Sunday, October 28, 2012
Halloween
Saturday, October 6, 2012
August Visitor
Friend, Paula, said, "I'm going to visit my son and his family in August. I responded, "Well, I think I will go with you." "That's great," Paula said excitedly. Paula flew in from New Jersey to Pittsburgh. Christy and I picked her up at the airport.
That evening, we started our visit by going to a dance class to learn the waltz. Our instructor was Juliann who was great. We had a lot of fun.
Paula and I left the next morning for our road trip in her rental car, the subaru.
As we arrived in Dayton, OH, we met Paula's family, son Jay, his lovely wife, Jodie, and teenage daughters, Cheyenne and Ianna.
We also met the family pets, lap dog, Dobie, and persnickity cat, Quebecca. We got a big laugh out of the conflict between the dog and cat. The little dog was afraid of the oversized cat.
Paula's famiy was very happy to see us and stated, "We kept this week open for your visit."
On Saturday, we toured the Air Force Museum with Paula's family. We liked the tribute to the many flight pioneers and aviators and their amazing developments in air travel throughtout the twentith century.
Went to church Sunday at the University of Dayton campus chapel. We had the pleasure of meeting Father Fitz.
Paula offered to treat me and the girls to a movie, Batman III, "The Dark Knight Rises Again."
Monday we conducted a tour of Dayton. We were quite successful in finding the Wright Memorial. Markers explained the fields below, called the Huffman Prairie, where the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, experimented with their airplane invention.
We also visited the Wright Cycle Company, a National Historic Landmark.
The museum had many interesting exhibits including an original airplane that the Wright brothers flew while experimenting.
We spent our last night at home with the family. They are fans of the Dr. Who, a British science fiction television program, which first appeared on BBC on November 23, 1963. The Head of Drama, Canadian Sydney Newman, was mainly responsible for developing the program.
The Eleven Faces of Dr. Who
The next day it was time to hit the road to travel back east. We stopped to visit Kathy and Phil Stukus in a lovely wooded area of Granville, OH. Kathy, Paula, and I had lunch at the quaint Granville Hotel.
On our way, we stopped at Nararre, OH, to check on Paula's cousin who was in a nursing home. Unfortunately, she had passed away last year, 2011.
By the time we were on the road again it was dusk. We headed east for Pennsylvania. One stop for gas and a quick hamburger at MacDonald's.
It is time for Paula to catch her plane to head back to New Jersey. Paula had made a reservation at a hotel near the airport so she would be close to the airport when she had to leave the next morning. As I drove her to the hotel on Friday night, we reminisced about the past week...of our trip to Ohio, our dancing class, our swim class, visit to the famous Baldinger's International Foods store in Zelienople, our lunch at the LongHorn Restaurant with friend Loretta, and visit to Sorgel's Farm Market.
With sad realization that our visit was over, we hope we can do it again sometime in the future!
That evening, we started our visit by going to a dance class to learn the waltz. Our instructor was Juliann who was great. We had a lot of fun.
Paula and I left the next morning for our road trip in her rental car, the subaru.
As we arrived in Dayton, OH, we met Paula's family, son Jay, his lovely wife, Jodie, and teenage daughters, Cheyenne and Ianna.
We also met the family pets, lap dog, Dobie, and persnickity cat, Quebecca. We got a big laugh out of the conflict between the dog and cat. The little dog was afraid of the oversized cat.
Paula's famiy was very happy to see us and stated, "We kept this week open for your visit."
On Saturday, we toured the Air Force Museum with Paula's family. We liked the tribute to the many flight pioneers and aviators and their amazing developments in air travel throughtout the twentith century.
Went to church Sunday at the University of Dayton campus chapel. We had the pleasure of meeting Father Fitz.
Paula offered to treat me and the girls to a movie, Batman III, "The Dark Knight Rises Again."
Monday we conducted a tour of Dayton. We were quite successful in finding the Wright Memorial. Markers explained the fields below, called the Huffman Prairie, where the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, experimented with their airplane invention.
We also visited the Wright Cycle Company, a National Historic Landmark.
The museum had many interesting exhibits including an original airplane that the Wright brothers flew while experimenting.
We spent our last night at home with the family. They are fans of the Dr. Who, a British science fiction television program, which first appeared on BBC on November 23, 1963. The Head of Drama, Canadian Sydney Newman, was mainly responsible for developing the program.
The Eleven Faces of Dr. Who
The next day it was time to hit the road to travel back east. We stopped to visit Kathy and Phil Stukus in a lovely wooded area of Granville, OH. Kathy, Paula, and I had lunch at the quaint Granville Hotel.
On our way, we stopped at Nararre, OH, to check on Paula's cousin who was in a nursing home. Unfortunately, she had passed away last year, 2011.
By the time we were on the road again it was dusk. We headed east for Pennsylvania. One stop for gas and a quick hamburger at MacDonald's.
It is time for Paula to catch her plane to head back to New Jersey. Paula had made a reservation at a hotel near the airport so she would be close to the airport when she had to leave the next morning. As I drove her to the hotel on Friday night, we reminisced about the past week...of our trip to Ohio, our dancing class, our swim class, visit to the famous Baldinger's International Foods store in Zelienople, our lunch at the LongHorn Restaurant with friend Loretta, and visit to Sorgel's Farm Market.
With sad realization that our visit was over, we hope we can do it again sometime in the future!
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