Ryan went out to the garage to put pop cans in the recycle bin and was greeted by this little guy. He immediately slammed the door and ran back in to tell us there was a snake in the garage. Boy, was there! So lesson learned... don't keep your garage door open, the snakes like to move in. I got out my trusty phone number guide for the community and low and behold third number from the bottom... Snake Removal. Must be a common occurrence. A nice gentleman from the fire department came and took the little guy away to be free in the desert, preferably not the desert behind our house. I have to say that I have never heard anything like that rattling. He was NOT happy and his rattle was going a zillion miles an hour and it was loud. The thing that I wonder is how long he was there because I went out into the garage to get drinks for dinner and the fridge is right by the door into the house and then Ryan took the cans out right after we finished dinner and the snake was right there in front of the door to the house. Did I walk right by him and not even see? Well, not any more... all of us are a little more cautious of where we are walking. I'm sure it won't last for long but right now we are all a little more aware and looking at the ground every second! Needless to say, this weekend we are finishing unpacking and cleaning the garage. The floor will be totally visible... I don't want ANY surprises!! We'll be cleaning- hope everyone has a nice relaxing or productive weekend.
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America the Beautiful
Driving to Michigan was long but we got to see some beautiful scenery. We took a short cut that ended up being the long way through New Mexico but man, it was so pretty (top left). We were literally in the clouds and it was wet and nice and cool. We rolled down the windows and took in the fresh air.
While we were in Colorado we stopped at Focus on the Family which was really great and we saw these two young raccoons. They came out, walked around, and crossed the street, right in the middle of the day. We were so surprised!
The middle and bottom pictures are from Mount Rushmore and the Badlands. Mt. Rushmore is cool when you consider the time it was sculpted and all without 'modern' technology. Quite the feat. The Badlands were so awesome. The boys both liked it there a lot. The rock and the landscape looked like it was made of soft mud but it was solid. When you drive up you just see plains then as you get closer you see that there are these valleys and gorges cut into the ground. It was amazing.
Driving across South Dakota was so beautiful at 6 a.m. after a night of rain (top right). Des Moines, Iowa was tornado alley while we there... we drove right into it. Didn't see the actual tornado but got to experience all the other fun stuff, green sky, major rain, hail, wind... totally remembered why I'll be forever glad that I no longer live in the Mid-West. On the way there we put 2,651 miles on the car and got a flat tire right outside of Omaha. We stopped in Battle Creek, MI to eat at Don Pablo's which was as good as I remember- yum! We made it to Canton safely and spent the week getting ready for a yard sale and then packing like crazy. On the way back we spent the day and night with Jack and Pat again. They took us for a drive. We saw were they used to live, where Jack works, and a ton of elk. When we pulled away from their house Riley asked if we could come back next month! So, thanks Jack and Pat- we all really enjoyed our time there! The trip back was long and it was really good to be home. It was a fun time though and I have some great pictures to put in the scrapbooks.
Update for my sister and her Bert
You said you can't wait to see so...
you don't have to! Here is a look at how your wedding invitations are addressed. I hope these are o.k.
Oh, and your friends, Scott P. and Ashli W., well they don't get to come. Every time I write their envelope, I mess up. I finally put them to the side and at the end if there are extra envelopes and I manage to write the right information, well, then they can come, otherwise no. Now back to working on them. They'll be ready soon!
