Touring...

We were discussing what we wanted to do today. Tom wanted to take a drive around the farm and check it out and Juni was curious about the town of Ritzville. I wasn't going to go with Forry and Tom on the "check out the farm" trip, but when Juni wanted to check out Ritzville, I decided to go along. We unloaded the Toad, spiffed it up a little bit, and loaded us all up. We made the grand tour, in the process checking out wheat fields, summer fallow, and the neighbors' canola, bean, hay, and potato fields. On the way, I spotted a pair of burrowing owls along the roadside. Juni was able to take some really good pictures of the one that didn't fly off right away (I didn't get out of the car to try as I figured two people would really scare them off...).



When we got to Ritzville, we checked out all of the artwork in town, then stopped by Consuela's for something to drink and a snack. It was already almost five and the food smelled so good, we decided to stay and have dinner rather than go back home for spaghetti.

Juni and Tom's furkids were sure glad to see us when we got back. They are such a pair of characters -- and so full of energy! This is Tica, who will calm down enough to find a friendly lap.


This little imp is Izzie. She isn't very big, but she sure makes her presence known. She doesn't know how to go down the steps, but she was very anxiously awaiting us at the top.

We sat over at Tom and Juni's and got our doggie fix, then came home to watch the last of the Mariners game (Tom can't get it on his satellite...). I was going to get another picture of Tom's rig parked by Auntie Violet but I ran out of room on the card in my camera...

Guess I'll have to do it tomorrow.