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I guess the word is out...the ag agent is back in the office for a couple of days. I have 4 clients to visit today spread from here to Wyoming! I'll be looking at trees, wheat, and corn...fun stuff! I went out yesterday to look at a lilac, but the homeowner wasn't home. Well, I guess that I had better get to it.

It's been a while yet again!!!

This has easily been the busiest two weeks of my life! I have hosted 35 delegates from Floyd County Virginia this past week. It was easily the biggest project that I have undertaken as an Extension Agent. We picked the group up in Malta, MT from the train station...the train was 9 hours late so we didn't get back to town until 3:30 am! Rather than have host families come to town that early, we just crashed at the fairgrounds on the floor...really good night's sleep that was!!! The next morning we hauled them down to Yellowstone National Park for a camping trip. I don't know if anyone else has ever tried to camp with 53 people; but it's kind of like herding chickens. The park was beautiful and the weather was great, but we didn't make very good time up the Gallatin Valley and we didn't get back to town until 2:00 am. The 4th of July was a "family day" but some of the families wanted to get together and BBQ, so those of us who wanted to went to a ranch and just played all day...the kids thought it was great fun to throw the adults into the stock tank (I went in once; some went in more than that). The stock tank was a better option than the water hose...coldest water I've ever felt coming out of a hose! The next day was a tour of the county with a stop at the historical museum, battlefield, a pow wow on the reservation and dinner at another ranch! The final day of the exchange was another "family day" and I took my folks out for a day at the Grapevine Ranch...it was great, we toured, grilled steaks, and generally just took it easy. On the 7th we hauled everyone back to Malta to catch the train and again I didn't get home until after 8:00 pm. 4-H Congress is my next event so maybe I will get to see my home sometime soon...who knows.