3 months & 3 weeks

It's hard to believe we've been gone almost 4 months !! What a grand adventure it has been.... and since the heat is still sooooo bad in TX.... I'm not sure I want to return back too soon !!! Below are some pics around the Hatchery.... a peek inside the

aquarium, looking down two of the rainbow trout

raceways....

.... and viewing one of 36 outside rearing ponds, this is a small one, the large ones are 1-1/3 acre in size. BV and I split our time working in the aquarium & gift shop, hanging out at the hatchery building, talking with visitors at the raceways, giving tours around the complex, etc. Then there is grounds maintenance, taking pics or whatever else they need.

Garden is still producing as you can see..... we went out for pizza the other day.... hate to say it, but yummmmm.... tasted good !!!! And there was no zucchini !!!!! Really tho - it has been good for us - my breakfast was cukes & cherry tomatoes with a side of cottage cheese. Believe this ???? Lunch today was fresh sweet corn on the cob...... dinner last night was zucchini, okra, tomatoes & cukes... and oh yeah...... a steak !

Tomatoes and more tomatoes ... sometimes I eat more off the vine than putting in the bag !!! Tried our hand at drying the big beefy and cherry .... here's what a set looked like just before dehydrating.
Noooo, this isn't us and noooo BV didn't grow the beard or change his hair color !!! We had a little bit of Sturgis in the area..... one of the rock bands "Go Figure" played at the park and drew quire an interesting mix of people. I enjoyed the music..... and BV ?? Enjoyed it enough that last Friday night a bunch of us went over to one of the local hangouts "CJs on the Lake"... had dinner and sat out on the patio to hear them again !!!

It's winding down around here..... the other volunteer couple leaves out tomorrow. We are thinking of leaving out the end of August to make our way back home first week of Sept. We'll keep everyone "blogged" if anything changes our mind.......