Josh and I headed back to the midwest this past week for a little vacation at his folks place. We had the grand idea of driving. It wasn’t so grand 3 hours into the 20hr trip from NY to MN, but we made it. I think we have sworn off long car rides for a while.

I have been surrounded by the woods for some time now and forgot how wild it is to see corn stretch to the horizon. Its all corn, soy beans, and native prairies as far as the eye can see.

We decided to take the puppy with us, remember her? Well, she’s 8 months grown now, but was just as bored with the long car ride as we were.

She is starting to grow into her own and starting to use those hunting dog instincts. Josh’s parents have goats on their farm and Maya was having a good time pointing them.

And of course she wanted to play with them too after she realized they weren’t going anywhere…

I managed to see some birds while there too, like these 2 American Kestrels. There was actually three, but the other didn’t want to sit still for the photo opt with the other 2.

I also got a nice pic of a Dickcissel.

And got to have at least one pic of a bug…hope this stink bug will do.