2005 John Steve's Birthday

2005 John Steve's Birthday Here are some pictures we took on our way to John Steve's Birthday Party. Click the picture for the original non thumbnail view. Be careful the non thumbnail views are VERY BIG! Mary Vann & John and Evelyn & Zach's Road Trip Wednesday -------- Raleigh To Ashville: A walk around downtown Asheville Wednesday Night -- Dinner at The Mela Restaurant Thursday --------- Breakfast with Anna and driving from Asheville to Forest City AR) Friday ----------- Forest City to Edmond and a Birthday Party! Saturday Morning - A morning walk, A catch and release, and a horse show. Saturday Night --- A neat gift, Dinner at the museum, Drinks at Nonna's Sunday ----------- A trip to downtown Oklahoma City. Monday ----------- Edmond To Memphis. Tuesday ---------- Nashville to Raleigh (And lunch with Anna) Ginny's Pics ----- Here are some pictures Ginny took.
Wednesday (Driving From Raleigh To Asheville) Walking Around Downtown Asheville, And Drinks At The Bier Garten with Anna
Here we are in Ashville. We spent the night at a nice Ramada Inn on the Smoky Mountain Park Highway just down the street from Anna's house.	Mary Vann, Anna and Evelyn.	John and Zach (That's a local Oatmeal Stout I have there)
A very cool Yamaha Vino	Mary Vann, Anna, and Evelyn at The Beer Garden	John and Zach at The Beer Garden
Another view of the Yahama Vino	Cool Wheels	Looking West On Patton Avenue
You Can Not See The Mountains Very Well But They Are There And Beautiful.	I think I would have needed a telephoto lens to do justice to this view.
Wednesday Night Dinner At The Mela Restaurant
Mary Vann at the Mela	John	Evelyn
A view toward the bar	Evelyn and Mary Vann	This was a wonderful Indian restaurant. The food was very good (and very spicy). And we had the most fantastic waitress.
Thursday Breakfast With Anna And (Driving From Asheville to Forest City AR)
Yahama Vino (Frost on the pumpkin, the scooter seat.)	Western NC Colors (at a rest stop)	John and Mary Vann At Sunset
Sunset	Sunset	The drive from Asheville was a long one and we arrived in Forest City about sunset.
Friday (Driving From Forest City AR to Edmond OK) A Birthday Party
Red Sky In The Morning (well pink)	John & Mary Vann (breakfast)	John Steve (Sol reading calendar)
Ginny and Evelyn	Ginny Evelyn and Sarah	Jane, Mary, Evelyn, John
Jane, Mary, Evelyn, John	Jane, Mary, Evelyn, John	Sol & Jane, John & Mary Vann, Evelyn & Zach, John Steve & Mary Nelson
Beautiful Cousins	Sarah & Ginny
John's New Cane	Steve's Speech (An Abbreviated Version).	A Rousing Rendition of Happy Birthday.
Saturday (A Morning Walk, A Catch and Release, And A Horse Show).
Evelyn Ginny John & Sam	Evelyn Ginny John & Sam	The Latest Addition to John's Squirrel Catch and Release Program (The Catch)
The Release	The World Quarter Horse Competition	John, Mary Nelson, Jane, Evelyn, Mary Vann and John
Zach	The Judges	Trail Ride Horse & Rider
Saturday Night (A neat gift, Dinner at the museum, Drinks at Nonna's)
Luna & Venus (The Crescent and the Star) Actually two crescents and one a moon and one a planet, but it is very hard to resolve the crescent of Venus and it does look like a star.	John Opening Evelyn's Present	Evelyn's Present
John With Evelyn's Present	Glass Sculpture	Glass Sculpture
Glass Sculpture	Glass Sculpture	Glass Sculpture
Glass Sculpture	Glass Sculpture	Glass Sculpture (Waterford Chrystal)
Glass Sculpture (Waterford Chrystal)	Dinner At The Museum	Dinner At The Museum
Dinner At The Museum	Dinner At The Museum (Birthday Dessert)	Dinner At The Museum (Birthday Dessert)
Dinner At The Museum	Drinks at Nonna's	Drinks at Nonna's
Drinks at Nonna's (That's a tall glass of water and a single malt Scotch I have there.)	Drinks at Nonna's.	Drinks at Nonna's (The Heater)
Founder's Light	Founder's Light	An excellent day, super food at the Museum Cafe. And an evening tour of downtown Oklahoma City.
Sunday A Trip To Downtown Oklahoma City
Sarah, Steve, Ginny at The Bricktown Brewery	Mary Nelson, Evelyn, Sarah	John Steve, Mary Vann, John E
Jane, and Sol	The Crew by the canal.	The Crew by the Canal
On the steps.	Cool Light Sconce	Excellent Sculpture
Excellent Sculpture	Excellent Sculpture	UPS Buffalo
Beauties and the Buffalo	Mickie	At The Ballpark
Land Rush	Land Rush	Land Rush
Canal Boat	Ginny and Evelyn	Ginny and Zach
Evelyn, Sarah, Ginny Chilling Out	Evelyn, Sarah, Ginny Chilling Out	Sol and John Steve Chilling Out
La Chiminea	What a wonderful trip. We had a excellent steak supper on Sunday night and all went to bed by 10PM and set the alarm clocks for 4AM. The alarms went off on time we all did "Heave-Out-Trice-Up" and were on the road by 4:41AM with large travel cups of coffee. We headed down I35 to I44 then WEST on I44 to the airport where we dropped Ginny off. Then on down I44 WEST to I240 EAST. We gassed up the car and had some McDonald's biscuits and were off to Memphis.
Monday Heading For Memphis
Dawn somewhere east of Edmond	Dawn somewhere east of Edmond	Sunrise somewhere east of Edmond
A rest stop in Arkansas	A rest stop in Arkansas	Mary Vann's Appliqu� Quilt Square
The I40 bridge over the Mississippi	Memphis skyline.	The Mississippi river (looking north)
Memphis TN (or Memphis Egypt?)	John at supper at I-Alexander's Restaurant.	We had a good trip on Monday. An early start with a swing by the airport. We were on the road for a bit over 12 hours and were rolling for a bit over 10 hours but we will get an early start tomorrow for NC and hopefully get to Raleigh at a reasonable time.
Tuesday Heading For North Carolina
Sunrise In Memphis	Sunrise In Memphis	John and Mary Vann at a beautiful welcome center in Western NC (mile 7)
Evelyn	Zach	Looking Down The Gorge
Looking West	West	Rest Area Lawn
WELCOME (Back) TO NORTH CAROLINA	east	West
The welcome center.	The colors were grand!	MV and J at the Ideal Market Cafe.
At The Ideal Market Cafe	Those Beautiful Mtns. In Asheville.	We had a good drive from Nashville to Raleigh. We got to Asheville in time to have lunch with Anna. When we got back to Raleigh we decided to have a beer and pizza at The Fox an Hound restaurant. What a wonderful Trip!