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 So for the foodies out there I’d like to share our experience in Paducah, KY. As I mentioned in my previous posting, we stayed at a great little B&B in this small Kentucky town. It was a great find and the owners, Robert and Rachel (interestingly for this Brit, Rachel was from Manchester, UK!!), were wonderful hosts. Rachel had an amazing elephant collection which was also rather interesting because our daughter Melissa has an elephant collection too. But the best part of this B&B was our room. You have to understand that the building looks like a non-descript ranch . . . → Read More: Traveling: Good Food It’s hard to believe. Rich has finally retired from the Navy after 29 years active duty and one year “delayed entry”, for a total of 30 years career. No more alarm clocks ringing at 4.15am. No more white t-shirts in the wash. No more 24/7 being “beholden to Uncle Sam”. It is still rather surreal and I’m sure I won’t feel the full impact until he has been home 24/7 for at least a month once we return from our bike trip. And that’s what this post is about – our Harley trip from Jacksonville, FL, through Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, . . . → Read More: Traveling: The Retirement Ride Leave a comment All Posts, Traveling Ashville, career, Cracker Barrel, creation, Escape B&B, family, Fayetteville, Florida, friends, Georgia, God, happy, Harley, Illinois, Indiana, Italy, Joelton, Kentucky, Louisville, Macon, Marietta, Mazatlan, Mexican, Minnesota, mountains, Naples, Navy, North Carolina, North Dakota, Paducah, retirement, South Dakota, Subway, Tennessee, travel, Uncle Sam, weather, Wisconsin, Zion |
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