Awake: 6:05am Temp 28 Overcast Overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
1st thing this morning, Kathy gets busy making an Italian Vegetable Bowl
stew to put in the crock-pot for later today….then she drives off @ 8:05
for a follow up on her annual physical checkup @ the doctor’s office in
Ebensburg. She returns @ 9:35. Then we take turns shoveling snow to make
our paths better for our kids visit.
We drive to Indiana arriving @ 12:15pm. My plan was to have Cyrus tour us
through the Cherry Hill Manufacturing & “U” Sand Companies @ 1:30pm
but…..there must have been a failure to communicate as none of our kids
were even close to being ready. No one had eaten lunch yet…Zack & Katrina
were both lying down & Nick was off shopping with Kevin. I made a phone
call to Cyrus’s secretary that we would be arriving @ 2:30 in lieu of
1:30.
Cyrus greets us upon entering the lobby…..fantastic inlayed flooring
patterns throughout the lobby & their business offices. He describes
different woods from all around the world being used for these inlays. We
see the laser cutter & computer images that Harry uses to create the many
varieties of wood inlay patterns. Next we enter the “U” Sand assembly
portion of the factory. This machine uses a 4 orbital action sanding
method for sanding floors with a collector that catches 98% of the dust.
They have been selling these machines since 1997. Our tour lasted 1.5
hrs….we thank Cyrus for his time & good touring & then drive on to
Nicktown (35 min).
Saint Paul street & our circular drive to our motorhome is still not
suitable for the rear wheel drive Ford van……too much snow, so I park on
St. Joseph street & we walk to the bus. After Kathy gives Eriko an inside
tour of our home-on-wheels, I give the gang a 750 picture slide show on
the 42 inch plasma TV of our 62 day Asian Pacific cruise. Nobody fell
asleep & the kids did give us a sitting ovation…..which was kind of them.
That act of kindness encouraged Kathy to feed them the Italian Vegetable
Bowl stew with bread that she had made earlier this morning.
Hold on, we’re not finished yet! Now we leave the warm & cozy bus, walk
back to the cold Ford van & drive up to Ebensburg (20 min) to join my
brother Don & wife Josie, their eldest daughter Adrienne & husband Les,
youngest daughter Kelly Jo & husband Dave & their children Ryan, Kaelyn &
Jordan. Kelly Jo & family live in Maryland & Adrienne & Les live in South
Carolina so we don’t get to see them very often & they don’t get to see
our children very often. We introduce our family to them & vise-versa.
We play the “White Elephant” or Chinese Auction game that Josie put
together & that was fun…..later, we are invited upstairs for some yummy
desserts & more fun talk. It was a wonderful rendezvous. We leave @
11:00pm…..drive back to Indiana, switch vehicles & drive our Suzuki back
to the bus @ 12:05am.
High temp: 33 Lights out: 12:35am
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