The Widows Maiden Trip

Have you ever heard of St Peters, KS? Probably not because today it is not mch more than a few buildings and some farms. Well this was one of our destinations for our first ever "Widows Gone Wild" trip. We left Commerce City and headed out I-70 and accross beautiful Colorado. 

Now imagine these young widows grew up in the depression.  All very proud and the only word I can think of to describe them is "Regal".  We are driving down I-70 with our sign, my ladies began to hold up the sign when we pass by semi-trucks.  I honked and they waved across Colorado. "Here comes another truck" was heard for hours.  Imagine our suprise when we were recognized in a gas station as those Widows on the highway. 

Arriving in Kansas I listened to stories of they days gone by.  Stories of my grandparents, great-grandparents, parents and their families. The Cathedral of the Pines in Victoria, Kansas was one of the stories.  It's beautiful. Church members were required to take their wagons down to sandstone mines on the south boarder of Kansas to pick up the huge bricks that made up the walls of this church.  My Grandpa helped place the 10' marble pillars inside. Amazing! Check out their website. http://www.kansastravel.org/cathedralofheplains.htm

                                                                                                        We visited every cemetary in St. Peters, Ellis, Hays & Victoria.  Have you ever walked through one?  The history.  Family history. 

Metal crosses in one of  cemetary, my Dad's Dad helped make. What an adventure.  Everyone should take the time to explore their roots.                                                                                 

All too soon our trip came to an end but not before we discussed our next "Widows Gone Wild" trip!