Kevin’s Travel Blog-9: Journey’s End

Hi Everyone! It is a bit late, but I am happy to relay the news that I am back home in Waco, TX safely! I arrived home on July 1st in time for First Saturday devotions that was initiated by members of the St. Gregory Society.

My time in Cincinnati ended well. We feted a couple of recent high school graduates on the last evening of my stay. It was a lot of fun. When I left on the morning of the 27th, it was a little difficult but business was calling and I had to go. I left around 9 a.m. for Tennessee and had a five-hour drive ahead of me. While the drive itself was 5 hours, at some point I crossed back over into Central Time and so I actually arrived around 1 p.m.

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Kevin’s Travel Blog-8: Cincinnati

Hello Everyone!

My time in Cincinnati is drawing to a close. I leave tomorrow for Tennessee. There I will visit with the family of my friend Paul Coakley about whom I have written here, here, and here. I will have the opportunity to visit Paul’s grave while there, and, to be honest, I am not too sure how it will go. The visit will be the first time I’ve been to Tennessee since Paul’s funeral in January, 2015 and how well I will emotionally handle the visit is unknown. I do look forward to visiting with his wife and children. I have presents for the kiddos!

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