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Back home, plan to stay here a while

Hi ya'll. Got back home from the big trip to N. Dakota by way of Winnipeg, Canada last Thurs. in the wee hours. It was wonderful to see the grand boys in their own element. Went to the Elem. school and met a few of the teachers and toured the school. When DD said "small town" I didn't realize she meant SMALL town. Dirt-gravel road, a post office as big as 1/2 my family room, cafe, gas station, school. A few houses, half of them empty. That's it.
On the good side, the boys can do those outdoor thing such as target practice with the .22 rifle and archery (DH bought them a set and showed them how to use it).
One and 1/2 hrs. to Grand Forks for any major grocery, restaurant, and so on.
The farms were beautiful, fields of corn as far as you can see, harvesting sugar beets, so lots of large trucks on the road and combines in the fields. On the down side, to get around the farms there is 1 hr. drive here, 2 hr. drive there. We were not prepared for all the driving.
Grain elevators in the center of each small town. The RR goes through each town to get the grain, etc. A very different way of life to be sure. (wind farms-oh-how beautiful)
We had beautiful weather, 80, blue sky almost every day. The day we left a low pressure system was coming in from Canada bringing cooler temps, and a raging headache for me. Spent the night before the flight throwing up, throbbing head. DH finally said "enough" you're going to the Dr. which I did on Friday. They both thought it is migraine caused by weather changes and the stress of travel. I tend to agree.
The 3 hr. trip back to the airport was torture, as was the flight home. Don't know if I'll ever go back again. There are pics. in the digital camera, and will post some as soon as the battery re-charges and can sit down for 30 min. Catching up on laundry, etc.
The cleaning lady who comes faithfully broke her foot, can't work for 5 more weeks! Have moped, dusted, etc. all day and the house isn't that big.
Looking forward to seeing Doris W. when she comes down with DH to Amelia Island. Don't know yet if we will meet up at the quilt show on Fri. -depends on my DH and his wanting to go to Daytona for the weekend. We have had rain, rain, and more rain in the last 3-4 hours, and there is supposed to be the same for the next 4 days.
Doris-hope your DH has a plan "B" in case the golf is rained out.
Sara in Fla.

posted by Sara in Florida @ 4:13 PM