20th Annivesary 1991-2011 (9-20)

This was our most outstanding anniversary celebration to date! Plain and simple. We wanted to celebrate this major milestone in part on the road. So, months ago we agreed that to travel to New England to enjoy leaf change foliage along with visiting our 50th and final US state of Vermont would be "icing on the anniversary cake", so to speak!

The big day arrived and off we went--from September 15th thru 29th. Here's an overview of the sights and sounds we so enjoyed:

Visit with Pa. Friends;


Tour Hershey Chocolate World;


Vermont-50th State;


Stowe Mountain Lodge;


Explore Stowe and surrounding areas;


Tour of Cider biz, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, & VT Teddy Bear;


Tour birthplace of Jos. Smith;


Norwich, VT;


Jackson, NH;


Scenic ride thru mountains-pics of leaves;


Dartmouth College & Hanover, NH;


King Arthur Flour;


Cooperstown, NY;


Alexandria to visit family, and crowning jewel;


Professional Photo Shoot in Ole Town by TRP Photography!!

20 years--21 pics (1991 thru 2011)

Wonderful Trip to Boise and Kansas City-June 2011

Papa & Kids




Papa & kids at the historic Idaho Pen.

Papa & Maya at Kyle's baseball game

At Kyle's Baptism--6-4-2011

We left Mansfield on Sunday May 29th and returned June 10th. We drove the 2010 Ford F-150 Lariat some 4850 miles on this trip--traveling from Atlanta thru Nashville, St. Louis, Lincoln, Nebraska and I-80 thru Provo, Utah on into Boise. Similar to last summer's trip West, it was once again very windy on the Plains. Our travels this time took us to a high elevation of 8000 feet (with snow on the higher mountains seen from a distance) with a low temp of 54 degrees! We spent most nights on the road in either the Marriott or Holiday Inn Brands. Going out and back we spent nights in cities that included:

St. Louis, Missouri

Lincoln, Nebraska

Rock Springs, Wyoming

Salt Lake City, Utah,

Laramie, Wyoming

The bulk of our stay was in the Residence Inn across from the Boise State University--same hotel we stayed in this past Christmas trip.

Uncle Charles and Aunt Marie

We met up with Marie, Wes, BeBe and Charles at the Ryan's in Macon on Monday--April 18th, 2011. It was great to see them again. Here are a few photos.