Kansas and Beyond

A long day awaited me the morning I woke up in Greensburg, Kansas. Fog that wasn't too intense at sun-up thickened and slowed everything down for a couple of hours.

Wind towers are in evidence throughout Kansas. This one belonged to the motel.

Greensburg, Kansas sunrise.

John Deere owes a lot to Kansas agriculture.

It was a happy text I sent to my sister Jeanenne announcing my pony and I are not in Kansas any more.

The Highway 54 route that I'd chosen was not too much the same as about a decade ago. It's been "improved" to often pass by the silo towns where you get to slow down a little with enough frequency to fill the drive with small recoveries from the monotony of a long, long drive.

What a fine welcome at Jeanenne and Larry's. Missouri had slipped by without much note for me because at this point I found I'd grown fairly weary. Three days and two nights were, indeed, a little too taxing. My pony and I rested and visited with Jeanenns' now expanded family...

Jeanenne and Larry's home in O'Fallon, Missouri.

Jeanenne at the wheel of her cart that wheels her around their five acres and over to brother-in-law's adjoining four acres.

Larry on the mowing vehicle.

Nephew Jonathan after work came to visit...

...and his wife Krista and newest addition Eleanor.

Larry with Emory, Jonathan & Krista's middle daughter...

Niece Jackie prepping for moving her household.

Oh-oh! Is there a boo-boo? Harper, Jackie and Chad's daughter...

Granddad Larry providing comfort.

And a ride down to the mail box.

Chad checking business messages.

Numero uno-- grandson Oliver.

Emory

Adding to the scene is 'Kinsey, daughter of David and Sarah.

Sarah and my nephew David.

How nice to get to be with them all and see how their lives have expanded.

Before leaving for Susie's was a day to help a bit with niece Jackie and her husband Chad's move to a cabin by a lake...

Lunchtime for laborers.

And Clarence the family cat scratching his back and reminding me I miss Toby and the Telford gang.