Meandering the Country

November 1-3, 2025 Corner flower shop just down from our hotel in Lisieux, hometown of the "Little Flower"! This trip was quite a new experience for Dick and me as, instead of gallivanting off on our own, we traveled together on a pilgrimage with 43 parishioners from our parish, St. Boniface.  Traveling with fellow parishioners combined with going to so many sacred places was a powerful and life-changing experience.  Each of the locations were the very spots where saints I’ve known of for my entire life grew up, played, ate, slept, prayed, and experienced miracles.  Walking in the very footsteps of these holy role models and experiencing how their very ordinary lives led to such extraordinary events, changing the eternal destiny of countless souls, was an experience I’ll always treasure. Statue of St. Thérèse outside of the Carmel The first saint on our list was St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower!  Getting to this Little Flower’s hometown was no little task....

July 14-20, 2025 This has been such an amazing trip – and we still have one last leg to go!  We left Salt Lake City and made our first overnight stop at Fort Bridger RV Camp in Wyoming.  This was only a couple of hours away, which gave us plenty of time to explore Fort Bridger once we arrived. Some months ago, we watched the television series American Primeval , which piqued our interest in the fort.  The series really is based on history, although in true media style, it sounds like a lot of liberty was taken in a very dramatic fashion. Fort Bridger just happens to be located on another popular route  –  the Lincoln Highway.  These were well- used cabins for travelers on taking Hwy. 30 west to Oregon or east to New Jersey! During our history lesson there, we learned Fort Bridger has gone through several eras.  Move on over Taylor Swift! The first was the Mountain Men Era.  This era consisted of a trading post built by Jim Bridger and his partn...