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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Trip with the Haguewoods

October 26-29, 2014
This post is part of a series of posts on our trip to the Creation Museum and North Carolina this fall.

We hit the road this afternoon with the Haguewood family for a trip to Cincinnati and the Creation Museum.  After our stay, our family would drive on to North Carolina for the NCFIC Conference later that week (post coming soon!)
Benjamin was my buddy for the first leg of the trip

As you can see in this picture, we had the FUN vehicle,
while everyone else was in the hum-drumvee.
Among other things, we may have had a Frozen sing-along….which thankfully isn’t on video – I wish!


The van was really full, so Ben had to ride up here for most of the drive.
Trying to order some coffee at a Dunkin’ Donuts…we sat here for several minutes before we realize that it was closed – definitely made for some good laughs.


The house that we were staying in was absolutely amazing and really exceed my expectations

Kitchen and dining area

Living room


Playing some pool in the basement…very late at night.

Some serious shots


Good morning!  There’s nothing like starting your day with some coffee!
There were a load of very unflattering early-morning photos on my camera, but out of respect for others – including those of you reading this – I’m only posting a photo of yours truly. :)
I think that I got an average of 4 hours of sleep each night.

Hmm…can you guess what we’re thinking?
Knight to f6?
Pawn to d5?
Do I continue with the Sicilian defense opening playbook?



Well, here’s what we were actually thinking:
“This is a really small chess board.”


Breakfast casserole and Gideon
Both very edible

Abigail and Ben doing dishes


Great times of casual conversation
The house was located on a very isolated 12 acres, so we took several walks and hikes during our stay.  We took a final hike up this hill just a few minutes before we parted ways and the Haguewoods headed home while we drove on to North Carolina.





An overly-stylized and slightly creepy picture of Emma

“Sisters…sisters…there were never such devoted sisters…
…two different faces, but in tight places, we act and we think as one.”
-White Christmas

Benjamin

Thursday, April 21, 2011

14-Pics From the Road

  We left our house today to travel up to Detroit to visit with Deanna and Kenny who are good friends and also cousins.  They had to move up to Detroit for work when the Chrysler plant closed here in St. Louis.

Illinois

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A shot of the St Louis skyline

 

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Indiana

Indianapolis

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Ohio

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Checking to make sure the luggage and coolers are tight

We pulled off to a rest stop to…well….stop and rest.  We got some food out of the cooler and made some sandwiches to eat while we drove.

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Lydia has always been an absolute model of a “traveling” dog. She was pretty happy with just laying on somebody’s lap for the entire drive.  In this picture she is wearing her…believe it or not…special “car seat” harness.

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I was able to snap a few nice photos while the sun set.

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I admire the silhouette of the trees in the sunset

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Michigan

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“Welcome to Michigan”

Detroit

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The “Bridge to Canada” or the Ambassador Bridge

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Motorcity