ND Vacation - Fritel Funny Farm

We started our North Dakota vacation at Grandma and Grandpa's Farm.

There were plenty of vehicles to drive. RJ learned that you have to be careful on a tractor. After some online research, we figured out how to put the 4-wheeler into reverse.

  

The kids got to see their cousins!

  

And we headed to the fields for some pictures. Sara cut her leg climbing up the log. I posted a silly photo - just in case we use a good one for our Christmas card.

  

Kids found a place where cattails were growing. Grandpa called them a "nuisance weed."

The train cars were back ... this time there were hopper cars that you could climb and walk from car-to-car like they do in the movies.

  

Bachelor Weekend

Single for a Weekend

Sara took the kids to North Dakota on Saturday, while I stayed behind for a work event.

Tasked with cleaning out the refrigerator, I had to eat a lot of vegetables.

I got a chance to go swimming and ride my bike to meet the Acumatica Sales Team on the Washington DC Mall.

Meanwhile, somewhere near Minot, ND ...

The North Dakota fair was in full swing ...

And then the gang made it to the Fritel Funny Farm ...

  

Peach Thief

Our peach tree started with about 300 peaches. We removed about 100 to help the others grow. Then some thief removed about 100 more. We tried spraying hot sauce on the fruit - in addition to making me feel like I got sprayed with pepper spray - it seemed to temporarily reduce the amount of theft.

Then we got 5 inches of rain in 3 hours ... so the thief may have returned. At present we only have about 50 peaches left - about 20 of which are being protected by used strawberry containers.

July 4 Party and Fun

Julia's friend Anya had a super fun morning party.

  

Nicholas and Javier came over for a cookout. Then when it got dark we watched home fireworks down the street.