June 21 is Midsummer"s Day in Lindsborg (just like the rest of the world!) As you can see from these pictures, we had a blast celebrating our Swedish heritage. We walked most of Main Street and stopped in some of the shops where we knew the owners; watched the Swedish Dancers and the Folkdancers; listened to good music (the Swedish variety); and enjoyed a traditional Swedish Smorgasbord.
Later in the evening we drove to Salina to visit with Alan and Joyce Lindholm. Alan is Sandra's cousin and we had a delightful evening remeniscing about times during childhood summer days spent in Bridgeport, Kansas, where the Lindholm clan would gather.
Sunday morning we bade farewell (with some heart-tugs) to Bethany and Lindsborg and turned the Subaru due West toward Western Kansas. Once again, energy sources caught our attention in the form of a huge windfarm. It just kind of rose out of the horizon like an apparition and became more and more visible as we drove along. It took us an hour to actually get there!
Our goal for the first half of the day was the West Kansas farm of our friends Bill and Wilma Mai.
Wilma was Sandra's maid-of-honor and we had not seen them for years. We were to discover that Bill has become one of Kansas' leading experts both in tri-part rotation and dry (no irrigation) farming of White Wheat. White wheat is what whole wheat flour is made from, and one of his major customers is King Arthur, in Norwich, Vermont. Small world!!
Today (Monday) was the first of three days in Colorado Springs, and we decided to take the Cog 
Railway to the summit of Pike's Peak. It was a beautiful trip, but both Sandra and I had a fair amount of difficulty with light-headedness at the top. We were warned that with the "light air" at that elevation the danger was of dehydration, and we really had to be careful not to pass out. We stopped by Garden of the Gods in the early afternoon just to scope out what will be our focus tomorrow. We're hoping for a 5am start to take advantage of the early morning light. Hope to have some good shots of a beautiful place for you be tomorrow night!
Railway to the summit of Pike's Peak. It was a beautiful trip, but both Sandra and I had a fair amount of difficulty with light-headedness at the top. We were warned that with the "light air" at that elevation the danger was of dehydration, and we really had to be careful not to pass out. We stopped by Garden of the Gods in the early afternoon just to scope out what will be our focus tomorrow. We're hoping for a 5am start to take advantage of the early morning light. Hope to have some good shots of a beautiful place for you be tomorrow night!For now, let it suffice to say that our "Pilgrimage" is living up to all our expectations!
David and Sandra
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