Saturday, October 14, 2017

The reunions - Miller, Culver, Temple/el

We’ve been on the road for almost two weeks, so I decided it was time to let everyone know what is going on. We have had a great trip so far, but have not done much sightseeing. The weather was hot in California and Nevada, but has turned cold and rainy since we have entered the Mid West.

We left on Saturday, September 31 and spent our first night in our camper near Joshua Tree CA. The second day and night were in Las Vegas where I had fun shopping and relaxing. We only heard about the terrible shooting on the Strip later the next day as we left Vegas to head east.

The next 4 days were just a lot of driving and snacking to keep awake. We managed to listen to a whole book on tape before we pulled into my brother’s house in Dubuque IA. My brother from Milwaukee and sister from Florida soon joined us and we had a great mini reunion with the immediate family – 2 brothers, 2 sisters, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, niece and husband and their son.
A few of the Tempels, Oct. 8, 2017

The reunion continued on Saturday with all of the Culver cousins (by DNA) in Oronoco MN. We sure saw a lot of Grandpa Miller in those relatives. On Sunday the Temple/el reunion was on in full force in Hayfield MN. With trips to the cemeteries in Dubuque, Oronoco, Berne, and Pine Island we managed to zigzag all over south eastern Minnesota, covering much of the same ground more than once. But it was really great to renew acquaintance with many cousins.

We stayed in Austin MN and even managed to fit in a trip to the Spam Museum. Spam was invented and manufactured by the Hormel Company which is headquartered in Austin and they are quite proud of their history. We sampled several flavors of Spam (bacon, which seems redundant, turkey – how can that be Spam?, and several flavors only available in foreign countries where they are popular). It was really interesting learning about Spam and the museum is well worth a visit – plus you can buy any flavor of Spam your heart desires! You can even buy Spam earrings.

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