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In the Quilters' Book Club, our book to read and discuss during September is The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs. If you'd like to make a quilt block to represent the setting in the book, here are some links to free patterns to get your ideas flowing:
Setting of The Goodbye Quilt
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Yes, I've been on many road trips. Several of them were to travel halfway across the country to take our kids to college.
ReplyDeleteI love road trips, we travel in the summer usually. Last year we went to Memphis and Nashville in Tennessee then drove up to Kentucky then back home through Atlanta. The Year before we did the Outer Banks in NC. But my absolute favorite was Maine. We flew up then took the scenic road from Bar Harbor (check for scenic drives with AAA or Rand McNally) all the back to Portland. The sights, sounds and smells are forever in my heart.
ReplyDeleteBy the way I love the choice of blocks!!! THanks.
ReplyDeleteI have been on a few road trips. When I was younger, we used to drive from Atlanta, GA to the Jersey Coast each year. We would pass through so many states and see so much. Used to pass through D.C. which was so interesting how you would go in and out there. Then the Delaware Bridge used to scare me so bad crossing it when I was a child in the 60's. There were chunks missing out of the sides..like vehicles went off the sides. The bridge has been revamped since the 60's and it isn't as intimidating as it used to be. I to this day ride on the inside lanes when crossing over bridges because of that bridge. LOL!
ReplyDeleteLots of road trips! We live in Texas, but my family lives in Colorado and Wyoming - so we always try to travel a few different roads to see different sights! Biggest road trip - Brady, Texas to Findlay, Ohio. Lots of wonderful sights, even though it was in March. Stopped in at Churchhill Downs - loved it!
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My daughter was a student at the University of Findlay until a handsome soldier asked her to marry him. Was your purpose equestrian by any chance? I live in northeast Ohio and my oldest son is a graduate of TCU. Made that trip several times. Hated leaving him behind but loved the trip.
DeleteI was Born and raised in Findlay...met my hub in 9th grade, he was bussed in from the Country east of town (glad!)...my Maternal Grandfather (Wolford) Grandfather was a "father" of the Findlay, then Fort Findlay.. we have traveled and lived all over the USA, now live as Hoosiers' in a cabin we built ourselves...in our 60's...so Findlay College was the name when we were raised there, now Findlay University....proud of our OSU basketball Craig form Findlay U....46 years after Sorenson who graduated with my brother at Findlay High....so! I could go on !! Marathon Oil and Cooper Tire also!!....Flag City?....ha! But we will always be Buckeyes! wherever we roam! Americans are the greatest folks on earth!!...we have met a few!!!
DeleteRoad trips mean that I drive. Paul and I were married in Cleveland Ohio and drove across the country, camping each night in different states, until we reached California where we left our car with my brother and sailed, in a freighter, through a typhoon, to Yokohama. When Paul went to New York for training for his job, we reversed the trip from California, across the southwest, and up to Cleveland, then on to the East coast. All with three small children in tow. I like trips that include trains and planes and we did one of those as a family, going by ship to Russia, travelling by the trans-Siberian RR, plane and more trains through USSR, Czechoslovakia, and followed Great Grandfather's trip when he immigrated from there to America. (that one with six kids in tow. The best part of every trip is coming home!
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful trips! Your children must ave amazing memories
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When my DH was alive we made many trips by motor home. At first across the southern states as we were mostly free to travel in winter. I love the southwest. Once we took 7 weeks, several family members and their motor homes and went to Alaska. That was an amazing summer.
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Just got home from a road trip on Friday...drove from Washington state to the Tampa area in Florida. I've done this trip 4-5 times in the past 4 years. 8,100 miles on my truck for this trip...next cross-country trip will probably be by plane! Thanks for the opportunity to win this book!!!
ReplyDeleteJust heading to see our parents is a 2+ day road trip (each way). We're heading out on Saturday for another road trip, this time to Minnesota for over a week. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteRoad trips have not been part of my life experiences growing up or as a parent. We didn't get our first car until I was eleven and my folks were not interested in traveling great distances. I think because it had not been part of their experiences. When my daughter was young we occasionally took summer trips to visit relatives in Chicago or Youngstown.
ReplyDeleteMore recently my job involved travel, often with a colleague who loves to drive and site see. No sooner would we land than plans would be made to see the surrounding area. That resulted in exploring areas in California, Colorado, Florida, and Arizona. Not long trips, but always interesting.