Back to the routine...

Well, the wonderful vacation out west is over and it's back to the salt mines now. Believe me, this retirement gig is a back breaker sometimes, but someone's got to do it, so we dove back into the daily grind full force today with a 13 mile bike ride at Moraine Hills State Park. Here are Ellen, Patti, and Marlene ...


... and our customary break at McHenry Dam to watch wildlife, water, and people (or get a rock out of our shoe as Len is doing.)


Dave, Patti, and Len savoring the 70 degree morning...



... as we watched the fishermen both on land and in the water...


... and watched the Great White Egrets also hoping for lunch to come flying over the dam ...


... and the ducks on their own quest for a bite to eat.



... and Sand Hill Cranes searching for their lunch in the meadow.



Another wonderful day with friends enjoying the outdoors and the antics of the indigenous wildlife and homo sapiens.