Friday September 26

Bonnie:  To those reading our blog, (if there are any left reading our blog!) we apologize for not updating it.  We are staying with friends who do not have a computer, let alone wifi.  It's taken some planning to get to the library and set things up.  We have had a very enjoyable time visiting with old friends the last several days.  We were going to post more on the blog yesterday, but the library was closed, so here we are.
We got into New Martinsville area Monday about 5 or so and then headed out to Reader to put the boat into Bob's brother's garage.  It took some time to unload it and the other things we wanted to leave.  We've decided that we have brought way too much stuff!  Bob's nephew, Jerry, helped us.  Flo and Ken Loy welcomed us to their home later that evening.  We visited with Bob and Sally Briggs on Tuesday after seeing Ron Wilson at the New Martinsville Nursing Home.  Wednesday we headed up to Pittsburgh to meet Bob's sister-in-law and go to Mike's grave sight.  We had a delicious lunch at Olive Garden and then headed to East Liverpool (actually Calcutta, Ohio) to see Vicky Bohrer.  That was a very fun visit.  Yesterday Bob went bike riding with Mike Barnes.  I'll let  him write about that.  I went to visit Leann Reniger and her daughter Mariah.  What a sweet young lady Mariah is becoming!  Then we went to visit with an old friend of Bob's, Gary Church, in Moundsville.  After dinner we headed south to Mary and Barbara Rose's house.  That was a very fun, delightful visit, too.  Today we will see the Voorhis' and go to a Magnolia football game.  What a great way to end our stay!  Each morning Bob and I have gone on a walk with Flo and talked about lots of people here.  That has been a wonderful way to start our day.  I'm so thankful for Ken and Flo's hospitality.  They have done everything to make our stay pleasant.  May the Lord bless them!


Bob:  Concerning the bike ride, we decided to ride up route 7 in Ohio as the roads in WV all have a lot of traffic due to the gas well drilling and fracking that is going on. Route 7 is a flat road for several miles. But once we started I decided to ride up route 536 which begins with over a 2 mile incline. I made it to the top, but my legs and knees are still feeling it. When I stand up I have to wait a second before my knees can start moving forward. Seems as though the hill wasn't a good idea. Should have gotten back on the bike this morning, but I didn't want to drag it out of the truck. Hopefully everything will be back to normal in a couple days.