The Sturgis Rally is upon us – which of course means that the Kollmans are in Aberdeen, helping out. We arrived on Friday afternoon, just in time to help with last minute preparations and go out to dinner, before heading to the stock car races with Scott and Michael. What fun, as Liza hasn’t been to the car races in many years, and Tony hadn’t ever been to them. We were extremely amused to find the name “Kollman” in the program – a driver named Rusty Kollman, from Carrington, ND, which is the town where Tony was born. Tony texted his mom before Rusty’s first race, at which time we found out that they were probably second cousins. So, we had a car to root for the entire night! It was a lot of fun. Michael enjoyed running up and down the bleachers as many times as he could so that he could walk past the stands where his girlfriend sat with her family as often as possible. And Scott, Liza, and Tony very much enjoyed the 12$ buckets of beer – 6 cans for 12 bucks.
We got home after midnight and sat up talking with Mark and Diane for a little bit. Saturday morning came a bit too soon for us, as Mark and Diane were up and ready to go around 7 or so. They finally got the RV and the trailer holding the motorcycle out of the driveway around 8:30, at which time everyone, dogs included, went to take a nap.
While we are here, we are in charge of Mark and Diane’s house, their 12 big dogs in their dog yard, and their three small Klee Kai, along with our own three Klee Kai, and Michael as well. Scott is still here, so it has been fun to hang out with him and go to Walmart, and order pizza and things like that. We are trying to save up our energy, but it seems that as soon as we get one chore done, there is another – a call from the casino, a group of dogs that needs to go out, dog yard chores to be done, meals to be made, and things like that. Liza will try to get as much done as she can this coming week, and Tony will try to get started on the job search for our move to Minneapolis proper in a few weeks.
Saturday was quite eventful, with sweeping at the casino and putting money in the ATMs, and two loose dogs and a dog fight in the back yard. Today has been less events, but still FULL.
We’ll just keep on trucking to get through the week!
