So Show Me...

Our time in the Show Me state was well spent. Craig and I were able to visit long time friends John and Tim. I met John my first week in college, 36 years ago? What? 36 years? I'm amazed that it seems like yesterday. I miss them a lot.

After St. Louis, we decided to head west to Hermann, Mo. Hermann is wine country for the area. We heard there was a wine festival and decided to visit. We spent a lovely day visiting some of the wineries and tasting the fruit of their labor, so to speak.  Our last visit was to a lovely winery with a patio overlooking the Missouri river. Very relaxing and beautiful. 

On to Hannibal, Mo. A visit to Mark Twain's Boyhood Home and Museum proved an amazing amount of information about
Samuel Clemens' life. I will have to reread The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The museum gave us several photo opportunities. And yes we know we are in the opposite genders.  Becky and Tom, both ways?
















The museum also has an amazing collection of art by Norman Rockwell in the form of illustrations for the books about Tom Sawyer  and Huckleberry Finn. I have never seen so many in one place.

Of course no trip to the birthplace of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn would be complete without a little work painting a fence. Our boys were good sports and posed without complaint. Okay, without MUCH complaint. We are having a great time and looking forward to more adventures on the Mississippi River.