We had to finally tell our North Dakota family goodbye after a good visit. We all went up to my sister's house in Minot one Saturday to see here and one of my nephews. She supplied us with some home canned bread and butter pickles, peaches, and fruit cocktail. Always good to spend time with family, especially when they live so far away.
One of our rooftop air conditioners/heat pumps died while we were in Bismarck and so we ordered a new one and my son and son-in-law helped me install it. Seem like there is always maintenance to do. Winter was fast approaching and we had a little snow and some cold weather there.
We stopped overnight at Fargo again on the way back to Sioux City and one of my nephews stopped by to visit and left some homemade apple pie filling and some home canned salsa. The pie filling was delicious but I haven't tried the salsa yet.
We stayed in Sioux City for a couple of weeks, doing some fixit projects and visiting family. Time there always goes too fast and it's time to leave again.
After leaving Sioux City on Sunday, we stopped in Des Moines and spent Sunday and Monday visiting our families there. As usual time was too short there, but with cold weather approaching we were anxious to head south. We have stopped for the night at the Osage Prairie RV park at Nevada, MO. As we travel we think back on a busy summer, meeting three new granddaughters, celebrating baptisms, playing games with family, helping with projects, and enjoying good food together. Now we are headed to a new adventure, volunteering at a Corps of Engineers lake at Waco, TX. We haven't been there before so it will be a new area to explore.
