5:49 Just about average. Nice out today. 69 at 9:17.
Did have a nice ride in the country yesterday. Went to all the good old Amish Country sites I remember from years past. Plus several new ones. I started with Lehman's Hardware. Where I was very disappointed to see that the political pricing to hurt Biden was in full swing. One little bag of pretzels cost $14. A small bottle of soda pop was $ 5.00. This same soda costs only $2.00 at Hershberger's. The next time I go to Amish Country I will avoid Lehman's.
I have watched the growth of the commercialism in this area of Ohio for a long time. Some of the original sites have not changed at all. Others though have changed dramatically. For example Boyd and Wurthman restaurant in Berlin is essentially unchanged. On the other hand, Hershberger's on the road to Charm started out years ago as a little stand where you could buy some fry pies and bread until they ran out. Today it is a huge place with acres just for parking, and many acres of animal contacting areas as as well as a several huge marketing buildings. They have buggy rides, a huge petting barn, and walking trails for petting and viewing all sorts of farm animals.
I especially like the huge horse and goat barn. You can buy an edible cone of pellets for the goats. You put your cone on this conveyor to the roof of the barn where the goats are waiting for it. They grab it and eat it right away. The goats have their own stairway to the roof. They are good climbers. Even the smaller ones.
What a good experience overall. I have wanted to do this for years. It is what Joan and I did every Summer, and I missed it. It was like she were still with me. Very nice.
I did manage to bring back some fresh homemade bread for Mary, and some Summer Sausage for Matt. I also bought too many tarts and fry pies. I got some nice peaches, cheeses, meats, and bread for me too. I went through Trail Ohio where everyone, like me, was surprised to learn that Trail Bologna was named for this little one horse town in Ohio instead of some arduous pioneering excursion across the prairie. Google it. LOL
Well it is another nice day here. I need to get started to go get some hard to find Trulicity. Drug mart called me while I was driving around down South yesterday.
So I will say CUL EV1 GBU, Israel, Ukraine (our congress really hurt them so sad), and all those who are suffering.