How Do We Decide?

I had the honor of hosting two of our grandkids today. We spent some time at home, but then for the highlight of the day we used our hours on the Wapsipinicon River. We explored sandbars, waded the river, collected clam shells, saved a couple of clams, and fished. All was well until one said "I want to go exploring again" and the other said "I want to fish." How is a Gramps supposed to decide what to do in that situation? The answer was easy - we did both, again. We fished a little, explored some more, and waded the river again.

The grandkids had a good time, as did I. My hope is they will long remember time along the river with Gramps getting messy, learning, and just being kids.

Following are some of the things we found interesting during our time along the Wapsie.

Here at home we had surprise visitors twice - a hen gray partridge and her three little ones!