Back To Normandy - Utah Beach

 Andreas finally gave me some of his photos from our trip to France last summer, so it's time to show them to you.  These are all from Utah beach and its approach.  The trails are named for D-Day dead, and the flags still flutter high.  I thought it was neat that there was a statue of a Danish seaman showing how many different navies took part.  Bucolic Norman countryside surrounds the area with bits of history peeking out.

Slowed Down

Still on the last building before the middle town hall.  Almost all the lighter colored stuff done.

Making An Anchor Point

It's been getting a bit hard to tell where I am in this, so I decided to make an anchor point out of something large and bright.  Enter the little orange headband.  Hopefully, it will help.

Went To Wheeler's

 This is the last of the posts of food from the States for a while.  These photos were taken at Wheeler's Restaurant in Fredericksburg, where we had lunch one of our days.  Andreas had the chicken and dumplings and the jalapeno cornbread.  He loved them  I had chicken fried steak, which was also excellent.  

About Halfway

By stitch count, I think I'm over halfway done.  By the number of rows done, I'm right at it.

Banding Down

Done with another row and starting a large band now.  It's got three pieces to it, and only the first one's nearly done.

Everyone Loves Friday

 We went to TGIFriday's one night while we were in Pigeon Forge because we had a gift card for it.  The drinks were strong, at least, but the food was meh.  It wasn't bad, but there wasn't anything memorable about it.  As usual, we found we'd ordered too much food, too.  My sandwich, a barbecue chicken with bacon and cheese, didn't have any distinctive flavors.  The salad tasted as common as it looked.  On the other hand, the gift card was free...