Ohio, Michigan Trip June 28 thru July 11, 20009

Jo and I had the privilege of going to Ohio and Michigan this summer. Milton had to work at a couple of the hotels his owners have in Streetsboro, Ohio. The greater part of the trip was in Michigan where we attended the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind. The pictures below are just a very small sampling of our trip experience but it gives you an idea of what we did and where we went.

While Milton worked at the hotels Jo got to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Pretty neat.

The afternoon of June 30th Jo and I drove down to Canton, Ohio and visited the Professional Football Hall of Fame.

After our visit to the Football Hall of Fame we had lunch at Hog Haven, a barbecue restaurant. Great food!

On our way to Detroit, Michigan we stopped in Hiram, Ohio and visited the John Johnson Home. Joseph Smith lived here from Sept. 1831 to Sept. 1832. Jo and I are standing in the revelation room where Joseph at 16 of the revelations in the D & C. The 76th section of the D & C was revealed here.



Here is a photo of the Kirtland Temple. It was nice to have a tour but since it isn't owned by the church (LDS) the information you would expect of this temple was not present. Seemed a bit musty inside as well.

Here is Milton standing in front of the Newell K. Whitney store.

Jo is here at the Detroit tiger stadium while seeing a bit of the city.

While at the Henry Form Museum in Dearborn, Michigan Jo and I saw many a fine old vintage car. This is one of them.

How about this car, the Oscar Meyer car.

After the museum we walked over to Greenfield Village where their was a lot more history about Henry Ford and Thomas Edison. They were contemporaries.

This hotel is the Marriott Renaissance Center Hotel down by the Detroit river. This is where we stayed during the convention.

On July 10th we went up to Frankenuth, Michigan, a Small German town founded in 1845. Bonners is the largest Christmas store in the world. If is 2 football fields in length.

This was a very pretty town with window box planters and the whole bit.

May 31 through June 6, 2009 -

The first week of June Jo and I attended my last uncle of 23 aunts and uncles funeral in Mesa, Arizona. 105 degrees in Meas. We did have a chance to cool off though as we took the opportunity to spend some time at the Grand Canyon. Here are a couple of pictures.

Standing at a look out point at the south rim of the Grand Canyon.

Sunset looking west from the south rim of the Grand Canyon.

San Anontonio Trip March 2-6, 2009

It was nice to brake away from winter time weather and enjoy temperatures in the 70's and 80's. We really enjoyed a glimpse of summer like weather. Our hotel was right on the River Walk. We stayed at the River City Marriott hotel. Here are picture highlights from our trip.

Two pictures of the San Antonio's famous River Walk.

Below are three pictures of the Japanese Gardens including the falls. Since we were there during the first part of March many flowers were yet to bloom.

The Alamo, The Alamo's birthday is on March 6th.