On the road again

Nashville, TN - 72º and super-humid.  Slight off-and-on showers

 We are in Nashville this Saturday morning- went to Grand Ole Opry  live Friday night broadcast last night.




  We left our home in Clarinda, IA last Sunday about 11:30 am after singing in the choir at church.  Drove to St. Joe, MO and then took 36 east to near Macon, Missouri where we set up the trailer and then drove some 37 miles north to Kirksville, MO where youngest granddaughter Emmy and her SO Vince live.  Visited with them short time (they had just returned from near Minneapolis, MN where Vince had been in a wedding on Saturday.  We returned to our trailer for the night and drove back north Monday morning to visit with Emmy.

  Heath had to leave for work by 7:00 am which is why we had visited with him the evening before.   She showed us her apartment and we went out for brunch then she showed us the town and where she works at TV Station north of town.

 After leaving Emmy we went back south, hooked up the trailer and drove on south to Jefferson City, MO.

Leaves were just a little past most brilliant colors, but still lots of color as we drove down 63.

Crossing the Missouri River near Jefferson City.

View of Capital as we got near.

 Missouri State Capital.  We had a good tour - a busload of senior citizens from Oklahoma and Kansas had a limited time and after about 45 minutes with them we finished the tour being the only ones with the guide.

They have a room that is full mural - depicting all types of people and making a living in Missouri.  The guide told a lot of the stories behind each area of the murals.

Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about all aspects Missouri, from the fact that Missouri leads the nation in Lead Mining to the sports between St. Louis & Kansas City.  Here he stands by a bust of Emmett Kelly, Sr. who was from Missouri.  He was a leading Rodeo Clown and his son carries on in his stead now.

This photo is a little out of order.

Three of the four Miles Brothers, Don, Lynn & Darrell, left to right.  We were posing at the Missouri River just north of Cape Girardeau, MO on Wednesday, October 21st.  We spent time with Darrell's who camped beside us with their motor home for couple nights.

One week to departure

55º in Clarinda, IA - was 42º earlier.  Predicted high today of 75º and tomorrow a record-breaker 87º.
Click on any photo to enlarge - click on links to see where they lead.

Well, lets see -- been a week since I wrote.  What have we done this last week other than getting ready to pull out with our trailer a week from tomorrow (Oct. 23rd)

Last Sunday we went, with Bonnie & Leland Brown, to the program at the local Museum.  Fort Meigs, near Toledo, Ohio, and the War of 1812 was the subject. Click HERE for Fort Meigs history  
Rick Finch had been the curator there for many years ad was able to talk of the building of the fort and history of the battles fought near it.

That was the first day the Museum had the US flag with POW flag below it, and all Armed Service flags flying on the newly installed poles near the Freedom Rock in front of the Museum along Highway 71.  They did not have lights installed at that time so would be taking them down at night, but are planning on installing lights for 24-hour service.

 Have ridden several times down to the airport and around the apron (.9 mile around it).  This plane sitting there several days - a bit unusual.  We very seldom see activity at the airport -- other than the back-up helicopter was in a hanger with door open one day - apparently being checked out, though no one was around.

Fall colors of leaves starting in Clarinda

Waited in line one day to cash in a few deposit-pop cans.

Phyllis finished quilting this quilt that was one of someones at church.

On our ride with trikes -- this house decorated for Halloween -- across street from Westridge Nursing Home.

This is the frame with photos taken last May for the Church Directory.  We didn't get it until back from our summer trip.


Gradually getting things packed in the back of the pickup that we want to take to our house in Texas.  We plan to pull out at noon next Sunday.  Have lined up to spend some time near Cape Girardeau to visit brother Don and his wife and also Brother Darrell and his wife will be there with their RV the middle of the next week.

Later, Lynn

Fall Temps in SW Iowa

60 degrees at 10:30 am Saturday October 3, 2015.  Was 42 degrees at 7:30 am.

Thursday evening we picked up our "country neighbors" (when we lived west of Clarinda on Highway 2) Jim and Evelyn Whipple and Marcene VonDiligan and went to Red Oak to eat at the Pizza Ranch.  Afterward we ate a lemon pie that Phyllis had made (The last of the lemons we picked at Don Ferguson's place in our RV Park in Texas).

Yesterday Carolyn & Al Ruhde came by, on their way to Ames for Iowa State football game today, and we ate lunch at Runza here in town.  Got caught up on visiting since we have only been here couple weeks and leave again in couple weeks.









To you followers of my blog -- I used to have all the photos we take available on my Picasa web site.  They changed their setup a little and I wasn't able to see how to make them available to the public.  After a little nudge from Rosie Busch about needing to see the pictures I studied it and found it simple, though different than it had been, and got them turned on.  Keep in mind that I still am going through and editing them and putting labels on.  Here are the sites:

A page of Links to my Picasa websites with Miles 2015 summer trip photos.

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201506DWintersWinipeg

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201507CRosie

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201507EVanOenens#

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201507FStCathrineCrosbys

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201507GIntoNewYork02#

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201507GIntoNewYork

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508CVermont

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508D2ndVermont

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508DNewHampshire

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508ENewHampshire

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508FMaine

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508GMaine

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508HAugustaCarla

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508KOldOrchardBeachMaine

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508LConcordAlbany

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508NRhodeIslandCapitol

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508OMarkTwain

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508PNJCapital

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508QPennsylvania

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508R2ndPenn

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201508SOhio

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201509AIndiana

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201509BIllinois

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/201509DIowa

These are from our summer trip.  If you want to look around, and/or download any, feel free to do so.

Going to go outside and kill some Poison Ivy in the back yard now.

Later, Lynn

October 2015 is here!

55 degrees here this morning in Clarinda, IA.
Been a week since I wrote; lets see, what have we done.

Oh yeah, we went to Hiawatha, Kansas Monday to visit with our next-door neighbors Harold and LaRoada Nehr.  Picked some apples from their trees, had a terrific lunch and then played Pegs & Jokers for a few hours.  We had driven down Highway 71 and stopped in St. Joe, MO on the way; and on the way back we drove north in to Nebraska and then crossed into Missouri at Rulo.  Stopped at John Metzger's place in Mound City, MO but he was not home.  Lots of crops on the verge of being harvested in southeast Nebraska and Southwest Iowa.  Nehr's were about half done with corn, working slowly as it was still carrying some moisture.

Tuesday night we drove to Red Oak, IA and helped with the square dance entertaining at nursing home on the north side of town, eating afterwards at the Pizza Ranch.  Last night we rode the trikes up to the church for choir practice.  Since we are finished around 7 pm it was just about starting to get late by time we got home.  Don't like to ride on the public streets after dark.
Tonight we are taking our "country neighbors" Jim & Evelyn Whipple and Marcelene Von Dilligan out to supper.  Not sure where we will eat.

Only 18 days and we will be hooked on to the trailer and heading south.  So far, our plans include staying that night in an RV Park just south of Kirksville, MO and visiting our granddaughter Emily and her roommate Vince, then going on south to Jefferson City, MO for a state capitol tour.  Will go on over to Cape Girardeau and spend some time with brother Don and his wife Vicki.  We have tickets to see the Grand Ole Opry  on Friday night the 23rd.  Plan on going south to tour Mississippi's capital in Jackson and then spend a few nights near Hazelhurst, MS and visit with Phyllis' cousin Stan Runyon and his wife Ann.  Then, if my brother Darrell is coming with their RV up to meet us near Pensacola, FL we will go that way and spend a few days with them.  After that will head for south Texas, maybe stopping at Phyllis' Cousin Rusty Heuer at Elkhart, TX and maybe her cousin Ruth Davis in Houston before getting to our place in La Feria, TX in early November.

Later, Lynn