On Tuesday we stayed in Billings and got ready to go on to Yellowstone. Shopped, and then went to a park with Pictographs. Another nice hike with Andre and the kids. In the evening we hiked along the Yellowstone river ( Read more... )

Was awakened in the middle of the night by a tremendous crash as a mountain storm rolled through. In the morning, one of the patio umbrellas was bent in half ( Read more... )

We stayed overnight in Mitchell SD, and in the morning we went to the Corn Palace. It is an arena decorated all in corn. Very touristy, but it was kind of interesting ( Read more... )

Took off today on my road trip with Susan and family to see Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone ( Read more... )

Attempted to mow yesterday and got rained out in the middle of it. Finished it off today, took a short break and then packed the chainsaw up to the hackberry again ( Read more... )

After dropping the big walnut branch yesterday, I had to cut it up to get it out of the way to mow. So I started up the chainsaw and then after I was done, I decided to go ahead and hike it up the creek to work on the downed trees up there ( Read more... )

Took a full length (3 mile) walk with Andre this morning and couldn't see any trace of a limp. He's also back to doing the "pogo dog" at dinner time. I'm going to take him for a creek walk tonight and see how he handles the uneven footing, but I think he is fully recovered from what ever the hell it was ( Read more... )

The day after I filled in the creek crossing, we had another flood, 3 1/2 more inches of rain. I checked this morning and sure enough, all the gravel I dug up to fill in the hole has washed away again. Oh well, as I've said before, it's a relatively pleasant chore, and it was another nice soaking for the new tree ( Read more... )

It was really hot today, so rather than schlep the chainsaw up to the hackberry, I decided to fill in the creek crossing by the house ( Read more... )

This morning I was surprised by a call from the tree planter asking if today was a good day to plant my big sweet gum tree. I was thrilled and told them to come on out. After I hung up I realized that I needed to warn him about the wretched state of the bridge. I called the nursery back and gave them directions on how to come in from the other ( Read more... )