Dirt Bike Riding

DH gets recharged by spending a few days with fellow dirt bike riders. In September they went to a favorite site, the Hatfield McCoy trails in West Virginia. This a a trail system of several hundred miles, set up by the state to encourage tourism. They have "ATV friendly towns" where you can legally drive into the towns from the trails for gas or food. Each trail has a designation that describes the level of difficulty. As you may guess, DH goes for the most difficult. Some day I may go along to hike, but need accommodations other that sleeping in a cabin with 6 snoring men.

A visit from K

Fall is my very favorite time of the year. I love the colors of the trees, the crisp smells and cool weather. My DH would strongly disagree and he REALLY dislikes the cold. But is seems that being a woman past a certain stage of her life, I love cool weather.

For three days and two nights, I had dear K visiting. This girl of 16 months has a very interesting bed time. She is not slowing down until about midnight. Needless to say, Grandmother here is wishing she would tire earlier. But she had a great time visiting in the sticks, where she could run around outside, moo back at the neighborhood cattle, and chase the cat.

October

The corn fields are a monotone tan and soy beans have lost their leaves, leaving just the pods to be harvested. The farmer in me is saying, "why is our renter not out there harvesting?" We have not had a killing frost yet, but it is close. Tomorrow I will paint the trim on the back door of DH's shop. It probably is the last warm day to paint. The hoses need draining and the lawn mowed once more this season. Then I should have lots of time for indoor projects.

Granddaughter, K is coming to visit, without parents, tomorrow. She will stay two nights.