From the Sheep to Plymouth Rock!

We have left our Ohio friends and family and drove to Cape Cod with stops in New York and Plymouth Rock.  How can we describe our time in Ohio, Kris, Amy and our grandsons were great, our friends demonstrated why the class of 65 was one of the greatest classes to have graduated from Kenton, our hosts - Dick and Karen were absolutely the best, George's sister Patsy pulled out all the stops, from gathering the family together to cooking her unbelievable pop pie, and George got in a couple of rounds of golf---how do they say it....Priceless!  We left early May 30th and drove to our friend, Mike Kight's house in New York.  We had not seen Mike in 30 years but we did not miss a beat when we followed him to his house that is so far back into the Catskills that they have to pipe daylight in to see the roads.  He treated us to a steak dinner, a world wind trip through the southern forest and reservoirs of the Catskills and a great breakfast at one of his favorite diners, and of course he had to lead us out of the back country to the highway so we could continue our trip to Cape Cod.  We made it into the former Otis AFB and its very small RV park about 5 hours after leaving Mike and his beautiful 40 acre secluded estate.  While we familiarized ourselves with the Cape Cod area and how to get to the ferry to Nantucket, we decided to take a side trip to Plymouth Rock (about 30 miles from our campground).  America's European roots began here in 1620 and spread across this land setting the table for all of us that followed.  Tomorrow we will catch the ferry to Nantucket where our friends, Tom and Maryann Graue and Pete and Linda Walsh, await our arrival.  Should be a great week on the historic island.  By the way...no tires blew out....an uneventful trip -thanks God!!!

 

 

Karsten and Kasey setting on a two seat tractor on Steve and Minnie's farm

The Super Ks with the black sheep ... no -  not grandma, the lamb!!

What a great group of old people, the class of 65 really has class!  The young lady in the center of the picture is Susanne McFarland Issac who resides in Riverside, CA.  We would say she came a long way to have dinner with friends.  A special shout out to Steve Merchant for getting the group together.  Every time a classmate comes back to Kenton, Steve puts the word out and invites everyone to sit down together for some catchup time ---not every high school class can boast of this enduring friendship,  after almost 50 years.

Pat and our friend Mike Kight,  seems our Air Force friends have a special bond that time can not weaken or forget.

This is a Woodstock theater,  did you know that the event we all know as "Woodstock" never happened at Woodstock?  It took place  over 10 miles away from the little town of Woodstock, so why was it called "Woodstock"?   I did not know this little known fact.

Mike's little outside bar with a "Coors" sign - it used to be turned on when the bar was open.  Thanks Mike for supporting our son, Kris ...he needs to be employed, especially the way little Karsten eats.

The Rock where the Pilgrims landed,  another mystery -- how do they know that this was the exact rock that the Pilgrims stepped foot on???

George wanted to provide proof that he arrived "after" the pilgrims not "before" they landed.

 

 

George at Lindsey's at Buzzards Bay, MA - everything that Tom Graue does George has to do also!!!  See Tom, almost the same booth that you sat in for your picture on FB!  If you had worn an OSU shirt your picture would have been perfect!!!

 

 

Our little home on the Cape, Joint Base Cape Cod operated by the Coast Guard.  It was Otis AFB when we were in the Air Force and is still listed on the map and in Google Maps as Otis AFB.

 

We will be leaving our motor home for a week while we spend time on Nantucket.  This will be a new experience for us and we are flying by the seat of our pants.  Most of you travel with suitcases all the time but this is an entire new for us.  Hopefully we pack the right clothes, all the medicines, and everything else that we need for the week----this could be a disaster, how do you all do this without getting stressed out before you even start???  Our next blog maybe be full of OMG things but we will post the good, bad, and the ugly of our week on the island.  If you find mistakes in this post, it maybe because of all the stress we will face packing for a week without our home (that is my story and I am sticking to it)  Stay tuned!!!