Our trip to visit Dennis's family is over for now. We visited a lot, and were able to help his Mom with some house and garden projects but we mostly had to settle on making contacts and paperwork related to his plot in the Salem cemetary and other related activities. We pulled out of town after being able to see most everybody at least once. One friend from High School even called while we were on the road to wish us well It was a trying and exhausting week. We were glad to be heading for our adventure in St. Louis, but about halfway there Dennis drove through very heavy rains that made it impossible to see the highway. Slowing way down we followed the truck lights across the Missouri countryside on Interstate 70!! We switched halfway and I drove through St. Louis to Illinois and to the hotel in Collinsville-phew! We were ready to call it a day after that.
On the 14th we had a bucket list item for Faith: several well spent hours at the Cahokia Mounds World Heritage Site outside Collinsville. This is one of the many places Faith studied in North American Archaeology. It was misty and raining lightly (by Ketchikan standards) when we finally climbed to the top terrace, terrace 4, on Monk's Mound. We flew off to Seattle that night and we are looking forward to getting home tomorrow. Dennis turns around and flies back to Seattle to begin his radiation treatments Monday, so we just got our visits accomplished before that. Best wishes to all, Dennis and Faith
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How long is Dennis in Seattle? I'm blowing through there this week. Cindi
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