sept 28 2022
Wow. time to pack up and leave already.. we moved a bunch of stuff over to second camper "Sydney". and still have a bunch of stuff to move over last minute. she is filling up fast. glad we took a bunch of down with us when we went to florida mid august with the u haul.. plan on leaving oct 13, go as far as river falls and meet up with brad and his family for one day. then go south where is hopefully be warmer. last week and a half has been chilly and windy with some rain. got most of the garden cleaned out. just need to till it under for the winter. it ended up producing well. canning count (mostly quarts) is 7 rhubarb, 12 strawberry/rhubarb jam, 12 salsa, 6 chili, 14 pizza 3 stewed tomatoes, 3 tomato juice, 10 frozen corn, 2 qts refrigerator pickles, 5 pints green beans. along with at least 20 # of potato on the last dig and around 15 # onions and one head purple cabbage to take with. . not bad including all the stuff we ate all summer long. lots of work but i love the benefits in the winter. except for strawberries all came out of the garden. we spent a few days at the cabin and had val and ken join us for a night. also, went to a wedding in minong and saw a bunch of folks we havent seen for a bit. stopped at our old neighbors the Ruuds in minong and caught them home. great catching up. also went for a bike ride on the Old Abe trail in cornell with some hayward hospital friends. great day with them also. also spent a day with the rykal sister in laws while the guys golfed and had a fabulous day. sister in law donna had a 70th birthday party in cadott and saw yet again more old friends we havent seen in awhile. been a busy 7 weeks. also went to florida with the u haul and dropped a load of stuff off at the house. starting to look more like home. weather in august in florida. very hot and very very humid. uff da. as of right this moment Hurricane Ian is hitting florida gulf coast. hitting Port Charlotte area where friend gail has a winter home..predicted to be really bad. initial projections were to hit north of tampa but the angle changed.. whew! missed the bulls eye there. have not done much bike riding this year. always seem busy doing something else. looking forward to meeting up with beth/todd, jan/phil, jo/dave and gail/scott for the month of november in Gulf shores alabama.
50th class reunion with my old friends carla piehl and deb ellis
just one picking from the garden
niece hanna and her family along with niece marisa came to joels for a visit. 2nd generation of kids are now coming too. Lainey and Louie joined in
sister in law fun day. debbie, kathy , myself and donna. we had sooo much fun and laugher
karri, gail, mary and i on our bike ride
moms 91st! lunch at Fill Inn, Lainey loved joining us
payton at her first horse show. she got lots of ribbons. love that the girls love the horse world!
kendall did great too! she is a natural
val and ken joined us at the cabin. we had a fire! i think the first one i have ever participated in at the cabin,
hail storm at pine harbor
daughter in law mallory is very involved in the DART program. they successfully launched a spaceship into and asteroid and hopefully will push it off its trajectory. just in case anything like that would come towards earth. very exciting science!