Proud parents Evan and Heather showed us their favorite bike path. Kauai is the most natural unspoiled island in Hawaii. This is a banana blossom in their backyard. You can see the baby bananas behind the blossom. Birds of paradise outside our Air BnB Tomorrow – JAPAN!

Warning – excessive cacti photos taken at Tucson Botanical Garden and Sabino Canyon. We enjoyed our visit with son Nathaniel and his wife Susana. As you can see, his recovery from his accident is amazing!

It is really pronounced “Nah Vay Da”! You will notice Chris is very excited to be at Cottey College in Nevada, MO. She belongs to PEO – Philanthropic Education Organization – For over 150 years hundred of PEO chapters have been sending women to college, and even established its very own women’s college in 1884…

We spent 2 days in Vicksburg- right on the Mississippi River. The city sits on high bluffs above the river on the east side. As you look across to the flat western bank of the river there are actual sand beaches. Join us on a drive through the Vicksburg battlefield. We learned about Grant and…

Chris’s Aunt Ruby is a native born Cajun – maiden name DePlantis. To hear her story about being a flight nurse in VietNam, go to http://www.surefootedfilms.org and look for the interview titled I said, “I want to go to VietNam” We love staying with her when we visit. She enjoyed going to The Four Seasons…

We drove the North to South length of Alabama on 2/2 and stayed at an Air B&B in Gulf Shores, AL.