Some Iceland photos.

66º here in Clarinda, IA at 8:45 am on Tuesday.  Predicted high of 79º.

Drove to Lincoln, NE yesterday to give a blood sample for the kidney test I am in following the heart surgery in June.  Did a little shopping in Lincoln and were back home by 3:30 or so in the afternoon.  Phyllis mowed the lawn - I did some computer work, getting ready to leave for our month trip later this week.

Having meat soup
in Iceland

Got several photos from Cam & Patty.  They are in Iceland now, but will be going to Greenland tomorrow and spend next 7 days on a 3-masted  boat with 10 other passengers and, I think, 3 crew.

Boat they will be on

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Hiking on a volcano in Iceland

Map of their cruise for 7 days.

Right now it is 2:03 pm in Greenland and the temperature
is 46º, which is the high for the day.

Our friends Bill & Kathy Connelly from near Salina, KS will be here with the 5th wheel this afternoon and will spend time here until Friday when we will both pull our trailers to near Indianola, IA where we will watch the National Balloon Festival until Sunday.

Later, Lynn

Went to Anita, IA

85º at 7:00 pm Saturday, with a "feel like" of 90º.  Had a few days of low humidity, but it is creeping back.

Bob Everhart, who runs the Oak Tree Opry, making
announcments.

Last night - Friday - we took Judy Heuer and Pat Steckelberg with us to Atlantic where we had supper at Pizza Ranch and then on to Anita, IA to the Oak Tree Opry.  It started at 7 with 3 guys playing and then after about an hour Terry Smith from Nashville played the main program.  We have followed Terry in the Rio Grande Valley and here in Iowa for years.
Here are some videos I took last night - Click HERE

Judy Heuer, Patty Steckelberg and Phyllis Miles.

Bob Everhart announcing Terry Smith.

Terry Smith

Spent some time at the Page County Fair, here in
Clarinda, Thursday evening.  This is our neighbor when we
lived west of Clarinda before moving here in 2010

Quite a rainbow - actually a second
one came out a little later.

Did 6 miles on the recumbent trike yesterday.  This was
one place on my route.

Today did 7 miles on the trike, much of it at the airport.

Al & Carolyn Rudy, from Shenandoah, came Wednesday evening
and we ate at Jay's Pizza & Steak House then played some
Pegs & Jokers on the deck.

Not any airplanes out of their hangers this morning while
getting my 7 miles in.

With humidity and temp down, we have eaten on
the back deck many times last few days.

Some of Phyllis' flowers

Some of Phyllis' flowers

Corn and soybeans doing well across street from us.

 GROANER'S CORNER:(( Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Hanukkah will merge.  An industry source said that the deal had been in the works about 1300 years.  While details were not available at press time, it is believed that the overhead cost of having twelve days of Christmas and eight days of Hanukkah was becoming prohibitive for both sides. By combining forces, we're told, the world will be able to enjoy consistently high-quality service during the Fifteen Days of Chrismukah, as the new holiday is being called.  Massive layoffs are expected, with lords a-leaping and maids a-milking being the hardest hit.  As part of the conditions of the agreement, the letters on the dreidel, currently in Hebrew, will be replaced by Latin, thus becoming unintelligible to a wider audience.  Also, instead of translating to "A great miracle happened there," the message on the dreidel will be the more generic: "Miraculous stuff happens." In exchange, it is believed that Jews will be allowed to use Santa Claus and his vast merchandising resources for buying and delivering their gifts.  One of the sticking points holding up the agreement for at least three hundred years was the question of whether Jewish children could leave milk and cookies for Santa even after having eaten meat for dinner.  A breakthrough came last year, when Oreos were finally declared to be Kosher.  All sides appeared happy about this.  Fortunately for all concerned, he said, Kwanzaa will help to maintain the competitive balance.  He then closed the press conference by leading all present in a rousing rendition of "Oy Vey, All Ye Faithful."

More later, Lynn

Photos from 1969, 1979, and 2019

75º at 10:30 am on Wednesday with clear skies and a "feel like" of 75º.  In other words, the humidity is down.  Predicted high today only 82º

Cam on horse - in Salt Lake City

I came across a file of old photos -- these are all from 1969 - 50 years ago!

Michelle & Cam

Michelle & Cam

Michelle & Cam

Cam watching TV from his horse

Cam spent a lot of time on that spring horse

Cam on swing in yard in Salt Lake City

Michelle

All of us with horse at the Cabbage farm

Phyllis on one of her Dad's horses with Michelle in
front and Cameron behind.

Michelle doing a happy dance

Michelle on horse

Michelle with bottle

My dad, Kermit Miles, picking up Phyllis and our
kids from the train in North Platte, Nebraska

Phyllis & Lynn with Michelle in 1969 at my Mom & Dad's place
near Oconto, Nebraska

Most of the Miles family with Pearl & Kermit Miles,
my folks - at their place near Oconto, NE

Sister-in-law Carolyn doing Phyllis' hair - 1969

Photo of Coin Grain Corp in Coin, IA - 1979

Photo of Coin Grain Corp in Coin, IA - 1979 - this
part has since been all torn down.

A series of photos I took at Coin Grain Corp to give a panorama, standing near the railroad tracks,
on Main Street in Coin, IA  - taken in 1979

1979 - We sold a lot of hog feeders - pallets from seed

1979 - our semi truck at Coin Grain Corp.

Looks like Cam was selling his leather goods on the square
in Clarinda, IA in May of 1979.  Michelle helping out.

Looks like Cameron talking with Don Runyan about his
leather goods - May of 1979

Our Oldsmobile station wagon by Coin Grain Corp in 1979

At the leather goods display on the square in May of 1979.
I am guessing this is niece Kara Gregory, with Michelle in the background.

Dumping corn on the "east dump" that we built at the
old wooden elevator in Coin - 1979

Monday evening we took Pizzas and a Cherry Pie over to
Jim & Evelyn Whipple's place here in town.  They were
neighbors to us in the country for 38 years.  Another
neighbor, Marcene Von Dilligan, came in also.

Maybe too many pictures, but I enjoyed them.

Lynn