It has been a while since our last entry. Certainly you were not expecting pictures from Nebraska or Iowa were you? The tour of the Winnebago plant in Forest City, Iowa was fascinating and worthwhile but photos were not allowed.
Today was Ella's 13th birthday and the last day of our 11 day visit with our daughter, Jennifer and her family in Madison, Wisconsin. What a great time although we woke up to 32 degree weather for three consecutive days. As Penny said, "at least it is better than the 110 degree temps in Phoenix... here I can at least put more cloths on."
We saw a couple of movies and several past clips from 30 Rock but we also had a great tour of the Horicon. The Horicon is a huge marsh in the center of Wisconsin and is a major stop of the migration highway of Canadian geese. Probably more than 100,000 geese stop here to fatten up for flights south. When they take flight it darkens the sky. Our only problem was that the migration season starts in mid-October. We did see a few thousand early arrival geese.


From the left, Matt, Ella, Jennifer and Matthew at the Horicon.

Fall is arriving













Ella, now a teenager, just opened a birthday gift. As of today, all of our grandchildren are teenagers.











Sadie, before grooming

After grooming. Notice the expression on her face. It seems to say, "What the hell did you do to me. It's cold here." We bought her a coat.