In news from the homeland, my granddaughter Gracyn (I’ve written about her before) competed in her first big time horse show.

Gracyn will be 13 in May. WTF? I’m not old enough to have a teenage granddaughter!

All dressed up and ready to ride! Her mother was also into horsemanship at that age, so I guess the fruit didn’t fall far from the tree.

You go girl!

And there she is, the Reserve Champion. I guess that is fancy horse talk for second place. The girl definitely has some talent and grandpa is very proud of her.

In other news, I continue my preparations for the new life to come. Picked up and assembled my first balikbayan box and began to fill it up.

That box is bigger than it looks. I thought I’d need to two to pack up the meager remains of my Korea life, but I’m thinking now that one ought to do the trick.

I continue to fill the dwindling hours here in Anjeong-ri with my walking routine.

Today I observed the rare inland shipwreck.

Will the day ever come that I will miss views like this? Probably not.

And finally, my efforts have not gone unnoticed. Fitbit has awarded me the coveted Astronaut badge.

Steppin’ up baby!

I’ve also had some company on my walks recently which has been a nice change of pace. Wipe that look of surprise off your face!

Well I’ve been out walking
I don’t do that much talking these days
These days-
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
For you
And all the times I had the chance to

I’ll keep on moving
Things are bound to be improving these days
One of these days-
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend
Don’t confront me with my failures
I had not forgotten them