Trippin' with Susan Straley

Saturday, July 11, 2020 Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin.    I am still thrilled.   This morning when I checked Facebook there was a picture of Peggy Tresenriter with Alzheimer’s Trippin’ with George .    She has zipped through both books since I rode with her in Goodfield, Illinois area.   She posted this lovely review on her Facebook page: “Finished both of Susan Straley’s books Alzheimer’s Trippin’with George .   Don’t let the size of the first book deter you.   Both books are quick reads with lots of cool pictures of places I’d like to visit.   But more than that; it’s a trike, hike, walk and crawl through funny and sad moments as Susan, George and their community travel through the debilitating effects of dementia.” Wonderful!   I am flying high.   Thank you, Peggy! That is the flip side of what happened Thursday night.    But before I tell you about that I had promised to share the pictures from my ride with Roger P. on the trails and down State

July 9, 2020 Hi there!  I made it safely to Madison, Wisconsin. I am sitting writing this in Kathi's den.  She has a separate window air conditioner for this room so there is less air exchanged with the rest of the home.  I keep having to remind myself to put my mask back on so I don't contaminate her space... just in case. She made me a lovely koozie for my water bottle.  Last I wrote I was at a campground with Wifi in Goodfield, near Peoria, Illinois. As I was packing up I saw this lovely bug on my van. As you can see my van got covered in dust at the Timberline campground.  There is a drought going on and a lot of four wheeled carts speeding down the gravel drives. First I drove the back roads to Janesville, WI.  My son Jeremy and his wife Mel live there.  They showed me around the yard where Jeremy has been working to clean out fallen limbs and Mel has been weeding the flower beds. Because Jeremy is sensitive to heat and it was over 90 degrees, they i

July 6, 2020 Still I am still in Goodfield, Illinois and just finished a great ride with Peggy and Denny T. and their bike buddy Dirk.  We went over rolling hills and past corn and soybean fields. Dirk said the corn is starting to curl, they are experiencing a drought here.  Wow, seven inches of rain and flooding in Vienna, Illinois and a drought here.  He said if it doesn't rain in the next week or so the farmers would have to cut the corn for silage .  We entered the cute town of Eureka.  We roamed some streets and ended up at this memorial on the campus of the college.  Denny said his dad attended this college too.  We saw one building that was marked 1894.  I think the old iron peice in the picture below which is built right into the brick wall, was holding on a downspout.  Now a new downspout sits right next to it. We went by the corner where Denny and Peggy had their big tandem accident.  She broke her hip and her back and her collar bone.  Den