Postcards from mid-MO

by chuckofish

The OM and I drove over to Jeff City to visit daughter #1 for the 4th of July. The weather was hot, but not overbearingly so. We were able to visit our favorite winery in Rocheport and sit outside and enjoy the river views.

We did a little “vintiquing” and checked out the the city’s downtown festival district.  The next day the boy and his little famille joined us and the pace of our adventures picked up 100%.

We walked over to the capitol and visited “Aunt Mary’s” office and ran amok through the building, which was okay, since there were very few people there. It is indeed a very neat space full of fascinating things.

Love those N.C. Wyeth murals!

It was fun to introduce the small fry to Missouri history, flora and fauna. And we went on a bear hunt through the halls, looking for all the ubiquitous ursi…

That evening we walked with our folding chairs over to the House parking garage where daughter #1 had staked out a parking place on the top floor where we set up for viewing the fireworks. We had a perfect view of the huge and impressive display on the river. It seemed like a long walk home after that, but we made it.

We went home the next day and recovered.