Tuesday, August 20
After a quick stop (less than an hour) at Discount Tire, we were on the road to Findlay, Ohio - about 100 miles south. Another beautiful day for a drive...
We're staying at
in Van Buren Township, about 12 miles from our son's home in Findlay. It's a nice park with lots of trees. There's a train that travels within 500 yards of the campground (just on the other side of the corn field). Some would say that that is "too close" or "too noisy". For us it's fine. The train travels past the park throughout the day and night. We honestly don't hear it while we're sleeping. Though, we both like to hear the sound of the trains whistle.
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| corn field that is adjacent to the campground...the corn is as high as... |
It was a beautiful night view the "blue" moon...
Wednesday, August 21
Very hot and humid day today. We're very grateful for the "cold" front that went through and lowered the temperature to 86. We're even more grateful that the front lowered the humidity.
Yesterday was the first day of school for Preston and Lily. Preston is in the third grade and Lily is now a first-grader...
only the second day of school and Preston has some math homework...
Teague, who is two, likes to do everything his big brother and big sister do. Sooo, he's doing his "homework" while sitting with mama...
Another very hot and humid day today.. We are grateful for the "cold" front that moved in and lowered the temperature two degrees, all the way down to 86!! We're even more grateful that the front substantially lowered the humidity. It's a beautiful evening to sit outside tonight and enjoy the whistle of the train and the sound of the locusts...
We went for a walk tonight and came across this interesting plant...
Corn and
Pumpkins, two of our favorite things!
Thursday, August 22
Another hot and humid day. We drove to Carter Park, near the campus of Ball State. Bryan wanted check out the course for the upcoming cross country race. While he and Cooper were running the course, we played with Teague at the playground...
eye closed, here I go...
telling me how to get down...
hang on tight...
look closely and you'll see the albino squirrel...
We stopped for lunch at Jimmie Johns on the way back from the park. Teague loves pickles...
Our granddaughter Cassi (from California) is attending the University of Findlay. She came over to Bryan's this afternoon to visit. While there, she did some of her homework...
all tuckered out...
We had some much needed rain tonight. Cooled off nicely and lowered the humidity...
Saturday, August 24
Bryan and Kim ran a 5k early this morning. Lily wanted to sleep in so we stayed with Lil and Teague. Preston went with mom and dad as he wanted to watch them run.
watching cartoons...
future NASCAR driver...
Our grand daughter, Cassi, plays soccer for the University of Findlay. This afternoon we went to DeHaven Field to watch her play in a scrimmage...
Tomorrow we are going to Ann Arbor to the Real Seafood Company to celebrate Kim's birthday, which was Friday, as well as her mother's (Rose) birthday which was Thursday. Heather and Chris, Graham and Meredith (Kim's sister and her family) will meet us there...
Monday, August 26
This morning we drove to Cracker Barrel in Toledo. While I was having breakfast with Nancy, Ron had breakfast with the guys, Fred and Gary...
This afternoon we spent time with our grandkids. Lily had a few friends over for a playdate...it was so hot they spent most of their time playing in the water...lots of fun was had!!!
Wednesday, August 28
We're really enjoying our time here in Findlay with our grand kids (their parents too). Of course, what's not to enjoy when surrounded by grand kids???!!!
Teague loves to help daddy mow the lawn...
This week has been very hot and very humid ~ most days the temperatures have been in the upper 80's with humidity of 80%. Rather late in the year for the dog days of summer!!
We've been going for walks in the morning and the early evening in order to try to beat the heat.
I've been referring to this area of Ohio as the "land of beans and corn". Soy beans, that is. Our campground here has a corn field on one side and a soy bean field across the street. This part of Ohio grows a lot of corn and soybeans. On our walk tonight, we walked across the street to take a closer look at the soy beans...
Friday, August 30
Hotter and hotter with higher humidity. Today, Preston and Lily came to our campground to spend the day. We had a blast!!! Special times and lots of memories made to be sure. This was a great start to Labor Day Weekend!!
Walking Coop to the playground...
playing cards with grandpa...
cuddling with Cooper...
But by far, the most fun was had playing in water with Grandpa!!!
Saturday, August 3
We traveled south to Dublin, a suburb of Columbus, to visit my sister and her family. My dad was visiting her for the weekend. Bryan, Preston and Lily stopped by on their way to a soccer game in Columbus...It was great to see all of them.
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| Ellen with Jacob, Jack and a friend |
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| Jacob and Grandpa |
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| Zach |
Sunday, September 1
At long last, the humidity has finally broken. It's still hot, but much more pleasant than it's been. Dad left Ellen's this morning to head back home. We met him at Denny's here in Findlay for lunch. It was good to see him one more time before we leave.
Monday, September 2
Rather than leave for Missouri today, we decided to forgo the traffic and leave tomorrow. We met Bryan and family for a "good-bye" lunch. We spent the rest of the day packing up a few things. Mostly we enjoyed the beautiful day.
We've really enjoyed our stay in Findlay. Goodbyes are always difficult...
New adventures await us in Missouri!!
