Saint Joseph Stories


Blood, sweat and tears

As an American living in Sweden, it's important for me to be able to spend my 5-week spring vacation in my home state of Michigan every year to visit family and friends. But, our vacations in Michigan have never been lazy, relaxing vacations! Oh, no...we've worked ourselves half to death many times. Read on, and you'll understand why. I inheri...


Touring St Joseph, MO & catching up on travel journals

After having a quick breakfast at Burger King this morning we “ran” a few errands. We went to the grocery store and then to CVS drug store to replenish food supplies and refill prescriptions. While doing our errands we noticed that the East Hills Mall has wi-fi which we can use later. We then drove downtown to the Patee House ...


Touring Historic Fort Leavenworth Army Base and Visiting with Friends

We had a lazy morning and more visiting then we all went to IHOP for brunch. After getting back to Amy and Adam’s place we gave hugs and said goodbyes. We then headed west on state route 45, across the Missouri River, and into Kansas at the town of Leavenworth, KS. There we met Mike, a friend from our college days. Mike works at Fort Leavenwort...