We just returned from a trip to the midwest. We went to Missouri for my littlest sister's highschool graduation and then to Indiana for a mini family reunion. We had a great time. Go to my Flickr page for pictures.
It is a bit sad to note that this trip included many if not lasts then not again for a very long times. I cannont imagine I will return to Cape Girardeau for many years since my family is leaving that place. So I did the many things for the last time in this place. I went to my two favorite reasturants: Port Cape Girardeau and Brousards, I drove around town and viewed old haunts and memorable places, I met with old friends (Paul, Byrd and Tom it was great to see you) and with sadness I drove away. Here is a sign of the times, when I went to go look for the URL for Brousards I made them a friend on Facebook.
Congradulations to my little sister Janna for graduating with distinction. Congrads to my little sister Carly for a sucessful semester abroad. Good job to the Trautweins for fixing up that old Cape house and getting rid of so many things to make the move easier. Nice to see so many Dunhams and Ulrichs. Thanks to Karen and family for putting us up. Thanks to Aaron Crull for being C's buddy, he loved it.
Advice to families when traveling. Get your seat assignments. I was not able to do this when I bought the tickets and it was a big pain in the ass when all three people that can sit in our family were put in different rows. Fortunatly there were some very nice people on the plane who traded seats with us. By the way I used Orbitz website and the TripTracker app.
C, you were a great little traveler. I look forward to many more trips together. When we were all back in Seattle and waiting for the train to our car C said he was ready to go back right now even if it meant another 10 hours of travel. What a trooper and a lover of family.
My family and I don't really travel anymore. We use to take a family trip down south to my grandparents farm. I tell everyone I'm a city boy from the outside but an ole country boy in heart. I really miss the trips we had because all the time we spent to really find out what's going on in each others lives. Always working and doing things with the kids. Time away from the world just brought us closer. Getting to work on the farm. It was nice. I miss those days.
Posted by: Gutterink | 05/27/2010 at 09:36 PM