Summer Travels and "The King and I"

Before leaving Durant we, of course, had to search for a few geocaches. In a local park were these horse sculptures:

Now, where could that cache be?

Hmmm? You don't suppose?

Then on to a local cemetery:

There it is!!

On the way home we spent one lovely night in Round Rock, Texas with our good friends Jim and Barb. They were married the same summer that we were. Great supper and visit!!

The Austin Scottish Country Dancing Alliance held its Second Midsummer Ball in June and we were there. Live music, a beautiful hall and beautiful dancers! We're already planning on next year's!

Lydia reached her 9th birthday in July and we celebrated at her house; here she is on her new bike

This called for a sleep-over at Nana's. She stayed for three days and went to a lovely vacation Bible school at a local church in Canyon Lake.

A travelin' lifestyle gives us the opportunity to see old friends as well as make new ones.

Bob Hahn, a lifelong friend of Roger's, is pastor of First United Methodist Church in Lockhart, Texas, along with his wife Lois. We look forward to every visit with them that we can manage. They fixed a great lunch for us on the first day of our trip to Florida and Stacey's.

That evening and the next morning we spent with Nili and Joel Kerich, two dear friends from our Kenya days. Nili was one of my nurses in our hospital and Joel was a nursing student. They have been married for many years and have settled in east Texas. We found each other again through FaceBook.

Our Daughter Stacey has a beautiful voice and is a consummate actress. Each of the past four years has seen her starring in the summer musical of the Citrus County Arts Playhouse: Marian (Music Man), Maria (Sound of Music), Sarah Brown (Guys and Dolls), and this year, Anna in "The King and I." It was fantastic seeing her this time. She and the King, Dennis Love, brought the house down more than once!! The audience never realized that she did the entire show with a fractured left arm which she had broken just before opening night! "The show must go on!"

Our granddaughter Ashley was one of the many children of the king; she's in the red long dress to the right of Anna; she performed her role perfectly.

Our birthdays came while we were at Stacey's and we surprised Meg with her own cake...can you tell?

After the show closed we began our trip to Texas and this time with a little extra: we brought the whole Griffis Family along! Darren was able to work the entire time because we planned to stay in RV parks with Wi-Fi connections. We left Hernando on a Friday night and travelled on the weekend. On Sunday we were in Pensacola and ate a fun meal in nearby Foley, Alabama
at Lambert's Cafe, the "Home of the Throwed Roll."

I took this video with my iPhone.

We spent two lovely days in New Orleans Jackson Square Saint Louis Cathedral Is that Ashley? Touring the above-ground cemeteries of New Orleans. Soon we'll be in San Antonio for our Family Reunion.