One final thing from our anniversary weekend: the exhibition cricket game. Sunday of the anniversary weekend, October 9, was gorgeous. It was clear and warm with that scrubbed-air low humidity that comes after days of rain. The re-enactors sets up an exhibition cricket game in the field in front of the Visitors Center and I …
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In Memory of Aunt Joan
Today is the memorial service for my Aunt Joan, my dad’s only sibling. We mourn because we see her now only “in memory”. But, despite the loss, we are not sad today because Aunt Joan was a woman of deep faith and we rejoice that she has reached her heavenly home. Tom and I drove …
Pumpkin Spice: It’s Everywhere!
It started appearing in stores around the beginning of September, still well ahead of Halloween or Thanksgiving. Gradually it crept down one row after another. Eventually you couldn’t walk down a single row in the grocery store without seeing it. Then it spread to craft booths and specialty stores. The insidious flavor worked its way …
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
On our last adventure day in Ohio (this trip) we went with my mom and dad to visit Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. This is one of the eight national park sites in Ohio. All of us had been there before but none of us recently. So I needed to get the stamp for my …
Finding a Doctor
The longer Tom and I are on the road, the less we return to Akron. The last two times we have been back to Ohio, we have only gone to Akron once. We got a letter that Tom’s doctor retired and another letter that said my optometrist was retiring. So we decided it to go …
Things To Do / Things Done
When Tom and I get back to Ohio, we usually have a long list of things to do. After all, Ohio is our “home base” and we know where to find the things we need. When we got back to Ohio after Grand Portage we also wanted to find a good repair place for the …
Prairie Peddler Festival in Butler Ohio
For years, Tom and I went annually to the Yankee Peddler Festival in Canal Fulton, Ohio. It has been held the first two weekends in September for 44 years. The vendors dress up in Colonial historic dress and anything that isn’t period has to be out of sight. We always enjoyed this festival with the …
Cleveland Indians Clinch the AL Central Division!
On Monday evening, after watching as much of the Presidential Debate as we could stand, Tom and I switched to the Cleveland Indians game on STO. We were just in time for the 9th inning. We watched with excitement as Cody Allen came in, closed the Tigers down, and the Cleveland Indians clinched the American …
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
The last time Tom and I visited the Columbus Zoo was sometime in 1980 when he and I were dating. At that time it was not the world-renowned zoo that it is today. Jack Hanna had just started as Director of the Zoo and had not yet begun the numerous television appearances that made him …
Wayne County Fair, Wooster Ohio
Now that Tom and I are back in Ohio we have been busy seeing people and doing things. So many people to see, so little time! Of course, we always spend lots of time with my parents and as much time as possible with John and Jackie. We are continuing our adventure days with my …