Sat. Oct.29,2011

Well we woke to a chilly morning, but it was nice & toasty in Paupers Pride. By noon it warmed up so we decided to dress warm & go on the bike trail. It was a nice paved trail through prairie land, only one draw-back ---- it was hilly! As soon as we coasted down one hill, we had to start peddling up another one. It was like this for about the first 1 1/2 miles, what a work-out, had to stop a few times to rest. We went about 3 miles, then turned around, so we did a total of 6 miles. On the way back I was in the front & I hollered back to Richard to look at the train going through the prairie.He said "I didn't hear what you said", so I repeated to look in the distance at the train going through the prairie. He said he still didn't hear what I said, so I yelled back to just forget it. Not 10 seconds later he yelled "hey Aud look at that train riding through the prairie"---got to get that man a hearing aid! We got back to our campsite & sat out by the water played a game of Scrabble, which Richard of course won.We found a church & went to a 5:30 mass. When we got back it was starting to get dark so Richard built a campfire & we grilled hamburgers & sat by the fire. The wind started to pick up so we went inside & played a game of spades, which Richard again won! There are some people down from us camping in tents. They have 5 tents (must be several families because there are 3 cars) they also have kids with them. I can't imagine being in tent in any weather let alone when it is chilly out, but they seem to be having a good time. They must have tent heaters. Well we will be leaving tomorrow for home. We are about 160 miles from home. Then we will put Paupers Pride in storage & cover it for the winter. So until March when we leave for FL.Paupers Pride is signing off. Thanks for "being with us"