Holidays are Nice

We returned from our trip this afternoon, and I feel relaxed and serene. Rather than bore you with every detail of the trip, here are some highlights, followed by a few pictures which you can scroll through quickly, as I know other people's vacation photos aren't fun for most people.

• Had fun in Paris, grilled, played music in the yard all day, went to the Tower, played with good dogs and nice kids, watched BAD HORRIBLE AWFUL "Sheer Dallas," and went to a diner for special waffles with a side of grits. Oh, and had strawberry pie.
• (Not so) FUN FACT: In Paris, you can still smoke in diners.
• Drove through Oklahoma (Cherokee Nation) to Mt. Nebo, hiked, made corn chowder, saw 3 new birds and lots of old birds, met a good dog (see photos), played kazoo accompanied by Kev on guitar, saw lots of wildflowers, got slaughtered at dominoes, and mostly just didn't think about bad stuff.
• FUN FACT: The state bird of Oklahoma is the Scissor-tailed flycatcher. This is a really cool looking bird that you will see on telephone wires, especially near open fields. If you want to see how pretty they are, go over the the Audubon Link. There is a picture on the home page.
• FUN FACT: Mt. Nebo State Park has really nice clean cabins and a friendly staff! I hope one of the Rangers will adopt the good abandoned dog.

I missed reading everyone's blogs. It is good to be home. Whitney says she will blog more.

Extra thanks to Whitney and Bob for hosting...we had lots of fun.