Visiting Uncle Bob and Aunt Raye

Wow What a great time we had visiting John's Uncle Bob and Aunt Raye! Most of the weekend was John and Bob heavily discussing hunting, while Raye and Amanda enjoyed getting to know each other. What a joy it was to sit back and relax. On Saturday they took us to the site where the initial point for surveys of the land, for the Louisiana Purchase. It was so interesting looking and reading about the science and history behind this particular area. If you look carefully by John's shoulder you may be able to see the gap in the trees that creates the base line for the surveys. It was also Amanda's first experience in a swamp. Praise God the mosquitoes were not as hungry as anticipated.

We also enjoyed the drive out and back. It was interesting to note the changes in the land. It was fascinating seeing all the ranches, and farms that would stretch for miles on end. One unusual thing we noticed, while driving out to visit Uncle Bob and Aunt Raye, were the number of buses parked in people's lawns. We entertained ourselves by coming up with theories about how they got there. Our favorite was that the bus drivers felt compelled to go off-roading and then got stuck. :P Who knows!? We also entertained ourselves by counting the number of "off-roading" buses. And the grand total was 20! Yay for random!