Hannibal, Missouri

While we were in Hannibal Missouri on our trip to the mid-west, I was in the Mark Twain Museum and I read some captions from Mark Twain's writings that reminded me that I had a copy of the short story, The Diaries of Adam and Eve, which Mark Twain wrote. I came home and found the book which Evelyn gave me containing that and other short stories. I took a picture of the back of the book and Evelyn's inscription - both seem to be out of focus. Any way in the museum I vowed to come home and find the book and read those stories from Mark Twain once more. Seeing his writing in the museum reminded me how much I enjoy him as an author. You can probably decipher the book title. I shall quote Evelyn's inscription to help you decipher that. "If I think about it very much I'm really not sure why I wanted you to have this; it most definitely has not been an item on your most wanted list. Somehow I guess I can associate you and Mark Twain together. I do know that last summer when I read "The Diary of Adam and Eve" I wanted you to be reading it too. I could hear your laughter resounding in my mind above everyone else. Anyway I hope you enjoy whatever may tickle your funny button."

I should report on another thing we did at Hannibal. The four of us went on an evening dinner ride on the MIssissippi. We went up river to the first swinging railroad bridge across the river, then back down for a long enough distance for us to finish dinner. After dinner, went went top side on the ship and watched the scenery. Both shores and the islands in mid-stream were very green. We could spot eagles and water birds along the shores and in the trees. It was a happy, comfortable, enjoyable evening. I guess the bottom line is that stopping in Hannibal has gotten my interest in Mark Twain stuff stirred up again.