I am facing the reality of retirement effective Oct 31. Scouting has been difficult this fall. Our new District Executive got an unsolicited job offer that he could not refuse, so I have been on the road a lot more than I anticipated this month. There were good activities at the International Scout Rally in the Eastern UP, Seney Wildlife Refuge Scout Day, and the Bobcat Trail at Camp Hiawatha.
Susan accompanied me to a Regional Scout Executive Conference at the O'Hare Hilton. Said farewell to some old friends, although most of my contemporaries have already retired. After the conference adjourned, we did a session the Chicago Temple. I had a nice visit with Coy Miskin who is a member of the Temple Presidency. We spent that night with Bump's family. They are a very active and wholesome family.
We have had some beautiful fall weather that gave Buddy and me great opportunities for walks. However, we had a windstorm last Thursday that took out the power in parts of the town for up to 30 hours. We were unaffected at home, but the phone system at work was knocked out, probably by a power surge. Still waiting for a service crew from AT&T.
Angela and Sabrina write better blogs than I do, so I won't cover their family situations. As Sabrina reports, Austyn is playing football and doing very well being on offense, defense, kick off, and point after touchdown teams. Beth and Stuart's James is in cross country. He is also in 5th grade and placed 12th in a county wide meet for 5th & 6th graders.
Retirement preparation.
Caleb and Hudson are growing...cuter.
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