June 9-June 19, 2017 Ten days went so quickly!! We monopolized any non-work time daughter Elizabeth and her husband Brett had. We had fun Mexican food with Dave’s family (Jay and Sally Truett and Bob and Susan Weir), sharing stories of our nearly endless estate sale. We were delighted Dave’s Read more…
June 17, 2017 Minutes from the campground is Welchester Tree Grant Park. Lots of trees (of course), a little stream, robins, and, for Dave, a geocache. It was a wonderful day for a walk.
June 7 and 8, 2017 Virtual sight-seeing: When we see something along the highway that piques our interest, we check it out on the computer. First, Fort Riley and Marshall Army Airfield. It was a cavalry post during the campaign against the Plains Indians. Custer was stationed here. Claims are Read more…
June 7, 2017 Dave’s Uncle Jim (his father’s younger brother by a year and a half) died a few years ago but we’ve continued to exchange Christmas cards with his wife Judy. Judy is now married to Rick Galati and they live in a lovely new home in Wentzville, Missouri–a Read more…
June 6, 2017 This was our longest drive yet: 475 miles and 6 states (Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri). We shared the driving (well, Dave took the hard parts like Monteagle Mountain, Nashville and St. Louis) and the worst part of the trip was the bugs we inadvertently Read more…
June 4, 2017 Christian Immer was born in 1836 in Oberhafen, Switzerland. He came to the United States through LeHarve as the Civil War was starting and fought for the 2d Missouri Volunteer Infantry in battles around Chattanooga. His son, Emil Christian Immer, had a daughter, Christine Immer Foster, who Read more…
June 2, 2017 During Jane and Dave’s Chattanooga visit, Jane’s sister-in-law Nancy suggested an outing to the Chief Vann House. Turned out it was a great idea! James Vann was a Cherokee leader and wealthy businessman who owned the largest and most prosperous plantation in the Cherokee nation. The Read more…
May 30-June 6, 2017 Having us around may not have been relaxing for our hosts, Jane’s brother Jon and sister-in-law Nancy, but we had just enough activity and a wonderful visit. Jon’s daughters Crystal and Nikki and their families joined us for fun and Mexican food. Nancy, Noah, Crystal, Jon Read more…
May 30, 2017 The route on Interstate 75 from Florida to Chattanooga is a familiar one–Jane figures she’s traversed it about 70 times–but there’s always something to notice and often conditions requiring adaptations. This trip our interest was piqued by a box truck claiming to be “The Snow Kings”. Later Read more…
The Florida Folk Festival: Florida celebrated by 125 acts on 12 stages over 3 days. Music, folklife demonstrations, storytelling, dancing, crafts, heat, ticks, food and the best root beer floats ever. The Suwannee River at Stephen Foster State Cultural Center Livingston Taylor and Tom Chapin were among our favorite Read more…