Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
another word from Avery
today we are going to a Rodeo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i can't wait to see the Bull ridding......plus the barell horse ridding!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and we are going to a carnaval today to!!!!!!!!!!!! yesterday we went to a Indian village!!!!!!!!! and other really cool old time stores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well I got to go!!!!!!!
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[P.S. please pray for my grandfather.. he's in the
hostpital and has a heart problem...got to go
BBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!]
BBBBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[P.S. please pray for my grandfather.. he's in the
hostpital and has a heart problem...got to go
BBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!]
Jerky Alert
We have only found 1 place to try Jerk, this occured in Nebraska...unanomous decision, Dad's won...we're in Cheyenne now, They are having Frontier days,,,,we should find some competetion today and tomorrow as we travel to JacksonHole!...just hope we don't run out of ours before we try too many....
Friday, July 24, 2009
Gateway Arch
Gateway Arch! WOW...this thing is huge as it's height towered over most of the downtown buildings. We did go back in time as we hoppped on the TOM SAWYER River boat and took a short and informative cruise on the Mississippi River. We then proceeded inside the Arch. Boy, the "bucket/space-like" contraption we rode in looked like something from "Lost in Space" (picture to come in a day or so...OH THANKS TO BILL BISHOP FOR OVERNIGHTING my Camera Cable...it is currently in Denver and will be awaiting me in Cheyenne when we arrive...pics tomorrow evening sometime, probably late..THANKS BILL!!!)
Looking down from the arch, people literally look like moving ants! The Arch gave a great view of down town, the riverside looking back into Illinois, and directly into the Cardinals Baseball Stadium. The Arch facility also has a great museum inside showing our countries expansion west, mode of transportaion and the good and bad times it could have represented.
Lunch was in "THE HILL" district which was reccommended by Dr. Holland of GSO, we had a fantastic 2pm Italian lunch at "Zia's" before we headed out....We needed a nap but had to forge "WEST"....well Lori got the nap...2days...2 naps and counting...
So today we left Missouri, and this moring we wake in Grand Island Nebraska....I'm just not sure how this place came to be, because it is truly in the middle of NO WHERE! And there's no water surrounding it......We will be in Cheyenne Wyoming after lunch to participate in Frontier Days, and the worlds largest Rodeo event is happening which we will attend tonight...See us on ESPN (Yeah I'm Sure).
All the girls are asleep and i feel like I could go back, but that will have to wait.....
Wildlife Seen Yesterday: Deer. CORN! Hawks, more Deer and MORE CORN...lololo I have to tell you, Coming out of Kansas City, on the interstate, it waas a littl quite as the girls were watching a Walton's episode (kids ask your folks), and Lori screamed "I saw a deer!" I mean she screamed....she said, "it was beside the road, it was tiny, it had spots"..... Her excitement continued for a while as I laughed, and then giggled later....it apparently was a new fawn, perhaps very new as she said it could not have been more than 2 feet tall...I would loved to have seen it as well but her reaction was priceless...lesson, to bad for all the old dear we saw, their not exciting...
Comment of the day comes from Hailey: "Dad, I don't know how people can actually say that most Americans are lazy. All we have seen is fields full of corn and other stuff, these large industrial plants we've never seen before, the barge workers along the Mississippi, all those who get the stuff from fields to the barges. People work hard in America."
Earlier in the day at the Arch museum I had pointed out a specific picture to the girls and read the heading, it read: "This is a hard life to swallow, but I just couldn't sit back and look to someone to feed us"...this was stated by a Migratory Worker....somehow I feel this point needs to be reinforced today!
Have a great Friday!
Looking down from the arch, people literally look like moving ants! The Arch gave a great view of down town, the riverside looking back into Illinois, and directly into the Cardinals Baseball Stadium. The Arch facility also has a great museum inside showing our countries expansion west, mode of transportaion and the good and bad times it could have represented.
Lunch was in "THE HILL" district which was reccommended by Dr. Holland of GSO, we had a fantastic 2pm Italian lunch at "Zia's" before we headed out....We needed a nap but had to forge "WEST"....well Lori got the nap...2days...2 naps and counting...
So today we left Missouri, and this moring we wake in Grand Island Nebraska....I'm just not sure how this place came to be, because it is truly in the middle of NO WHERE! And there's no water surrounding it......We will be in Cheyenne Wyoming after lunch to participate in Frontier Days, and the worlds largest Rodeo event is happening which we will attend tonight...See us on ESPN (Yeah I'm Sure).
All the girls are asleep and i feel like I could go back, but that will have to wait.....
Wildlife Seen Yesterday: Deer. CORN! Hawks, more Deer and MORE CORN...lololo I have to tell you, Coming out of Kansas City, on the interstate, it waas a littl quite as the girls were watching a Walton's episode (kids ask your folks), and Lori screamed "I saw a deer!" I mean she screamed....she said, "it was beside the road, it was tiny, it had spots"..... Her excitement continued for a while as I laughed, and then giggled later....it apparently was a new fawn, perhaps very new as she said it could not have been more than 2 feet tall...I would loved to have seen it as well but her reaction was priceless...lesson, to bad for all the old dear we saw, their not exciting...
Comment of the day comes from Hailey: "Dad, I don't know how people can actually say that most Americans are lazy. All we have seen is fields full of corn and other stuff, these large industrial plants we've never seen before, the barge workers along the Mississippi, all those who get the stuff from fields to the barges. People work hard in America."
Earlier in the day at the Arch museum I had pointed out a specific picture to the girls and read the heading, it read: "This is a hard life to swallow, but I just couldn't sit back and look to someone to feed us"...this was stated by a Migratory Worker....somehow I feel this point needs to be reinforced today!
Have a great Friday!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Camera Cable...
We just discovered that Mr. Belk left the camera cable for transferring data on his desk in g-boro..it may be a few days before pics & video are up...will use the small cameras tomorrow for some pics to share!
Oh, we also discovered that we have no idea what time zone this BlogSPOT uses..my blog from early this morning posted I think around 4am....I can assure you I was not up at that point...currently it is 9:26pm in St. Louis....10:26pm in NC.
Oh, we also discovered that we have no idea what time zone this BlogSPOT uses..my blog from early this morning posted I think around 4am....I can assure you I was not up at that point...currently it is 9:26pm in St. Louis....10:26pm in NC.
A WOrd from Taylor
Hey peopl who r on this blog..... this is taylor as u alredy kno. anyway im just goin to say i miss...... my dog heidi and my baby bear. but thats not all..... i miss leanna banana, mollie hedgecock(whom we most find a suitabl nickname 4), leah bear lemon square, charly carly, and mhershey marissa!!!!!! luv ya!! bibi
Our FIRST (2nd) Day.....
Since we pulled out last night, we were able to make it to Lexington Kentucky just in time for the weather pattern to change and the rain had really sat in....We decided to grab lunch at one of Sonya Ostendorfs favorite places called Joe Bolgna's....Italian GReat Pizza and salad.....just happened to be round the corner from a Mellow Mushroom....but ut was great! Got ask about UNC Basketball as I had a shirt on,, the questions were as if I was a UNC recruiter.... WHile at lunch we checked the weather pattern and saw that it was not going to let up so we decided to forgo the Kentucky HOrse Park until we come back through...did see some great horse farms in the process though....I'm writing from St Louis, as we decided to head on and had our reservations moved.
TOmorrow we go to the Arch, see the water front and possibly put in a long afternoon drive as we are actually 1 full day ahead of our original schedule.
Wildlife seen today: Big Buck, Lots of Wild Turkey, Hawks, Orioles, CORN, CORN , and MORE CORN..........
TOmorrow we go to the Arch, see the water front and possibly put in a long afternoon drive as we are actually 1 full day ahead of our original schedule.
Wildlife seen today: Big Buck, Lots of Wild Turkey, Hawks, Orioles, CORN, CORN , and MORE CORN..........
A Word From Avery....
Today was fffuuuunnn, inntteerreeesttinng, aannnnddd, weird (her new word for everthing)....change of plans.....we left early.....Saw the Arch of St Louis as we drove in...saw lots of horses.....uuhhmmm...thats it!
Voice from Hailey for today...
"This has been the longest day but we watched the Little Rascals all day!
Just Had to Get Going...
Well Its' Wednesday am, departure day.....welllll, we left last night! Pulled out @ 8:30pm and have awakened in Beckley W. VA. While we have been thru tunnels and such before the kids were amazed at how large and long the tunnels were coming up 77 into VA & West VA and the fact that the large mountains were above us. Their all sleeping and it's time to get them up and get on up the road!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Keep Getting Ready...
YOu know how you plan a trip....your anxious to go and then your exit date seems to be slow in coming? Well that's were Mr Belk is!!!
I'm packed, Lori thinks she has the girls clothes ready.....Avery spent the day riding a horse at her great uncles, so she is now ready for horse back as a 9 year old "barrel expert". Taylor will be back from the beach on Monday, and I have that list that all of a sudden does not seem to be moving at all!
Lori just set off the car alarm and is waking the neighborhood.......
Piles of clothes are in each room, the dogs are gone, we're cleaning out the fridge...My batch of Venison jerky is now complete for the road
Just Waiting at this point....Monday to the office, tennis match in the evening, (I MUST WIN), then...that list has to get done...somehow it will...or it won't matter!
I'm packed, Lori thinks she has the girls clothes ready.....Avery spent the day riding a horse at her great uncles, so she is now ready for horse back as a 9 year old "barrel expert". Taylor will be back from the beach on Monday, and I have that list that all of a sudden does not seem to be moving at all!
Lori just set off the car alarm and is waking the neighborhood.......
Piles of clothes are in each room, the dogs are gone, we're cleaning out the fridge...My batch of Venison jerky is now complete for the road
Just Waiting at this point....Monday to the office, tennis match in the evening, (I MUST WIN), then...that list has to get done...somehow it will...or it won't matter!
Getting Ready to Get Ready
Weekend before we leave.....all the kids are away with friends or family for the weekend. A
2 1/2 -page list has been created for Lori and David to complete before Wednesday morning gets here...I'm not sure tennis was on the list but it found its' way into our Saturday evening...David's afternoon nap on the couch that was interrupted by Chad Hall wasn't supposed to be there either...maybe that's why Chad called.
In case we needed the air matress (you know hotesl are not made for families of 5 and we're not cheap, just thrifty and think 2 hotel roomsat each stop along the way would be wasting money)...the air mattress has a slow leak that was revealed by the flatness of the matress when we returned from playing tennis...now we'll be bugging our friends for one.
With everyone gone it is easier to do less and relax, but they will all be back on Sunday afternoon and then we'll be running around wishing we had done more when we could.....
2 1/2 -page list has been created for Lori and David to complete before Wednesday morning gets here...I'm not sure tennis was on the list but it found its' way into our Saturday evening...David's afternoon nap on the couch that was interrupted by Chad Hall wasn't supposed to be there either...maybe that's why Chad called.
In case we needed the air matress (you know hotesl are not made for families of 5 and we're not cheap, just thrifty and think 2 hotel roomsat each stop along the way would be wasting money)...the air mattress has a slow leak that was revealed by the flatness of the matress when we returned from playing tennis...now we'll be bugging our friends for one.
With everyone gone it is easier to do less and relax, but they will all be back on Sunday afternoon and then we'll be running around wishing we had done more when we could.....
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