Sunday, October 19, 2014

Illinois Paradise


Oh, the familiar roads of home!  We had a great visit to see Minnie.  It is pure bliss as always.



  We got an up close and personal tour of DOT foods where Suzy has worked for a long time.  There are acres and acres of warehouse space, including a refrigerated building dedicated to nothing but chocolate!


We were pretty excited to see this guy soaring around with a buddy.  It's a young bald eagle who doesn't have the white head yet.  So magnificent!


We headed out on what is called the Spoon River Drive.  It's basically mile upon mile and town after town of sales.  It was so fun.  We had a great time even though the wind was chilly at times.



The actual Spoon River.


We cleaned off Mom's headstone.  It had grown this crazy lichen stuff that wasn't on anyone else's.  Looks much better!



We got to pick apples and do some chores which is always fun.


Minnie fed us extremely well!!!

The ever curious Felix.  He's the best cat.


And thus we got our fall fix of the beauty of Illinois!





1 comment:

Andy and Summer Perez said...

That looks like the perfect place to be in the fall. It seems like Minnie is doing well. I'm glad you guys got to go there.