Ellen is Welcomed in Washington State
Ellen is truly a jet-setter as she moves from upstate New York and Lake Placid last week to Washington State this week. We were met last evening by long time friend and FACS colleague, Roxanne Trees and later joined by none other than AAFCS President, Marilyn Swierk. The three of were all in New York last week and have to regale each other about our myriad of travel challenges in the last week. Joyce and Ellen were treated to a most gorgeous site from the plane window. We thought it was Mt. Ranier, but later 
Roxanne set us straight that we were seeing Mt. Galcier.
Joyce and Marilyn are still on Eastern time, so are ready to retire early. Ellen finds out later that Marilyn and Roxanne stayed up much later as they had their own slumber party.
The next day, Roxanne was our gracious host as she transported us across the beautiful Cascade Range and into the Wenatchee Valley and the joint conference with WAFCS and WA FACS Educators. As you can see, snow is already accumulating in the higher elevations.
We had to stop along the way to sample the famous Wenatchee Valley apples. The owner said we were the second most interesting visitors he had had that day. We asked who beat us out for first, and he said the female deer hunter who just had to stop to show off her trophy. We all decided that coming in second was just fine!
Marilyn is on the left with Roxanne in the middle, along with the orchard owner. He said snow is in the forecast and they will soon be closing for the season.
The conference starts tomorrow with 265 registered. What RICH CONVERSATIONS we will hear as they share experiences.