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Let’s go back to the beginning of the story.  The Prince is sent off on a mission, but is captured by a bad guy.  A really bad guy.  The prince is taken off as a prisoner.  Let’s hope he doesn’t visit the torture chambers.

While his fair princess worries of his lateness in returning, the King [...]

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My son’s history class took a field trip to Orlando to see the Medieval Times.  Since Sir Husband will never take me, I decided I needed to tag along.  After all I am  royalty and I will feel right at home.  Let’s start with a photo to help you put things into perspective.
Here is the [...]

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One of the first places we like to check out when get to the cabin, is the boathouse. It is built on the water. You can no longer build a boat house or a house anywhere near the lakes edge. Since the boathouse was there well before that law was inforced, it stays. If it [...]

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We leave the small town of Hannibal, where everyone is related, and you have names like Lynnie, Markie, Shelleybabe, TeddyAnn, and Sunboy. We leave behind businesses with names like Puddin Head and Jumping Frog, Becky this and Tom that. Where the main drink is Sodies and lunch is dinner, and dinner is supper. My children [...]

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The Gateway Arch Part 1
During 1867-1874 a man by the name of James Buchanan Eads, built the Eads bridge that spans the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MO.  It was the first bridge to span the Mississippi and it is a beautiful one too.  Here is a close up of part of the bridge.

A beauty, [...]

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Our first exciting stop in July, on the way up north, was The Gateway Arch.  It was completed in 1965 and my first visit was in 1968 and I have been to it several times since. 

The outside grounds have changed alot, since that first visit. They now have a beautiful park to walk through.  Here [...]

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While we visited the farm on Tuesday, my friend let the girls collect eggs.

These are chickens.  They lay one egg a day. 

The girls collected three chicken eggs.  You do know what part of the chicken the egg comes from, right?
Two eggs went into brownies.  One had to be thrown out, because it was cracked.

This is the [...]

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and saw…

Geese

Ducks

Zebus

Horses

a house and…

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