Friday evening, relatives from Virginia came for a visit. This was the first stop on their "two-night" vacation. They stayed two nights at each place along the way. Their plan included a trip to the Creation Museum Saturday morning. 
Saturday evening after dinner, Chris played ball with Peter and Fred. 
Sunday morning, the relatives are ready for the next leg of their vacation; which includes a trip to Cedar Point! Have fun on your adventure!
I was invited to go along with the children and their mother to visit Uncle Walter. And to go swimming in the pool. 
Look at the smiles on the children's faces! Uncle Walter had heated the water with the Woodmore. The adults were reluctant to go in that evening. The next morning, was a different story! We played 'pirates' and had races with Aunt Beth's floats. We had a lot of fun!
The children loved playing with the puppies; Andy and Archie. 
Uncle Walter, at times, rescued the puppies from the small hands of the children.
After lunch, Uncle Walter, Uncle Fred, Liz and I took a trip to the Wadsworth house. 
Uncle Fred was brave and climbed into the attic above the garage. He found all kinds of intersting things. 
He tied the old sled on the top. He was pleased with all of his 'finds'. 
The next morning, Noah, with a little help from K.K., helped Uncle Walter take the cover off the pool.
Martha, Uncle Walter, Liz and Uncle Fred, with Jimmy or Joey in the background.
Wednesday's 46 mile ride took us to Coshocton. We stayed two nights in Lake Park, which is near Roscoe Village. 
John and Ed exploring one of the canal boats. 
Thursday morning, after an outstanding breakfast at Spitler's Family Restaurant, John, Ed and I rode the optional 34 mile route out to New Bedford and back. New Bedford sits at the very top of the second highest spot in Ohio! And there were some other hills as well; both going and coming. On the return trip, we stopped at the North Appalachian Experimental Watershed: an outdoor laboratory for land and water management research.
Thursday evening, Sue and I sat in the back of the truck on our way to the buffet at Spitler's Restaurant. Ummm, ummm!
Friday's 59 mile ride to Orrville had its fair share of hills in the morning. We also rode on the Holmes County Bike Trail. This bike trail is different because half of it is for bicycles and half is for the Amish buggies. Our lunch stop was in Millersburg, where the Amish organized the best food stop. Nick, the horse, cranked some delicious ice-cream! I wonder what the Amish folks thought of all the bicycle riders...
Friday evening we enjoyed the Bob Evans Golden GOBA dinner for riders who had participated for 10, 15 and 20 years. We ate pasta, green beans (my favorite), a tasty dish of sausage, onions and green peppers, salad and the biggest piece of lemon meringue pie that I have ever seen! Yummm, yummm!
Deer have no depth perception. Having inner and outer rounds of caution tape around the garden confuses them. Or so they say... 
And in case the inner and outer rounds of caution tape doesn't discourage the deer, tomatoes have been planted in other unlikely places. Here are plants in pots that would normally have flowers. Notice the poinsettias in the smaller pots. I pruned them pretty severly this spring - we'll see if they become more bushy this fall.
We have had some nice strawberries this spring. The first batch, actually. Not enough to make jam or jelly, but enough to have just a dish of strawberries with milk in the evening. Ummm, ummm!
And we are to have them until July?!? Yikes!
And, I didn't have to look hard to find them. The 'bug lady' would be in her glory - except that she has many cicadas of her own...
On my bike ride early this morning, I saw two trees that had been blown down by last night's storm. One tree fell on the west side of a house, doing what looked like minimal damage; the other tree fell across a drive, being a nuisance to the resident more than doing any damage. Reminded me of a storm in Wadsworth not too many years ago...
We now have 10.85 inches above the normal amount of rain!
