RUN OF THE MILL (June 14 - August 11, 2021)

 

Fawns in the Pokonos

After returning from the Northwest, we spent the next 45 days in Indiana (19 days), Michigan (7 days), Pennsylvania (13 days), and Ohio (6 days).  Is it any wonder that friends, when calling or texting, always ask "Where are you?"!  As long as our health holds out, that will remain a natural inquiry.  Whether staying with family/friends or with WYNDHAM VACATION RESORTS it is the retirement life we have chosen.  In about a month, we will begin our sixth year of being "drifters"!

INDIANA: We spent our time in the Hoosier state between our cabin outside of Bloomington and at

our daughter's home in Avon.  They were days of doctor appointments, dog/house sitting, and enjoying some down time at our Indiana retreat.

MICHIGAN : Times with super friends (Halls/Bittenbenders) made these 7 days fly by.

PENNSYLVANIA : These two weeks were spilt between WYNDHAM DELAWARE ON SHAWNEE and Sherry's uncle's place on Lake Wallenpaupack!  They were filled with covered bridges, waterfalls, train trips, boating adventures, good conversation,  camp fires, and so much more.  When staying at the WYNDHAM we visited the Delaware Water Gap and the town of Jim Thorp.  Alaska Pete's is a recommended eatery.

OHIO: Again with long time friends (Moores/ Crawfords) before returning to Indiana.

REFLECTIONS

Clifton Mill (Ohio)

The Clifton Mill has been grinding away for 219 years on the bank of  the Little Miami River in Yellow Springs, Ohio.  That's a long time!  A long time to do the same thing day after day after day for 79,935 days!  Yet the "big wheel keeps on turning".  I am sure that it has had its down times but it has survived.  It still goes round and round harnessing the power of the river.

There is much to love about those, who likewise, remain faithful year after year to the task assigned.  In our day, too many run from place to place and job to job.  "Stick to it ness" is not a trait often seen. When things go wrong they
run off somewhere else in stead of "toughing it out".

"Run Of The Mill" has come to mean average or ordinary.  So here's to all the ordinary folks who have, year after year, grounded out a living and a life.  We, run of the mill folks, are who keep the wheels of our nation turning.  Let's remember to say thanks to those who faithfully serve us daily.

Lake Wallenpaupack (Pennsylvania)