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Research Trip

A little update on my dissertation--I've made almost no progress. So, I've been trying to get back in the swing of things. Luckily our department/university has access to this great cabin in Victor, Idaho, where we can go and research/write. So, I gathered a few friends from the department who are also working on projects and we headed up to Victor.

It was just a peaceful, beautiful setting to get into my project again. Reminder; I'm writing about the Teton Dam Oral histories. As I read my Grandpa Gee's story, I started getting a little emotional and really missing him. Also, one of my dad's friends, Brent Kinghorn, said in his that after he knew his family was okay, he immediately started wondering about his friends, like Jim Gee. He said, "I wondered if he had been out irrigating and if he had gotten the news." I just thought that was so sweet that he worried about my dad. Anyway, it's such an interesting project, just a little daunting. But, I feel like I made some good progress on it.


Occasionally my office at home gets overtaken by stuffed animals.
So, I have to find another place to work. Here's my work space in Victor. 

My bedroom.

The kitchen. 

I'm really hoping to have a draft of this written by September. Fingers crossed.

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