I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July. I had an exciting day celebrating Americas 250 here at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. (Yes, I know there should be an apostrophe there but WordPress is difficult about apostrophes.) Cumberland Gap had a big day of living history planned for Americas 250. It was supposed …
Jonesville, Virginia
Last week, Tom and I went to Jonesville, Virignia. Every week, on our days off, Tom and I try to find at least one interesting thing to do. A new restaurant, an interesting historical place, a new store. This is our third year at Cumberland Gap and it is getting harder to find new places …
Rainy Sunday with Toads
We recently had a rainy Sunday morning at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Really rainy. It was raining so hard that the motion sensor doors to the Visitors Center wouldn’t close. They would start to close, then there would be extra large drips in front of the motion sensors and they would pop back open …
Back at Cumberland Gap NHP
Tom and I are back at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. We drove down on June 17 and started working June 19. Our dates were about a month later than we had planned on arriving, but being in Ohio was more important. Fortunately the staff here is very family-oriented and they completely understood. They were …
Exploring Medina, Ohio
Before Mom’s birthday bash, Tom and I took her out for an adventure day exploring Medina. Mom grew up near Wooster and went to Medina a few times as a teenager. But she said she had not been there since. I think it has changed a little. We had an absolutely gorgeous day for our …
You Can’t Get There from Here
Last week Tom and I tried to get from our house to the grocery store. It turns out, you can’t get there from here. Or, at least, not on the day we were trying. Or the way we were trying. They shut down the road we live off of several weeks ago. We knew it …
Mom’s 90th Birthday Bash
My mom celebrated her 90th birthday on Monday, June 15. The day before that, June 14, the family got together to celebrate her 90th birthday with her. It was the first celebration without my dad and we missed him. But we also enjoyed celebrating all of Mom’s years with her. We started with meeting at …
Morrow County Scavenger Hunt
Our adventure day with Mom and her friends was a Morrow County Scavenger Hunt. Tom and I made a list of the five Morrow County Ohio Historical Markers. Those were our main objective. But inviting Bonnie along was a genius idea, because Bonnie has lived in Morrow County since she got married in 1973. She …
Sames and Cook in Mt. Gilead
Tom and I resumed adventure days with Mom with lunch at Sames and Cook in Mt. Gilead. We picked up two friends of Mom’s, Bonnie and Beverly, and had a wonderful afternoon out exploring. Although we have looked at places to eat in Mt. Gilead several times, we had overlooked Sames and Cook. Bonnie, who …
Working the Survivors Checklist
When Dad died, I knew Mom and I needed to work the Survivors Checklist. This is the list of all the things you have to do when someone dies. Some of them are related to legal matters. Others are practical. But they all need to be done. Mom and Dad did everything they could before …