We spent a good part of today assembling more of the stuff we got at Ikea.. anyone who has done that know what a challenge that can be.. 

its all made much easier by doggie help  !

nite all, nite sam
-me

quick shout to my babay sister on her birtday.. I love you SPG !

we took advantage of having a car to go about an hour away to an a small town called Heigenbruken.. Its biggest attraction is an old abandoned rail station.. it also has soem beautiful hiking trails.. 

we hiked part of the Spessart traill. whcih has been I use for more than 100 years. there was a memorial to all the hikers who died in various wars.. kinda weird to think very much about that..    

Chatgpt led us on a bit of a goose chase.. it made up a lookout tower that didnt really exist.. but that was ok.. 

we did find a very spooky abandoned hotel that was right out of Scooby doo.. ,. and kinda explored it until an autmated alarm scared us off.

really nice to explore the countryside !

nite all, nite sam 
-me

Went for a nice. .. and cold.. run this mornign with nova.. then headed out for some more shopping. We have a car until this weekend.. so we figure we’ll use it

we had to buy food for Nova, So many choices !!!!!  Also love german hardware stores.. they are so full of .. hardware !

THis evening we hiked over to teh vinyard above Randersaker for the wine festical. .It was quite a scene.. Lots (mabey 100 ? ) of people there drinkign local wine from this year, eating various parts of animals.. and making flamekuchne (kind of a local type of Pizza).. there were fire barrells everywhere that kept us all warm.. then hiked back in the dark.. so very fun !!!

I love this place !

nite all. nite sam
-me

Today we spent exploring the area where gabe lives. we walked/ran for several hours aroudn the fields and forests near gabes house.. .its full on spring here so the eather was beautiful and flowers where everywhare

we figured out that there’s goign to be a wine festival out here near the town of randersacker.. right near the old and beautiful Saint Urbain church above the town.. we’re going to try to come back and check it out

our afternoon job was to head to Ikea with Gabe after work for a few more things.. what a crazy layout that store has !

We got really good pizza downtown on our way home.. then started looking at what we baught

I got to talk to Billy this afternoon. He’s doing great.. walking further every day..   he says he feels sharper than ever !

so good to see him

ok.. THats it for oday.. more tomorrow !

nite all. nite sam
-me