Yes, the travels have resumed. Actually, we're staying put in Louisiana, as I indicated in Penance Is Better Than Ever in 2009, part 4, at least until I get a job that could provide sufficient income to pay our monthly expenses , an effort that is ongoing but continues within the Providence of God to bear no earthly fruit. As has been the case in the past, however, I thought that this photographic essay to accompanied the new travelogue would be appropriate.
Ah, those were the days. Feeding ice to our "ice hound," Chase, as I worked in that wonderful recliner chair in the manufactured house. Oh, please, don't remind me!
This is a triple function photograph: It can be seen as a photograph of Mr. Matthew D. Hardin installing Lucy's bunk bed, which it is. It can be seen as a photograh of Mr. Hardin dismantling Lucy's bunk bed. It can be seen as a future photograph of Mr. Hardin in one of Caesar Obamus's detention/internment centers.
Long live the manufactured house! 9113 Canal Way, West Chester, Ohio 45069.
The portrait of Pope Leo XIII that hung in our manufactured house. Poor Pope Leo had taken a beaten while traveling in our motor home for many years.
Mr. Matthew D. Hardin's truck and a-half that assisted us in the move out of the manufactured house on Saturday, July 11, 2009.
A bolt that had come loose on the receiver tow bar, which, as you might be able to see, had slid to the left of where it was supposed to be positioned permanently. Salem Tire Company, Salem, Illinois, Friday, July 17, 2009.
Reattaching the car in Salem, Illinois, Friday, 17, 2009. Just one last tow!
Part of Wally Sipp's Coldwater Tire Company, Coldwater, Mississippi, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Saint Camillus de Lellis, pray for us!
I had to back up the motor home into that space without a functioning rear view monitor. Coldwater, Mississippi, Saturday, July 18, 2009.
Mr. Piggly Wiggily. Coldwater, Mississippi, Saturday, July 18, 2009. Long live the pig!
A strange sight: Me awaiting the arrival of the motor home, Coldwater, Mississippi, Saturday, July 18, 2009.
Enjoying the La Quinta Inn in Canton, Mississippi, Sunday, July 19, 2009.
Chase loves to play, except that he's serious abou getting socks! La Quinta Inn, Canton, Mississippi, Sunday, July 19, 2009.
A farm stand along US-61, just south of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Sunday, July 19, 2009.
Back in Coldwater, Mississippi, Monday afternoon, July 20, 2009.
Father Francis, in the driver's seat, with his brother Normand, hard at work on that dashboard. Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.
Entering Avery Island, Saturday, July 25, 2009.
Part of the scenery on Avery Island, Saturday, July 25, 2009.
More scenery on Avery Island, Saturday, July 25, 2009.
You can see why we love it down here. Avery Island, Saturday, July 25, 2009.
Look at that oak tree, will you? Avery Island, Saturday, July 25, 2009.
The Tabasco company visitors' center. Avery Island, Louisiana, Saturday, July 25, 2009.
A trailer on stilts, east of Avery Island, Louisiana, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Hmmm, Sharon thinks that they're onto something.
Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, Vermillionville, Lafayette, Louisiana, Saturday, July 25, 2009.
A portrait of Saint Anthony found in Vermillionville, Lafayette, Louisiana, Saturday, July 25, 2009.
A scene from Vermillionville, Lafayette, Louisiana, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Saint James the Greater, pray for us.
Father Francis hoses down the radiator, Thursday, August 6, 2009, Christ the King Church, Lafayette, Louisiana, the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
It's too hot, Chasey-boy, for you to come with us on every local triip we make down here in Louisiana. He's a pack animal. He hates it when he's not with his pack. . . .
As you can plainly see!
Sharon took this photograph of a photograph of our two favorite Franciscans, Father Martin Stepanich, O.F.M., S.T.D., and Father Francis Miller, O.F.M., during our last visit to the Chicago area just before Sister Mary Olive Rowley died. The original of this photograph was taken on January 28, 2009.
Pray for our true bishops and our true priests! Say one Hail Mary for them right now!
Well, that's all for now. I'll try to have some more photographs at a later date.
All to thee, Blessed Mother. All to thy Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, we love you. Save souls!
Isn't it time to pray a Rosary now.
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Saint John the Evangelist, pray for us.
Saint Michael the Archangel, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel the Archangel, pray for us.
Saint Raphael the Archangel, pray for us.
Saints Joachim and Anne, pray for us.
Saints Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar, pray for us.
Saint Eusebius, pray for us.
