ACTIVITIES IN OHIO

Just three and a half weeks until a side trip to Outer Banks to join our son and his family for their vacation.  We are looking forward to this special time with them, as well as some new sight seeing!!

My last doctor visit gives us the impression that my last phase of surgery can be the first part of October.  He is promising a much easier and faster healing than what I have experienced since May!!  I plan to hold him to it so that we can leave by the first of November to reach Bushnell FL for our job at Dade Battlefield (10 hours per week for each of us).  There will be five couples there so it should be fun.  And we also have friends in that area from our previous winters there.
 
We are having a very gentle light rain off and on today.  I hope that it will be sunny tomorrow as Gary's nephew contacted us to stop out and visit.  With rainy weather outside, I have spent the morning baking cookies and making potato salad.  I told them it would not be a fancy picnic, but I would be prepared with hotdogs and such.

We went to the Dutch Haus for lunch with friends, Don and Lois, who have stopped wintering in Florida because of health issues.  We originally met them in Bushnell.  Had a wonderful visit and they took us out by their old home to show us the new gas lines that are going in there.  There are so many transient workers in this area because of the oil and gas jobs now available.  Many of them have trailers here in the campground and at one south of Salem as well.
 
On Friday Gary had breakfast with friend, Rick and Richie.  Then they went to a few garage sales.  The plan had been to go to the Rogers Flea Market, but they decided that it was way too hot for that!!
That evening, friends, Eugenia and Bob, invited us along with Bill and Jane from Timashamie to have dinner at their house.  Delicious!!  Ham loaf!!  Thank you for a wonderful dinner and visit!!

Jane & Bill Weikel, Gary, and Bob & Eugenia Tullis

The very next evening Jane was hungry for hamburgs and hotdogs over the open fire.  So we joined them at their campsite and combined food from both of our fridges.  Needless to say, we ate too much, but had our hamburg, hotdog and marshmallow fix!!

Bill, Gary and Jane

It takes three cooks for hamburgs and hotdogs???

We stopped by our son's house to check the progress of putting a footer under an enclosed porch.  Good progress in spite of the heat!!  He is amazing!!

Too bad he did not have a trencher!!  Looks like back breaking work to me!!  But he did put his son to work also.  Great work, guys!!

 Off to Scout Camp!!  Summer camp for Richie and a week away from home.  We took Richie's mom and Uncle Victor to visit on parent's night.  Since Richard is working nights, it was not an option for him.  But Mom made sure that Richie got his new supply of Dew, and we had a wonderful dinner at camp.  We got there for the evening following a day of rain, but the camp was in good shape.  No standing water.  Guess the ground must be pretty dry.

Lynn and Richie

Lynn, Richie and Grandpa Gary

Troop 2 of Salem

Grandpa, Richie, Lynn and Uncle Victor

Gary and Victor took a Sunday afternoon to check out the YSU Art Show.  While there they saw Gary's dentist, Dr. Fisher, and his wife and their  photography display. 



Dr. Fisher and his wife.

So Gary is still trying to take in art shows as often as he happens upon them.  He has also gotten back to drawing more himself!!  It is good to see him keep at it.

 

Our rain is stepping it up a notch or two!!  Wonder if it will be like we had a few days ago where the kids in the campground were running and riding bikes through the puddles??

I stayed safely inside and took the pictures from the window.  I'm no dummy!!

Guess it is time for me to wrap this up and get my potato salad finished.  Stay tuned, as we will get some traveling done again sometime!!