Sunday, September 29, 2013
Miss El's Birthday Party
Presents for the Birthday Girl.
But first, there are games to be played.
Pin the Tail on the Donkey...
no peeking.
Try this bat to break the pinata, Miss El.
Noah aims carefully.
Kaitlyn gives the pinata a big slug.
El uses the big bat and gives the pinata a whack!
There goes the donkey's head!
Silly String fun!
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Happy Birthday to You!
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Miss El and friends, playing with her new Barbies.
Happy Fifth Birthday, Miss El!
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Friday, September 27, 2013
Old Timer's Days
We returned to the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia for the 43rd Annual Old Timer's Days.
Today is Friday. Friday, the admission for Seniors is $1.00.
Today is Friday. Friday, the admission for Seniors is $1.00.
The featured tractor is Ford.
The four rear tires were almost six feet tall!
A couple of nice looking John Deere's.
I liked the green wheel weights.
A nice set of Allis-Chalmers: a D10, D12, D14, D15, D17 and D19.
All restored by the same man.
A C-17 flew overhead and made a turn over the fairgrounds.
A miniature circus made with an Erector set was being run by the hit and miss engine.
Pete is here with a trailer of oil field drilling equipment.
His son will bring the second trailer.
A cedar log being cut into boards.
The boys sawing boards.
The day was sunny and warm.
The Boy Scouts didn't have their yummy bean soup ready.
We were so disappointed.
Some of us did have bean soup and corn bread from the dining hall.
There were three camels for the children to ride.
Today is Miss El's fifth birthday.
Happy Birthday to Miss El!
Saturday will be her birthday party.
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Xenia Weekend
We loaded the motor home with supplies for a weekend in Xenia.
We met seven other couples at the Greene County Fairgrounds.
The plan was to ride our bicycles on the trails that lead into and out of Xenia,
the 'hub of it all."
Xenia is the intersection of four bicycle trails:
the Ohio to Erie Trail goes through Xenia,
the Creekside Trail goes west to Dayton,
the Simon Kenton Trail goes north to Springfield, then Urbana
the Xenia-Jamestown Connector goes east, south east past Jamestown.
Xenia is the intersection of four bicycle trails:
the Ohio to Erie Trail goes through Xenia,
the Creekside Trail goes west to Dayton,
the Simon Kenton Trail goes north to Springfield, then Urbana
the Xenia-Jamestown Connector goes east, south east past Jamestown.
John and Karen's camping outfit.
Friday morning, the group gathered for the initial ride to Waynesville on
the Little Miami Scenic Trail.
You can see that even though the sun is shining,
the temperature was a little chilly.
Some riders turned around at Spring Valley.
We rode with John and Karen and enjoyed a nice lunch at the Village Family Restaurant.
On our return trip, we stopped at Spring Valley to take a break.
I walked over to the Walking Threads store.
What a nice variety of bicycle T-shirts!
Imprinted while you wait...
John, a retired police officer, and Karen couldn't resist these shirts.
"life behind bars..... ain't so bad"
John also found a hat he couldn't live without!
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The end to a pleasant day.
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Saturday's ride took us north on the Simon Kenton Trail to Yellow Springs.
We reserved 16 seats for our group at
The Golden Jersey Inn.
Don and Anna; Jack and Kathy
Brenda and Glenn, Harriet, Mike and Ella, John
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Saturday would be our last evening with the group.
Brenda, Kathy and Ella - with contributions by others -
prepared a delicious spaghetti dinner for all to enjoy!
Thank you for the delicious dinner, Ladies!
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Sunday was to be a 'free' day.
The ladies and some of the men were planning a trip to Cincinnati
as well as to Jungle Jim's on the return trip.
We rode with Ron on the Little Miami Scenic Trail,
heading up to Cedarville for breakfast.
Bummer! The restaurant was open, but not serving food.
Ron continued north-east to see how far the trail was completed.
We returned to camp, stopping at McDonald's for breakfast in Xenia.
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We had surprisingly cool weather and a rainstorm early Friday morning.
We bicycled a little over 80 miles in three days - almost as much as I have bicycled
in the last three weeks!
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Saturday, September 07, 2013
Clinton County Corn Festival
We started our adventures at the Clinton County Airport.
We unloaded our bicycles and rode to Port William - the home of the best pork chops.
The store was still there; it was open.
All the picnic tables, all the pork chops had been taken to the Corn Festival!
The owner gave us each a bottle of cold water - which was appreciated.
We rode back to the Clinton County Airport,
loaded the bicycles into the truck, put on dry clothes
and drove to the Corn Festival to find some lunch.
After lunch, we wandered around the festival.
The woodcarver had been busy with his chainsaw.
The bears are about four inches tall. Cute!
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Samples of antique power.
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We watched the boys at the sawmill,
trimming the log.
Then cutting the perfect boards.
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We watched the double tree pulling classes.
A father and son pulled this time
with a John Deere and a Ford.
Joe and Rachel pulled their John Deere A's.
Rachel kept her tractor under control the longest!
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We looked at the steam engines on our way out.
A Case steam engine operating the saw mill.
Another Case steam engine operating the hay baler.
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Fields of tractors on display.
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