The End

We got home, Sunday morning at midnight for me and probably
close to 1am for Rosa.

Now to recuperate!

Lynita

This was taken at the visitor center outside Rapid City.. thats the direction we came from.

The view in the direction we're heading

On the way to Mount Rushmore

Inside the parking garage at Mt. Rushmore

And there it is in all its glory

Wall, SD

Yes, its snowing....

The Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD

The show room

In the ring, showing the judge going over a dog

Rosa mentoring future Japanese Chin judges

Pep talk in a quiet corner

JCCARE's fund raising table

Sunday at Rend Lake

Catherine and Andrew drove up to Rend Lake to spend the day, Andrew and I tried our hand at fishing for bass.

No bites, so we decided to take a drive around the resort and check out the wildlife.

There is a pheasant in this picture.

Evil deer

Another pheasant.

We headed out for lunch and afterwards we went horseback riding.

A nice 2 mile hike, the easy way.

Checking out some campgrounds after the hike we saw this guy. Then it was back to the cabin for another try at fishing, no luck that time either... Oh well, Andrew will have to come up to Washington and go fishing.

Lynita

Rend Lake Resort, Whittington, Illinois

The inside of our cabin

Views from the deck

There was a thunder and lightening storm going on when this was taken. We had several nights with a light show.

This is the first day we arrived. Rosa tripped and fell when her foot caught on raised portion of the sidewalk. She hurt her face, arm and leg but shrugged it off at the time as we were on our way to the restaurant for dinner. We walked on over there and then back to her cabin but by 7 am Saturday we were at the emergency room.

Here she is, they x-rayed her leg to make sure nothing was broken and after a shot and letting her get dressed she spent the rest of the week in a leg/knee brace. She still went back to grounds and judged 40 puppies and vetran dogs at 2 pm.

Lynita

St. Louis, Missouri

The Arch

Union Station, now lacking trains but has a hotel and shops

One of the stained glass windows

Another stained glass window

Andrew pretending to run to catch a train :)

This is one of the train models

Can't visit the train station without feeding the fish!

Catherine and Andrew

This building's been painted to look like this, windows, ledges, statue. So real looking that birds have to be swept up after crashing into the wall. Ouchie.

This is the Cruel Fate gang, starting with Andrew in front then going around the table, Anna and her husband Mike. End of the table is Josh, his daughter, Jocelyn and his wife Liz. Then me and Catherine.

Thursday I hooked up with three more friends, Sara, Mathew and their dad, Paul. Also gaming friends.

All in all a fun time in St. Louis!

Lynita