By Warren Sparrow
Here is a note about our May vacation which took us from Lake Lure to Olathe, KS.
Folks around here do not know much about Olathe. Neither did we until our oldest daughter, her husband and their three children moved there 15 years ago.
Olathe is about a 45-minute drive from downtown Kansas City. It is 140 miles from Joplin, MO. The tornado struck Joplin on Sunday at the time we were en route to our granddaughter Charlotte Peele’s graduation from Olathe Northwest High School. Charlotte has two older sisters who graduated from Kansas State University. Believe it or not, Charlotte is going to KSU, too.
Contrary to what happened in Joplin, things were fine where we were.
I hope you have as much fun looking at these photos as we had in making them. The first one is of Becky and me at the waterfall near Chimney Rock. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS was filmed there. The fall is more than 400 feet.
(Left click on pictures to enlarge. -Ed)

The second photo is of the proud grandparents with the graduate at Olathe Northwest High.
Hope all is well.
Warren