Almost Home

We decided to stop overnight at Lewis and Clark Lake at Yankton, SD. Spent part of our honeymoon in a pup tent here 39 years ago. Life was much simpler then.

Beautiful sunset on the lake.

Later on the full moon came up over the lake but my picture taking skills were not adequate to capture it, so we just sat on the bench in the picture above and recorded it in our memories.

Quiet Blog Lately

   Wow, a month has passed quickly. We left Bismarck, ND today, a month after arriving there and have stopped at the Wylie Campground in Aberdeen, SD  There is a nice lake here.

 It was a great month of relaxation after the previous couple of months packing up the house.  We really enjoyed the time with our son and our daughter and her family. We stayed at a KOA there because the other RV parks were full or had limits on how long you could stay. It was a nice quiet park close to the kids. We overnighted on the way up at Fargo, ND to break up the long drive.  One of our other daughters and her family came up from Desmoines and spent a week while we were there also. We enjoyed four wheeling at an off road park, a downtown festival, target shooting, lots of good food and cooking together and just visiting. One day, our son drove us up to Minot to see my sister and her husband there.  She fed us a great barbecue meal and we enjoyed the visit. Back to Bismarck and once again we had to say our good-byes and head on down the road.
   We will probably spend the month of October in Sioux City with doctor appointments, and etc. and head south around the first of November.  I received a confirmation letter from the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge System in south Texas while we were in North Dakota for a winter volunteer position there starting mid November. I will be mowing the roads in several of their units along the Rio Grande River and working in their greenhouse. I am looking forward to the job and seeing the area.