Thursday 9/12/02
Day Fourteen
KOA, Butler, OHStarting mileage 91060 / Ending mileage 91157
David said he couldn’t get back to sleep after early a.m. dog duty, so he was up puttering around, making coffee & scanning the 3-4 TV channels. I slept in & didn’t mind it a bit when he brought me coffee in bed. But by 9:15 it was up-an-at ‘em for toast and straightening the trailer up.
The little ones don’t seem upset by Pav’s absence, but we’re pretty sure Vince is aware of the difference.
David found the 2 5-acre *Mohican lots on the map, and they’re near the KOA, so we’ll drive by before our 3:30 appt w. Lynne at the Lucas property. Since we didn’t plan to leave until 2 at the latest, we gathered up all the dirty towels & clothes and rode our bikes to the laundry room. Played pinball, and rode bikes around the campground and local roads while the machines did their thing.
Lunch of Tacquitos.
Took off @ 1:45, first stop Loudonville for David to get fuel and me to check email at the library. Oops, wrong. First stop was to find the Mohican vacant lots. They were fairly disappointing in their appearance and lack of trees. Then to fuel & library. Then, to Lucas to meet Lynne at the house. It was 14 miles and 20 minutes there. A series of disappointments in this prospect:
house not finished remodeling; structure unsound; bad acoustics; barn in total disrepair. Also, turns out the property does not include the land in front. Oh well. She gave us a new book to pick listings from. We drove around a little on the way home, looking for “for sale” signs. Started to get pretty hungry, so we headed back to the trailer. The dogs had been riding along on this trip, and some of the roads got a little bumpy. No complaints out of them, though!
house not finished remodeling; structure unsound; bad acoustics; barn in total disrepair. Also, turns out the property does not include the land in front. Oh well. She gave us a new book to pick listings from. We drove around a little on the way home, looking for “for sale” signs. Started to get pretty hungry, so we headed back to the trailer. The dogs had been riding along on this trip, and some of the roads got a little bumpy. No complaints out of them, though!
Anyway, dinner of Hamburger Helper, and some time spent highlighting things in the real estate magazine. Around 7:00 we decided to drive by the house near Loudonville (we had a tentative date of Sat. to see the inside, but Cherie called us and changed it to Monday at 7:00pm, due to the current renter’s work schedule.) Had a couple deer cross the road in front of us.
Couldn’t get too close, but we still like the looks of the place, and still very interested to see the house and outbuildings.
Headed back to the trailer, poor David had the sun directly in his eyes while it was doing its last gasp above the horizon. Quite nice sunset colors at 7:45.
Not much else; trailer, talk, tv, bedtime. I feel so very tired.
Fuel: Loudonville, Oh / 350 mi / 24 gal / $35
*Mohican: Mohican State Park
*Mohican: Mohican State Park
My note on back page of journal: Butler: “The core of Appleseed Country” (also, a speed trap per [omitted])
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