Trippin' with Susan Straley

Greetings! On September 16, 2019, Frankie, Dennis and I drove over to the Pumpkin Vine Trail to ride our bikes.  We started riding and Frankie pointed out the Amish farms.  There were quite a few with washing hanging out on the line.  Frankie loved this quilt. There were lots of horses in pastures and Amish black carriages in driveways and under carport-like shelters. We saw a composite bench that had been chewed up quite a bit by squirrels. The trail was lovely with lots of shade.  We rode by cows and buffalo and bulls, lots of clusters of white farm buildings and houses with long clotheslines filled with dresses and overhauls and white shirts.  On some of the buildings were solar collectors. This area of Indiana is the manufacturing hub for camper trailers.  We passed lots full of campers and biked past the Winnebago manufacturing plant that smelled like plywood. We arrived at the end of the trail in a town called Shipshewa

Hi, The thing about waiting a few days before I post is I forget what I did since I last posted.  If it weren't for all the pictures, it would all be lost to time. I left you abruptly at the last post because I was posting from  the Coffee Hub in Xenia.  A staff member walked around and told those of us that were still lingering in conversations and on our computers that the cafe was closing in five minutes.   I rushed to publish my post without review for grammar and spelling.   I see it turned out worse that usual.   Oh, get over it, I am traveling.  I will go back and edit later... or not. time will tell. I thought about going to get supper since it was almost supper time when the cafe closed.  I was tempted to get a beer at a pub that Chris and Adrian had told me about.   They said it wasn’t the kind of place where a woman alone was a signal of any kind.   Instead I went to the grocery store. I went to the grocery store to get supper.   I didn’t want to

Hi, I love chocolate. I love flowers. I love riding my trike. Today I got all three!!! First, let me tell you about yesterday... Yellow Springs Times Two Friday, September 13, 2019 I went to get my morning coffee and some wifi at the Hub Coffee Shop in Xenia, Ohio on Friday morning. The shop is housed in the spam place as Toward Independence and One Bistro.  I think there is some kind of fundraising hand shake because I learned they are also running the Chocolate Ride happening on Saturday.  All the funds from the Chocolate ride go directly to help people with developmental disabilities gain the skills they need to live more independently. They also have a box for collecting donations of women's feminine hygiene products.  Gosh, I never thought about that need for women without incomes!   I got a call from Linda Tolly.  She is the trike rider I met on the ride on Thursday and who invited me to dinner at her on on Thursday evening. She said she ha