The sun was bright this morning over the morning dew we could see across the fields of corn. It takes a couple of hours for the haze to clear and then you can see for miles. You can see the elevators in a couple of towns a few miles across the valley. They are snow white and really stand out against the green of the corn and bean fields.

In talking with our host, Ed, he mentioned that their place here, a summer cottage, is on their home place. His brother still lives in the home place and across the road there is a cemetery where their parents and grand parents are buried as well as other family members that have passed away. I do not know how many years the farm has been in the family, but one of the boys wants to take it over after his father is gone and will continue to farm it into the future. I think it is quite interesting to see families that are still interested in carrying on the family traditions of farming, even though there is not enough ground to make a living, but there is plenty of ground to rent and farm to make it worthwhile and a good living.

Today, we took a trip into the big town of Genoa and visit the post office. It is only open 8-10am on Saturday and only open 8 til 11:30 and 1-4 on week days. The Postmistress was still there and got our mail in today's bag so it would go out today.

We then drove out sr22 which is the designated route the Mormons traveled on their way west. There is a 1600+ mile auto route that closely follows their route.

Later in the day we went to Columbus, NE and visited the Wal mart as well as the new Menards store to get some things that Ed and his brother Dick needed. I had made an appointment at the Goodyear store there for an alignment on the van. We are to be there at 11am on Monday. I am not really a fan of Goodyear stores for mechanical work, but they come well recommended by locals. We will see come Monday.

Tomorrow we will worship at the local Methodist church with Ed, Bonnie and Dick and then go out to eat. We are meeting Mike and Carlin Drew tomorrow evening for dinner at a local restaurant, down south or Polk, NE. We had not seen the Drew's since last November in Hondo, TX. It will be good to see them again.