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in…of course. Although we contemplated extending the trip and letting Michael go to the truck race<\/a>, but he eventually decided against it  – there gets a point when you just want to get home, especially when your "vacation" has entailed 4 days of driving (on his part. I sit in the back seat, The Entertainment and Nourishment Committee).<\/p>\n

We did make a couple of detours. First a relatively quick stop at the Berea Craft Festival<\/a>, which was small, but nice – the, despite the Berea aura, the quality wasn’t any better than any of the really good shows I’ve attended in Florida. Didn’t buy anything, but I loved the colors in this weaver’s work.<\/a>  Then, a couple of hours later, an even briefer stop in the Mount Adams area<\/a> of Cincinnati, just to show me around and for the ritual, last-stage-of-the-trip ice cream stop.  Looked into Holy Cross-Immaculata Church<\/a>, famous for a Good Friday ritual<\/a> of praying the steps – praying the rosary on one’s knees while ascending the steps to the church on Good Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n

Good trip…nice to see everyone. Good to be home and breathe before the next trip. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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