Springtime Itchy Feet

I can't go anywhere right now because I'm selling my house and still paying off the Peru trip but I manage to get out on day or weekend trips. I have a buyer for my house but things are on hold until they sell their house so...maybe my next trip will be to New Mexico...hopefully very soon.

Hermann -- At the end of April my Bocce Club members plus some hikers went on a Amtrak excursion to Hermann. I had been talking this up for a few months so they decided I should make arrangements and we could all go. It worked out beautifully and it was a great day. All together we had nine people going and we had a great time.  We spent time at Hermannhof winery and ate at the Wurst Haus qand roamed all over town. The train trip was great.

Hermannhoff cellar

tired feet

historical society

Old school

Hermann



Enjoying some wine and cheese

Benton Park & Cherokee Street - Jill and I went down to St. Louis last week to visit the cemetery and stop in to check in with brother Paul and Sandy. There is always something restful about cemeteries. We did our grave decoration thing and then Jill decided to climb the nearby Magnolia Tree. No injuries to her or the tree. The cemetery is a little picky about decorations but this time they will leave things alone for most of the summer. We also marked a Civil War grave of a soldier who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

At Paul and Sandy's we had a nice visit and caught up on their trip to England and Ireland and our trip to Peru. We took a walk through Benton Park and then past the Lemp Mansion and DeMenil House museum and stopped in at a used book store. This is a really nice St. Louis neighborhood nestled in the shadow of the old breweries. We walked up Cherokee Street and stopped in at an Irish Pub for a refreshing adult beverage and to cool off for a while. Joker, the Aussie Shepherd, really enjoyed the cooling off part.

Benton Park area

Lemp Mansion

Benton Park area

Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion



neighborly library

Cherokee St.



Joker cooling off

Cherokee St.

Earlier in May we got to see my nephew and neices and celebrated the first birthday of Mr. Austen Lee Bennett. We were at Babler State Park and it was a very good day. Good to see everyone.



Mr. A. L. Bennett

Shannon and Austen