A Little more Fall

Not a lot of Leaves in yard yet.

But the kids were enjoying themselves.

Now to get your yard raked tell them how much fun it was when you were a kid to do that and then jump in to a big pile of leaves


Well she had the Idea but that makes for a hard landing that few leaves!

Oh well you still can have fun with just a few leaves?

Fall Colors in and around St Joe

Nodaway Island Area

Honey Creek North West of St Joseph

Krug Park was hard to get a picture there with out some one in it (seems like all shutter bugs were out?)

Top of Krug Park

Corby Pond (shame the water is not clear) is a place for fishing but I do not think I would eat one from here?

Road Trip 2009

This Post Office is no longer in use and on way home heard there was a grass fire at Livermore and was 50% controlled on Oct. 2

Big lake in the national park.

Wanted to eat here but when I open the door was only a bar. And we were starving.

This Post office opened in 1903 and still in use took picture in side was neat the brass letter boxes were shinier than one could believe..

The Salmon River in Idaho

Viola in the Devils Garden, (Moon Craters) N. P. out side of Arco, Idaho

This was at Arco. I may have been able to afford the house but not the land.

Moon Craters Volcanic Rock with (looks like frost or snow spots) but was Dwarf

Buckwheat. The temp here can reach 150 Degrees in the summer. There was a camp ground there all so. Any one for camping?

Viola at Flaming Gorge, Green River, Wy.

This Antelope was right beside the Van and we did not notice at the time to get camera. Viola was looking at map and I was looking at the bad road we were getting on.

Red Feather Lakes

At Chambers Lake 9000 ft +

Ahh Yes a good time to use an Out House that is unheated!

Brings back memories.

Had gotten snow that morning up to 3 inches above this altitude.

All is quiet at Kristi and Matt's

Been Foggy Mornings before Cole heads to School

T-Bone gets a lot of Sleep - but has to be near!

But as we go out the door we hear a FLOP in the little pool.

I can see why this Spring Frog is attracted to this small pool and not the lake near by!

If you turn the lights on at night he will have a good supply of Bugs.

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Warm up before the Big Game - Mo. versus Ill.

Touch Down?

No Grandma just caught it.

Hey she caught another one!

High one for Cole

Go for it Cole my arm will not last too long! Had Thrown a bunch earlier and I know where all the Joints are!

Yep Grandma threw it a little short. Know Cole will be in good shape for the game but Grandma and Grandpa will be looking for the Ben Gay for pain relief.

Omaha Zoo the Jungle Area

The First outing of the Safari and I'm Distracted by having my picture taken and miss the first Chic!

Well here we all are looking full of energy at the first of the day.

I can read his mind "Well what are you looking at!"

I'm not putting all the pictures I took in here. May look like it but I took over 200! The water Fall

You walk under it and just a few drops come through on you and think it is the recycled water from below with the fish and animal droppings?

Taken out under the Falls

Well the Kids are already getting tired of posing for pictures? Gayla only took 119 due to clearing her camera card!

These Fish? Are big 6 or more feet? Did not get to see what they are called and If I would remember?

Black squirrel have seen in Red Feather, Co. but they had bigger ears.

Lunch time!

The Pizzas were not much larger than the diameters of soft drinks so they topped off with popcorn

Aysha, Gayla and Ce Ce on Skyride across Zoo while we went in to Butterfly exhibit.

We were rest-ting up above at the Cat exhibit while Gayla, Ce Ce and Aysha went down to the front bear area. And this Brown Bear was a Ham. he waved to the people in front of him and Stood up begging for food which some one did throw.




We did see Cats, Elephants and more but to many to put in. This last picture taken at Zoo is after coming out of the Desert Lands Dome and the Food and Drink areas were closed. so we had a day of it and I could not have walk much farther, even with the stops we took. The Kids

slept 2 hrs on the way home.

Will make another trip some time but we did not miss to much, We all even got a train ride in.

Patee House and Jesse James Home

Are you missing Freddy K O Watt?

this is on wall in side Patee House (oldest Hotel this side of Mississippi)

and starting place of Pony Express.

Ron and Nancy (who we had met in Texas) and our cousins Sonny and Ruth Ann.

Lot to see 3 Floors and only made it to first floor that day.

Ron and Nancy in front of Jesse James Home.

Take a good look at this it is a Horror Story - I sat in that Chair (closest thing to a torture chair) many a time to the grinding of that old Drill and the picking of those other tools!

? Does this make me feel OLD?

I can say I do not remember one good thing about it!