APPLIE’S PLACE

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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My youngest is turning seven tomorrow.  Last year for her birthday party, she requested a Little Mermaid Princess party.  I paid a hefty price for a sheet cake with a few Little Mermaid toys thrown on top.  This year, I figured I could either buy her a cake for her birthday present or bake her [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, the family, plus one friend, went for a hike at Princess Place Preserves.  This was our second trip and we will return.  It is a beautiful placed to visit.  You get wildlife and history, all in one place.
The first trip we toured the home and heard all about [...]

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For burly men to pitch the tent and sit back with a cold one; while the women bring on the food, swat bugs, and yell at the kids to get out of the tent with muddy feet.

It’s time for food, bugs, and hot weather.

It’s time for silly girlie fun.

It’s time for smoke and roasting marshmallows [...]

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Yesterday, we visited Camp Blanding Museum. The base was constructed in 1940 to train U.S. Army divisions. During WWII, Camp Blanding was the 4th largest in Florida. It operated clinics, hospitals, railroad depot, housing, water, theaters, commissary, and much more.
The museum is made from a WWII barracks. The inside looked nothing like a barrack, so [...]

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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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There are no pictures of the young man because of this.

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