.  Several students from Urbana will attend camp and they almost always have a great time!

    As I depart from Decorah the journey begins across country to the west coast.  Some healthy fear and trepidation accompany the excitement of a long solo journey.   The final destination is the incredible Holden Village in Washington.  On the way to Washington, Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, and the Glacier National Parks will be destinations I have never had the luck to see.  

    The journey to Holden is never easy and after 3-4 days on the road, I suspect I will be prepared to journey by boat to Lucerne  for 3 hours and be picked up by an old school bus to travel 45 minutes up some serious switchbacks to Holden Village.  The past 3 years I worked in Narnia adding media last year part time.   This year I've been "elected" to serve in media.  Yikes!   I've drastically improved my media skills but.....this is slightly intimidating!  Hopefully, I'll return to Illinois with seriously improved knowledge on how to plug things in and where with out blowing up anything.

I picked up a book today.  The title is "The Next Exit" 2012 and it seriously lists everything available at all the interstate exits.   Money well spent.  

Even more fun is the fact that I get several weeks home in May and June before I leave!