Sunday, June 22, 2014

6/18/2014 - 6/21/2014

Wednesday
An uneventful day of driving took me from Mission Texas to College Station Texas and the Home of the Texas A&M Aggies. Right about 400 miles for the day.

Thursday
Up early and on the road took me from College Station to Van Buren Arkansas. A few drops of rain to finish out the day, but otherwise nothing noteworthy occurred in the 425 miles traveled today.

Friday
Today I made the last 400 miles and ended up at my sisters in Troy Missouri. My sister Angie and her husband Joe were the perfect hosts and my sisters Mary Michael and Kate and Kates husband Jim had arrived. Later in the evening sister Maggie and husband Bill arrived from Michigan and the family motel was full. Lots of jaw jacking as we caught up and entertained each other.

Saturday
BarBque time as my brother Mark and his wife Gail arrived with one of their grandchildren, then several nieces arrived with their families and the noise level rose even higher as we fed our faces and enjoyed each others company. Tomorrow we head for downtown St. Louis for a Cardinal ballgame as the fun continues.

18 comments:

  1. You truly qualified for at least one of the PDD awards with your travels.
    Enjoying family get togethers is always fun even with the increase in the noise level.
    Enjoying a ballgame together is another great way of Enjoying the Good Life.
    Be Safe!

    It's about time.

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    1. Thanks Rick and Kathy, we're going to wear each other out.

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  2. Jaw jacking - I like that. Good way of describing family times. Enjoy the game.

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    1. Might need to apply Ben Gay to the jaw before it's all over with.

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  3. Sounds like a great time. I hope you enjoyed the game. St Louis has one of the best stadiums in MLB.

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    1. Enjoyed the day, the stadium and the ride on MetroLink.

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  4. John ,How long will you be in Troy MO. Maybe you can drop down to Dardenne Prairie for a short visit, Righ now we are having visitor's from Israel in their fiver. But when they leave their will be plenty of time for dinner and a few beers. Sam & Donna.http://samdonna-5thwheelvagabonds.blogspot.com/

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    1. Thanks S&D I am booked solid with a lunch tomorrow and then heading on to Hannibal for a school reunion. I'll keep the offer in mind if something opens up.

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  5. Wow...you sure made great time.

    What fun to be with all your family. I didn't know you had so many siblings.

    Now I know why you were in such a huge hurry to get there...baseball. My kind of man!

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    1. 4 sisters and a brother, makes for plenty of talk.

      Cardinals won, so the day was successful.

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  6. Great that you made it safely. Now keep busy trying to have tooooo much fun.

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  7. Well now all you have to do is have fun and sounds like that is already happening.

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  8. You are hereby awarded the PDD Silver Medal for driving 400 miles in one day. I'd bump it up to Gold if you were driving Mel... ;c)

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  9. I humbly accept ths award on behalf of the little people who helped make this happen.

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  10. That's a lot of daily driving. I used to do that and more, but I've not done that much in a while. It sounds like a wonderful reunion with your family, how fun! And nice that your team won!! :)

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    1. I used to drive trucks cross country, but it's been a ong time. Family time is always good.

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