{"id":1848,"date":"2015-06-13T19:18:12","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T15:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:46:07","slug":"brought-with-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Brought with the wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was facing stormy wind and exhausted from cycling against it in the heat in the middle of nowhere. The first building was a small winery and it was open. For Karen&#8217;s birthday Party. So I really became\u00a0one brought with the wind.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=zKhq6av7OHKs.kOLxKghUmbeo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Everything what happened next just blowed up any mind. Look at this place, look at this people, look at this food. I was taken to Collette and Sam, the owners, house for a night to be taken to Kathy&#8217;s place for another night. Because &#8211; they screamed &#8211; St Louis is dangerous and they will not let me cycle through it. Oh\u00a0my dream of cycling across the Mississippi river&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What I got instead! Famous Casa Loma welcomed\u00a0me with special sign and I&#8217;ve got my first swing lesson. I didn&#8217;t take any one picture because I was so busy dancing! luckily they put\u00a0enough in FB. \u00a0I stayed a week in Kathy&#8217;s house and met her Mom, 35 cousins, uncles and ants living around. One of them sew a coat for my bear Bear to be presented in Casa Loma and girls started fundraising for our future book. Oh, yes, a Belleville <em>News Democrat\u00a0<\/em>wrote a story which actually initiated what is happening.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1848 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66247\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66247-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Birthday Party in the Winery\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66247-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66247-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66247.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66247-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66247-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1850'>\n\t\t\t\tBirthday Party in the Winery\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66250\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66250-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Nice food and Napoleon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66250-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66250-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66250.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66250-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66250-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1851'>\n\t\t\t\tNice food and Napoleon \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66255\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66255-420x560.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Morning message from Kathy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66255-420x560.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66255-744x992.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66255-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66255.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1852'>\n\t\t\t\tMorning message from Kathy\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66265\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66265-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bear Bear was given bandana\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66265-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66265-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66265.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66265-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66265-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1853'>\n\t\t\t\tBear Bear was given bandana\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66266\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66266-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"and a coat from American flag\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66266-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66266-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66266.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66266-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66266-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1854'>\n\t\t\t\tand a coat from American flag\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66271\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66271-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sant Louis famous ice cream\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66271-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66271-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66271.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66271-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66271-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1855'>\n\t\t\t\tSant Louis famous Ice 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1857'>\n\t\t\t\tSant Louis Arch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66295\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66295-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mississippi river, remanding aboutMark Twain\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66295-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66295-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66295.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66295-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66295-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1858'>\n\t\t\t\tMississippi river, remanding aboutMark Twain\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66304\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66304-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sant Louis from the Arch\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66304-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66304-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66304.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66304-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66304-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1859'>\n\t\t\t\tSant Louis from the Arch\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66311\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66311-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sant Louis cross roads\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66311-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66311-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66311.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66311-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66311-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1860'>\n\t\t\t\tSant Louis cross roads\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66327\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66327-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sant Louis at night\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66327-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66327-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66327.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66327-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66327-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1861'>\n\t\t\t\tSant Louis at night\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/brought-with-the-wind\/route66344\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66344-420x315.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sant Louis at night\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66344-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66344-744x558.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66344.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66344-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/route66344-770x578.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1862'>\n\t\t\t\tSant Louis at night\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was facing stormy wind and exhausted from cycling against it in the heat in the middle of nowhere. The first building was a small winery and it was open. For Karen&#8217;s birthday Party. So I really became\u00a0one brought with the wind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[436,219],"class_list":["post-1848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bike-rides","tag-us-historic-route-66","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4986,"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions\/4986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}