Church this morning was at the First UMC in Winterset, Iowa. The worship service for this first Sunday of Advent lifted up the emblems used in the Advent.
Winterset is also the hometown of John Wayne, and we took advantage of the chance to see his boyhood home. The John Wayne Birth Place museum is a neat place, and it was fun to see the place which provided this American icon with his start.
After Winterset, we drove to nearby Indianola where we were able to visit the U. S. Ballooning Hall of Fame which was really cool. There was so much to see, well worth the effort to get there on a Sunday afternoon.
It was time to continue our journey south, but not before visiting the Imes Covered Bridge, one of the famous covered Bridges of Madison County. The Imes Bridge, built in 1870, is the oldest of the remaining bridges that once graced this corner of rural Iowa.
Making our way into Missouri, we visited Charles' sister, Jackie, in Chillicothe (east of St. Joseph). We had a lovely evening, catching up on family stories, exchanging gifts and lots of laughs. We went with Jackie to the Chillicothe community Christmas lights display and the nearby Jenkins Town House Christmas Village display. What a dazzling explerience!
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