Hot and windy describe August so far...
On August 7th and 8th,
friends Terry and Lola from Tennessee came to visit
friends Terry and Lola from Tennessee came to visit
in their RV. We had met them at our park in Texas
and introduced them to "pickleball."
Terry got a ride in the boom bucket and the combine
the day they arrived and helped Bob load a
combine pickup header that he had sold.
Lola and I opted out...
We walked the full length of the garden,
visited the 911 Memorial, the Peace Chapel,
the Cactus Solarium, the Game Warden Museum,
and had perfect weather for seeing the flowers.
The displays of cacti and other succulents
have doubled in the last few years.
From the Peace Garden, we went to
Mystical Horizons, stopped at our
camper for some refreshments, and then
headed to Rugby.
We arrived in time for hamburgers and ice cream
and enjoyed the car show, craft vendors,
and concert in the park.
The sun was actually orange when we were
leaving Rugby, but my the camera didn't capture it.
We now sport "Tennessee" tees and have a box of
"Moon Pies" and some new spices for our next meal.
Our guests had unhooked their car for the drive up and down
the gravel road. Terry "reconnects" before heading to Medora.
We had a great "Tennessee" visit!
The weekend after Terry and Lola left,
the museum in Rugby had a two-day festival.
The first day we traveled to the
Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot.
They have expanded to several buildings
and twenty-five planes.
One of the buildings was cooled by this "cool" fan!
The temp was 102 in Minot...
The Fair was on Sunday and Bob
had to help at the Germans from Russia booth.
The temp when we got home was still high!
A few days later we began harvesting wheat.
Unloading the semi at the farm...
Bob is in the tractor watching the truck unload.
Bob left to help Jimmy on the 22nd,
Cody and the guys were working on machinery in the yard.
I was working in the house when I heard
Steve S. from Rugby fly over in his spray plane.
It's always exciting to watch him fly over...
I was trying to figure out why the
air-conditioner didn't work very well.
We have had this for several years,
and I didn't know that there were
two filters. The top one has been
cleaned several times, but the lower
one apparently has never been cleaned.
August 30th: Cousin Myron came with his stump grinder
to clean up the mess made by our fallen trees.
He had a pretty cool machine to help him!
Finishing the Canola harvest..Marcos
is dumping the grain from the cart into the semi.
and introduced them to "pickleball."
the day they arrived and helped Bob load a
combine pickup header that he had sold.
On Wednesday we stopped at the school en route
to the International Peace Garden. They met
We'el Turtle in Dunseith on the way.
The floral clock greeted us at the entry.
visited the 911 Memorial, the Peace Chapel,
the Cactus Solarium, the Game Warden Museum,
and had perfect weather for seeing the flowers.
Mystical Horizons, stopped at our
camper for some refreshments, and then
headed to Rugby.
and enjoyed the car show, craft vendors,
and concert in the park.
leaving Rugby, but my the camera didn't capture it.
"Moon Pies" and some new spices for our next meal.
the gravel road. Terry "reconnects" before heading to Medora.
The weekend after Terry and Lola left,
the museum in Rugby had a two-day festival.
Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot.
They have expanded to several buildings
and twenty-five planes.
The temp was 102 in Minot...
This plane was flown by a famous Doyle in Minnesota.
The Fair was on Sunday and Bob
had to help at the Germans from Russia booth.
The temp when we got home was still high!
A few days later we began harvesting wheat.
On the 20th, I played pickleball in Rugby
and two ladies came from Maddock to join us.
Cody and the guys were working on machinery in the yard.
Steve S. from Rugby fly over in his spray plane.
and try to get a great close-up like this one!
Before.....
air-conditioner didn't work very well.
We have had this for several years,
and I didn't know that there were
two filters. The top one has been
cleaned several times, but the lower
one apparently has never been cleaned.
After....I removed the back cover
(14 screws) and brushed the
filter with a soft toothbrush...
then used my new hand vac. :-)
to clean up the mess made by our fallen trees.
is dumping the grain from the cart into the semi.
Marcos is Cody's hired man from Brazil.
