Ever hear of "green rivers?" I'm talking about a soda fountain drink, not the kind of rivers that flow like a stream. The picture here is of our two daughters drinking green rivers at one of the very few places that serve them. That would be in Dicks Pharmacy in Arthur, IL. At our family gatherings in Arthur the time would not be complete for our kids, and grandkids until they had a green river at Dicks. If you've never had one and find a place where they serve them, try it! Plain drinks are delicious and the green river sodas are exceptional.
This picture was taken last week when my wife, her three sisters, and our two daughters were in Arthur for a Mast family reunion. One of Clara's two brothers lives near Arthur, but the other one lives in Ohio and came to Illinois a day after the reunion. This picture was taken at the R&I restaurant we used to frequent a lot when living in Arthur, and where Clara's nephew, Tim, works as head cook.It is interesting that our grandchildren think of the green rivers when thinking of Arthur. They also used to like to walk the streets and window shop at the many shops on main street. Arthur is a tourist town now, much different than when we grew up there. The Amish community is a large attraction for tourists and many come there year around. I'm glad that I was able to finish my pastoral ministry there and that we were able to live there for nine years after that. It was hard in some ways to leave there five years ago, but we are happy that we are where we are. I hope to go back to Arthur sometime, but I'm not sure that will happen soon. I am glad that Clara was able to go and be there for the fun times she had with family.
One more thing - today, July 2, is our 55th anniversary. We are so happy to have been blessed with the family God has given us and the years we have been able to be together. We hope there will be many more. And we're glad that our children remembered our anniversary and sent us a very beautiful, and large, bouquet of flowers. We are blest!
Pilgrim on the way
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I think many of us, Wayne, have places (and foods) like this which remind us of something. Pat and I always eat at a certain hamburger place whenever we go to Hays, Kansas, which is seldom anymore since our son Scott graduated and moved away from there. We did have the chance to visit there this summer and enjoyed our time at Vernie's.
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