June 21 - Father's Day Hike

Jen and Galen ready for a belated Father's Day hike.  They looked a lot better before than after thanks to near 100 degree temps.  Smelled better, too.  :-)

June 21 - Sleepy Simon

Jen, Ken, and Simon stayed in our fiver with us last night because the storm left the ground too wet to pitch a tent on.  Simon is most definitely not a morning dog.  We were all up and about but he continued to doze.

June 20 - Father's Day

We spent 1.5 hours on Father's Day afternoon either standing in the men's room (Jen and I wanted to die with our men.) or standing just outside the building until the tornado warning was over.  

Jen and Ken brought cheese, crackers, and root beer to the "party".

These guys waited a bit too long to put their awning up.  Ours went up when the guy came driving around with lights flashing and warned us about a possible tornado.

We found ways to amuse ourselves during lulls in the storm so we wouldn't get too bored.

I admit that I Photoshopped in the lightning on this photo I took, but we actually did see lightning in front of blue sky just like this.  No tornadoes in the park but one was spotted a few miles away and there was a lot of rain, wind and hail along with the thunder and lightning. No damage was done to our "house" or truck.

June 19 - Lake Scott State Park

This is the view from our front door at Lake Scott State Park.  We are at the end of the row so enjoy an unobstructed view of the lake.  We biked five miles this morning while it was still cool and saw many deer, rabbits, birds, and a couple of big fish in a spring fed pond.  Except for the blistering heat (it is supposed to be about 100 degrees tomorrow) and marginal electricity since a blackout two days ago, it is very pleasant here in this oasis in the prairie.  Scott City, the nearest town, is 12 miles away.