Minnesota Lows and African Highs

Warning - this starts out like a report from Eeyore.

This picture sums it up for me - wet soggy leaves on the ground. Snapped this while dropping off the Dude at School.

I'm having post-election let down. After all the excitement, it's over. I'm not as jazzed about the trasnformative nature of the new order. While I voted for Senator Obama, I fear he can't live up to the many hopes and dreams that most supporters pin on him. Yes, it was/is a historical election, but he's just a man after all, and he's got his work cut out for him. What will we all say 12 months from now when we're still in Iraq, the economy hasn't rebounded - and Europe (don't they love us now) swung back to disliking us - cowboys that we are?

Hmm - getting that off my chest didn't help a bit. Maybe this will.

The Hobbled in-laws are in Africa and have this to report:


On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:59 AM, H wrote:

Hi guys: What an interesting time for us to be in Tanzania. We heard the results of the vote yesterday morning. The members of the Obama tribe were already celebrating and Kenya has a national holiday today. We got a Kenyan paper today and half the paper was devoted to Obama's victory. We drove through the countryside this morning and when we drove through villages people on the side of the road were yelling Obama and holding up the victory sign. . . . The trip is great. Saw a lot of animals yesterday and more today. We will be going to the Oldavai gorge tomorrow I think. Will write later.