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

A shot of the St Louis skyline

 

 

 

Indiana

Indianapolis

Ohio

 

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.

 

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.

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

I admire the silhouette of the trees in the sunset

Michigan

“Welcome to Michigan”

Detroit

The “Bridge to Canada” or the Ambassador Bridge

Motorcity

2,500th Visit!

Stray Dogs

   A couple of dogs strayed into our yard this afternoon, so my brothers tied them up on the deck and we contacted their owner.  They were both very friendly (and obviously cute) and Lydia almost couldn’t contain her excitement when she saw them.

  The owner lived about a mile or so away from our house and she picked up the dogs later that afternoon.

Baseball

  What a fun day!  We met some of our family members at a park this afternoon in part to celebrate several family birthdays.  A game of baseball was started up and it was a whole lot of fun and we were exhausted by the end of the day (which just adds to the fun.)  I’m sure that this day will be one of our most favorite family memories.

Andrew’s 17th Birthday

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   For my 17th Birthday today we ate brunch and drove over to the shooting range to shoot some trap with our shotguns.  Benjamin did pretty well and we were surprised how well Noah did with his 20 gauge.  However, we’re looking forward to doing more practice over the summer.

Correction: The video title says that we’re shooting “skeet,” but we’re actually just shooting “trap” because the clay pigeon comes from in front of you and flies away from you.

Ancestry.com Free Access Week

http://www.ancestry.com/civilwar_sub?o_iid=47668&o_lid=47668

From April 7 to April 14 you can search your family records from 150 years ago for free on the Ancestry.com website.  I’m sure I’ll be spending a few days this week searching through the Civil War records and broadening our family tree.

Lydia with Her Teddy Bear

Time for an Oil Change