Wild adventures

Summer is here.  In case you haven't noticed - just thought I would bring that to your attention.  In my case this means I am out of work for two and a half months.  A very nice thing for the most part.  

So far not a whole lot going on.  Pulling weeds out of my raspberry patch.  Enough weeds to fill six garbage bags.  That is how we do things here in the west.  We measure yard work by the garbage bags.  " I cut the lawn and got 16 garbage bags full of grass.  It was high."  This is helpful if you ever get a chance to talk to my father about his yard.   Anyway - the raspberry plants are weeded and now to the rest of the yard.  

I have been taking my parents to the doctors.  That is our social life.  Doctors and their office staff.  Dad's eye is all better - Mom is going to physical therepy for a while to try and help the pain in her hip.  Mom lost half a tooth.  Dad's diabetes is under control for now - working in the yard is helping that.  I even had my blood work done and all is well.

For fun Matt and I have been trying to use our bicycles.  We got new helmets and Costco.  Printed out a map of the Coeur d'Alene bike trail and off we have gone.  This trail is like 72 miles long.  Going from Plummer to Mullan.  We are presently doing the section by Cataldo.  There is this (maybe) ten mile stretch that goes through a wet land reserve.  It is so cool to ride along and see all these birds.  Cranes - Bullock Oriole - Mallards - and another Duck that I have tried to identify but so far no luck - need a better book - then half a frog and a pile of white feathers - wonder what killed this large bird?  We also saw an Osprey - I was thinking Eagle but I do believe they are gone this time of year.

Then Matt and I came face to face with Fred.  That is what I named him

Matt saw him first - my phone took the first picture.  I think he is saying "cheese".  Looks like it anyway!!

Well, we road eleven and a half miles this trip.  Not bad for two old people!!!