When Rich and I left Rod and Trish, we headed east out of Missouri towards St. Louis. Rich wanted us to see the “Archway to the West” and as we rode I-64 I was able to get some decent shots of the archway and the St. Louis skyline. Then we crossed the state border into Illinois going almost halfway across to spend the night in Mount Vernon. We attended Mass in the lovely church of St. Mary’s on Saturday 27 August which left us free to have a small lie-in on the Sunday before making tracks for Louisville, KY and . . . → Read More: Travelling: Family & The Kentucky State Fair
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 Leave a comment  All Posts, Traveling  Bar-b-q, beautiful, beauty, bike, blessed, church, concert, dolphin, excitement, family, food, friends, fudge, gallant, God, happy, Harley, home, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Krispy Kreme, Louisville, Mass, Mexican, Missouri, Mount Vernon, Navy, North Carolina, rainbow, restaurant, retirement, reunion, school, sister, sports, St. Louis, sunrise, sunset, tattoo, thanksgiving, travel, truth, Washington DC, weather In my previous posting Vignette- Paula in Minnesota, I mentioned the “travelling dinner”. I vaguely remember some years ago a friend talking about a “neighborhood dinner”, where everyone from the neighborhood (a fairly small one I believe) shared a meal. However, instead of all coming to one house to eat, the families went from house to house eating a course here and another there. So on one of the evenings that we spent at Sherry and Greg’s place in Minnesota, we were invited to participate in a travelling dinner. Two of the couples did not live in the immediate vicinity . . . → Read More: Minnesota: The Travelling Dinner Leave a comment All Posts, Traveling appetizers, beautiful, clouds, create, Dad, decorations, deja vue, dessert, enjoyable, experience, faeries, family, flower, food, friends, fun, garden, God, heart, heaven, kingdom, Kokopelli, laughter, magical, merrimen t, Minnesota, neighbor, pixie, rain, scenic, travel, tree, trellis, vignette, wine In my previous posting, God’s Creation: Minnesota, I shared the wonderful experience Rich and I had at our friends’ house. However, we didn’t stay at home all the time we were there, even though it was difficult to leave that place so filled with the joy of nature. We actually played the tourists for a couple of days and visited some very interesting places. I was told that everyone who comes to that particular area of Minnesota needs to visit the small town of Nisswa. Actually, Nisswa is about the size of an overgrown village. It is very quaint and . . . → Read More: Travelling: Minnesota Tourists! Leave a comment All Posts, Traveling Alladdin, bloodhound, Canada, Christmas, creation, excitement, family, Florida, friends, gift, God, Gulf of Mexico, happy, Harley, Headwaters, history, Itasca State Park, Jacksonville, joy, lakes, logging, Mary Gibbs, Minnesota, Mississippi, nature, Nisswa, photos, tourist, travel, treasure, USA, wilderness, wildlife |
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