Headed to Normandy, Western Coast of France
Saturday, November 2, 1991
After a great breakfast we had to the Normandy area, Western Coast of France, to visit the U.S. Military cemetery at St. James, France. Approximately 4,000 are buried in this one from World War II - a beautiful memorial.
Farther toward the coast we go on lovely back roads. France being a very Catholic country, about every 5 miles on the side of the road we saw numerous crosses - sometimes with Christ on them and some very, very old. In the distance we see Mont St. Michel - a huge old, old monastery built on a tremendous mass of rock into the sea and high into the sky.
As we approach - it is just breathtaking! Again, so many pictures, we’re taking. It just stands out so beautifully. The tide comes in twice a day and surrounds it. Today the interior has 4 or 5 hotels - lots of shops, restaurants, an abbey, a cemetery - just a city in itself.
We drive up the coast to Cancale, France - a port city with seafood restaurants everywhere along the shoreline. Beautiful city. Back to the campground - cooked and ate before the rain came. Very hard rain in the night.
A Beautiful Memorial Service
Georgia passed away on April 8th, 2008 with her daughter by her side. A few family members have asked if we had the audio for the memorial service for Georgia so I am going to post the podcast here.
The service was on Saturday, April 5th at her local church with a sanctuary filled with flowers.
Please be careful with your speakers when listening to the audio. It was a very small dictation recorder that made the recording and the sound quality is a little harsh, sorry. The two links below are options for two different sizes to download to your computer. The first file is a large file but run at a higher sound quality, the second is a small file.
Georgia Christal Memorial Service (56mb @ 192kbps)
Georgia Christal Memorial Service (9mb @ 32kbps)
You can right click on either file above and save it to your hard drive. To just listen to the service from within this post, you can click play on the player below. The file below is the larger higher quality recording.
