Hazen, ND

It has been a while since I have posted a blog. Things have been pretty routine here in No. Dakota. The weather has turned hot and dry. Mon. & Tues it was 106 degree's. It cooled into the lower 90's yesterday so the heat is more bearable now.
Last Wed we journeyed by car to Imperial, Ne to take part in the bi-annual Wheeler family reunion on Fri. & Sat. It is 640 miles so it is a 12 hour drive each way. We stayed in a motel while there. I know now why we like to travel in the motor home as the mattress was really hard. We got to see a lot of old friends and view some of the damage from the 12 to 14 inch rains in the area last month. There were around 50 family members at the reunion. Our Sat afternoon and evening were spent in the canyon on the old Wheeler farm that my mother and here siblings grew up on. We have been having our reunions there since 1976. On occasion we have held them at places away from Wauneta but people seem to always want to go back to the canyon and the farm.
On the return trip winter wheat harvest was in full swing from Pierre, SD and north to the state line. Here around Hazen we saw one field of spring barley being harvested but most of the other spring crops are a week or two away from harvest.
Things here in the park are pretty routine. The mowing has pretty much come to a halt due to the lack of rain and high temps.

WOW Almost 2 weeks since the last post. The weather has changed from rainy, cool & windy to hot and dry and not as much wind. Not much to report as we have been pretty much here taking care of the camp ground. We didn't take Tues. & Wed. off this week as Sheryl had company from Chicago and wanted to spend time with them. The camp ground continues to be nearly full every weekend. That is a change from last year when some weekends were nearly empty. Yesterday I had my first chance to go out fishing and we limited out by 10 AM. From all reports the fishing hasn't been as good as it was last year.
The picture is Hazen Bay Campground. I climbed the hill to the east of us this morning to take the picture. I am sure glad they turned out as I didn't want to climb it again. The coming down was more treacherous than the climb but not as exhausting.