Staying with Family in Ohio

We’ve been at Nan’s mom’s house for a couple of weeks now. When we first got here we dropped the trailer off at the dealer for repairs. The warranty expires in mid November so we wanted a few things taken care of while it was still under warranty. Anything that breaks now is on our nickel.
I’ve taken Roxy pheasant hunting about 3 times so far. Twice I took the Smart Car and once I drove the truck to Grand River Wildlife Area where the State of Ohio stocks pheasants. I included a picture of the truck in the wildlife area parking lot. I imagine people wonder what a semi with S. Dakota plates is doing parked in an Ohio hunting area. I haven’t gotten any pheasants yet, but that’s OK. The second day there Roxy and I were in the woods and I heard something in the leaves. There was a very fat groundhog heading towards me that Roxy didn’t see. I was thinking maybe it had rabies or something since it was coming right towards me, so I was going to blast it if it got much closer. Actually it was just trying to find it’s hole that was covered with leaves. It finally found the hole about 10 feet from me, but it was so fat (right before it’s winter hibernation) that it had trouble getting in the hole. It kind of tumbled in through the leaves and the last thing I saw was it’s belly pointing toward the sky while it was kicking its hind feet to get in the hole before Roxy saw it. I went out the next day and Roxy was able to flush up a pheasant, but I missed. The state is putting more pheasants out this Saturday so I’ll be out again next week.

Halloween in Maryland

We stayed in the D.C. area the whole month of October and made it to Ross’ Halloween party despite the rain. Ross made up his garage as a mini haunted house. Some of us then took part in trying to scare the kids as they went through the haunted house. I love the sound of teenage girls screaming. After the trick-or-treat portion of the evening was over, Ross, Jim, and 3 other friends put on a jam session in their back yard. In the past they’ve had around 100 people attend the party/jam session. I thought the highlight of the show might be when their electric instruments reacted with the rain, but they went through their set without a hitch. I included a video of Nan dancing with Ross’ daughter Sara during the sound check session earlier in the day.
They next day we packed up and headed for Ohio where we are going to stay with Nan’s mom through Thanksgiving. Because I’m now a S. Dakota resident, I had to buy a non resident hunting license in Ohio so Roxy and I can go after pheasants. Unfortunately a non resident license is $120. It will give Roxy and I a chance to go out and get some exercise, so hopefully it will be worth the price.