To my own shame I woke up extremely early this morning
unable to go back to sleep, the truth is I miss my kiddos like crazy. This morning I made the best of
it and headed to Downtown Cape Girardeau, MO to catch the sunrise over the
Mississippi River. There is nothing more
breath taking than a peaceful morning, and there was a sweet reminder of
my little man as I watched a tugboat come down river….I could faintly hear in
the back of my head his squeals of excitement.
I leave you this morning with a bit of Cape Girardeau
Missouri Eye Candy and this Bible Verse, that was gentle reminder to me that this better days ahead!
"For I know the plans
I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give
you a future and a hope."Jeremiah 29:11
With our bags full of snacks, my camera, and backseat full
of giggly kids we hit the road for an Adventure. I have been to Amidon Memorial Conservation Area (also known as Pink Rock) several times, but always during the summer to
enjoy the “natural water-slides”. My goal
for this trip was to shoot some amazing photos of our kiddos, well after one
tumble into the water, a wet camera, fear I had lost my Iphone I had total
success!
My photos are all
shot with Canon
EOS Rebel T3 12.2 MP Digital SLR with 18-mm IS II Lens and EOS HD Movie
Mode. Often people ask me how I get such amazing photos and
how much did I invest in my camera, to be honest my camera is quite affordable.
The average retail price is around $450 with the standard lens; the camera is a great camera for on
the go and beginner photographers.
Every little girl and her momma need to have that time to
connect and know each other outside of the normal day to day. Of course, this was an unintentional
Mother-Daughter Road trip, as originally Dad and Brother was suppose to tag
along, but bailed on us.
We departed from home mid-morning on Friday, and slowly took
our time getting to Chicago. I must say,
it was more like road tripping with my gal pal than my daughter. Big Girl jokes, hysterical comments, and even
her snagging my phone to text people pictures of out road trip.
Being from a small town, in rural Missouri, I was a bit
scared to travel to Chicago by myself.
Those fears were much unneeded, while I am sure like many other big
cities there are sections of towns that you do not cross over to. However, we were downtown Chicago at the River North Hotel by Best Western, walking
distance from everything, and I was amazed how clean, and beautiful Chicago
really was. Unlike many big cities I have ventured to, I was impressed how friendly everyone is, from the hotel staff (I know they get paid to be nice, but they were just ordinarily friendly), to my Taxi Driver, and to the great folks at all our stopping points.
In the video above you can see a few of the sights and
sounds from out trip, and all the memories we created. I must confess we are not the typical
traveler, and load our weekend up on shopping, and entertainment. We most just took in the sounds, the sights,
and some really good tastes from Chicago.
I asked Lesse as we returned what her favorite thing about
Chicago was, and she said being with you Mom, oh and SPRINKLES Cupcakes…and I
second that!
