We had plans to go to Ohio to see family and doctor appointments. Seeing family sounded good, 30 degrees or less, not so much! I decided to put our Christmas lights up before we left. They looked pretty good. We were one of the first in the marina but several boats followed.We left Tuesday for a flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Columbus, Ohio. We arrived around 5:30 PM to find 30 degrees! Not unexpected but far different from the 75 degrees we left behind. Picked up the rental car very quickly, (Columbus is a great airport to fly into) and headed to the farm at Loudonville, Ohio, about a 2 hour drive.
Linda's brother Tom, (the one who gave his kidney to Linda 35 years ago, thanks again Tom) bought the family farm house and encourages all of the family to use it. It's always a great place to stay with many wonderful memories. It started snowing 30 minutes after we left the Columbus airport. Hmmm, hope it doesn't get too bad. Turned out just a few mild snow flurries. Snow salt trucks were out, we took our time, but all worked out well.
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| Matt, Amanda, Warren and Linda |
Matt was in town from Charleston, South Carolina for deer hunting and he had already gotten a buck the day before. Amanda and Warren were planning to head out very early the next morning to try their luck, and we were headed to Cleveland for the first round of doctor appointments. As you can see, only the deer hunters were dressed for the occasion.
It was a busy three days. We were unable to get all of Linda's and my doctors appointments at the Cleveland Clinic on the same day. We had some on Wednesday, Thursday morning and Friday morning. We decided to stay in Cleveland close to the Cleveland Clinic Wednesday night, (7:30 AM appt. Thursday morning) meet my sister Julie and husband Jim for dinner, and avoid driving back to the farm. We had a great dinner at Muldoon's and enjoyed catching up with Julie and Jim.
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| Sue lighting the cake |
The doctor appointments went well and we headed back to the farm Thursday afternoon, after, of course stopping at my favorite Asian market. Bob and Sue our Loudonville friends who like to play cards, joined us for dinner. Bob likes seafood, Sue does not. So when we get together I make seafood for Bob and me. I made won ton soup for all of us, (The Asian grocery store in Cleveland has great won tons, barbecued pork and roast duck; the roast duck was a birthday treat for me!).Bob and I had delicious swordfish steaks and I made barbecued chicken for Linda and Sue. Sue, as always brought a great fruit salad, coleslaw and a surprise. Bob and Sue arrived singing happy birthday to me and carrying a cake. I didn't know they knew it was my birthday. Its been a long time since I had a real cake for my birthday. I always say, "I don't really need to be eating cake". We all enjoyed it. Great dinner and then played cards. Unfortunately, even though it was my birthday, the women beat us!
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| Frost on the truck at the farm |
Fortunately, Linda's brother Pat and wife Becky live on the way back to the Columbus airport so we were able to enjoy Pat's great vegetable soup, homemade bread and Becky's chocolate treats for lunch. It was a nice sunny day so it was an easy drive back to the Columbus airport. Everything went smoothly, even the Miami traffic, so we arrived back at the boat around 10:30 PM. It was a very smooth and good trip and it was nice to be home! We even arrived in time to see the end of the Ohio State football game, which they won!
We definitely slept in Sunday morning and then went out to breakfast in the beautiful 78 degree sunny weather. Good to be back!
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