“May we end our lives at a higher elevation than where we began.” On this beautiful fall day, we were pensive, we chatted about what we were going to do as we aged Recently several of us were standing outside our rustic Lake Wenatchee cabins taking in the beautiful October leaves, breathing the clear air, smelling the mastication (what a word! but it is perfect if you see and hear what the machine is doing) being done to protect the cabins from fire I suppose. No matter how