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April 18, 2008
Road Trip
Tomorrow morning Steve and I are leaving on a little trip. We will go to Asheville, NC overnight, on to Charleston, SC for two nights, Savannah for two nights, then over to Atlanta area to visit civil war battle fields, and lastly to Shiloh battlefield near Memphis before we return home on Sunday. It should be alot of fun - mostly new places for us, and the weather promises to be lovely. Steve has been studying up on using the GPS to guide us to our destinations!
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Shaken, not stirred
I was jolted out of a sound sleep around 5:30 am today by the now famous Illinois based 5.2 earth quake. The bed shook like a train was passing through the bedroom, the knick knacks on the shelves clicked and clacked and to top it off, I could hear the water in the toilet sloshing around for more than a few seconds after the bed stopped shaking!! It was a feeling not soon to be forgotten! Then, around 11:15 am we had a 4.3 aftershock that shook the computer screen, the desk and the chair I was sitting on. We owe all of this to the shifting of the rock 7.2 miles below the Earth’s surface along the Wabash fault line, an extension of the New Madrid fault that includes Indiana. Steve was driving to work and didn't feel a thing!
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April 16, 2008
Nature's first green...
Today while out and about I noticed the overall color in the trees which I could see by averting my eyes just slightly. Gold colored it was...which brings to mind Frost's words:
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.
And with this gold, the addition of my tulips opening today!
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April 12, 2008
Back from the woods
We had a fantastic time, good weather and the girls were wide-eyed at the natural beauty of the park. Many of the trails were too rugged and steep for them, but several were nice and flat. Sugar Creek is flowing so pretty right now and the rocky shoreline had plenty of flat skippers - even Ella got the hang of it after awhile. Our room in the lodge was nice and big and right by the big 2nd story veranda where we sat and looked out at the woods. The indoor swimming pool was also quite big and Delaney added up that we swam for a total of 12 hours! Food in the restaurant was homemade and delicious. All in all, a wonderful time. Topped it off with a stop in Rockville at this huge old fashioned dime store - it even smelled like the Ben Franklin store of my growing up years in Pine City. Trip #3 of 2008 is coming up week after next - driving from here to Asheville to Charleston to Savannah and on over to several Civil War battlefields including Kennesaw by Atlanta and Shiloh by Memphis.
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April 6, 2008
Turkey Run
Quaint Hoosier name for a state park! Steve and I are taking Delaney and Ella there for a couple of days this week as it is their spring break from school. There is a beautiful lodge, a new indoor swimming pool and game room, miles of hiking trails, horseback riding to name a few things we will take advantage of. They are pretty excited and so are we. Today Delaney made a list of 18 items she wants to remember to pack! Now if the weather will stay like it was today - 70 and sunny - we will have it perfect!
http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/inns/turkeyrun/index.html
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