Two weeks down

Riley has been gone nearly two weeks and returns two weeks from tomorrow. He just called from Uyench, Mongolia, near the China border in western Mongolia. He said he ate turkey pate and saltine crackers for breakfast this morning and that all is well. What an adventurous life he leads! I'm never tempted to go on these month-long excursions to Mongolia. I did love the month we spent as a family in Tahiti but hey, here's the difference: Mongolia: wind-swept landscape, rocks, dirt, camels, mutton. (Riley would describe it more beautiful than that ...) Tahiti: deep blue lagoons, palm trees, sand, stingrays, banana po'e. Hmmmm. He'd say he loves one as much as the other. But then he's the adventurous one. Hurry home.