Visit to @papa-pepper and family - Day 1steemCreated with Sketch.

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Yesterday, my grandson Nathaneil @naru-celier and myself, we came from British Columbia to Arkansas to visit @papa-pepper and his family.

And here is the proof:

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We had to get up at 3:30AM to catch our first flight to Minneapolis-Saint Paul at 6:30AM.
Then we took a second flight to Kansas City.

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In Kansas City we took a rental car and drove for four hours and a half to Diamond City where we had a reservation in a very nice hotel/motel. We were in our room after 8:30PM. A long trip.

I then called @papa-pepper and he came to talk to us for half an our with Pinkie Pepper and Monster Truck the Pepper.


Today, the whole Pepper family came to the hotel and we all went to have breakfast in a cafe in Diamond City.


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@papa-pepper, Buddy Pepper, Pinkie Pepper, Red Pepper, Monster Truck the Pepper and Nathaneil.

Then we went to the Pepper current dwelling and we took care of the animals: rabbits, ducks, chickens, guinea fowls.

As @papa-pepper explains in his post, the @little-peppers found a snake, I tried to catch it, he bit me, but I was still successful to catch it.


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And Nathaneil was not afraid at all to handle the snake.


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Then, we made lunch. As I am vegan, they were kind enough to use only vegetables picked up in @papa-pepper overgrown garden for lunch.


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@papa-pepper chopped the vegetables.


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And I help with the stir fry.


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After lunch, we found another snake. I understand that @papa-pepper will make a post about this snake.


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This is Nathaneil dreaming of his future on Steemit.


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Then, we went swimming in the lake.


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We then parted ways.

This was a good day. And we will meet again tomorrow.




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YES! An excellent post about a wonderful time. I am about to post my next one of our adventures, but first I will resteem this one.

We will see you in the morning!

Yes, we will!

got a reply of you two's pic on my post last week from Papa saying you made it there safe and sound
I hope you're having fun old friend
be safe!
snakes still creep me out
you're freaking brave man!

This is Superb @vcelier . I am sure you had a great time there as The peppers Family Is just amazing . The little peppers are very cute and @papa-pepper is a Wonderful Personality. I also want to meet them. Hope this will come true one day. A Cool hangout . Nice Trip. Keep it Up. Have a nice day ☺

Yes, @papa-pepper is a very nice guy, and his whole family is very nice too.

That would be very nice to meet you one day @vikbuddy. We will see!

Sounds like an amazing visit! That snake looks so cool curled up. I wouldn't mess with that one haha I think I need to get myself a whale book so I can learn how to be one too

That would be a good snake not to mess with!

wow ! That's awesome , looks like everyone had a great visit ! You even caught a snake , haha fantastic !! Have a safe trip home !! 👍
@papa-pepper sure likes his snakes !! LOL , this gif reminds me of him !!🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

Yeah, your gif reminds me of me too!

haha ! LOL glad you liked it !👍👍👍🐍🐍🐍

Thank you for your nice comment.

your welcome !

What a fantastic meetup and an epic journey just to get there! Looked like a fun and exciting time for all involved @vcelier :)

It was a very great start to our weekend together!

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Ohh , thats soo cool to see ppl from the community meet and post about it

I loved the little peppers and Nathaneil ❤
Have a wonderful day tomorrow ! Without snakes

It is sooo cool to be a part of the steemit community, both online and off!

Yeah i checked ur post too , the pics are amazing!

And it makes steemit not only a platform we spend time on ! No actually u can have a life , friends to u and ur kids as well in real life .

Hope more ppl gather and post about it too.

No kidding, good point!

@vcelier
That is very cool! I saw you in @papa-pepper s post about another wild man in town!!

So cool to get together...face-to-face, with Steemit friends!!!
Glad to see you had a good time!
Peace!!!

Peace to you too.

Yes, we had a good time.

Yes, face to face finally! What an interesting time we live in!

Wow happy family is everyone's dream @vcelier

Please follow and vote me mr.

Happy family, everyone crave that kind of atmosphere inside the household, including me...

It was a lot of fun and we all got along great!

Very good post, i followed you follow me for read my post, greetings from Venezuela!!

Awesome! How did you catch the snake? Did the master @papa-pepper taught you his techniques? I hope the bite was not that painful

Nope, I did not teach him. He just walked right up to it and tried to grab it by the neck. He missed, it bit him, and then he tried again and had a great success! There was much rejoicing!

Super sweet post! This look like it has been a very fun day. The peppers, they look like super great company!

Hey I didn't remember you were vegan. I guess we have even more in common than I realized.

I look forward to this exciting trip!

I can cook vegan for you too if you ever make it down... or maybe I will just chop it up and make you do the cooking, LOL! Pretty cool stuff @teamsteem!

Oh I know! Every self reliant people like you can be a good vegan cook! And we'll most probably meet some day...

Just checked out your profile.. very cool. Followed and upvoted. Have a good time with your family :)

Thank you.

Wow what an amazing time you had , the snake part was so scary . Wish you all well (:

Upvoted and RESTEEMED!

Nice story @vcelier i enjoy it

Thank you.

Me too. It was a great read!

Good post 👍

Hi, @vcelier bice to see you're enjoying your time with the Pepper family. Lovely people and nature lovers. Thanks for sharing your good time there in Kansas city with the Pepper family. Peace to all of you.

We had a lot of fun so far and will be up early looking for more tomorrow!

You won't find a better bunch of Peppers! Had the pleasure of meeting the pepper clan myself, that visit was way too short!

Next time we will have to stay longer, and thanks for the compliment my friend!

hahahahahaha another happy Steemian in the hands of the legendary @papa-pepper
Great post, nice to see you all having such a steemy time!

LOL - Life seems to be going like that!

hahhahhahaa you ARE the STEEMIT VORTEX!!

How wonderful to see such community. I have the same type of veggie garden...bountiful! Great post! Great photos too!

I am pleased to read that you enjoyed it! We are having a lot of fun!

excellent post and nice photography

That would have been wonderful to meet @papa-pepper
It is one of my favorite people here on Steemit too.

I may have to swing up your way sometime, just gotta build my family a house first.

That would be awesome!
I have a feeling that we will indeed meet someday.

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I am happy to see one of the bigest whale's family! Nice and lovely environment, family! Thank you to let us to have a closer view into your private life!

I really do get this warm, fuzzy feeling when I read this post. Do you think you will ever come to South Africa? Papa-pepper suggested awhile ago that steemians should think about a sort of bed and breakfast thing for steemians. I have since prepared my two guest rooms, and I would love to fill them with fellow travelers. So vcelier, bring your family, we would love to show you our beautiful country!

Wow.. seems u had a fun filled day. Snakes spook me so I wouldn't dare try catching one. Wishing you and the Peppers all the best, have fun tomorrow too :) post the pics :)

Fun tomorrow?

Like this?

This is the coolest post I have ever seen!! STEEM ON YALL!!!

Wow! What a compliment! I liked his post a lot too!

The next tour I want to visit them. Please take me with you

Hello @vcelier, I am so glad to have found you via @papa-pepper! He is just a super human being that I appreciate so much!
You are really lucky to have met up with him! For sure it will be memorable for ever!
Cheers
@progressivechef

wow guys, love to see steemians meet and love to spend time with each other! and it looks you guys had some super cool time together. if any of you reading ths decide to visit Croatia, please make sure you let me know in advance!

Looks like a great time with everyone, and an amazing vegan meal fresh from the garden! Just saw @papa-pepper's post about this too :) I love how steemit brings families together like this, that otherwise probably never would have found each other. And all the way to Arkansas from B.C.! That's not a short trip. I look forward too seeing what the rest of the weekend has in store :)

We are about to go out looking for scorpions together!

Sounds exciting!

Good to hear bro..keep it up..wish u all the best both papa-pepper

Awesome!! Have a fun rest of your trip. Be careful with the snakes!! :-D