Nancy is in China

Nancy is in China.  Her second trip abroad in a month – both for work.  Shanghai is 13 hours ahead of us.  Pretty easy to remember.  Our AM is her PM +1 hour.  So 9 PM at home now is 10 AM in Shanghai. Puppies and I miss her but we’ll live.  She’ll be home…

The gang at Starved Rock

Here’s the gang (MoBlog pic posted) at Starved Rock State Park near Utica, IL. We hiked this morning.  We didn’t hike all the trails but we did visit Starved Rock, Lover’s Leap Overlook, EaglecCliff Overlook, French Canyon, the Visitor Center and the Lodge.  We also had a picnic lunch in the park between the river…