Pilgrimage...

Today, I joined my dad and 2 other men from our church (OK, one was the pastor so he's a holy man) on their annual pilgrimage to SEMO for watermelons and peaches. We stopped at two watermelon stands and ended up at Bader's for peaches. They have quite the operation these days, shipping peaches all over Missouri and points beyond as well as selling on-site. Their peaches have been at my local Dierbergs Market for a couple of weeks but I wanted to wait until I could buy them straight from the factory, if you will. We also made a stop at the John Deere shop to visit my papaw. My cousin J. joined us for pork steak dinners at Earnhart's before we headed for home. A good time was had by all, we agreed.