NEW 2021 GMC YUKON XL AT LAST

 In January 2020, I started trying to order a new GMC Yukon XL.  Starting at that time, I figured that I would have delivery by mid-summer.  I was wrong. The virus screwed everything up.  I started trying different dealers around the state to find one that could order the vehicle. I tried 7 different dealers.  Finally, one of them contacted me in April 2021 and said that they had just received an okay from GM to order the vehicle I wanted.  It was only because the salesman there remembered me from an earlier contact and contacted me to let me know his dealership had gotten approval for a 2021 GMC Yukon XL like I wanted.  I can't thank Bob Yozamp with Miller Buick GMC in St. Cloud enough for all his help and keeping me in mind.  The new vehicle was delivered to me on the 15th of June 2021.  A year and a half is the longest I have ever had to wait to get a new vehicle.  We have taken a short trip in it already and have a little over 200 miles on it.  I think it is going to be a good one.  Here are some pictures.

Front and drivers side

Drivers side

Rear

Passenger side

Patrick

NEW GUY

 There are several Mallard Drakes that come up and eat under the bird feeders on a regular basis.  They do a good job of cleaning up the stuff that the birds knock off the feeders.  This year, for the first time, there is a new guy in the bunch.  It is a male Wood duck.  We have never had any Wood ducks around here before.  He seems to be all by himself as we haven't seen any others or any Wood duck hens.  He is a nice looking fellow and seems to get along with the Mallards just fine.  Here are some pictures of the Mallards and the Wood duck.

 This is the Wood duck.

Ducks in a row on the way back to the river.  They normally walk or waddle, but will fly if startled

This is the bunch that was here this morning.  There are sometimes as many as 10 or 12 at one time.

Patrick