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What day is this . . . Really?

 Friday’s cat

Early morning stop

 It was a good thing, too.

The plaza in front of the Cheyenne train station is empty only because there are few folks stirring.

Thursday was the first day of Cheyenne's Frontier Days.

Miles and miles

 

From Cheyenne, Wyoming to Wells, Nevada yesterday. 

We should be home later today. 

Last evening

Credit: MB

 Eastern Wyoming sky

Out of order

 . . . but also yesterday

We crossed the Mississippi 

Today’s stop

 

Old paint

 

Lake

 Took a ride with PHG today. 

Who are those people on the right?

I have no ideer*. 

*for Buck

 

What’s this

Without context this photo doesn’t mean much.

As MB and I wander we are made aware of various places we might visit. 

Earlier this past week, on our way to [almost] Cleveland, we saw a sign for the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Museum in Fremont, OH. 

It was on our route so we stopped. 

We were not disappointed. 

We know a lot more about President Hayes. 

While we were on the tour of the home, which is also on the site, the guide mentioned another place of interest, Ft. Meigs. 

Yesterday we drove a little bit out of our way, to Perrysburg, OH. 

Now we know that the fort is the site of the first major victory by U.S. troops in the War of 1812.

About the only disappointment was that the visitor center didn’t have any magnets. 

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One of eight from Ohio.

He promised to serve only one term, and kept it.

Saw this

 

. . . and Lake Perch for dinner

Unprepared

I used up all of the photos I took.

So you’ll have to make do with the ones from Sunday.

Our weekend was full, with family activity, and a baptism.

Now it’s time for laundry and preparation for the road again.

Interesting place

 On Friday, as we drove toward Hannibal, MB spotted a roadside sign proclaiming Chilicothe, Missouri as the home of sliced bread.

She will eventually get around to publishing her take on koobecaf.

I, on the other hand, found it to be the home of “A Mural On Evevery Blank Wall.”

a little library, too

I’m really miffed at boogger because it’s totally uncooperative when it comes to posting from my phone, and no better on the tablet.

Worse, my phone lost the picture of the best mural.

Yesterday

 We crossed the Mississippi River at Hannibal. 

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Doesn’t get much better

 Denver this morning 

We need umbrellas now, in North Platte and we needed them yesterday in Denver 

Better’n fireworks

 Before the neighborhood fireworks display Mother Nature showed off her talents.

Further information

 Late because we’re on the road.

The only question now is whether or not the vehicle will be totaled.

Busted plan

 So . . .  MB and I have a road trip starting next week.

We are driving to Ohio for another baptism.

If it seems like we go to Ohio a lot, it's because we do.

We've family there, an expanding multi-generation family.

The newest member was born about a month ago.

She is the second child of MB's nephew.

Our plan was to attend the baptism next Sunday, hang around for a day or two, then visit members of my extended family in the Cleveland area. 

Then drive to Michigan and visit with PHG [maybe she needs a new acronym?] and with GS's brothers and their families. 

We were going to spend a week or so.

That all changed in Denver on Saturday.

MB's youngest  . . .    young being relative . . .   had been traveling east from Washington state, visiting colleges for the purpose of selecting a school for his daughter, who graduates next June.

There was some sort of kerfuffle on the freeway between Boulder and Denver and their vehicle was wrecked.

It may even be totaled, but they won't find out until after the holiday.

They are semi-stranded. 

Some local folks came through with a place for them to stay and a car they can use locally until they are able to fly out.

There are no rental cars available in the Denver area until Tuesday at the soonest.

They were able to get a flight out for the four of them, but are only able to take about half of their stuff.

MB and I will pick up the rest of it and bring it to Ohio with us.

It appears that we will then probably be helping to transport them and their gear back to Washington instead of our planned excursion.

We are grateful the accident only incurred vehicle damage and that we're able to assist.

Missed one

 Because it, yesterday, was a travel day . . .    

. . . across three time zones, with a plane change mid-continent.

There are no pictures to post because aircraft interiors and airports, as subjects, are boring, at best.

I will refer you to this post from last weekend.

I’ll wait while you read it.

One of our first stops, even before going to our house, was Urgent Care.

It had been planned since the day after the incident.

The Doc sent MB for X-rays.

His opinion after viewing is that there’s a small fracture of the radius.

The official description from the Radiologist:

“Acute minimally impacted fracture of the distal radius.”

The doc had already replaced the Ace bandage with a brace.

It’s easier to remove and reapply.

Happy Canada Day!

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