January "Thaw"

Wow, we have had some unseasonal warm weather for January in Minnesota. The down side is that our cars are very hard to keep clean.

It has been really nice getting my Guest Service Center back in shape from the holidays. I worked about four hours yesterday (Saturday) and just enjoyed greeting customers and not working on schedules, etc. I saw quite a few people from out of town. A few that stopped and talked to me were Rachel's Mom, Jan, her sister and sister-in-law, Gen and Lindsey.

I, too, am enjoying the beautiful pictures coming from Germany. I just finished looking at my pictures from my trip to Austria in June of 2000. We landed in Zurich and took a very plush Mercedes Bus to Kitsbuhl, Austria. The countryside was just breathtaking. One of the side trips we took was to Krimmlee Wasserfalle. It is the 5th largest waterfall in the world. Another trip was to Salsburg. We saw a store that was totally colored and decorated eggs. It was unbelievable. When we went to Innsbrook we toured the Swarovski factory. It is fun to go back and see all those memory's and to read what Hans, Rachel and family are now seeing.

Not too much else going on right now.