Well, we did it! We finally made it home! After seeing the grandkids off to school this morning, we loaded our bag in the car and took off for home. It was lunch time when we reached Fargo, ND so we stopped at Applebee's for a good meal (we knew there was no food at our house) and then went across the street to a Sam's Club just to get something to have for breakfast tomorrow morning. From Fargo it was another two and half hours on the road to home.

It's funny how the closer we got to home, the more anxious we were to see the place. We're happy to report that it seems everything survived the winter--even the gophers. We found a couple of new mounds on our front lawn--John's continuing war with the gophers will soon start up again.

John and I got the car unloaded and then took a walk around the property to check everything out. When we left Texas, everything was blooming and green. The further north we traveled, the less green we saw. Here at home the lawns are greening up and the trees are just starting to bud. One of the perks of coming home this time of year is that we get to experience the beauty of spring twice.

We weren't home long before the phone rang. It was our granddaughter, Hanna, checking to see if we were back. So, we left our piles of boxes and headed up to visit with Matt's family. We couldn't believe how much the kids had grown over the winter. It was fun seeing them again and catching up on family and local news. Tomorrow will be major grocery shopping and the start of getting things unpacked and trying to get back into the routine of northern Minnesota living.