Day Four and Five

From Ron: We left Chicago and it was raining hard. Drove to Notre Dame. I hadn't been there since I went there in 83-84. Boy has it changed alot. We made the required stop at the bookstore to get "the shirt," which is the rally shirt for the upcoming football season. We also got a few other things. Made our way across Indiana, Ohio and into Beaver, Pennsylvania where we met our good friends Bob and Nancy Ullerich and Judy (Nancy's sister) and her husband Kevin and son Karl (down syndrome). We sat on the front porch of the house in Beaver, overlooking the Ohio River, sipped wine and generally wound down from four days of driving. We enjoyed a great home cooked meal and I got out my guitar and Karl and I serenaded the folks. What a great evening. Thursday Bob and I played a round of golf in the morning. I kicked his butt! (we're very competitive, like brothers) The girls and Karl played mini-golf. Tonight Bob is barbequing ribs and chicken. I'm guessing there'll be more singing and laughing and enjoying the evening tonight.

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The arch in St. Louis (on our way to Chicago)