Camping & other mid & end of September Happenings

Hello there Adventurous Friends, how you doing?  Greetings from South Dakota.  This is my September happenings, writing a little something about each day in a sentence or 2 or more.  Here are highlights of other's I've linked up with.  I started mid month, here is my beginning of the month happenings if you're interested to see what I was up to then. Here we go.....

Sept 6th married 35 years to my Adventurous 
Feller. I made an ice cream cake & we went
out to eat for the occasion.

* Fri 11th - Went to tailgate football party hosted by the electric/telephone company for their customer appreciation BBQ of hotdogs & chips  snack bags due to Covid, lots of hungry disappointed folks, though the concession stand probably did very good.

* Sat 12th - Facetimed with Grands, they have been working on their Christmas wish lists.  My Moma made it to her new home moving cross country with my sister, I love the fireplace & can hardly wait to see how they decorate it when I visit come spring.

* Sun 13th - Up at 3 am & headed to our camping spot, snow capped mountains appeared as we got closer to the Big Horns. Camped a couple hours from Yellow Stone, not been there yet but hope to get there someday.  Set up camp then went for ride on the side by side.  Took a hike to Porcupine Falls. Saw lots of wildlife during the day - turkeys, deer, snowshoe rabbit, snake, squirrels & elk, lots of elk.

* Mon 14th - I washed up in heated outhouse, my tent camping luxury.  Went riding, saw a few fall colors & rocks that look like hugh sponges.  Got 2 day fishing license & pie, Kevin's slice was caramel apple mine mountain medley - a mix of strawberries & rhubarb, we ate half then traded - Mmmmm.  Met up with Kevin's hunting buddy, talked elk & fishing, rode to top of mountain & watched elk 2 to 3 miles away through binoculars till too dark too see them anymore.

       

* Tues 15th - Went fishing, caught fish, had a good time, saw a Moma moose & her baby. Rode to top of mountain & watched elk again.  Sat in truck reading Little House book using flashlight.

* Wed 16th -  Gray jays - camp robbers were uninvited guests for breakfast.  Spent extra time in outhouse warming up.  Had another good day of fishing, saw another moose.  Rode to top of mountain to see elk, had cell service up there so checked messages, Grand had a bicycle wreak & got lots of cuts & scratches on his arms & hands.                                                           

*  Thurs 17th - Chipmunk visited during breakfast.  Went riding, long range views were hazy due to wind blowing in smoke from wildfires.  Saw more unique rocks, deer & squirrels; played in snow with Rose.  Cooked fish for supper, roasted marshmallows & made smores, sat by campfire till bedtime.

* Fri 18th -  Camp robbers returned as we were packing up camp, gave them pieces of bread.  Grabbed fast food burger combos for lunch on the road to go while headed home, noticed a lot more fall colors popping out, saw lots of antelope. Got hot fudge sundaes on the last leg home. Unpacked a few things, watched some shows on Netflix, Call the Midwife had another season added.  

* Sat 19th - Took Rose for a long walk out in the trees while having my morning coffee. Unpacked more camping stuff, opened the windows & let the fresh air in the house. Put fish in the freezer.  Went to Lions Club bingo, Kevin was the number caller, I helped with snacks, we both helped clean up. 

* Sun 20th - Went on our annual leaf looking drive & picnic, did some fishing, read in Little House book while Kevin fished some more, saw a Moma mountain goat & her baby. Started watching American Barbecue Showdown on Netflix with a contestant from GA a coworker of Son-in-Law.

* Mon 21st -  Put away last of camping gear till spring. Lions Club meeting was canceled, we were looking forward to eating out & conversations.  Kevin cooked us burgers on the grill, buns were cheese toast, we ate outside & said we were eating out anyways. Went out to the lake for walking & fishing, had not been out there in a while, saw lots of ducks & some sharp tail grouse. 

* Tues 22nd - Played ball with Rose, I wanted to play fetch, she wanted to play keep away & chew off pieces of the ball.  Nice evening to be outside, worked on cleaning out flower beds.   

* Wed 23rd -  Called Moma & Sister to see how they were doing in their new place.  They said a good thing about the moving truck not arriving for weeks gave them time to deep clean, paint walls & take up carpet to reveal beautiful wood floors.  They mentioned getting a new couch & Moma got poison oak from working out in the yard.

* Thurs 24th - This has been an expensive month according to the Cabalas card statement - home insurance, new tires for Kevin's truck, me to the dentist, fall stock up of food & personal items, Christmas shopping.  We use the card for the rewards & pay off the balance at the end of each month. 

* Fri 25th - Happy Daughter's Day!  Hotdogs or grouse for supper?                                         

* Sat 26th - Got a little dab of much needed rain in the morning, some leaves on trees in backyard were curling up & falling off before getting their pretty fall color.  Walked to work in the rain.  Did a little side hustle cleaning job in the afternoon for a friend that has hunters coming.  Daughter's family went to an amusement park fall festival - everything pumpkin.  Something "magical" was put into Olivia's hand, they didn't know what till they saw the picture. Happy Birthday to my sister Sharon.                                                                                              

* Sun 27th - Finished up the little cleaning job I started yesterday.  Very very windy with partly sun & a little rain, stayed around the house, made pumpkin cookies from scratch starting with peeling & cooking the pumpkin that came out of our garden.

* Mon 28th -  Full day of work at the office, tired, breakfast for supper.  Got Kevin's boots & fishing lure I ordered, costed $0 using Cabalas card points.  Off to bed early watching Netflix.

* Tues 29th - Scheduled day off work for dentist appointment to get another tooth crowned. Had a 2nd cup of coffee, did laundry & tidied house, dreaded going to the dentist.  Took a long midmorning walk with Rose, I walked & Rose ate the leftover cornbread I threw out for the birds.  Fixed supper before going to dentist knowing I would not be in the mood when I got back home.

* Wed 30th - Brought in patio table & chairs to use for working puzzles during the long nights season that has started, got a puzzle started, sipped spiced apple cider & ate a doughnut.

                                                                                                                                           

These are a few of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how about you?