Wow..people actually miss me!

The BW in Iowa was probably the nastiest, dirtiest, noisiest room I have ever stayed in (and I've stayed in a few).  We've complained and though I doubt we'll get any kind of recompense it made me feel better!

Yesterday's lunch as awesome...we went to a little Amish run place out in Washington, IN.  They had some of the best barbecue I've ever eaten, and the pie and cobbler was just divine.  I bought their recipe book in the hopes of being able to replicate some of the delicacies they provided.....I can hope, right?

We spent the afternoon on Uncle Jerry's farm...got a tractor ride, saw the cows, caught frogs in the pond, admired his soybean and corn crops...the kids ended the day very dirty, very tired, but very satisfied.  I ended the day with an even stronger sense of belonging in the country with some chickens, a veggie garden and a goat (the pig idea just isn't going to work.  i couldn't send it off to slaughter and I'd end up with a 400 lb pet...pygmy goats are much more feasible critters to keep).

Dave and I are going to Scott on Tuesday to check it all out......I'll try and stop in again tomorrow!

Sounds like home to me.  We have a whole light of soybean and corn here in Michigan too.  Glad to hear your trip is going to well so far.

Best wishes!

You're welcome, and it's been ages....and thank you for your best wishes.  It's been a little.....difficult, getting used to one another again, especially since we've been under a fair bit of pressure what with the move, the drive, the vacation etc.  I think that this too shall pass though, and that once we get situated in our own home and our new base things will settle down.

M-Post....I was thinking about you just the other day, actually.  We were driving along Portland Ave and there are a lot of the college party houses along there that are in the process of being demolished...I imagine that you're somewhat familiar with the interior of a few of those (I know my husband is, he went to school at VU too)! 

Mason...I leave SD and you go there!  What the heck are you doing up there?  Are you trucking again?

SPC NS....yeah, you've had the SD experience, I can see!  Did you know that there are more people in the SF Bay area of California than there are in SD, WY and ND combined?!  That's pretty indicative of the lack of culture I've had to live with for the past 9 years!

No, I didn't slam it, I just said there was a lack of culture there.  If I'd have slammed it I'd have said that it was a real shithole and the only folks who lived up there were inbred and retarded.  I didn't say that, ergo, I didn't slam it.

And I'd like any where you are, Geezer...*blushes and walks away*