Re: columbia missouri

Zone 6, easy.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Aug 1, 2006, at 5:56 PM, pdickson wrote:

> That is a great.  I am surprised that they might be zone 6....I am  
> zone 6b and we are south of them by quite a bit.
> I will have to look that up.
> Thanks again for all of your input.
> Tricia
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:01 PM
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>
>> Tricia, I am very familiar with Columbia as my Mother lived there  
>> for the
>> last 25 years of her life and my sister and her family still live  
>> there. It is a
>> beautiful area at the foot of the Ozarks with some really great  
>> streams to
>> 'float". In my younger years when i lived in St. Louis we made  
>> some wonderful
>> memories camping and floating the Current, the Huzzah,and the  
>> Meramec in our
>> canoe. Columbia is a college town with all the cultural advantages  
>> that brings.
>> The biggest of course is Mizzou but Stephens and Columbia College  
>> are also
>> there. The hospital associated with the U of M is well respected.  
>> I haven't used
>> the airport for some time but I think it is pretty good for that  
>> size town. I
>> know there is a regular shuttle to the St. Louis airport. My  
>> sister is owner of
>> Apple School which is a wonderful preschool they started in 1988.  
>> They also
>> accept older children after school and in the summer. Columbia is  
>> not quite 2
>> hours from St. Louis which offers just about anything you want. I  
>> love the zoo
>> and the botanical gardens are fabulous.Just north of StL. is  
>> Hannibal, Mark
>> Twain's home. Just south is Six Flags (oh goody). Seems to me they  
>> are zone 6 for
>> gardens. I know they are always about 10 days ahead of me in bloom  
>> times. Can
>> you tell I think this is a great town? Hope this helps. Kathy
>>
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