He says hi! They installed a new grotto and outdoor altar recently: From which their view is spectacular: And he invited me to come back on my way back up north and spend a night!
I made it to Lake City Florida this evening! There’s a website called Bunks for Bikers where motorcycle enthusiasts offer free use of their spare bedroom to put up other traveling / touring motorcyclists and I’m staying with one such host tonight outside Lake City. A real kind charitable committed evangelical Christian, retired heavy equipment mechanic and fellow motorcycle enthusiast. First thing he did was give me a quick tour, hand me a towel for a hot shower, and offer me a warm delicious bowl of homemade chicken pot pie. This was on the wall as I entered.
Dear Fatima Pilgrim, your place is amazing. I love the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. What an immense blessing!
I love it, what a huge blessing to travel the country and to meet wonderful people everywhere, including people who rightly admire your great handiwork and also such God-loving Christians. It must be a wonderful trip, if perhaps a bit tiring. Perhaps at the end, you could post a link to Google Maps which outlines all the places you have been to? God bless!!
You could click on "add destination" on Google Maps and add all your waypoints. No pressure, though, only if you wish, of course. For example, here is my recent Europe pilgrimage. I have only omitted most of the bits in Germany: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Merazhofen,+88299+Leutkirch+im+Allgäu,+Germany/Sankt+Pelagiberg,+9225+Hauptwil-Gottshaus,+Switzerland/La+Salette,+France/Camping+Le+Mas,+Chem.+de+Sainte-Croix,+13500+Martigues,+France/Lourdes,+65100,+France/Pellevoisin,+36180,+France/@45.3965716,2.3143163,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m38!4m37!1m5!1m1!1s0x479b99646de3703d:0x676c68c9c9bcc3eb!2m2!1d9.9498278!2d47.755478!1m5!1m1!1s0x479ae3b7803a388d:0x39b186438d6cbb10!2m2!1d9.3028399!2d47.48728!1m5!1m1!1s0x12b58867284ee49f:0x77937c0c00d9797a!2m2!1d5.028203!2d44.11963!1m5!1m1!1s0x12c9e00fffffffff:0x50ce3ceb0c81010d!2m2!1d5.073387!2d43.331959!1m5!1m1!1s0xd57d3f0e00a9549:0x406f69c2f3d7c20!2m2!1d-0.045726!2d43.091463!1m5!1m1!1s0x47fb64da8f874b71:0x5ff2b682516af4fe!2m2!1d1.411308!2d46.98352!3e0?entry=ttu
We'll accompany you on the return. We have a snow pattern impacting us right after Thanksgiving up here east of Lake Ontario. It's starting but shouldn't amount to much until December rolls around.
Wonderful! Actually, I think my son, Fr. Patrick, came from Cimming, GA, to bless FP's shrine when it was finished?
