October 16 & 17, 2010
Third trip to Ohio!!! This time we had a friend of Landis' with us as it was his parent's anniversary weekend and they needed a little time alone. We arrived rather late to our hotel in Conneaut (yes, the same hotel we stayed in 2 weeks earlier) and decided to go ahead and buy a second room because of the extra person.
The next day we drove back west a bit to the next town, Ashtabula and sang at the county nursing home. We don't do a lot of nursing homes but I sort of enjoy them.
They served us a lovely lunch there before we sang and when we were finished we drove back to Conneaut and made a visit to the park that sits right at the edge of Lake Erie.
Faith got out to the sand before I got out of the van. I called to her about getting her tights off...
...but it felt so good to walk on that sand in her tights...
...that she slipped away when I got distracted.
"Where did that Faith go?!"
Can you tell Bobby had the camera this time? There's actually pictures of Mom!
With only a little bit of time there we snapped a few pictures and then drove back to Ashtabula for a Saturday evening service at Church of the Living God. We met some precious folks there and one of them even asked if she could feed Grace. That's only happened one other time but of course I'm delighted as it's a nice break for me.
Back in Conneaut, we got sufficient sleep and rose the following morning to make a second visit to the Family Fellowship Foursquare church with Pastor Robert Tarasiak. They serve a simple but tasty breakfast there on Sunday mornings and we took part in that, of course. We enjoyed a wonderful morning service and then found Connie Smith's house a few blocks from the church where we enjoyed some homemade pizza and ice cream cake for Landis' 10th birthday!
After lunch we headed to Akron where we found Springfield Baptist Church and unloaded equipment and set up the CD table for the 4th time in 48 hours. Whew!
The next day was a typical day of driving for hours on end in a crowded van and struggling to get school done, BUT we made it. Another day of school and once again...home.
3 comments:
Rhiannon and I are going to the shores of Lake Erie today! We are traveling home from a wedding in PA and will visit my family's home (1800's). We believe according to plat maps that their farm had Erie shoreline! Nice pictures of you all, but nice to see you, Becky!
Lori, that is so interesting. I hope y'all had fun and learned some more of your family history. Hope you took some pics.
Hi Becky -- here it is Dec. 12 & I'm just reading the post about your trip here. Those are nice pix of the family at the lake---I really like the one with all of you in it.
Looking forward to having the Bowen clan back up here sometime in 2011!
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