Wright News - Nashville, Tennessee

07/31/2006

Hello, from Nashville, Tennessee.  I’m here with my niece Rozzie Dahlman visiting my other niece Heidi Dahlman Lamberg and her husband Ed and daughters, Christina and Nicole.  We flew down here on Thursday, July 27th. Our flights were great, but we had to fly from Mpls., to Chicago, from Chicago to St. Louis, and from St. Louis to Nashville, so every hour, we were in a different airport and on a different flight.  That made the trip go pretty fast though.

While in Nashville, we toured the downtown area, went to the Wild Horse Saloon, The Hard Rock Cafe, the Grand Ole Opry, and toured the Grand Ole Opry Hotel.  We also did some driving around the area and even saw the place where they are making a new house for the TV Show Extreme Makeover.  It’s fun to be on vacation, but also fun to get back home again.

On Thursday, July 27th, there were 14 gals and 2 gentlemen who met at the Northland Funeral Home in Cloquet.  Before they boarded the LCS Coach bus they had a wonderful breakfast in the Fireside Room.  Then, they headed for the Plymouth Playhouse Theatre to see the play the “Church Basement Ladies.”

It was truly fantastic with steady laughter throughout the 2 and 1/2 hour performance.

Those going from our area were Sue Koivisto, Dee Debele, Julie Hansen, Yvonne Peterson, Kathy Olson, Gerry Aho, Barb Lehti and her two sister-in-laws, Nancy Simi and Mary Ann Lehti, Marvel Maki, Beatrice Heikkila, and daughter JoEllen, Madelyn Adelsgruber, Eleanor Lind, Art Jauss, and Jake VondeLinde.  Sounds like they all had a great time!

Corporal Duane Koski, Grandson of Barb and Russ Hart joined the Marines in November of 2004 and is stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.  He is currently serving his 1st Deployment in IRAQ.  He deployed in March 2006 and is due back home in October of 2006.  He is in the 2nd Amphibious Assult Battalion working in Communications.  He has had lots of support and packages from family, friends and others he doesn’t even know.  He has appreciated every box and letter he has received and has shared them all with his fellow marines.  We also want to thank him for his service and sacrifice to our country!!

Last week I stopped in the Post Office and noticed that David Peterson was the rural carrier for the day.  I also know that his wife, Marsha, is filling in for Kathy, who recently had surgery, so I guess you can say that David and Marsha are “Playing Post Office!”

That’s all the news from Lake Travelingagain, have a great week and Hello to all the folks visiting from out of town.