Going Round the Lake to O Hi O

I usually write my blog posts for a state after we leave. Then I have to get a wifi at the motel that will allow me to download my photos to Blogspot. With our luck, I've had trouble getting wifi connections that are strong enough to allow me to write. That's my excuse for being almost a week late in posting Ohio. We were only there for a day, but it was a very full day.

Our first stop of the day was Wauseon. I know. You are asking, "What could possibly be in this little town?" Do you remember the wedding we went to in May? My niece, Cathie, married this great guy named Tyler. I hardly got to know Tyler at all on that day. All I knew was that he makes Cathie very happy, they now live in Ohio, and she is enjoying her new life in Ohio. Here they are on the left in front of their cute house. They cooked lunch for us on Sunday, one of their busiest days of the week. Tyler is a Youth Pastor at his church, so Sunday is not the best day for them. But it happened to be when we driving through that area.

It was a good visit. I keep thinking about a trip to several East Coast baseball stadiums that Tyler took a couple years back. We passed the Philadelphia and Baltimore Stadia today. It made me smile to think of him watching games there.

We also went to their church. Tyler is responsible for the Junior High School kids. They made this sign for the two of them when they left for San Diego and their marriage. Cathie is lucky to be in the middle of all this love. She's also lucky to be in Waseon. It's mostly farm country and beautiful. One thing we've learned on this trip is that people in the Mid-West are as open as their yards. There is not a fence on most property. All yards melt into each other.

We ended our stay in Ohio at Peter's brother's house. They are in Avon, Ohio. Their house is pretty new and it, too, has no fences. Interesting. Paul and Karen are the parents of Scott, who we saw the night before in Detroit. Their other two children, Eric and Lauren, were at dinner that night. Eric's wife was delayed on a plane coming from Baltimore. Deja Vu. We had a good time. It's always fun to have little ones around. This little one belongs to Eric.

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