Category: Fun

  • Things to do when you come to visit us

    You can walk in the woods to this pretty wet weather creek.  (The pretty girl, our niece Beth,  may not be here to walk with you. Walking in the woods available from late September through mid April.) If you visit from March through October, we can see Onondaga cave. This is the lily pad room…

  • And that’s when I first saw the bear

    He was a Kodiak lookin’ fella’. About nineteen feet tall. (Thanks, Jimmy Buffet) We saw a bear – that looked just like this guy – right before we got out of the car for our first hiking trip in Colorado. Kris and Ruth Ann chased the bear to see if they could get a photo.…

  • Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans

    I just got back from my spring trip to New Orleans. I forgot my camera, but fortunately my dear friend Mary always brings hers. Here are Lainey, Lori, Mary and I in the garden room at Commander’s Palace for Sunday brunch.  Lori always makes our reservations and always gets a really good table. We’ve sat…

  • Race to the Rocker

    Yesterday, the Hoovers participated in a 4 mile fun run to the World’s Largest Rocker. 200 runners and walkers left Cuba on Old Route 66 and ran westward to the Fanning Outpost – home of the rocker. I jogged, Gary walked, and Dave directed traffic. With the west bound lane closed, it was a very…

  • 2007 Italy, 2008 Caribbean, 2009 Elephant Rocks State Park

    Yesterday we went down to Elephant Rocks State Park. This is the part of Missouri where the granite for the Freeport jetties came from. Click on any photo for a close up.

  • Mardi Gras party photos

    We all had a great time. If you dare, click on any photo for a closeup.