This week we went on another Elderberry trip, called a "Mystery Trip", because only our fearless leader, Miss Dixie, and the bus driver, Bob, knew where we were going. It was another fun-filled bus trip. She had planned a little rail trip, but Amtrak got their trains stuck up in Iowa because of the flooding, so that was ok, we just pretended to be on the rails. We ended up in Sedalia, where we toured the Pettis County Historical Society Museum, saw Katy the black bear, named for the Katy Railroad, and had an interesting tour of their artifacts. Then on to the Sedalia Train Depot, an historical brick and limestone structure, which was lovingly restored to its original beauty. We toured that, and had a wonderful tea luncheon in the women's waiting room side of the depot. During our luncheon, we were treated by a Vintage Fashion Trunk Show, presented by Mrs. Carolyn Miller, a local Sedalia resident, who collects vintage clothing and accessories, and does professional shows with them. She talked about the history of clothing from Victorian times to the 70's, and shared stories of each era with us, which illuminated an interesting part of women in history, through their clothing.
Then we toured downtown Sedalia, and various local residents boarded our bus in costume and character, representing local professions and areas of town, such as the bordello district (yes, we had three of those lovely ladies on board), and of course the local mortician who measured our own mortician who is one of the Elderberries. This was a great trip back in time, and all the local residents did an excellent job recreating history for us. Got to do a little shopping and exploring the tea shops of the downtown, and then stopped at the Russell Stover store as we left the area--chocolate fixes for all!
We completed our trip with a fantastic dinner at the Settler's Inn by the Arrow Rock exit on I-70. If you are ever out that way, be sure to call them for reservations--their meals are excellent! Everyone left stuffed and ready for the last leg of the journey home.
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