Awake: 5:47am Temp 56 sleep 7+25 off & on again rain
elevation 984’ overnight @ Navarre, Ohio.
Drive to Saint Clement church in Navarre @ 7:45am to meet with Mark, Joan
& Stephen, one of their grandsons from Columbus, Ohio. Stephen is staying
with grandpa & grandma until Wednesday….a real treat for them & Stephen.
We attend the 8:00 am Mass with them, then follow them to Brewster (15
min) for breakfast @ the Station Restaurant. This building was originally
used to house the overnight employees of the railroad when passing
through. Now its ½ restaurant & ½ a RR museum which is free to the
restaurant patrons.
After that good breakfast & a little scrutinizing of the museum, we return
to our bus, make some phone calls to both of my aunts & cousins, then
begin working out today’s schedule for visiting them.
@12:30pm we drive to the Canton Regency Care Center & have a visit with my
94 yr old Aunt Bertha. She sure does not look 94, but does not see well
due to macular degeneration, does not hear well, and walks with the aid of
a walker. We talk about her new environment, her late husband, my Uncle
Johnny, her home which has not yet been sold, her younger yrs as a single
lady, etc. She talks well for her age. Then she leads us to another room
down the hall where my cousin Ester (88) is staying after moving in
yesterday. It was a good visit with both of them. We say our goodbyes &
hope to visit them again our next time through.
Next, we drive to Massillon & visit my 90 yr old, Aunt Aggie, & her
daughter, Betty Ann. My aunt A. is not doing so well; she also has macular
degeneration, wears a hearing aid which today, wasn’t working so well &
uses (2) canes for walking. Betty Ann did most of the talking, but when my
aunt did clearly hear our conversation, it was obvious to us she had not
lost her good sense of humor. After 1.5 hrs, we say our goodbyes & hope to
see both of them again.
En route back to our bus, Kathy gives my cousins, Roger & Michelle, a
call. We made tentative plans to have them rendezvous with us @ Baylor
Beach & bring Michelle’s sister, Kathy, along since she would like to see
our home-on-wheels. K & I each have a muffin before they arrive since we
skipped lunch today.
3.5 hrs later after a lot of funny stories, some reminiscing of times
past, some serious talks about Michelle & Kathy’s mother, Aunt Bertha, &
our travel plans, we say our goodbyes. We wish them “good luck” on getting
their mom’s house cleaned out & sold without too much pain & distress from
their mother who does not want to part with any of her “stuff”. They are a
fun bunch to hang out with without a doubt.
We skip dinner: instead Kathy makes popcorn & we watch a little TV.
High temp=70 Lights out: 11:10pm
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