It's early Sunday morning as I write this, and it's raining again. A fairly stout thunderstorm began about 6 am and although the strong winds, thunder and lightning have moved on with the front of the storm we are left with a steady rainfall. Normally, this would not be a major concern as we would just enjoy the sound of falling rain and the delightful scent it leaves in the air. Today, in fact right now, we should be putting things away and tearing down our temporary home here in Blackhawk Valley so we can be on the road back to Minnesota. We have reservations in Woodbury beginning tonight and have grandparent chores to fulfill beginning Monday, tomorrow. It's hard to believe we've been back in Rockford for a week.
As we began to pack for the move from Scott AFB last week, we were honored to have a pair of pileated woodpeckers visit us for a few hours just before we left. I've seen pw's before, but never had a pair of them at one time and hang around for as long as they did. These are large and magnificent birds and just a delight to watch.
During this week in Rockford, we managed to fit in a visit to the Burpee Museum. Their primary exhibit is Jane, an immature T-Rex dinosaur that they discovered in Montana just a couple of years ago. It's an impressive display, and something of importance that you would not necessarily expect to find in a relatively small museum in a city of only 150,000 population. Of course, we also spent lots of time with Angel and her family. The merry go round is right here in Blackhawk Valley RV Park.
Well, I think the rain has almost come to an end so we can get on with hooking up to pull out of here and head for Minnesota.
Dave & Pat
As we began to pack for the move from Scott AFB last week, we were honored to have a pair of pileated woodpeckers visit us for a few hours just before we left. I've seen pw's before, but never had a pair of them at one time and hang around for as long as they did. These are large and magnificent birds and just a delight to watch.
During this week in Rockford, we managed to fit in a visit to the Burpee Museum. Their primary exhibit is Jane, an immature T-Rex dinosaur that they discovered in Montana just a couple of years ago. It's an impressive display, and something of importance that you would not necessarily expect to find in a relatively small museum in a city of only 150,000 population. Of course, we also spent lots of time with Angel and her family. The merry go round is right here in Blackhawk Valley RV Park.
Well, I think the rain has almost come to an end so we can get on with hooking up to pull out of here and head for Minnesota.
Dave & Pat
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We are happy your doing retirement the way it's suppose to be done. Thinking of you often, inbetween our jobs and honey dos.
Love you both and miss you.
Keep writing as it is very enjoyable to read.
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