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Cass Co Soil and WAter

Feb 05 Travel

Nice Intro… Roger Ebert

Dead of winter…thought I’d speak on something to take our minds off the mud and ice. Teaching introduced me to travel. Have taken hundreds of Morgan & Cass County folks around the world… In fact, some in this room. Many tour guides comment: There’s something different about your group. Something about the Midwest temperment that makes us good travelers. We’re not spoiled…we’re more tolerant than most…. and frankly, we’re so darned glad to get out of here once in a while.

Began ‘79 Inspiration: Dr. Charles Frank A sophomore girl, detasseled, etc..Susan Hatfield… had to see Europe. Since then, hundreds… Morgan, Cass, Pike, Sangamon

Robert Benchley: IN AMERICA THERE ARE TWO CLASSES OF TRAVEL: FIRST CLASS AND WITH CHILDREN.

See through fresh eyes....Went to London alone because I was tired of traveling with kids… Just wasn’t the same.

...Air Italia...cockpit window.

Mark Twain: I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE AIN’T NO SURER WAY TO FIND OUT WHETHER YOU LIKE PEOPLE OR HATE THEM THAN TO TRAVEL WITH THEM. In nearly all cases, I’ve found I liked them.

---Cass County Ladies...King’s Cross...Sydney Australia

---MUST BE SENSITIVE TO PARENTS....Tahiti, Jeremy, Paul Gogan Maroa

John Steinbeck: A JOURNEY IS LIKE MARRIAGE. THE CERTAIN WAY TO BE WRONG IS TO THINK YOU CONTROL IT.

---Beth K & Eric M...Bullfight

…Airline rules

1. the larger you are, the further you will be seated from the aisle
2. If you are tired and need to sleep, the baby with nasal congestion will be seated directly behind you.
3. the travelers with no interest in scenery will get the window seats
4. they will have nothing but baked chicken by the time they get to you.

---Worst airline ever: Aeoflat..Aro-flop..landed three times each time. ……Champaign Dave...getting out of Soviet Union. -- Ireland … Continental… delayed in Newark, overnight… Cleveland.. We never travel without Christ.

CUSTOMS: ..Unisex Toilets...concentration (Truck stop in France..footprints in concrete. ..French Bidet...Rick: Sock washer...wet pantlegs ..Jodi and Susan...bathtubs. . “Girls knocked up” TRULY UNFORGETABLE MOMENTS: ..Ladies in rags waiting for hours to take communion in Soviet Union. ...Seeing St. Basil’s cathedral in Red Square for the first time. ...Highest point in Kremlin: A cross. …The Whales in Alaska ..Ireland...Preacher Frank from West Virginia clearing out a bar for church ..Assisi... Two olive-skinned ladies on tour -- --Craig, Lucerne, Richard, communion English Music Hall Show (2 girls on the way out)

....FINALLY: The story I never tell if any future travelers in the audience. Part of it was printed in USA TODAY last year..Paris-Madrid train.

Whether you travel to Alaska or Paris or Murrayville this summer, have a great vacation. There’s a big, wide, beautiful world out there and God owns it all.

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