Saturday 9/14/02
Day Sixteen
KOA, Butler, OHStarting mileage 91338 / Ending mileage 91464
David didn’t sleep well last
night due to possible digestive discomfort, but mostly it was the thunderstorm.
That’s right, our first Ohio thunderstorm this trip! It was pretty good—moderate
rain but lots of noise. We let the doggies in to sleep with us so they wouldn’t
be scared. I’m pretty sure they slept through the whole thing…
I made an omelette for one, and
we left the KOA @ 10:30. First stop: library. David worked on reserving moving
trucks & trailers while I checked email. Found out Pav is doing great with
Dad & Elsie, and that [omitted].
S sent a nice note for us to “stay in touch”.
Well, we drove and drove until
1:45pm. As we’ve noticed since arriving Ohio, the fields & fields of *sweet
peas are turning a lovely golden hue. Besides the corn, it seems that *alfalfa
is one of the other main crops. We haven’t seen any pumpkin patches thus far,
which strikes us as a little odd.
Something we have seen a lot of is
deer statuary. At least we thought they were decorative, until we noticed that
they have a shoulder “target” (see photo). Seems they’re not entirely eye candy…
Another interesting observation
by David is that some of the roads have intricate patching—on cracks, thousands
of cracks, not the whole road or just potholes. Looks like A LOT of work.
Anyway, @ 1:45 we stopped back
in L’ville to use the Library bathroom, and I walked down to “Simply Country”—the
store which *Jerrilyn L [last names
omitted from this section] owns. One of my earlier emails was from
Classmates.com saying that the original 20-year high school reunion had been
cancelled due to “lack of response”, but that a casual reunion would be held
Oct. 5 at Jerrilynn’s house. So, I went to her store, but she was not there,
although her sister Jeannie appeared to recognize me. I think it’s because Dad
& Elsie had stopped into the store, and my maiden name had been
spotted.
Anyhoo, I talked to Jerrilynn on the phone and told her I was sorry not to be able to see her Oct 5. Turns out Lisa L, Marcy E and misc. others I know will be there. Lisa works in journalism in New York now! I wrote down Jerrilynn’s address so I can mail something out.
Anyhoo, I talked to Jerrilynn on the phone and told her I was sorry not to be able to see her Oct 5. Turns out Lisa L, Marcy E and misc. others I know will be there. Lisa works in journalism in New York now! I wrote down Jerrilynn’s address so I can mail something out.
By 2:20pm we were back on the
road, heading out on Rt 3 to scope out more areas around Loudonville. Although
we love every road we go on, and driving is such a pleasure, it didn’t take
much longer to realize that it only counts if something is for sale. So, we
decided to call it a day and wait until Monday to have any further ideas re:
our future home.
Arrived KOA @ 3:30. David bought
a large bundle of firewood near the camp, but we didn’t end up using it because
another thunderstorm moved through. Actually, we couldn’t hear thunder because
the rain on the awning was so loud. We sat under cover for the watery barrage,
then back to the comfort of the trailer. Oh yes, earlier we BBQ’d chicken for
dinner.
Vince is sleeping between us on
the couch as we watch ‘Forensic Files’ on TV. He is dreaming and his paws are
doing double time. Also, he snores quite loudly. So cute! Tomorrow we’re headed
to Cleveland, so we’ll just keep relaxing tonight.
*sweet peas: We were just guessing at crops, but I'm sure I wasn't actually thinking sweet peas when I wrote that down. Turns out I was referring to soy beans...
*alfalfa: Yeah, guessing again. Not sure now what the actual crop was.
*Jerrilynn: high school classmate
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