Looking for Sunshine

February 4, 2011

Grandma's Diary -
February 2, 1914 - "Mon., done washing, was over home, mended, read three chapters, had seven callers."
February 3, 1914 - "Tues., ironed, mended, read eleven chapters"
February 4, 1914 - "Wed., Sam was here to dinner. Hazel and I took twelve o'clock car and went to Akron to do shopping"

We've been traveling and having a little trouble accessing the internet so a few days behind again. In Grandma's diary for 2/4 I think that taking the twelve o'clock car meant taking the trolley car that ran from Akron down to Canton where Canton Rd. is now.  We live in the SE corner of Summit County and way back and about 10 miles from downtown Akron.  The trolley ran down through where Canton Rd. is now.  This was about a 3/4 mile hike from the farm or by horse and buggy.  Pretty incredible to think that there was public transportation from Akron to Canton back in 1914 but not now.

We stopped at  Habitat for Humanity International today in Americus, GA and had a good visit there with the leaders of the Global Village operations.  We had a nice chat with the director of GV worldwide and the managers of the Asia/Pacific and Africa region.  Patrick the manager of the Asia/Pacific region where we will be leading the motor home trip in May is a native of Sri Lanka and has been in the states for about 10 years.  He is leaving Wed. of next week to lead a trip to Sri Lanka.  We met and had a great discussion with the manager of the Africa region and discussed some possibilities of a motor home RV trip in Africa.  It's not out of the realm of possibility.

We arrived in St. Augustine, Florida this evening and still no sun but it is getting warmer.  Low 50's here.  We're going to tour old town tomorrow and then head to Kissimmee on Sunday where we meet up with Joan's cousins for two weeks in a condo.  There had better be sunshine!

Life is Good!