A New Toy

We got a new toy. It is so much fun to ride and very handy to use around the place. It is a Mini-jeep. A 4-wheeler of sorts, an off road vehicle. It gets about 50 miles per gallon and can go places where you don't want to walk.

Two people can ride comfortably and there is plenty of room in the back to carry an ice chest or what ever you wish.

We went for a ride yesterday. Hurricane Ike had passed through in the night and left a cool breeze and sunny skies for Sunday. We set out with a full tank of gas, eats and drinks and the camera. I started out driving and later decided it would be much nicer just to ride and take pictures.

The 5 plus inches of rain we got from Ike left the smallest of streams out of their banks with muddy water.

The rains from Gustav a couple of weeks back, have left all the colors of spring along with the green of summer for a very pleasing view along the back roads.

We came across an old building that had been the Agriculture building at the school we both attended in another century. It had been moved and just left to the elements but I could still get a picture and old memories from that building was the conversation for the next few miles. We rode around for a couple of hours. We wound up at an old cemetary on top of a hill.

A very good day. Seeing things we don't take the time to see every day. We are going to do this more often.