Another super fast week! Still don't know how that happens. Well, we started PACKING this past week!!! WHAT?? You may say.....but, we realized this week that of our 7 weeks left before completing our 3rd mission we will only be in our apartment at the most 5 of those days! YIKES! We have a lot to do to get ready to leave....hence. The packing has begun.
Lucy was not happy with us doing this packing. She decided to just plop down on top of the box that I needed to pack our 'travel tree' in. What are we going to do when we leave.....what will happen to Lucy!!! :-( Makes me sad to think about it.
We were off this week to the GREAT Kentucky Louisville Mission for 2 weeks. We stopped in Nashville, Tennessee on the way....that seemed like a good 'stop and stretch' point for us. We LOVE that skyline.
While there we parked our car across the Tennessee River Bridge to downtown. What a great little walk that is....we love it. We decided to have lunch at the GooGoo Restaurant/Candy Store. You can see from the foto that it is just really close to the AT & T 'Batman Building', as we call it. What a nice little restaurant. As we were standing in line to check out I noticed someone behind us in line speaking what sounded like Finnish. I called Dad over to whispered to him what I had heard. He walked a little closer to the two ladies and before I knew it he was talking Finnish to them. When I finished making my purchase I walked over and we had a 4-way Finnish conversation going....right there in the middle of this store in downtown Nashville. Go Figure!! What fun to find some Finns right there in Nashville.
We are not the only ones taking fotos of State Signs.....this guy had the right idea....just get out of your car and get a good foto!
We drove right on through Kentucky and in to Indiana where the first Zone Conference would be held the next day.
We love seeing the cute (and edible) table decorations.
Because May 1st is Kentucky Derby time, Sister Brough, the mission president's wife, told us Sisters to bring our Derby Hats....we would wear them at lunch time. This senior sister missionary joined Sister Brough and I for the foto op.
Sister Brough and I modeling our hats.....she has 2 hats, I only have the one.
It was a FUN Derby Hat day on Friday because some of the young sister missionaries had made hats and wore them. They are so creative!
President Brough was a good sport. Elder/Dr. Allgaier needed him to 'model' a foto for a slide presentation Dad had been asked to do......i.e., what NOT to do when riding a bicycle! To prevent injuries to oneself and companion. The missionaries LOVED seeing him on the bike and were very quick to point out the things he was NOT doing right!!
When we left Zone Conference on Thursday and headed toward Lexington, KY for the last Zone Conference of this week, we drove past the Evansville, Indiana Visitor Center. It was a really neat building right on the Ohio River. We got to see the River and the building very quickly. As we drove into the parking lot a siren was blaring. We were informed that that siren was a 'weather warning' let residences know of the impending storm. We didn't dilly-dally but rather got on the road and headed to our hotel.
When we finished Zone Conference on Friday we drove over to Morehead Kentucky. It was only about an hour and a bit from Lexington Kentucky. We typically don't drive back to PTC for the weekend because it is too far to drive and we don't need to spend that much more time on the roads. We hunker down fairly close but out in the remote areas so we can just relax....as much as possible with the phones still ringing and missionaries still needing medical help. Plus, we remember that Uncle BP's mother was from Morehead, KY so we thought it would be fun to see where his family came from.
Morehead is in the Daniel Boone National Forest. What a GREAT place to visit and roam around. Beautiful countryside!!
Yes, we even got a little ice cream at the local drug store across the street from the Morehead State University Campus. We couldn't believe we were getting this because it was snow-flurrying outside.
There is a huge man-made lake (largest one east of the Mississippi River) Cave Run Lake that is absolutely gorgeous. We drove to the dam and dad got a few fotos.
We call these the 'bump-bump' mountains. Because that is what they look like.....lots of bumps!
We rarely wear P-Day clothes but we did on this day. That felt strange to do that but also made it easier to drive around the lake and see things.
We found a whole bunch more barns with quilts on the side. LOVE these barns.....and lots of them to.
Sit back and relax....here is a FUN and interesting story to add to our weekend!! You all know Uncle BP. Of course you do. You know the home he grew up in 2 houses up from Grandma and Grandpa Allgaier's home in Arlington. Well, we have known for decades that his mother grew up in Morehead and she loved the house she lived in there. We knew that she agreed to marry Uncle BP's father IF he would build her a home exactly like the new home that she had just built (her brothers built it for her) here in Morehead. He agreed and they were married. Uncle BP remembered the address and we were on a hunt to find the original house. We FOUND it. Meet Fred and Marieta Pissarro (great-grandson of artist Pablo Pissarro). They live in the home. They were very warm and friendly to us and invited us into the home so we could see the inside. Amazing how it really is a mirror image of Uncle BP's home in Arlington.
The full view of the front of the home in Morehead, KY with me standing in front.
And the Arlington VA home....where Uncle BP lives. So weird to walk in the KY home and feel like it should be in reverse!
We attended church in the Owingsville KY Ward today. Such a warm and friendly ward. How fun to be there. This is also where Uncle BP's mother and her family attended church. Only back then they met in homes because they were small in numbers.
It has been another great week and weekend. We have thoroughly enjoyed our travels. This was no exception. We look forward to another week here in the GKLM!! And more presentations and Elder/Dr. meeting with missionaries and we LOVE OUR MISSION!!! We appreciate the support from our family....and love each of you. KIITOS PALJON!! See ya next week......
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