I’m taking a few mintues to get caught up on my blogging, before we start back up outside. We are re-roofing the west side of the house (one side a year), and we have been laying transmission pipe (160 feet so far with 120 more to go). We have to do it in stages…when you are old you work has hard as you always did, it just takes you longer to get ‘stuff’ done. 🙂
On top of everything I had an allegry attack and then caught a cold. Anyway, we are waiting for the frost to leave to get started again. I’m using the time to get caught up here.
The last of our little trip we drove through Custer State Park 
to see the wildlife
And to admire this beautiful grassland
one more time before we left for
Nebraska!
Wayne drove all the back roads (county roads not on the Atlas 🙂 from the corner of Nebraska into Colorado to Greeley) which was really a kick.
We came across a wind farm (See the little windmill in the front) This gives you and idea of how HUGE (and nosiey) these wind machines really are.
Power pole in the foreground. Green energy only produces a tiny amount of our power…And this farm went on for miles and miles and miles.
We got in late but made it over to the Assisted Living Home to tell Terry’s and Carolyn’s (and Roger’s) Mom good-bye before we started to our home clear on the otherside of the Rocky Mountains.
We were gone 6 days, but we saw a lot.
Sure was fun,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Farmers always have to vacation at times of the year others find strange, they can only leave when crops, cows, or whatever allow. The farmers here have done such a good job diversifying their crops, they’re down to a few days in December and January. That’s when flooding here is most likely, sometimes it’s hard to find enough people to fill sandbags. Glad you got to get away and enjoy some fall weather. (And now I’m really jazzed about South Dakota.)
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What a nice trip! I’m glad you both were able to go. It’s about time! lol
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Thank you for sharing your trip. It is mind boggling for me to see so many bison in one place. great shot of the prong horn!
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LOL were you leaning into a wind from those turbines??
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Beautiful pictures, Linda. We have Buffalo here in the Wichita National Wildlife Refuge. But, I have never seen them on grassland like in your picture. Hope you feel better soon!!
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Those are some great shots of that wild life!! Mom, looks pretty happy to see you.
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Thanks for taking us along with you on your trip. You saw many more bison than we saw. We did see some huge wind farms — I had no idea how big those things actually are.
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Looks like you guys had a fun trip! I love taking the backroads when traveling. There’s lots more to see!
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Wow~ I feel like I have been on a sight seeing vacation myself going right along with you on your journeys……..and OH the wonderful pictures you have shared. Thank You!
Hope the weather cooperates for you to get your roof finished and caught up on all the other chores that are Never Ending on a farm. I am wondering now if our neighbor farmers here will be able to harvest the rest of their soybean crop and the corn picked or shelled too. It has been off and on rainy and nasty cold the last few weeks. Tonight it is raining and my dog did not think he wanted to go outside before his bedtime!
The West seems so vastly different from here in the midwest…..not really east here/nor really not even west!! But we do have the effects of Lake Erie……so when the Winter storms sweep across the warmish Lake………we get the BLAST of Snow since we are about 25 miles inland.
The diversity of our Country is remarkable! Liz in PA
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The Buffalo look great out there on the grasslands! What.. your work waited for you at home? We started a list to accomplish before it snows:(
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I love your bison shot but the best one is of the smiling Mom!
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I love windmill farms
I never manage to get pictures though (o:
Looks like a great trip (o:
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Buffalo on the grasslands of Nebraska, what an amazing sight to behold. What a pretty and sweet lady your mother in-law is. I would say you experienced a lot in six days. Safe travels, Julie.
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I saw a lot of wind farms on my move from Oregon to Georgia. Didn’t make it to Colorado though, as my husband was worried about coming up into Denver with our load. 😦 I think they need a wind farm around Laramie or Cheyenne though.
Beautiful photos and I’ve enjoyed seeing your trip!
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