We are not up in the village - yet. The forest firefighters are consistent about letting us know that we're "getting closer to going up." Waiting aside, things are made interesting when you have three kids in your classroom, seven that are strung out through out the western United States and you communicate to them via email and cell when suddenly - another student walks in from Nebraska. The parents have generally been supportive and understanding.
I am genuiely impressed with their capabilities and I think, at times, they would be happiest if I ordered them to read and answer questions 1-20.
I have been living, until today, at the Holden Village B&B which is 25 miles up from Chelan on the South Shore. The drive would be by myself if it wasn't for the fact that I am also the bus driver. The B&B is a wonderful place and I'mwondering now if I made the wrong choice in leaving; you would too if you had a former 4 star chef cooking for you and a seemingly endless supply of wine not to mention views of the Lake and the hills. A woman from Stehekin has opened her house to me in Chelan until I move to Holden and I think my car is wondering why I'm driving back and forth.
Classes have taken on a twist as I've had them at Safeway, Starbucks, Wal-Mart, the Vogue and next week the Ranger Station and maybe the Goodwill. The ongoing phrase is "out and about". For lunch, I take my four students across the street to the Elementary where we sit along side the 2nd & 3rd graders.
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