Road Trip #5

Sure enough we had rain yesterday (Tuesday, July 10). Joshua really wanted to miniature golf and it wasn't that cold, so we walked the half mile to the course and played in the rain. I have to admit that when it started coming down really hard, I hid out under the porch roof.

Jon and his dad took our Escape in to a dealer for the 5,000 mile servicing. When they got back the sun was out so we went down and took the paddle boats out on the lake for a short run. Then Jon and I headed into town for a date night. We enjoyed an early dinner at Ruby Tuesday's and then enjoyed "Pirates of the Caribbean -- Deadman's Chest." It was an entertaining movie and a great night out for Jon and me. Joshua enjoyed time on the beach at the lake with his grandpa and grandma.

We were able to miniature golf again today with only slight interference from the rain. We visited an amazing tree house -- 100+ feet high, incorporating numerous trees (see pictures below inside the tree house and a view from the outside). In the afternoon we took a swim in the pool. We stopped by a local church that has prayed for us while Jon was deployed and sent him a care package in Iraq. We are ending the evening with the movie that inspired this trip -- "Cars."


We've made a slight change in our plans and will be leaving Crossville tomorrow morning instead of on Friday. In that way we'll spend the weekend with Jon's brother and family in Ft. Wayne and then drive up to the Detroit area to see more family on Monday before heading to South Bend, IN, and Bloomington, IL, on Tuesday.

We've had a great time with Jon's folks and look forward to seeing more family in the next few days followed by lots of good friends. All for now.

Sheryl