we are going to papas hows today

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 1.You must travel over the Mississippi River to get to Papa's farm in Illinois. (see the Arch?)

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Oops! The road to Papa's farm is flooded today. We must look at the map and go another way!

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See the train tracks? They tell us that we are almost to the farm. Papa lives out in the county in a little town called Shattuc. It is about 100 miles east of St. Louis and only 300 people live there!

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This is Papa. He is my great grandpa and he is 93 years old. We have just finished a delicious lunch!

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Here we are standing with Dad and Blake on the big oil pump. The pump operates on a timer which turns it on & off.

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Here we are with Dad on the four-wheeler.

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This is Papa's backyard. Can you see my friend Murphy?

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Audrey rode on the Gator with us to Papa's pond. It is way too cold to swim today!

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Back at the house, the guys play some pool in the basement.

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Now we are taking a break and warming up next to the fire.

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the train tracks are about a half a mile from papas howes (house)
We spent time talking about how there are train tracks marked on the map too. Can you see them?

 

What a great day at Papa's farm!