We got home about 2 a.m. June 12. Had a great time, but still very tired.
We drove almost 4200 miles in the three weeks.
For me and Liz, there was the Wesley Caudle Family Reunion at Trace Fork in
Magoffin County, Kentucky; our grandaughter's graduation in Northumberland,
Pennsylvania, and meet and visit a never before seen cousin Rose Bardusch in
Newport News, Virginia. We also visited with Liz's cousin Dee Caudill in
Huntington, West Virginia and Liz's sister Sandra near Roanoke, Virginia.
Most of the rest of the vacation and travels was for our 6 year old
grandaughter Makayla. She loved having her picture taken at all the
different state lines or visitors' centers in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia,
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma.
We intend to put together a vacation 2002 scapbook for her. When she is
older and studies some of these places, she can look at her scrapbook and say
"I've been there." She was really excited when she saw the arch at St.
Louis
and then the 'big river' Mississippi River. Relatives in Kentucky really
took to her and helped her have a great time. In Newport News, VA, my
cousin's grandson was the same age as Makayla, and they had a ball playing.
Little Zachary's parents took Makayla under their wings and took her around
with them a lot. While there, Makayla got to 'swim' in Rose's pool in the
back yard, and we took one day out to take her to see the Atlantic and play
in the ocean at Virginia Beach. We did a lot of site seeing at the Yorktown
Battlefield, Jamestown, and Williamsburg.
From there, we went to Petersburg and Bedford, Virginia with a stop at
Appomatox Court House on our way to Sandra's house. One day, Sandra took us
back to Bedford to see the National D-Day Memorial. That was absolutely
awesome. If any of you get a chance, go see it.
When we left Sandra's, we went to Chattanooga's Lookout Mountain and to Rock
City in Georgia. Makayla loved the "Fantasy Caverns." Of course, we did,
too. Then we went to the Vicksburg Battlefield in Mississippi. The Kentucky
Memorial had just been completed a year or so ago. It is beautiful, and I'll
try to get some pictures of it posted to some of the different list websites.
So, even though we had a great time, it's good to be back with all of you.
We are already planning a trip 'out west' for late July or early August.
That will only be a week or 10 days.
Bud Caudle