Wednesday,
Sept. 9
Roger
was our ride leader today and a short ride west on US6 took us to the PA Lumber
Museum. US6 is listed as a scenic route
and travels through small towns and lots of open spaces. Fields covered with Goldenrod, cattails,
Sumac, and other flowers. Mountains
tower to our left and right and creeks and small rivers flow systematically to
bigger rivers all rushing to the ocean at some point. Gary told us bear are very active at this
time of the year preparing for their long winter nap so we should keep an eye
out but no matter how much I want to see a bear I have yet to see one. But the locals are preparing for the long
winter; you see wood sheds packed as full as possible and walls of wood stacked
around houses to both protect from the cold north winds and make the source of
their heat close at hand. There seems to
be no large industry in this area or else we are skirting around it because all
I see are small cabins, a few log cabins, small farms and small towns. Probably hard to make a living but oh so
appealing for what I call “the good life”.
After the museum we stopped for lunch and then headed to the Grand
Canyon of PA traveling over twists and turns.
Some actually walked down the canyon a bit and the view is amazing. I feel like we are playing in God’s backyard
and He is constantly watching over us to make sure all are safe. We had just left the canyon and the sky
turned black and the wind began to blow.
Oh please no rain; I felt like we might have a replay of last year’s
storm but riding hard we traveled the few miles back to the hotel just as a few
heavy drops began to hit the windshields.
Getting inside it began to pour so we all gathered in the lobby, greeted
the last 6 members to arrive and decided to order pizza and Chinese for
dinner. Kathy and Sandra headed to
WalMart in the car to get sodas and they surprised Dolly with a birthday
cake. Mike agreed to be our nominating
chairperson (not sure he realized he was agreeing but he did!). I sat and watched the interaction of our
members (my family) and I felt very proud.
Old members laughing and sharing with the new members; Gary had prepared
a history test which we all took. I
guess once a teacher always a teacher and I was surprised with the information about
what happened and who in history was from Delmarva. Wow I was pleased to score a 53%. It was no small task to prepare such a test
and make copies for everyone. What a
great asset to our club. Gary leads the
the ride tomorrow and I do hope the rain leaves so we have a sunny day.
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| Ruth likes the Lumberjack at the Lumber Museum |
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| The canyon is awesome |
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| Surprise Dolly |
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| Gary reading our quiz questions |
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