The
Good Deeds
Touring
the United States and Canada
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Our Freightliner truck
conversion is home on the road for six months each year.
Early
retirement has given us the opportunity to travel throughout the United
States and Canada and share our joy through our music. We chose a truck
conversion because we wanted transportation that would be dependable and
would last the duration of our music ministry. The interior is not
fancy but reflects quality workmanship. We designed it to meet our music
ministry needs. It was custom built by Transport
Designs in Pennsylvania.
Every
day we spend on the road is an exciting new adventure! We visit family
and friends and play at churches, retirement homes, assisted living facilities
and skilled nursing homes in their area.
Whenever
we can we travel the back roads discovering the hidden treasures of the
United States and Canada.
These
are some of the areas our music ministry travels have taken us over the
years.
United
States of America
Appalachian
Area
A Lutheran
church, originally organized in 1828. Burkes Garden area of Virginia.
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We traveled
up Garden Mountain on this dirt road. The road was very narrow
and steep in places, but the fall colors were magnificent!
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We camped
at an RV park in Hillsville, Virginia
(pop.
2000) and found this farmer's market with a bluegrass jam going on inside
the building.
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While
playing our music for the Smoky Mountain National Park campers we
went to the Cades Cove area and discovered this wonderful cantilevered
barn!
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Midwest
Area
Mt.
Rushmore was a very inspiring treat
for
us after playing our music for several weeks in the mid-west.
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Mt.
Rushmore is in the distance framed
by this
"square- cut" tunnel.
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We love
to visit the Amish community of
Shipshewana,
Indiana.
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While
visiting friends in Friendship,Wisconsin we provided an outdoor
Sunday morning "Worship in Song" service at
this
country church.
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The
mighty Mississippi River begins its
2552
mile journey at
Lake
Itasca in Minnesota.
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Here
is Marilyn, standing at the headwaters
of the
Mississippi
River in
Itasca
State Park, Minnesota.
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Pacific
Northwest Area
The
Oregon
Coast is another one of our favorite areas.
Southwest
Area
We love
to spend our winters in the southwest desert. There are so many opportunities
to share
our music with the "snowbirds".
God
blesses us with beautiful scenery and adventures!
We enjoy
kayaking for recreation. Here we are on the Colorado River
near
Parker,
Arizona.
There
is nothing like an Arizona sunrise
unless
it is an Arizona sunset!
Can
you guess what this is?
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Spring
wildflowers at
Joshua
Tree National Monument
in the
California
desert.
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Brittlebush
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Purple
Mat
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Blue
Heliotrope
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Canada
Newfoundland
Our music
ministry led us to the island of Newfoundland.
Fishing
is an important industry in Newfoundland.
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One
of the many peaceful inlets on the
island
of Newfoundland.
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Thousands
and thousands of Puffins near the village of Elliston, Newfoundland.
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Saint
John's, Newfoundland
the
capitol is a beautiful city with a
unique
harbor.
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Prince Edward
Island
A dirt
road in the land of
"Anne
of Green Gables".
Prince
Edward Island
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We found
Prince
Edward Island
roadways
lined with giant lupine!
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Many
lighthouses guard the shoreline of
Prince
Edward Island .
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Red
rock and red soil are predominant
on Prince
Edward Island.
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Nova Scotia
The
Blue
Rock, Nova Soctia area
is a
photographer's paridise.
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We visited
the beautiful,
Anapolis
Royal Gardens, Nova Scotia.
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No,
these are not pigs!
But,
a breed of Dutch cows.
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Lunenburg,
Nova Scotia
is a
quaint German town.
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Western
Provinces
Kootenay
Lake,British Columbia
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Big
Horn Sheep at
Kananaskis
Provincial Park,Alberta
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