Our friends were up and headed home at 430 AM and we "slept in" until 7:30. Got packed up and then headed five hours down the road to join up with them. We would have a nice day with Gere and Betty and then spend the night at the Airbnb before headed to Ohio to be with more of Dick’s family.
The drive was fine. When we reached the Pennsylvania Turnpike we saw that we would no longer take a ticket and pay when we got off. Dick remembers driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in earlier times with cash to pay the tolls. Now you either need a transponder pass, or they do a license plate scan and send you a bill by mail.
Pennsylvania is so green in the summer. It takes your breath away. We picked up a picnic lunch and ate it by a “half waterfall “on the river. It was nice to get out of the car and enjoy the lovely day, overcast as it was at the time. There was a beautiful bed of day lilies near our picnic table. At one point, as we neared our destination we made a slight detour and drove along a gravel road named Slaughterhouse Road. We were caught by the name but didn't see the source of this name which must have disappeared many years earlier.
We arrived at Gere and Betty's in early afternoon. They live in such an interesting old log building that was once a ice cream parlor. There kitchen still has the soda fountain from that time. They have lovely porches on both the front and rear of the house. Since they had many cats, we spent relaxing time on the back porch.
We decided to take an outing and spent time in the afternoon in the small town, Wellsboro, near where they lived. It is a sweet town, and we went over and bought some chocolate at this beautiful candy store. This store is also a sheltered workshop for adult adults with developmental disabilities. We got some great chocolate there.
We also went by the place where there was a pride festival happening today. That morning,Betty and their daughter, Rowan, did face painting at the festival. It was nice in the midst of an area that is pretty conservative to see a lot of support for the LGBTQ community here.
We stopped by a little park where you could make public music and played around on the instruments. And then it started to rain. We got back to the car just as it was dumping rain and drove back to their home.
Then we spent the remainder of a delightful afternoon and then dinner sitting on the huge back porch, listening to the rain on the roof. It was a time of enjoying one others’ company. We had a splendid dinner of lasagna, soup and ice cream with homemade rhubarb sauce. Betty is a terrific cook and it was all delicious. Then we were all so tired from having such short night sleep the night before that we called it an early night.
Dick and Patti went a mile down the road to the airbnb where we were staying. We had a chance to chat with another couple, who was staying there, about their travels. We sat out on the lovely screened in patio area, enjoying a glass of wine and cheese, and just feet happy to be here.
At the end of every day, Patti spent some time working on the blog writing and Dick worked on sorting through and Photoshopping some of the often dozens or even hundreds of photos from the day. We’ve been working hard to keep up on our writing. Hope you are taking care of yourself and doing well.
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