BEGINNING OF MAY IN OHIO

The week of April 29th began with more trips to the Jeep Garage for car care!!  Seems that is happening much too frequently recently, but must take care of it for our travels.  Gary has a week of breakfasts with various friends and I began attending a Bible study with several gal friends.  They meet weekly at the home of Cheryl and Tex.  Of course, Tex is not with out gathering, but they sure have an awesome place in the country!!  The prayer time, study and fellowship has been so rewarding for me.

I went back for another day of scrapbooking with our group on Perry Street.  This included a session of card making with a guest, and that proved interesting as a first for me.  And Gary had a party to attend for a retiring friend/co-worker at SES.  He then also had a Men's Rally in the Valley all day Saturday at the Covelli Center in Youngstown.

We followed that with a South Range Band Concert that our grandson was in.  So glad that we were back here in Ohio for that.  He played suspended cymbals that evening and it was awesome!!  Can you pick him out in the back row?  Just pick out those eyes, as you can't see much more!!

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Richie on cymbals.

 

The Jazz band was awesome as well!!  There were Seniors presented with solo parts throughout the selections also!!  I always enjoy the music concerts.  I guess I am living my dreams vicariously through the lives of my children and grandchildren!!  I wouldn't want to live those years again, but I can fantasize that my life had included that.

 

The rest of the week was more of the same: breakfasts, doctor appointment for Gary and a visit from my sister, Pearl.  She and I spent a day buying flowers and wandering through the cemetery where our parents and brother are buried.  We needed that time after the past year with Claude.  We also got in dinner at the motorhome and a few games of Five Crowns.  We need to do it again.

 

I met my friend, Louise, for lunch at B.B.Rooners and for a long visit.

 

B B Rooners with Danny and Margaret

Louise and Audrey

We also were much in need of that visit since we had lost our dear friend, Ruthie, this past year.  I hate to admit that it might indicate that we are getting older!!

When walking into BB's I saw that he still has Gary's drawing on display.  Way to go Danny!!

 

 

 



On Thursday, we began the day with breakfast at Bob Evans with our dear friend, Marian!! It is always great catching up with her and her family!!  

Marian, Audrey and Gary

Thank you Marian, and we will do it again while here this summer.


On to lunch at The Dutch Haus in Columbiana with Don and Lois.  Though they are from our area of Ohio, we first met them in Bushnell FL at the camp ground where we spent our first winter on the road in 2008-09.  We have kept up with that relationship and enjoy each visit.  Unfortunately, Don's health has made the trip south each year, more than he can handle.  Of course, it is best to stay near his doctors.

Gary, Audrey, Lois and Don

After lunch, we went out to their condo for a longer visit.  Don was anxious to sit and look at the first printing of our Blog.  We had just received our first hardback of the first six months on the road in 2008.  I wanted to see it in print before I go ahead and have each following year put into book form.  Our friends use theirs for reference and I thought we could also, as well as using it in our later years after we stop traveling.  I don't see the traveling ending for quite some time though.  How is that for planning ahead?  

Lois on their lovely patio. 

I look forward to seeing your patio after the flowers are planted!!  Wonderful visit Don and Lois!!  Hope to do it again before summer's end.

Saturday we started our trip to eastern PA to visit our youngest son on his birthday.  We will let you know how that trip goes.  We are looking forward to it.