Today didn't turn out as I had thought. We were awakened by a phone call from Preston and he had started home and found route 15 to be all ice with many accidents. We got up and looked around here and it was fine, but a fine rain soon started and it was also freezing.
Our favorite hunter (Ed) was still at his cabin across the road from our home, and Lou was concerned for him as he would need to travel to the Philadelphia area. Lou dressed quickly and was going up to the cabin, when Ed backed out of his drive way. Lou was able to flag him down and Ed spent the morning with us, as we tracked the storm via Preston on the road and the radar on the computer. Ed stayed and had lunch with us; he and Lou discussed planes, Air Force and the Navy. Ed had been a mechanic on the jet engines F-8 Crusaders, so many memories were shared. Just heard from Ed and it took him 6 1/2 hours to travel what normally takes four hours. Praise God he arrived home safely, as did Preston.
All of the activities we were planning on attending were cancelled, so I did what most women are doing these days. I made Scott's favorite cookie and saved some out for square dancing on Wednesday night.
Lou did the last of his Christmas cards and then we got to talking about deserts for our dinner guests on Friday night and I remembered a family favorite from the Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio. Lou brought the web site of the restaurant up on the computer and finally I have found a place Lou has not eaten or visited. We did a tour on the computer and what fun to share stories of being there, as it was a favorite place for my father and mother to visit when they came to Ohio, and our family went there on Christmas Eve, hence the desert for Friday night will be Christmas Eve Pudding with hot rum sauce.
We talked about The Yankee Tavern and The Pine Club, all favorite places to eat and that brought us to the Dayton Daily News and a story telling that the owner of The Yankee Tavern had passed away very unexpectedly in May of this year at the age of 61. Girls, does this bring memories back to you also? How about you Scott, remember these places?
We are hoping tomorrow will be a day that we can get packages to UPS and on their way to Florida and North Carolina.
honestly Mom I remember very little from ohio, the memories I have of these places are just of you and Daddy talking about how great everything was. I remember "locamedia" and the pizza place where you could watch them make the pizza, krogers, and buster brown shoes. I probably count find my way to any of the schools now even though i walked there ever day. it has been 30 years
ReplyDeleteI remember getting dressed up and going there to eat! I don't remember eating anything in particular, but I do remember nearly choking to death on an ice cube in the middle of dinner there one time!
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