Sunday NIght Football

Are you ready for Sunday night football?  Well, it looks like the Washington Redskins were a little more ready than the Dallas Cowboys tonight.  Skins 13, Cowboys 7.   Yes, I have to gloat since I don't know when they will win the next game.  At least they have a solid defense this season and if they could ever get some offense going it would be interesting.

A special thanks to the Dallas right tackle for contributing to the victory. 

It was a good weekend for my football teams with the Maryland Terps & the Fighting Illini both posting victories.  

9/11 Day of Remembrance

We shall never forget this day and the cowardly act by the terrorists.

We left the hotel late today and made the 6 hour trip back to the cabin stopping twice for gas and once for lunch.  The drive up I-79 in West Virginia is a beautiful drive with lots of twists and turns on the interstate.  It seems like there isn't a single section of the road that is straight for more than 100ft and you are either going up a hill or down.  Nice drive in a car but would really burn up the gas in a motor home.

We stopped by Cassie & Jacks house to pick up the mail and visit for a few minutes.  They were heading out to dinner and we needed to get some provisions for the cabin.


We had a great time the past week or so but it is always nice to get back to the cabin and take it easy.

Getaway Day

Today marked the end of our visit with Melita & Adnon.  We picked them up for a late breakfast and exchanged photos with them and stayed an extra hour or two before we finally got on the highway.

They will be here until 9/18 when they fly back to Paris.  We are looking forward to their next trip to the USA and maybe we can hook up with them in the motorhome and show them some sights out west.

We drove from Bowling Green to just west of Charleston, WV.  We tried to stop earlier but the motels were full due to the Marshall vs West Virginia University football game.  We managed to watch the 2nd half on tv and it was an exciting game with WVU coming back from a 21-6 deficit to win it in overtime.

Mammoth Cave & Superb Dinner

The trip for the day was to Mammoth Cave National Park with Gerry, Dino, Melita & Adnon taking the cave tour.  I have been on cave tours before and knew that my sore back would not let me take this one.  They took the 2 hour tour and had a great time while I made some parking lot phone calls and chatted with a couple people in the parking lot.  The time went by very quickly for me.

It was a little slower for the gang down below on the two mile hike with all the steps and narrow passages.  I would not have been able to squeeze through those places.  Mammoth Cave is said to be the largest known cave in the world as of now.  We took our grand daughter Stephanie there many years ago and she loved it.

We stopped by an orchard near Bowling Green and picked up some fruit and vegetables on the way back.  Later that evening Adnon's sister prepared a typical Bosnian meal for the four of us and it was great.  We tried some new foods that we had never seen before and managed to stuff ourselves very well.  Loved it!

Melita & Adnon - Corvette Museum

Gerry has been exchanging letters and emails with her cousin Melita for 15 years and they have never met face to face.  That all changed today as we joined them in Bowling Green, KY.  Their nephew Dino brought them to the motel and they had a happy meeting outside the office.  I got there after the initial squeals and hellos but did get this picture with smiles all around.  

We followed them to a Starbucks cafe and had a round of coffee with them and planned our day.  Dino had to work so we decided to visit the Corvette assembly plant and then the museum.  It was only after we arrived at the museum that the girls learned they needed closed toe shoes to go on the tour and neither had brought them.  The went on the museum tour and I waited for them in the Corvette delivery hall since my back was acting up.  I called my friend Mann who is a proud owner of a Corvette and asked him if he needed anything from the gift shop.  He told me to walk down by the first Corvettes being delivered and wave to him on the cameras there.  Neat.  I did so and when Melita, Adnon and Gerry finished the tour Mann captured the picture below of us.  

We joined them for dinner later that evening with Adnon sister at the restaurant where Dino works and had a great meal.  The food was great and service even better.  We got home stuffed and ready for bed.  Great day all around.