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Every year we travel to Michigan for the July 4th holiday. This year we made it a whirlwind tour of family visits. we started witha Stop in Joplin to see the tornado damage. Unreal, 13 square miles of destruction. We then went to St Louis for a nice Italian dinner on The Hill. After a stop over in Terre Haute we had lunch with Janelle's 99 year old Grandpa Cyril Eicher, her cousin Peter and his wife Crista and their kids. We also stopped at her Aunt Roseary and Uncle Dan's house for a visit. Then up to Brooklyn Michigan for our annual stay with greg's parents on dewey lake. After a few days we then went down to Cleveland, with a stop in to see greg's friend Rick Velich. In cleveland we visited with Janelle's Aunt Beth and Uncle Paul and her Cousin Rochelle, her husband Eddie and their kids including their new baby, Brynlee. After Cleveland we wnet down to Cincinnati to visit Janelle's Mom, our friends the Moyers and Janelle's Aunt Audrey and Uncle Don. Then finally we drove straight through from Cincy back to Arkansas, 2200 miles in one week!    [ July 2011 / 81 images ]