There was the strangest looking tree right at the beginning of the trail. The thorns on this tree are not to be believed. Once in the woods we discovered two bad things - mosquitoes and ticks. I had bug sprayed so it wasn't too bad but Spade had only sprayed the back of his legs.
We did see a deer or two or the same deer twice. There were plaques describing the two kinds of oak trees - Post Oaks and Blackjack Oaks. Seemed that all the ones they had core-drilled to get the age were dead.
We met Mom and Donna at the new lunch/grocery place in Toronto. The sandwiches were good. It is nice to see a new business in town.
We went to Donna and Larry's after lunch. Mom and Donna changed clothes and Larry showed Spade and me all his projects; including the 4WD Polaris seen to the right with Spade.We went to the cemetery after for Mom to put out her remembrances and we each left a penny at Mom's brother (Uncle Ben), mom (Grandma Alta), dad (Grandpa Carl) and step dad (Grandpa Todd). And our brother, Bill, is buried here. Dale Isaac's urn is here, also, though Dale's ashes are not. It is still a place to remember him.
Mom's grandparents are also buried here in a section on the other side of the road. There names are Azariah and Belle. Next to them is a marker for Mom's brother and sister that died at birth. There names are Marjorie Bell and Kenneth Ray.
Uncle Ben is a veteran and has a large flag with his name embroidered on the edge. We looked through every flag (there are a lot) but couldn't find it.
Deb and Linda drove over from Wichita to spend the night in the cabin with us. Linda had made pork and chicken for sandwiches and potato salad. Then we had smores for dessert. Real camping.
We played Taboo. Word of warning: do not have Spade on your team for Taboo. Seemed like Mom, Linda and Deb had a language short-hand.
At one point I thought Deb was gonna bust a rib from laughing so hard. Even though Spade and I lost, we had a blast.
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