Our First Days in Utah

Greetings from Utah!    You are just never very far from a Noll Packer party.   Doesn't even matter that the tv is only about 10 inches square or that at the end of the 3rd quarter Fox decided that the Chiefs vs Eagles was more important out here than the Packers.   Go figure.   It was just a good thing the Packers had it well in hand.  

We have settled in here for our short visit before we head further west.  Enjoying time with everyone and also enjoying being able to help with a few jobs here on the ranch.

In fact, at the right, you can see Bob and Scott putting the final cedar shake siding on the back of the house.   They also finished mounting the rest of the solar panels on the large tracker system which will provide the bulk of their electricity.    This project has been so huge and basically Scott's baby.   It is quite amazing.






The Noll family now includes four dogs.   Bo and Suzie are being trained as cow dogs.  Utah has been the family pet for 5 years.   Betty is the "problem child".   But they are all going to be happy soon.   As you can see below, Bob and Scott built them their own kennels inside a machine shed.   They are pretty nifty and it will be so nice to have a secure place to keep them.....if you can every catch them.  

More to follow tomorrow.   It will be our last day here on the ranch.   We will be helping celebrate her birthday a little early and hopefully be celebrating an occupancy permit for the new house as the inspector comes at 5 tomorrow night.   After a dinner of chicken goulash (A Noll family dish that Katie asked to have since she is studying her family history in school) we will be heading back to Salt Lake City to catch the Amtrak train bound for San Francisco.   California here we come!

Hugs to Everyone.

Bob and Deb