Today Aunt Jeanette writes:

Dan and I have spent a good share of September traveling. Our adventure at the beginning of the month took us to Baltimore, Gettysburg and Washington D.C. We had a fantastic time enjoying seafood, watching a Nationals baseball game, touring the battlefields of Gettysburg, experiencing the National Aquarium, and visiting Fort McHenry, where preparations were underway to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the writing of The Star Spangled Banner.

We arrived back home after an interesting layover in Chicago’s O’Hare airport, unpacked, caught up on a few things, and checked on the crops. Fortunately they were not quite ready to harvest.

This enabled us to make a trip to western Nebraska to stay with our two oldest grandchildren while their parents and our youngest grandson traveled to Montana to buy cattle. After the kids left for school, the first thing on our agenda was to take our morning walk. We started walking, just enjoying the beautiful scenery, different animal tracks, and gorgeous weather. At one point we could see where there had been an old building spot. The first words that came out of my mouth were, “Wouldn’t this be…” Before I could finish, Dan’s answer was, “No!” I just hate it when he reads my mind!

Dan likes to be busy so our son had told him there were some bales that could be stacked if he wanted. While he was stacking the bales, this antelope appeared and watched him work. The antelope was gracious enough to pose for this picture before ambling off to check out the rest of the field.

I still think a little cabin where we could watch the deer and the antelope play is a good idea!

Until we walk again …