Time Passes

It has been a long time since I last posted. It has been a year since my Dad (Anthony Papaianni) passed (5/1/23-8/17/13) and Tom, our dog Riley and I drove to Alabama for the Memorial Service. It was nice to see family once again but it was not without its drama. From Alabama we traveled on to Kentucky to meet some of my half siblings. But as life would have it, Ginger and her husband Ryan were the only ones willing or able to meet us. We had a wonderful time with them. Ginger took us to our Father's (Willard Dingee) grave-site and later that evening Ryan and Ginger took us to a restaurant than had the best pies ever. From Kentucky we went to Virgil,NY and stayed with Tom's sister Janet and her husband for two weeks. We really enjoyed our time there and it gave us the freedom to visit family and friends. In addition, we traveled to Binghamton to meet my half brother Leigh Ross, his wife Nancy and son for dinner at The Spot. We talked for hours and it was great to meet them and put a face to a name. As usual, Tom ate Doug's Fish Fry many many times and brought back a load of Hoffman's hot dogs. Additionally, we tracked down the cemetery plots of Tom's Great great grandfathers to add to the Osbeck genealogy. From New York we traveled to Cody, Wyoming via Mount Rushmore as neither of us had ever seen it in person. In Cody we went to the Museum of the West to do some genealogy on my Great grandmother Rose Ross. The people there were so nice and very helpful but we did not get the information we were looking for. So my search continues. From there we proceeded to Yellowstone National Park where we got up close to the buffalo and elk.We also saw Old Faithful go off and experienced our first snow in over a decade. From Wyoming we returned home to Henderson, NV. It was a interesting 6 weeks and 6500 miles. One I hope we will be able to make some of in the not too distant future.