Charlestons on the Go: Reagan's Visit

Since Reagan had a volleyball camp in Orange City, we got to have her for a very nice, activity-filled visit. We picked her up in Pomeroy, and from there, we drove to the Grotto of Redemption. It is always very awe inspiring to visit there, and it was Reagan's first time to visit. I think she really appreciated seeing this wonder.

Reagan was first to find the angel embedded in the rock. Can you see it?

This is a display of some of the rocks found in the Grotto, but it is under ultraviolet light to make them glow

There were swans there for me too.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.

We went into the cathedral there. It was beautiful. Reagan felt right at home.

We discovered this old fashioned phone booth at the Grotto.

This is Reagan making a cell phone call to her dad inside the phone booth. The past meets up with the present.

We ate at a very nice restaurant in Orange City, The Blue Mountain. The upstairs is a private club, but you can pay a daily fee and go up. It's like going to a museum and eating there.

Of course we had to take a convertible ride to Le Mars to the Wells Blue Bunny ice cream parlor.

Here's the volleyball star. Watch out. She's a contender.

Our last big event was going to Omaha to Boys Town where the Omaha Magic Club provided a "picnic" and magic show. Bob taught Reagan some magic so she could go around and do magic tricks with the people there. She also got to hang out with magicians. She also helped out at our community meal in Sioux Center with a variety of tasks plus doing some magic for the kids there. She has a good heart for helping others. By the way, she's wearing a new outfit we bought when we went shopping at second hand stores. We got some really good deals. I got a swan soup tureen.

While Reagan was here, she noticed our balancing parrot so she wanted one too. So Bob cut out one for her, and every day she was here, she painted it. It turned out really nice.