Stuffing and Cramming
How do I get all this stuff in a Honda Insight?
Note tarp is 12 ft x 12 ft.
Not easily!
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Maria's Birthday Party
Birthday on Nov. 12th, Party on Nov. 13th
Happy birthday Maria!
Maria feeding Pat at Japanese restaurant
Hard to eat with chopsticks and no left hand!
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Tony's Send-Off Motel
Tony the hostelier Nov. 14, 2005
Thanks again Tony!
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On the road Nov. 15, 2005
Leaving Ohio and entering KY
As rumor had it, many years ago
Florence, KY had a water tower
erected and wished to advertize the
new mall. It was to have said,
"Florence Mall", but due to a
painter's error, the text was
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Bardstown and the Abbey of Gethsemani
Home for the next three nights!
Beautiful campsite. However, first
night were tornado warnings, high wind,
torrential rain, and the temperature
dropped to 35 deg F! The tent stayed dry!
More than just famous from song, Bardstown, KY
is a delightful mixture of religious life,
bourbon distilleries, and wonderful people. It
is a lovely town and I highly recommend a visit.
In this photo are my new friends Chris and Rene
treating me to shots from three local bourbon makers
and a fine dinner for $15! Hurst's Restaurant
just across the street from the State Park Camp
Grounds.
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Abbey of Gethsemani
Trappists have been praying seven times
a day for the world for a long time!
Beautiful location. Very nice people.
For more photos of the Abbey click here
Check out the Gethsemani web site by clicking here
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My Old Kentucky Home
Stephen Foster visited his close friends
the Rowens here and later referred to this house
in his famous song, "My Old Kentucky Home"
For more photos of Foster's Old Kentucky Home click here
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Nov. 18th - On the Road Again
Hey! A Saturn 1B at the Alabama Visitor's Center!
The Ave Maria Grotto - Wow!
Created by St. Bernard Abbey Brother Joseph Zoettl
(1878-1961), the grotto contains 125 miniature
reproductions of biblical scenes and famous
buildings around the world.
For more photos of this remarkable grotto click here
Check out the Grotto's web site by clicking here
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The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament
An incredible place built from the vision of
Mother Angelica. A MUST SEE. Mother Angelica is
also the Superior for the cloistered nuns who
live here.
The Shrine is out in the middle of Alabama
countryside and is very startling in this setting.
Inside, the altar wall is all in gold and the
monstrance with Our Lord is beautifully
displayed high above the altar.
A castle was built nearby where the gift store
is located, as well as meeting rooms.
My home for one night was this cottage built for
pilgrims to the Shrine. The next night I moved
over one cottage due to booking problems. Sure
beats a tent!
Check out the Shrine's web site by clicking here
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Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
For more photos of EWTN click here
Check out the EWTN web site by clicking here
After visiting EWTN in Irondale, a suburb of Birmingham, on Nov. 20, 2005, I drove southwest to Tuscaloosa, AL where I spent a rainy night in a motel, five miles from the University of Alabama. Unfortunately, 'Bama had just lost to Auburn, one of the USA's classic college football meetings. The Crimson Tide will return one day to seek revenge, I'm sure. The most famous name in college football down here is not a player but one of the most successful coaches in the history of college football, "Bear" Bryant. Many streets and buildings down here are name after him. Check out this man's incredible record here On Monday morning I headed south for New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana to volunteer time cleaning up after hurricane Katrina.
Before leaving Mississippi I made a brief stop at the
NASA's John Stennis Space Center where the solid
rocket boosters for the shuttle are tested.
It's nice to be putting on shorts again in the morning!
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Hurricane Katrina Cleanup
A catagory 5 hurricane packing winds of 160 mph bears
down on New Orleans the afternoon of August 28, 2005.
Today the sun sets over a peaceful Lake Pontchartrain,
making it hard to believe what the eight hours of
fury must have been like.
Located in Slidell, LA and created by the Hilltop
Churches of Christ, this camp I joined can
accommodate up to sixty volunteers! They have had
over 450 volunteers who have cleaned up over 350
houses!
For more photos of Hilltop Rescue Camp click here
Frank is one of thousands of displaced victims.
A Marine veteran of Korea and retired policeman in
New Orleans - his wife of 42 years passed away in
2000 - his house wiped out in Katrina this year.
Denise provides some comfort with a hug.
For more photos of Katrina victims click here
For more even more photos of Katrina victims click here
This was a real Thanksgiving! Just ask Bob here!
For more photos of Thanksgiving at Hilltop click here
The volunteers had some fun as tourists too!
L-R: Rodney, Jason, Bart, Thom, Clayton, Linda
For more photos of New Orleans click here
Check out the Katrina web site by clicking here
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