tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319776792024-03-13T01:53:53.008-07:00Did Someone Say RV Road Trip?Termitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882702572341218280noreply@blogger.comBlogger415125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31977679.post-23244442884776415332010-12-05T06:47:00.008-07:002010-12-05T08:19:54.534-07:00USA to Switzerland<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> 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mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Let’s step back a moment to a day in October 2009 when an email popped into my mailbox.<span style=""> </span>The message invited me to consider a position with UNICEF in Geneva, Switzerland.<span style=""> </span>Apparently, the resume I had submitted six months earlier finally grabbed someone’s attention.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I read the job description attached to the email in disbelief.<span style=""> </span>The qualifications described my career skills – a 100% match!<span style=""> </span>Ed and my son Chris also read the job description.<span style=""> </span>Ed shouted, “SOLD!” And, Chris warned me, “Mom, if you apply, you are going to be going to Switzerland.<span style=""> </span>You match this job perfectly. Go for it!”<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Three days before the November application deadline, I hit send.<span style=""> </span>A current resume and updated cover letter launched into cyberspace.<span style=""> </span>And then, I waited and waited.<span style=""> </span>No, news came for four months. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The next email hit my box in February, 2010.<span style=""> </span>Could I participate in a teleconference interview?<span style=""> </span>Yes.<span style=""> </span>Two weeks later, another email arrived.<span style=""> </span>Can you come to Geneva? I countered with the idea of a teleconference.<span style=""> </span>After all, I had commitments in the USA. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“Teleconference?”<span style=""> </span>HR hesitated. <span style=""> </span>“Ok, agreed!”<span style=""> </span>No trip to Geneva, a teleconference would suffice. There’d be no jaunt to Europe. Technology served me well with visual clarity and minimal vocal delay. <span style=""> </span>The interview discussion convinced me this was a good fit. Only one “opps” occurred. As I gestured my hand with enthusiasm, I bumped my pearl earring. The earring went skidding across the conference table like a puck on an air hockey table. The interviewers didn’t notice and I just kept on talking.<span style=""> </span>Days later, a third phone call covered a few more points for clarity.<span style=""> </span>And then, I waited and waited.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The official offer to join the UNICEF Private Fundraising and Partnership team in Geneva happened the day before my sorority reunion in April 2010.<span style=""> </span>I was home in Greensburg for the reunion so I broke the news in person to my family.<span style=""> </span>Mixed reactions of pride, hesitancy, and the reality that I’d be leaving the USA hit my family.<span style=""> </span>By contrast, my sorority sisters squealed with happiness for me.<span style=""> </span>Just as in our years at PITT, my Alpha Delta Pi sisters celebrated my joy with hugs, encouragement, and a celebratory toast!<span style=""> </span>A day later, Ed met me at the Kansas City Airport with a bouquet of balloons!<span style=""> </span>We were on our way to a new life experience.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirR2_5nqDKZp8e1HFVyp8VxXx-d8yGZbzkoyBG3OMlxydcNpp_gZLuwyUpIKRPWmEuLeoYql6fbEjDBNbCCPm3KUppegjQMxdzyQU3PV16zCIxnN7yRh8uoj4kWvTR7Wyuj08/s1600/IMG_2446.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirR2_5nqDKZp8e1HFVyp8VxXx-d8yGZbzkoyBG3OMlxydcNpp_gZLuwyUpIKRPWmEuLeoYql6fbEjDBNbCCPm3KUppegjQMxdzyQU3PV16zCIxnN7yRh8uoj4kWvTR7Wyuj08/s320/IMG_2446.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547196562695377810" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKk27HD6XKOJDs-U-2a2R6U7IuiEY5ifptkAKJu1uOPO8xPoOdyi83jC6C4DEzA_WcGPdrRL9pMD0E1THOJlY8atjZgEZheiSmgL5mmTrc6zA_LPNHCI1zHj7HdA_zRISJb6T9/s1600/IMG_1822.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKk27HD6XKOJDs-U-2a2R6U7IuiEY5ifptkAKJu1uOPO8xPoOdyi83jC6C4DEzA_WcGPdrRL9pMD0E1THOJlY8atjZgEZheiSmgL5mmTrc6zA_LPNHCI1zHj7HdA_zRISJb6T9/s320/IMG_1822.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547215764864008642" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">When this excitement happened, we were in Independence, Missouri, a place with historic connections to the United Nations, my new global employer.<span style=""> </span>Ceremoniously, I visited the UN Peace Plaza. The statuette mimicked my joy.<span style=""> </span>Ed took photos of me standing where is estimated Switzerland to be located on the world mosaic in the plaza of the Temple of the Community of Christ. This was meant to happen to me as if the story was being written with a transitional beginning and end.<span style=""> </span>Ed and I started our RV road trip on Independence Day 2007; now our road trip would end in Independence, Missouri. 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gifts.<span style=""> </span>Bold is compressing my stuff into three suitcases to move to Switzerland. Bold is immersing myself in the Swiss culture where people speak French and buy with cash.<span style=""> </span>Bold is giving up travel by car, shopping at Wal-Mart, and unlimited cell phone minutes evenings and weekends.<span style=""> </span>Bold is saying “Goodbye.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">My husband Ed called our last three months in the USA the <i style="">longest goodbye ever</i>.<span style=""> </span>He was right in tagging the lunches, parties, and visits that way but somehow, I needed these interactions with people important in my life.<span style=""> </span>And so it was that I said my goodbyes, each one full of meaning, building confidence that I made the right choice, and connecting to people important to me who have contributed to my successes, held meaning in my life.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The following are photos of these precious moments spent before a Continental flight landed me in Geneva, Switzerland where a bold new life experience would begin.</p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd8BN3sNSs7UtVGJlfzKjIQeEH4sM_JHYO0l2Q06gNhuj4o68epnUsKb-VLtINIUTkZsJqOzURSKpFLpOkL2ynfXvOnb3AywEy-NywdmyYBm2OwYBgCqlJ6TG1TUAIv1K0NhA/s1600/s41714cc119942_8_5.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd8BN3sNSs7UtVGJlfzKjIQeEH4sM_JHYO0l2Q06gNhuj4o68epnUsKb-VLtINIUTkZsJqOzURSKpFLpOkL2ynfXvOnb3AywEy-NywdmyYBm2OwYBgCqlJ6TG1TUAIv1K0NhA/s320/s41714cc119942_8_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547184833304957970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Portrait of Mom & Me<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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Neither he nor I would have ever imagined that my life would bring me to Switzerland.<span style=""> </span>I arrived on August 2, 2010, a day that marks the official end of my RV road trip. I have come to this country to work as the Major Donor Global Fundraising Specialist for UNICEF in Geneva.<span style=""> </span>Ed and I have stored the Prevost coach which we affectionately called “Dolly’s Pride” so I could accept this extraordinary opportunity.<span style=""> </span>Our new life in Europe is another one of my bold moves ranking <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn8e56N7w91sokbCQtqYali-2EUofpOrLXfXfPoUSxffIE3-7aPUiie0Uw57-bIJxYJwbknUa8LIvNHZsJN3VuDhhjYCmGKfq9de6iEogrkvYHX7JGlI_7ynOhlk972qIxQFR/s1600/Grand+Tour+Map+May+2010+010.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjn8e56N7w91sokbCQtqYali-2EUofpOrLXfXfPoUSxffIE3-7aPUiie0Uw57-bIJxYJwbknUa8LIvNHZsJN3VuDhhjYCmGKfq9de6iEogrkvYHX7JGlI_7ynOhlk972qIxQFR/s320/Grand+Tour+Map+May+2010+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547166085811563906" border="0" /></a>along with the decisions in 2007 to sell our Texas home, leave a career with the prestigious fundraising firm of Ketchum, and take a 24 month 20 day, 28,022 mile road trip. So now, I am on a journey of a new kind – living in a modern apartment in the Swiss village of Mies, working for the United Nations agency UNICEF, and experiencing culture shock while adapting to the Swiss way of life.<span style=""> </span>Follow me on this new journey…building an international major donor program for UNICEF and exploring Switzerland, then eventually Europe.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">November 4, 2010</i></p>Termitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882702572341218280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31977679.post-13485581649282835972009-12-06T15:30:00.001-07:002009-12-06T15:34:33.597-07:002009 U Go! Awards: I Won Best Nature Photo!!!
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">All my life I have won things.<span style=""> </span>When banks wanted to encourage customers to us ATM banking, Pittsburgh National Bank randomly awarded cash prizes for withdrawals.<span style=""> </span>I won $20.<span style=""> </span>My essay on citizenship submitted to the American Legion took top prize.<span style=""> </span>The veterans awarded me a trail bike and my high school English teacher received a $25 U.S. Savings Bond.<span style=""> </span>As a frequent flier, the photo I submitted of my grand-daughter Brianna sitting in my suitcase won an American Airlines “road warrior” recognition.<span style=""> </span>Now, this week, I have learned that one of the many photos that I posted on <a href="http://www.igougo.com/">www.igougo.com</a> is winner of the 2009 U Go! Awards.<span style=""> </span>This photo won the Best of Nature Photo in the Frames of Flora Awards.<span style=""> </span>How cool is that?</p>
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The sidewalks – well, the sidewalks were jammed with people. Some brought chairs, others just plopped on the curb.<span style=""> </span>The crowd lined the streets of town square and all the surrounding arteries.<span style=""> </span>Downtown was alive and elbow-to-elbow with people.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I found a spot behind a street barrier on O’Sage at the base of a hill.<span style=""> </span>I had a cascading view from the top of the hill to the level boulevard. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">When the parade began, a line of headlights crested the hill.<span style=""> </span>The Independence Police Force came forward in an impressive formation.<span style=""> </span>The parade began with the thunder of their Harleys.<span style=""> </span>Bands, show dogs, dance schools, witches, Scout troops, antique cars, John Deer tractors, more Harleys, Red Hatters, and even a Coast Guard boat followed.<span style=""> </span>Ghostly creatures, darling princesses, and a politician or two passed by with waves and hand tosses of candy to the spectators.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The parade went on for over an hour.<span style=""> </span>That’s how the folks in Independence, Missouri celebrate Halloween!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">October 31, 2009<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1w4daOxeS0nZeQJNtyXWYyGNmHaoTlP4RmhkfD0IkJXqsHOCoXzQkYxr1IeprN32l-XfP5MIrYwDiUXvH3hRgv_2jCs4G7PehUt8ueB_jSyW01_BAFmjRjPvYgvBLJEM2wRr/s1600/IMG_2767.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1w4daOxeS0nZeQJNtyXWYyGNmHaoTlP4RmhkfD0IkJXqsHOCoXzQkYxr1IeprN32l-XfP5MIrYwDiUXvH3hRgv_2jCs4G7PehUt8ueB_jSyW01_BAFmjRjPvYgvBLJEM2wRr/s200/IMG_2767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409655687809315138" border="0" /></a></p>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">The presence of America’s 33<sup>rd</sup> President Harry S. Truman dominates downtown Independence, Missouri. He lived here, governed from here, and built his presidential library here.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">His image is silhouetted on streetlight banners.<span style=""> </span>Plaques embedded in the city sidewalks through the Truman District and neighborhood map a 2.7 mile trail of key places in Harry’s life.<span style=""> </span>It’s called the Truman Walking Trail.<span style=""> </span>Clinton’s Soda Fountain on the corner at 100 W. Maple Street still serves ice cream. It’s the place where Harry had his first job.<span style=""> </span>And, the Victorian house where he lived from 1919 until his death in 1972 remains known as the “Summer White House.”</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Our “road trip” brought Ed and me to Independence in early September when I took a job in Kansas City.<span style=""> </span>We thought our two-years of travel experiences had ended.<span style=""> </span>Instead, we became tourists in our new home – Harry’s town.<span style=""> </span>Bit-by-bit, the historic nature of Independence captivated Ed and I.<span style=""> </span>Was it coincidence that when we arrived I had been reading a biography written by David McCullough: <u>Truman?</u><span style=""> </span>Ed frequently remarks that it is “freaky” to be in Independence since he considers July 4<sup>th</sup> – “Independence Day” – as his start date for our “road trip.”
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Harry’s own road trips are chronicled around Independence.<span style=""> </span>He bought a car to travel from his family’s rural farm to Independence to court Bess Wallace, the woman he married.<span style=""> </span>The town’s train depot is noted for his whistle-stop presidential campaign and trips to Washington, D.C.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">For eight years, Harry guided the U.S. as President and a world leader.<span style=""> </span>He made the difficult decision to drop the atomic bomb in World War II.<span style=""> </span>He helped form the United Nations, NATO, and the Marshall Plan.<span style=""> </span>He ordered the Berlin Airlift. The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence contains his presidential papers and a replica of his White House office. <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>His gravesite and that of his wife Bess are in the courtyard.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Every step in Independence, whether in the Presidential Library and Museum or strolling the Truman District. Harry feels like a good neighbor. He’s had such humble beginnings that to call him “Truman” seems cold.<span style=""> </span>He’s Harry and his spirit is everywhere in town.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style="">Harry S. Truman Library & Museum<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right">500 W. U.S. Highway 24</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right">Independence, MO<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right">800-833-1225</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><a href="http://www.trumanlibrary.org/">www.trumanlibrary.org</a></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">September 26 & 27, 2009<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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I prayed for successful peacemaking efforts around the world.<span style=""> </span>I heard the organ pipes play and voices rise in song, “Let There Be Peace on Earth.” I was seated in a sanctuary where each day a different country is selected for reflection in the Daily Prayer for Peace.<span style=""> </span>On this day, two pre-teen girls, accompanied by their mom, led the service in observation of the United Nations Youth Day.<span style=""> </span>They read scripture, offered a prayer, sang the hymn, and became quiet to allow silent meditation.<span style=""> </span>This brief experience happened in the emblem of peace for the world, the Temple Sanctuary of the Community of Christ in Independence, Missouri.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">From the Campus RV Park in Independence where we parked the Prevost, the spire of the Temple rose high about the tree line shining in the August sun like a silver needle poking through a bright blue fabric.<span style=""> </span>This architectural masterpiece is home to the World Headquarters of the Community of Christ, an international denomination with 250,000 members in more than 50 countries.<span style=""> </span>Persons of all faiths are welcome to the Temple which was dedicated in 1994 to the “pursuit of peace, reconciliation, and healing of the spirit.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The bright light in the Temple entrance showed off a row of international flags along the hallway and many colorful tapestries hanging from a balcony terrace.<span style=""> </span>This initial brightness lasts only until you enter the doors leading to the <i style="">Worshiper’s Path</i>.<span style=""> </span>These lights are dim here to allow time for reflection at each stop point before reaching the Sanctuary.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Symbolic artwork along the <i style="">Path </i>includes a carved-glass entrance of a grove of trees and a granite sculpture of the return of the prodigal son. A rough-hewn cross proclaims the risen Christ. <span style=""> </span>Ikebana-style floral arrangements symbolize heaven, humanity and earth. And, water flows over a granite pool representing the overflowing of God’s love.<span style=""> </span>The light grows brighter at each station until finally, the grandeur of the Sanctuary overcomes you.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Most impressive is the Sanctuary’s spiral ceiling which rises 195 feet.<span style=""> </span>Looking at it, I felt that if were to rise up to its peak, I’d surely float to heaven.<span style=""> </span>That is exactly the effect the designers wanted “to focus on the Divine.”<span style=""> </span>I felt certain that our prayers for peace that afternoon went direct to heaven.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">After participating in the Daily Prayer for Peace, I joined a small tour of the Temple.<span style=""> </span>I walked the Worshiper’s Path again, this time with narration explaining the significance of the art.<span style=""> </span>In the sanctuary my guide warned, “You can become dizzy staring up to the pinnacle.” I had already learned this lesson.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">He pointed out the 102-rank, 5,685-pipe organ in the Sanctuary that has pipes ranging in size from six inches to 32 feet. He invited us to attend one of the organ recitals beginning at 3 PM daily.<span style=""> </span>He called attention to the award-winning stained glass window depicting the harvest of wheat and rice.<span style=""> </span>He took our small group outside to the World Plaza where we walked on a brick inlaid map of the world.<span style=""> </span>We sat in Meditation Chapel which overlooks a Japanese garden. There he answered questions about the Community of Christ and its founder Joseph Smith, Jr. Our group tour ended in the Library where some folks wanted to see the Doctrines and Covenants relating to the Church.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I was the only person who wanted to see the adjacent Auditorium.<span style=""> </span>My guide graciously accommodated my interest in seeing more.<span style=""> </span>He led me thorough an underground passageway connecting the Temple to the Auditorium. <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Auditorium features a 5,800-seat Conference Chamber with seating in-the-round beneath an expansive domed ceiling measuring 90 feet from the floor, 214 feet wide, and 168 feet long.<span style=""> </span>The 111-rank organ here is among the largest free-standing organs in the United States with 6,500 pipes ranging from ¼ inch to 32 feet.<span style=""> </span>In July 1948, President Harry S. Truman made history in the Auditorium by signing Executive Order 9981 to desegregate the United States armed forces.<span style=""> </span>Now, the Auditorium functions as a religious, cultural and community center for the Kansas City region.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">In addition to the Auditorium and Temple tour, there was still more to experience at the Community of Christ World Headquarters.<span style=""> </span>A small museum houses 17 exhibits tracing the history of the Church from its origins in the 1820’s to its world missions today.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAgai5ICCdTwdhT_tZ-gwMMJWYi7iUIuWXCkEKlfNM7ik1P1a811hQnobor1USJh84PyHiygopNwSdv_G9-dpDVdB8avS86QTJN37VN9TrAEXRWsXtr-7hEspVTdEzaoIB-pP/s1600-h/IMG_2345.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAgai5ICCdTwdhT_tZ-gwMMJWYi7iUIuWXCkEKlfNM7ik1P1a811hQnobor1USJh84PyHiygopNwSdv_G9-dpDVdB8avS86QTJN37VN9TrAEXRWsXtr-7hEspVTdEzaoIB-pP/s200/IMG_2345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372886072604116818" border="0" /></a>And, then back in the lobby, the tapestries themselves are particularly important.<span style=""> </span>They represent “The Thread Project” – an international exhibition by Terry Helwig.<span style=""> </span>The threads in each tapestry were pulled from the fabric of people’s everyday lives: threads celebrating births and marriage, threads from 9/11 families…over 50,000 threads gathered in 70 countries and seven continents. <span style=""> </span>Then, Helwig enlisted weavers and textile artists worldwide to create the tapestries from these threads.<span style=""> </span>The result of this seven year project is the creation of one World Cloth – a reminder that the human race is a global family of one, united by a common thread.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Community of Christ World Headquarters merits a slow paced visit to absorb all it encompasses – architecture, art, history, meditation and prayer.<span style=""> </span>When you go there, peace will be with you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">August 12, 2009<o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">Community of Christ World Headquarters<o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">1001 W. 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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">When a long journey ends, a warm welcome from family and friends can make you feel so good! And, that is exactly how we felt arriving in Kansas City.<span style=""> </span>On Friday night, our “bus nut” friend Sean opened his house to us and gave us a place to park the coach.<span style=""> </span>By Saturday morning, Suzie and Matt arrived at Sean’s house with hugs and happiness knowing that we’d be in Kansas City for awhile.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ed and I have traveled over 28,000 miles during our two year road trip that began in September 2007.<span style=""> </span>Four times Sean met us on the road – first in Marshall, Missouri ; then in Albany, New York; once in Pharr, Texas and finally in Fulton, Missouri.<span style=""> </span>It only seems fitting that our final mile ended at his front door.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And, when we look at the map charting our travels, there’s a thick series of lines passing behind a photo of daughter Suzie.<span style=""> </span>Many of our routes no matter what the destination went through Futon and St. Louis where Suzie has lived while studying at the university. I know she and her boyfriend Matt will be happy to have Mom close by – only four hours away, no more wondering “where’s Mom?”
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<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">July 24 - 25, 2009</span>
<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepGIo_vPnhyphenhyphens7QxLjiZ0XuiBUToPs7qmvnoZchjUBBHjM_qXwUVtsSYkbwhn9FSSQUxQi780G3UjLyFefTixcyhym9jryy3nhUF0mKeqdJZBzYhcVm9dLYcYVvHvuMbEp6xEa/s1600-h/IMG_2325.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepGIo_vPnhyphenhyphens7QxLjiZ0XuiBUToPs7qmvnoZchjUBBHjM_qXwUVtsSYkbwhn9FSSQUxQi780G3UjLyFefTixcyhym9jryy3nhUF0mKeqdJZBzYhcVm9dLYcYVvHvuMbEp6xEa/s200/IMG_2325.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365461816906206514" border="0" /></a>Termitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882702572341218280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31977679.post-60020044277450264112009-08-02T13:08:00.007-07:002009-08-20T18:48:10.453-07:00Lewis & Clark vs. Ed & Patty<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta 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class="MsoNormal">A three-story building houses the interactive exhibits and a theater.<span style=""> </span>It was the film about the Corps of Discovery that reminded us most of our own Grand Tour of the US & Canada.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">From 1804 to 1806, Lewis and Clark traveled under President Thomas Jefferson’s order to explore and find an inland route to the Pacific.<span style=""> </span>We had no presidential directive, but our road trip ran the course of two years 2007 to 2009.<span style=""> </span>They had brief and tense encounters with Indians.<span style=""> </span>We encountered Indians.<span style=""> </span>The encounters were brief but never tense.<span style=""> </span>American Indians nowadays run the casinos.<span style=""> </span>They gave us warm greetings, free places to park the RV, and eagerly shared stories about their culture.<span style=""> </span>Lewis and Clark discovered that their keelboat was too large for navigation.<span style=""> </span>On occasion our coach proved to be a bit too big on some winding narrow roads like the one to Winslow, Arkansas or when we encountered an old fashioned covered bridge.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi013-HPa3AXZ-7cRpJGPI1iR5qW_3AiPTU4omSLvDfzyqirzwKBVen_O5I7dvVqUq_iuj7SC9UmVinnQsLrkJ1fk3-_jNitZ93FdW_F_ER8N3VhUBDQ-Tpfus_5Zx6N66T9QI2/s1600-h/IMG_2275.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi013-HPa3AXZ-7cRpJGPI1iR5qW_3AiPTU4omSLvDfzyqirzwKBVen_O5I7dvVqUq_iuj7SC9UmVinnQsLrkJ1fk3-_jNitZ93FdW_F_ER8N3VhUBDQ-Tpfus_5Zx6N66T9QI2/s200/IMG_2275.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365461482754375154" border="0" /></a>Lewis and Clark traveled without maps and had to seek information and help along their journey.<span style=""> </span>Our Wal-Mart Atlas served us well, but we too stopped to ask for information and help finding our way.<span style=""> </span>We now have a Garmin.<span style=""> </span>Lewis and Clark saw hoodoos, perhaps some of the same ones we saw out west.<span style=""> </span>They saw elk, buffalo, pronghorn antelopes and prairie dogs. <span style=""> </span>We did too. They complained about unpleasant insects – the mosquito.<span style=""> </span>We consider them “unpleasant” as well.<span style=""> </span>The expedition’s elk skin-bound journals recorded daily activities.<span style=""> </span>This epic journal described culture and lifestyle.<span style=""> </span>I used my Dell laptop for destination commentary, to write a blog “Did Someone Say RV Road Trip” <a href="http://www.glotours.blogspot.com/">www.glotours.blogspot.com</a> and to comment on Facebook about our experiences. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sometimes the Corps of Discovery rested for two days, sometimes for as long as two weeks.<span style=""> </span>Ed and I also paused for days at a time, once we parked for nearly three months in Florence, Oregon so we could enjoy the Pacific coastline.<span style=""> </span>And, when the expedition ended after 8,000 miles, Lewis and Clark returned to St. Louis for a hearty welcome.<span style=""> </span>We are wrapping up our Grand Tour after 28,000 miles and came 200 miles shy of St. Louis.<span style=""> </span>We received our hearty welcome in Kansas City, Missouri.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAi8ef9HacEOX2ET9FbhvCkJGFfPJ4NSlESEanQBkY_z-HB1roFHqEyD_Nuhemm2gdZYkazE-Oo_1czL-Id67qbGV26f0KqIdyOLVdW6KGgvDbiD58GzCsI1COKs-FfABVrtIK/s1600-h/IMG_2267.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAi8ef9HacEOX2ET9FbhvCkJGFfPJ4NSlESEanQBkY_z-HB1roFHqEyD_Nuhemm2gdZYkazE-Oo_1czL-Id67qbGV26f0KqIdyOLVdW6KGgvDbiD58GzCsI1COKs-FfABVrtIK/s320/IMG_2267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365461267213827106" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right">
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to the Ice Cream Capital of the World Visitor Center.<span style=""> </span>When I found out they weren’t giving out samples, I headed straight to the 1920’s Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor next door.<span style=""> </span>I tasted a few flavors before settling on one for my cone.<span style=""> </span>I chose a vanilla ice cream laced with a ribbon of caramel and some chunky, crunchy pecans.<span style=""> </span>It reminded me of my Baskin- Robbins favorite Pralines n’ Cream only richer.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Did my Blue Bunny treat deserve the raves I heard preceding my visit? Yes, but I would venture to bet that these Blue Bunny loyalists have never tried what I still consider to be the best ice cream.<span style=""> </span>The Creamery at Penn State University in College Station, Pennsylvania remains #1 in my ranking.<span style=""> </span>Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Shops are my favorite neighborhood ice cream parlors especially when they are serving Chocolate Raspberry Truffle.<span style=""> </span>I am loyal to Baskin-Robbins for an occasional treat too since I scooped their ice cream for extra cash in college. On occasion, just give me a spoon and you’ll catch me eating some Ben & Jerry’s ice cream right out of the grocery store pint size container. And, when in Texas I learned that Texans love their Blue Bell Ice Cream just like the folks in Le Mars love their Blue Bunny.<span style=""> </span>On a hot day, just about any ice cream will satisfy me.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Btm1GIm2_ktM0DXEzqfBP0nx9j3dZsBKCSfk3swTvRp-DpRc-DnGt2UPZFdKJ1jPASKSW6D4SAmyuMLoQP7LiXzAuplRDYjZoM0o2J2TlWwcGICmTrv0MEE9e5gY_gm2Z-si/s1600-h/IMG_2225.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Btm1GIm2_ktM0DXEzqfBP0nx9j3dZsBKCSfk3swTvRp-DpRc-DnGt2UPZFdKJ1jPASKSW6D4SAmyuMLoQP7LiXzAuplRDYjZoM0o2J2TlWwcGICmTrv0MEE9e5gY_gm2Z-si/s200/IMG_2225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365460462441735778" border="0" /></a>Just like the ice cream, Willow Creek Campground gave me a good feeling.<span style=""> </span>This Le Mars Municipal Park offered trees to shade our coach on the sunny days and a scenic place to barbecue our dinner.<span style=""> </span>We could have filled several days here riding the bike trails, walking the paths, swimming in the pond, fishing, or testing our golf swing.<span style=""> </span>Our two day stop flew by and we were on the road before we had time to appreciate these amenities around us.<span style=""> </span>For a Municipal Park, Willow Creek exceeded my expectations.<span style=""> </span>RVers passing through should consider this affordable location.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">July 21 - 23, 2009<o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyRHwm2nslkbtwaIuQ39K1giZccJU9AHsWMjuSHi3ZchKx2aCBySjXo5lk_2e-yFE_QLEktFOYqGHaWsS8_6f4CP1-sjVNm-dFdqsdHbFmoS4NV3xmqMxBrUGjiQ3qCSe6NzE/s1600-h/IMG_2237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyRHwm2nslkbtwaIuQ39K1giZccJU9AHsWMjuSHi3ZchKx2aCBySjXo5lk_2e-yFE_QLEktFOYqGHaWsS8_6f4CP1-sjVNm-dFdqsdHbFmoS4NV3xmqMxBrUGjiQ3qCSe6NzE/s200/IMG_2237.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365460135758232690" border="0" /></a>
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This conversation with a manager of the Wild Rose Casino prompted her to recommend a nearby attraction. “If you enjoy agates or stones in general, you must visit the Grotto of the Redemption.”<span style=""> </span>We had seen the roadside sign along Highway 18 earlier and passed it.<span style=""> </span>Now on this hot summer afternoon, I reconsidered.<span style=""> </span>The temperature in the coach was rising and my casino budget was dwindling.<span style=""> </span>The time seemed right for an outing. My expectations of this attraction were low.<span style=""> </span>Little did I know that visiting the Grotto would leave me feeling like I hit the “jackpot”!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Often called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” and a “Miracle in Stone, the Grotto of the Redemption spans a full city block in West Bend, Iowa.<span style=""> </span>It is the largest religiously inspired grotto in the world. The Grotto is actually a composite of nine separate Grottos; each portrays a scene spanning the life of Jesus from His birth to His resurrection. The highest point of the Grotto rises forty feet.<span style=""> </span>This mountain commemorates the 13<sup>th</sup> Station of the Cross – Jesus is taken down from the cross.<span style=""> </span>His limp body lays cradled in Mary’s arms in a sculpture patterned after Michelangelo’s famous Pieta.<span style=""> </span>This is just one of the many Italian Mosaic and Carrara marble statues that adorn sacred place.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">More than its size, more than its lifelike statues of the Holy Family and other Biblical figures like Adam & Eve, Moses, and heavenly angels, the minerals and stones used to construct the Grotto make it a geological wonder.<span style=""> </span>One man – Father Paul Dobberstein (1872 – 1954) started construction of the Grotto in 1912 to fulfill a promise he made to God.<span style=""> </span>For 42 years, Father Dobberstein labored setting the rocks and gems into concrete.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">According to Rhonda Miller, Director of the Grotto, Father used materials considered to be “junk” at a time. Farmers and landowners were happy to have Father haul the stuff away.<span style=""> </span>That “junk” represents a vast collection of minerals and stones – petrified wood, stalactite and stalagmite, malachite, jasper, quartz crystals, sea shells, and other gems invaluable today. <span style=""> </span>An entry on Wikepedia sets the value of the Grotto gems at $4.3 million.<span style=""> </span>In reaction to that number, Rhonda commented, “Bill Gates couldn’t build it. We can’t rebuild it. The materials aren’t available. The Grotto is priceless.” </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Grotto is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its geological value is world renown for rock hounds and artists. Architects study its construction. The non-religious visitors find it a “peaceful place.” The Faithful visitors move closer to Christ after they experience the Grotto.<span style=""> </span>Rhonda Miller says she annual visitation to range between 25,000 – 30,000 people. Guided tours are available May through October, and anytime by appointment.<span style=""> </span>I caught part of a tour but spent most of my time looking at the dazzling minerals and stones, each one unique, each one crafted by the hand of God.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In this sinners and saints tour, I took a gamble visiting the Grotto.<span style=""> </span>It paid off big time!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">July 19, 2009<o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">Grotto of the Redemption<o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">300 N. Broadway<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">West Bend, Iowa 50597<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">800-868-3641</i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo37tC1UFLXihOqLp8Tz5DXwNbwtDQKAVlR9dmNTbcCmXG4DWT5IYjLHlqQQ4tdVbCxeP-ywfZg7SbrfFD5AZfJDQ3CswdKNCGxvLfV2EbjnUjK8FVvHI4PNgyZpulFsf-y3O/s1600-h/IMG_2001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo37tC1UFLXihOqLp8Tz5DXwNbwtDQKAVlR9dmNTbcCmXG4DWT5IYjLHlqQQ4tdVbCxeP-ywfZg7SbrfFD5AZfJDQ3CswdKNCGxvLfV2EbjnUjK8FVvHI4PNgyZpulFsf-y3O/s320/IMG_2001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365385310701611666" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.westbendgrotto.com/">www.westbendgrotto.com</a></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10;">RVers should note that the Grotto has a <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10;">campground with 80 sites available for RVs.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10;">Electrical hookups are at each site.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10;">There is an RV dump station available too.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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Peter and Paul Catholic Church are two things you must see during a visit.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Christmas Chapel is constructed of ornamental rocks and gems.<span style=""> </span>It contains a Brazilian amethyst that weighs over 300 pounds.<span style=""> </span>This nativity scene is considered to be one of Father Paul Dobberstein’s finest works.<span style=""> </span>He completed the Christmas Chapel in 1927 using materials he considered too delicate to withstand conditions that would affect them if placed in the outdoor grottos.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A wooden altar stands 22-feet high in the sanctuary.<span style=""> </span>Hand-carved out of bird’s-eye maple, this altar won first place at Chicago’s World Fair in 1893.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">After admiring the Christmas Chapel and altar, you can light a candle and spend some time in quiet mediation inside this peaceful church.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">July 19, 2009<o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">Grotto of the Redemption<o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">300 N. Broadway<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">West Bend, Iowa 50597<o:p></o:p></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><i style="">800-868-3641</i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><a href="http://www.westbendgrotto.com/">www.westbendgrotto.com</a></p>
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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Usually if you are waiting on a train, you plan to get aboard.<span style=""> </span>No so for the many people who gathered along the tracks in Trempealeau.<span style=""> </span>They waited in anticipation.<span style=""> </span>They followed <i style="">tweets</i> on Twitter. They clung to cell phones calling friends spread geographically along the track. Some stood, Ed sat.<span style=""> </span>All hoped to get a photo, a video, a glimpse of the world famous steam engine SP 4449.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Southern Pacific Daylight no. 4449, manufactured in 1941, was among the last mainline steam locomotives to be built.<span style=""> </span>Coming out of retirement, SP 4449 is traveling across America on an Amtrak sponsored trip hauling passengers on a rare excursion. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Just by luck, Ed and I stopped in Trempealeau, Wisconsin on the morning of Saturday, July 18<sup>th</sup> as we traveled along The Great River Road.<span style=""> </span>A train enthusiast told us about engine SP 4449. He’d driven for more than 2-hours from his home to be trackside.<span style=""> </span>With each rumble of the tracks, he and others jumped with excitement.<span style=""> </span>These false-alarms were diesel engines hauling industrial cars on the tracks across the Mississippi River.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">More waiting. Someone got a call! “The train just breezed through Cochrane,” he announced to anyone wanting a progress report.<span style=""> </span>Serious calculations began – time and distance – guesses about arrival time rumored through the waiting crowd.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Soon we could felt the vibration of the ground and glimpsed the puff of steam.<span style=""> </span>The engine approached without slowing at all. <span style=""> </span>Someone with a stopwatch clocked 62 mph.<span style=""> </span>SP 4449 thundered past then faded as quickly as it appeared.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">July 18, 2009<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The population of 435 people in the Village of Cochrane, Wisconsin increased by two recently. <span style=""> </span>Ed and I stopped there for a night as we traveled on Wisconsin State Road 35, otherwise known as the “Great River Road.” </p> <p class="MsoNormal">We found a church parking lot that wasn’t quite big enough for our 40-foot long Prevost “Dolly’s Pride.” For the moment, we parked there anyway just to walk around town and find a more appropriate spot.<span style=""> </span>We didn’t walk more than a few feet.<span style=""> </span>A woman got out of her compact car to take a photo of the church so we asked her about where we might boondock for the night.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">She knew the community well.<span style=""> </span>She grew up here.<span style=""> </span>This had been where she went to church.<span style=""> </span>Across the street, she fondly remembered as the home of her aunt who ran the town gas station and lived upstairs above the pumps.<span style=""> </span>As she reminisced, we noticed her adolescent grandson squirming in the car.<span style=""> </span>He had accompanied her back <i style="">“home”</i> so she could show him the place of his family roots.<span style=""> </span>She said we could follow her to the community park, a place where “nobody will mind you staying the night.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Nobody minded that “Dolly’s Pride” took up all the parking spaces in the small lot across from the village swimming pool.<span style=""> </span>Nobody minded that the two of us dined lakeside in a picnic pavilion with seating for 60. Nobody minded that we feed the ducks waddling under the drooping branches of the ancient trees. And, nobody minded that we pressed our faces to the fence and watched a herd of reindeer graze.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">July 16, 2009<o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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class="MsoNormal">When the local water tastes bad, I tend to drink beer.<span style=""> </span>If I buy the same brand, the brew tastes consistent and refreshing.<span style=""> </span>Not so with water!<span style=""> </span>Water – simple H2O – can taste very different as I have learned while on our “RV Road Trip.”<span style=""> </span>Some water reeks of chlorine, some of lime.<span style=""> </span>One time the water looked yellow. It smelt bad so I drank only bottled water from a commercial filtered dispenser that cost me 25-cents to fill a gallon jug. Although our coach has a water filtration system, if you start with bad tasting water, no amount of filtering can make it taste anything but nasty. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FqgQs6f4qPhREgNmfI5VjF5ghky4tHTalOWgCF3mePah4HXzoqIXWK-V2EDs1mmG4qDigvmhcytg2CkODsv7UeGnWw7nPgG663SvMDx60otiG8MdRV7UVVbeQeLBMew4pGZl/s1600-h/IMG_1672.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-FqgQs6f4qPhREgNmfI5VjF5ghky4tHTalOWgCF3mePah4HXzoqIXWK-V2EDs1mmG4qDigvmhcytg2CkODsv7UeGnWw7nPgG663SvMDx60otiG8MdRV7UVVbeQeLBMew4pGZl/s320/IMG_1672.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365337998223497394" border="0" /></a>Only once have I found water that tastes pure and good.<span style=""> </span>This water runs free from an Artesian Well in Wisconsin.<span style=""> </span>Naturally purified, the water does not need pumping.<span style=""> </span>It flows upward from the groundwater through an open pipe.<span style=""> </span>Anyone can fill a glass or jugs, just wait your turn outside the tiny wooden shack at the City of Ashland’s Malowski Beach.<span style=""> </span>A roadside stop for a quick drink was all I needed to declare this water the best I ever tasted during our travels. It’s the best I tasted in a lifetime!
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">For ten days, we camped near Ashland and I made several trips to the Artesian Well for refills.<span style=""> </span>We even made one last stop there on our way out of town and savored every last drop!</p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZ8avnElwc-cN2YnCyjqSfdSODbE_07uwbehyVAQb90YEXiA-70ZSPXgLTROV2Tja00xEpo_lMR9Ln87bCSLNu1cwPOmaBEyzhnoZp0g-cnQBMpQg7OwOthC6Msi0AKA-JCBk/s1600-h/IMG_1660.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZ8avnElwc-cN2YnCyjqSfdSODbE_07uwbehyVAQb90YEXiA-70ZSPXgLTROV2Tja00xEpo_lMR9Ln87bCSLNu1cwPOmaBEyzhnoZp0g-cnQBMpQg7OwOthC6Msi0AKA-JCBk/s320/IMG_1660.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365338412962264082" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you pop your head in the unlocked office door, if you wave to the security camera, and holler “Hello” loudly as you walk around the property and no one responds, are you trespassing? I’d say “No.” So we continued without escort to venture closer and closer to the stack of logs Ed and I noticed during our drive on a country road outside Ashland, Wisconsin.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This was no ordinary wood pile!<span style=""> </span>The logs formed a mountain showing off the concentric circles – the growth rings – of each cut tree. Logs wedged on the end of the stack kept the mountain from cascading in a disastrous roll sure to crush anything in the path.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Train tracks ran parallel to the log mountain.<span style=""> </span>And, more piles across the tracks gave the illusion of a landscape of rolling hills.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ed and I wandered around this industrial site carefully. <span style=""> </span>And, even though Ed loves big logs for our campfires, the massive size of these cuts caused him to pause. <span style=""> </span>He didn’t even consider grabbing one as a souvenir for fear of causing an avalanche.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">As travelers, we stop at places like this because it gives us a glimpse of the economic engine behind the façade of a town’s painted murals, quaint specialty shops, and antiseptic visitor centers.<span style=""> </span>It builds an appreciation for the raw materials before they go to market to become a household product.<span style=""> </span>And, it reminds us of the hard working, extraordinary people found in each community we visit. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;" align="right"><b style=""><i style="">July 15, 2009<o:p></o:p></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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