St. Louis meet and greet!

[Mary]

As it turned out, JimL, Shirley, and his family were in St. Louis Friday night, and I was there with my husband, Bob. We managed to get together for a little while after dinner and got a few pictures snapped. It was great getting to meet both Jim and Shirley, and I only wish it could have been a little longer visit. Maybe next time!

 

[hensylee]

oh, what fun. Is Jim trying to be shorter than Mary? Beautiful place. What is it?

 

[JimL]

In front of the fireplace in the Drury Inn in St. Louis; Shirley and I had an interesting walk, about a mile, back to our motel, no real danger, just nervousness about someone following us. We crowded too many things into last week, the arch, Union Station, hiking in Arkansas, a brewery tour, a cathedral tour, a tour of a closed seminary, before it came time to meet Mary and Bob.

 

[hensylee]

That is a beautiful place and it looks antique. I have heard St Louis is not very safe. And that one should not get lost in certain areas of the city. Scary walk for you.

 

[JimL]

I did feel a bit safer walking last Tuesday night with two of my sons, both bigger than me, even though we covered several miles then, and did see a few street people.

 

[bvdr]

It sounds like you had a really nice visit. I've always enjoyed meeting other VR.com members at the reunions or when traveling. ChristinaL and I met for lunch one day in surroundings not very dissimilar from that in your picture. I have fond memories of that day. Geebee and I got together a while back and enjoyed that visit so much as well. I hope when traveling through this area other members get in touch with me and maybe spend a few minutes together.

 

[bvdr]

That is a beautiful place and it looks antique. I have heard St Louis is not very safe. And that one should not get lost in certain areas of the city. Scary walk for you.

Ann, did you see the episode of City Confidential that featured St. Louis? I was a little surprised that it depicted it as you said, not the safest sity around.

 

[Adrienne]

Hello from a former St. Louisan (sp ??). It's true that there are parts of St. Louis which are not very safe. If I ever get back to St. Louis, which I don't do since my parents passed away, I would love to meet some of you "valvers" from the area.

 

[Mary]

Hello from a former St. Louisan (sp ??). It's true that there are parts of St. Louis which are not very safe. If I ever get back to St. Louis, which I don't do since my parents passed away, I would love to meet some of you "valvers" from the area.

And I would love to meet you, Adrienne!

 

[Guest]

*grins*

So glad all of you got to meet!!!!

Mary, looks like your flash was working. Sure wish mine had been when we met up in October:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1106/DSC07568r8_jpg.html

Heh...hard to believe that entire road trip is almost 3 months ago already .


And, Jim, I'm guessing you went south into and around Indy and avoided Chicago, eh? If so ... good choice .



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[JimL]

Absolutely, Cort. Being it is winter here, although no snow, I wanted to head south as soon as possible, so yes, around Indianapolis. Illinois is still just as flat as I remembered it, although there are some wonderful drives in Missouri.

 

[Mary]

*grins*

So glad all of you got to meet!!!!

Mary, looks like your flash was working. Sure wish mine had been when we met up in October:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1106/DSC07568r8_jpg.html

Heh...hard to believe that entire road trip is almost 3 months ago already .


And, Jim, I'm guessing you went south into and around Indy and avoided Chicago, eh? If so ... good choice .



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Hey Cort!
I don't think the flash was working better, we used the automatic camera software to brighten the picture with Jim. (New with this new computer)Maybe I can go back and fiddle with "our" picture too!
I have another picture that shows Jim's and my height difference so I will post it. Of course, I think there's going to be a big height difference with anyone who has their picture taken with Jim; he's TALL!

 

[Guest]

Absolutely, Cort. Being it is winter here, although no snow, I wanted to head south as soon as possible, so yes, around Indianapolis. Illinois is still just as flat as I remembered it, although there are some wonderful drives in Missouri.

He he ... yes, there certainly are .

And, I don't blame ya for going straight south to Indy. Heck, even if it was summer, I'd do the same thing. Chicago traffic stinks, to put it mildly. I much prefer my western trips ... and going south ... than having to deal with Chicago traffic .

Hey Cort!
I don't think the flash was working better, we used the automatic camera software to brighten the picture with Jim. (New with this new computer)Maybe I can go back and fiddle with "our" picture too!
I have another picture that shows Jim's and my height difference so I will post it. Of course, I think there's going to be a big height difference with anyone who has their picture taken with Jim; he's TALL!

*chuckles*

Yes, indeedy, he is .

And, let me know if you're able to fool with that pic ... it doesn't look bad, by any means, just a bit odd . He he he!



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