Last week

BIG church in SW Minnesota



Sunsets are often the highlight of a camping day




Grand daughter Tori and Terry in front of Pearson Candies.  Grandpa Bernie loved salted nut rolls.

 Last week was kind of busy.

• Tori was here Sunday night to early Tuesday morning.
• We left for our camping trip to west and southwest MN Tuesday afternoon but before we did that Terry spent some "girl" time with a friend.
• We finished some more work in the garage.  The lumber rack is up and half full but the trouble is only about 25% of the wood is on it!!!

We found west and southwest Minnesota to be a wonderful place.  The farm land is so pretty with the grain fields either green or getting ripe.  There are many many rivers and lakes as well as hills and valleys.  We camped 3 nights in state parks and took in a total of 11 state parks.  I can not remember having more fun on a trip than last week.  It was new, exciting and so fun.  So far since May 14 we have visited 32 state parks.  It has been fun and interesting to see different ones.  On our 32nd one we received a coupon for a free night of camping.  In a week and a half or so will venture south and east as we camp with A/A and kids.  I think we should add another 10 or so parks on that trip.  The MN state park thing has added a bit of fun to the summer. 
We thought we would only play this summer but really have been doing work as well.  The wood shop is in a total uproar but I am hoping this week things will start to look up a bit.  It has been so hot so we spend only some hours in the AM there and then do something different in the PM.  The forecast for today is for 100+ so I need to get out there before it is too hot. 
Got a call from sister Joan yesterday and she called to let us know that late fall/early winter she will become great grandma for the second, third, fourth and fifth time all in the same day!!!!  Quadruplets here they come.  Her son Brian had two sets of twins so I guess his son Charlie needed to do better!
No, I hear the recycle truck, I can see the bottom of my coffee cup and that all means to work it is.