a fun trip

it seems that it stretches forever

standing on the rock pile that holds MANY memories and 1000's of rocks

We took a 3 day trip to SD and ND and had a wonderful time.  We stopped in Veblen, drove by Mom and Dad's old house and then visited cousin Arlene.  Her daughter Laurie was there to help her celebrate her 89th birthday the next day.  From there we made a stop at the Bergen cemetery where Mom, Dad, Ronald and others are buried.  After that we stopped in Cayuga and brought home a rock from Grandma and Grandpa's old stone house.  Mary and Mark Saunders are on the Saunders farm and we had a delightful 30 minute visit with them before heading towards Jamestown to visit Dave and Marlys.  We made a short detour into Jude where Terry's mom had lived for some time.  We were unable to find the house she had lived in but we did get a laugh out of an old faded sign on main street which read "Jude Mini Mall".  I would say the mini mall faded away a LONG time ago!  Finally at about 4:30 we arrived in Jamestown.  We had a great visit.  Dave and I played pool on Tuesday with several of his friends.  They do that every week.  I was by no means the star of the games but I was not embarrassed either which I feared would happen.  On our way home yesterday we stopped and had lunch with Grandma Saunders.  It was a short but fun trip.  Below is the rock from our rock pile that has many many 1000's of rocks.  We will give it to some friends who will celebrate their 50th next month.  They requested no gifts but instead a rock that they can put along their sidewalk to remind them of their many friends.  After picking 1000's of those darn things I would not want them to remind me of anything but each to their own!!!

   It is almost time to leave for an appointment and the FP that I missed the last few mornings is now settled into my being!