Labor Day and family.

We are back  at our cabin after the 300 mile drive from visiting with Gerry's relatives.  It was a really nice visit and we were fortunate to see most of them and to catch up on what had been going on in their lives.

Gerry's Aunt Mary recently celebrated her 95th birthday and has been feeling poorly lately, but her mind is as sharp as ever.  When we came by on Sunday she was watching her beloved Cleveland Indians baseball game with the Detroit Tigers.  She is really into the game and knows all the players and is quite the optimist about them winning.

 

Her son, Joseph was there visiting and started egging her on about the Indians, trying to get her riled up.  She handled it well and finally he said he would bet her $1 that the Indians would lose.  At the time the score was 0-0 in the ninth inning.  They were playing in Detroit.  At first she refused, but after more egging her on, she agreed to the bet.  He still kept up the chatter about winning the dollar until an Indian player hit a grand-slam home run.  The final score was 4-0 in favor of the Indians.  She was one happy mother that she had won the bet.

Mary & Joseph settling the bet.

Gerry's cousin Joanne has a house on a golf course and it was nice sitting on her patio watching the golfers stream by.  For the most part they seemed to be fairly good amateur golfers.  Or, at least on that one hole they seemed to be.  There was a bend in the fairway and then a 175 yard shot to get on the green and most people made it in 2 shots.  Although it was the holiday weekend, the course wasn't overly crowded.

Mark & Barbara (son & dil of Joanne), who live close by, have a beautiful home next to a small river.  We went over there on Saturday to see them.  We got a tour of the home and it is beautiful.  It is quite large and very open and airy with a great view out the back.  I would be a little nervous being so close to the river, but Mark said it was highly unlikely the water would ever reach the house.  It was nice seeing them again and meeting their three children.  We had met the oldest daughter before, but it was a first time for the younger ones.  Super family.

Mark & Barbara

This was family visiting time and Gerry and Joanne carried on a non-stop conversation the whole while we were there.  I did my best to stay out of the way and got caught up on watching some sports on tv.  I also worked on her computer a little but didn't really get much done.

 

All too soon it was time to leave and we bid our fond farewells early on Monday for the drive back to the cabin.  

We took the back roads to the Ohio Turnpike and enjoyed the scenery in the small towns along the way.  We were pleasantly surprised that the traffic on the Ohio and PA turnpikes wasn't that heavy and was moving along at the speed limit.  It was like that all the way back to Breezewood where we got off the turnpike. 

 

We stopped and had an early dinner at a local Mexican restaurant and had a nice meal before heading back to the cabin.  Then it was time to unload the car and collapse.  Nice to be home.

Thanks Joanne for sharing your home with us and the nice time we had visiting with you.  I think we gained 5lbs each trying to eat all the great meals you prepared for us.  Now we really do have to go on a diet.

 That was our weekend,  I hope she had one as nice as ours.