Thursday, September 14th

3915 miles and we are home, we paid more for gas and Nampa at Costco than we did any place on the trip.  :(
We got to see a lot of people, see a lot of country. God is good.

Tuesday, September 13th

This morning we left Harry & Carol' s hospitality and came to Thornton to visit Fred and Margie, Fred & Don have been friends since CSU days a long time ago.  As I said before God has blessed us with such a good family and friends, He is so good. We went to dinner at Cheddar's and it was delicious thank you Fred and Marge. We got to see their pictures on their recent trip to Iceland, it looked like a really fun place to go.
I said Harry Vaughn and I could be brother and sister, he looks like his daddy and I look like his mama. ;)

Monday September 11th

Today has been a really good day, Harry Von fixed breakfast this morning and it was really good, I can't remember the name of the it. We went for a drive to downtown Old Pueblo, we walked through Riverwalk, & and then we went to a really good place for lunch. We stopped at a store for Carol's family has food and a lot of other stuff to sell. We drove through the cemetery that my aunt and uncle, Thelma and Harry Nachtigall are buried, also Carol's parents grandparents, and a lot of other relatives. It was really a good day.
Don and I are certainly blessed to have so many wonderful family and friends.

Saturday, September 9th

This has been another good day, I went to Lamar and had coffee with Rachel Richenburg from Oklahoma City. Then I went to Eads for the barbecue lunch but it was cancelled because the electricity went off yesterday during the rodeo and that messed up the cooking of the barbecue, they were afraid to feed it to so many old people ha
Don helped Gilbert in the field and Esther, Gilbert, Don, and I ate lunch at the cafe. We went to part of the rodeo, we saw a lot of people and it was a great day. We got ready and went to the all-school reunion, it was a great evening.

Friday, September 8th

This has been a wonderful day we went to the fair breakfast at 6:45 and we're in Eads all day, went to the barbecue beef lunch at noon and then to the rodeo.
Tonight some of the kids that graduated from Sheridan Lake got together at the local cafe and had dinner. It was a really nice evening. Those attending were Les splitter, Paul and Rachel Richenburg, Eugene and Judy splitter, Hal & Susie Wiebers, Donita, Joyce Mayo, Lydia and Harry Lightner, and us, I hope I got everyone.

Wednesday, September 6th

Yesterday morning we left my cousins, stop by another cousin Dale zortman and met his son Jeff. From there we went on to Tribune Kansas and saw my childhood girlfriend Joyce. We got to Gilbert's about 5 and went into eats for supper. Today Don and his brothers had a good time while us sister-in-laws had lunch and drink coffee about all afternoon. We had a super good time. We came to Eads and watch lauretta's grandchildren show their goats then we watched Terry's wife Lana Barrel Race. It has truly been a wonderful day

Thursday, September 7th

Today has been a very busy full day, we had the memorial service at the cemetery in Eads for Doris Forsyth, it was a wonderful time of memories with her three boys Doug, Scott, and Mark. There was a nice lunch following and we did more visiting with people that we had known and that knew
Doris.  We had a lot of fun visiting with the brothers, there was Gilbert, Louis, Lee and Ronnie there tonight at the county rodeo. It is time to call it a day and go to bed

Monday, September 4th

This morning we left Halverstadts, we had breakfast with sky and Johnny, we went to the administration building at Barclay & visuted with Jim LaShawna for a little while and then we came on to Fowler to see my uncle PD who is 100 years old. We visited with him for quite a while and then came two his daughters, Konda & Fred where we are spending the night. We had a wonderful dinner and Konda makes the best pecan pie!!!

Sunday, September 3rd

We left Donna's at 7 and got to havland in time for church. We had to buy a battery for the car on the westside of Wichita. We have had a wonderful day we have seen the Haines family, Rachel, Bethany, sky and Johnny.
Adrian and Lisa halverstadt got home this evening from Rocky Mountain yearly meeting in Colorado Springs. We had a really good visit with him tonight, calling it a day.

Saturday, September 2nd

Today has been a day of rest and relaxation, we didn't go anywhere all day but stayed and visited with Donna. Tonight she had her sister Francie and husband Steve, brother Dale, and Leah and a friend Bernie here for dinner. She cooked an old fashioned meal and it was delicious, we all enjoyed being with her in her new home. We forgot to take pictures we were so busy visiting but Don did take one of us girls after everyone left.

Friday, September 1st

We left my cousins and had lunch with our niece , Michelle Brown Wendt and their youngest son malliciah. Then we drove to Augusta and are at my cousin Donna zortman Markley.  We had a delicious dinner and are now calling it a day.

Thursday, August 31st

We left FT Scott & drove to Lebanon,  MO to see Jerry Jennings, we have known him since Nampa Friends Church days. We had coffee & came on to Richland Care Center to see Aunt Gladys, my daddy's sister who is 101 years old. We had a good day visiting with her, my cousin Glenda and Jim. We left there about 5 went and got something to eat and are spending the night with Glenda and Jim. They are such nice people, we are blessed with wonderful family and friends. God is good.

Wednesday, August 30th

We left Darryl Ruths & saw Melvin & Mona Winger on our way to Haviland to see Sky & Jonny. I have known Melvin  all of my life. It was so good to see our grandkids. God is SO good. We are listening to Daniel by Charles Swindoll, VERY good. Thank you Miss Virginia. We are in FT Scott, KS tonight.

Tuesday, August 29th

We had a really good time with Bud &Faye Ellen, we had a change of plans as Aunt Ella had the flu so we came to Johnson, Kansas to see Darryl & Marylyn Ruth. We ate dinner in town and it is so much fun to visit with them. She was my first friend as our mothers were friends before we were born.

Tuesday, August 29th

We had a wonderful time with Bud & Faye Ellen, we had a change of plans as Aunt Ella had the flu today so we came to Johnson to see Darrel & Marylyn Ruth. We ate in town & it was really good to visit with them. Marylyn was my first girlfriend as our mothers were friends before we were born.  God IS so good.

Monday, August 28th

We left troy and Emily this morning at 6:30 and we got here to Yuma, Colorado about 8:30 tonight. It is so good two see Marion and Faye Ellen Winger, I have known the Winger family all of my life, my daddy worked for them years before I was born.

Sunday, August 27th

We went to church at Whitney for joys first official Sunday.  It was a wonderful service and the people are so friendly.
We ate lunch with the Lujan then came to Bellvue, near Hailey where Troy & Emily live. We ate dinner at the Pioneer in Ketchum to celebrate Troy's birthday. A wonderful day.

2017 preparations

We are packing up and excited to head East. I can't believe I married to such an old man... We are going back for Don's 60th class reunion! I'm glad that I have him and that he is my ride or die for life.

Sadly, we are not taking the bike for this trip since we are mostly driving on the freeway.

Until next time!
The preacher's biker babe