Travel Day, Seafood and a Light House

We started Wednesday back at CDB to meet Sis. Esther again.

Kelly Jo loaded up in Esther's van and Odie and I followed them north toward Maine. It was less than an hours drive to Kittery, Maine and Warren's Lobster House. The DiZazzo' and several other folks highly recommended Warren's and we were excited to give it a try.

The advertise a fresh salad bar and fresh seafood and they deliver on both. The salad bar is not the biggest in the world although it is big for this part of the world. Everything on it was really fresh and we all really liked it.

The seafood was excellent. KJ and Esther hand fried haddock, Odie had a shrimp pasta dish and I had a baked haddock crusted with crab. We all enjoyed it very much.

Before Esther turned back toward Boston she took us north to York to visit Nubble Light House.

The light house is actually on an Island. I am posting lots of pictures because it was beautiful. Google "Nubble Light House images" for some unbelievable pictures.

I was trying to get Esther to smile and I ended up getting her tickled. It was so funny at the moment.

Then we had some awesome ice cream just up the road.

We said goodbye to Esther and then we headed north to Camden, Maine for the night. We hated to leave Esther but she is going to Vermont this weekend for the tent revival services there. That is going to be great.

We pulled into Camden about 7:30. This is a gorgeous seaside town. It was getting dark when we arrived but we hope to explore a little before we backtrack a few miles to Rockland this morning.

Today we hope to spend some time with the Millikin family before we move on. They are here preparing to begin tent revival Friday night. It is going to be so good to see them. I will try to get some good pictures of them.

I am posting the blog each day on this trip from my phone and iPad. There are lots of things that are difficult to do in Blogger without my laptop so I hope it is formatting correctly. Kelly Jo shot two short clips with her phone of the water by the Light House and they look great on her phone. I tried to post them below but I can not tell if they are showing up or not. I hope they do.

Davy

New States Visited and Places to Go!

I mentioned the other day that Courtney traveled to 12 states for the first time while she was with us this summer. I had forgotten that Kelly Jo took pictures of the state signs as we entered.

Indiana

Illinois

Missouri

California

Wisconsin

Minnesota

North Dakota

South Dakota

Iowa

Nebraska

Kansas

Oklahoma

Two of those states were new for our family too. In all of our wondering around out here we had missed Wisconsin and North Dakota. 

Now we have been to both and enjoyed them very much. We saw a lot of beautiful country in Wisconsin and North Dakota and met a bunch of friendly people in each state. I have an acquaintance that used to live in Wisconsin and he told me to drive right through because there was nothing to see. Wow! He should have opened his eyes while he lived there!

We have not visited all of the lower 48 states but now we only lack a few in the Northeast. I need to visit Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine to complete the list. 

Kelly Jo needs to visit the states above plus New Jersey and Odie needs all of them plus New Jersey and New York. Oops! Odie needs to add Michigan too. That is a shame because we have preached two revivals just a few miles from Michigan.

I am sure we will make it up to the Northeast in God's good time. Who knows, maybe next year. I want to eat Italian in Boston, Lobster in Maine and see the beauty of Vermont. I am not sure what the other places are known for but I will find out eventually.

Where have you been and where do you want to go?

Davy

So What Happened Sunday and Monday?

Did you read Monday's post about buying some Bibles?

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I guess I need to bring you up to date on the events of the last couple of days. Sunday morning we went back to the church where the Martin's (Hope for the Home Ministries) conducted the Kid's Crusade last week. The church is Fort Totten Gospel Lighthouse and the pastor is Brandon Wegener.

We had a good service and enjoyed the fellowship with Pastor Brandon and his folks. He asked us to minister in song and we sang a couple of songs before the preaching. We sure appreciate their kindness and hospitality.

The church is actually only about five miles from where we are parked at Graham's Island State Park but the road between is about 20 feet under the lake so it is 29 miles around the lake. No problem though because it is a beautiful drive.

There is a game preserve near the church on the south side of the lake and we drove through it after church.

It was beautiful and well worth the two dollars for the car load. They have a few elk in the preserve but they were allusive. We did see a swarm of buffalo and gaggle of prairie dogs.

Sunday evening we sat outside and for devotions I read aloud the first chapter of "Robert Hardy's Seven Days." I love that book. Have you read it yet?

This morning we were up early for a road trip into Canada. We are only a 75-80 miles from the border so it really was not too much of a drive. We crossed into Canada at the Crystal City crossing and met a very pleasant Canadian border agent. 

The Crystal City crossing is not very busy so after the formalities were taken care of he offered us lots of good information and great conversation. It is always a treat to meet some body with a great personality. The agent took his job seriously but did not take himself too seriously. That is a great combination.

We drove north several miles and then turned east and drove to Winkler. It was all beautiful country. 

In Winkler it started feeling hungry so we went searching for a place to eat. We exhausted several options and then settled on a local Mexican place. Actually the name was Mexican, Del Rio's,  but they specialize in Mexican and Mennonite food. What?

Yep, that should have been my first clue. You know I love Mexican food and I love everything I have eaten in Mennonite country but they specialize in both? It was definitely NOT one of my better decisions.

It looked great but who eats Mexican food in Canada? Not me, at least not any more. The people were real friendly, the place was super clean but Mexican food in Canada? I must have been dropped on my head as a baby to think that would work.

The city of Winkler has a beautiful city park that honors its heritage and it is very nice. They honor early settlers from Germany and from the Ukraine. I tell you these folks were a hardy lot to endure this place in the winter. I am not joking. They were better men than me. They left their homes, families and everything they knew to come to a strange place so they could live and worship in freedom.

Kelly Jo had laid out some stuffed chicken thighs from Pine Prairie, Louisiana so we HAD to eat them Monday evening. Wow! What a meal. Kelly Jo does not get to cook very much with our lifestyle so I do not write about it often, but that girl can cook! She loves to tell everybody that she could not cook when we married but that was nearly 30 years ago. She has learned well!

I think that brings you up to date. God bless you all .

Davy