Yesterday was a nice day... I wasn't sure how dh would want to spend his father's day, he's still not getting around very well. But he's only been out of the house twice in the past week...so I thought he might want to get out for awhile.

We ended up just taking a drive in the country. It's not something we do very often, because of gas prices and how unpredictable M can be in the car. But it sounded like just the right thing to do yesterday.

 We piled in the car right after lunch and headed to the next little town east of us... M was pretty edgy (and I was determined NOT to let him spoil the trip with a meltdown!) so we stopped at Sonic and the kids each got a mini-banana split. This is something that is soooo not on their diets... but neither of them has ever had a banana split (and it really was very tiny) and you just can't eat healthy all the time!!

We drove around the town a little... saw some people playing polo (and tried to stop and watch, but they had the parking area roped off... must be a private club) then we stopped at the feed store for some horse cookies before heading out of town again.

It's a nice little community... after dh retires I wouldn't mind looking for some land out there.

We kept driving east to the next little town and was surprised at the differences between the two. Although the towns are only 7 miles apart, the second one looks very worn, dusty and tattered compared to the first.

We didn't stop, although we did drive around looking at some of the old buildings and imagining how hard life must have been for the early settlers...


  

We took the long (scenic) route home and everyone came home relaxed and happy...