CANTON, OHIO TOUR - PART 1

Monday, July 15 – Sightseeing with Pam and John was on the menu for Saturday. Marsha had planned a ”Tour of Canton, Ohio” this morning. Paul, the tour chauffeur, started the trip by showing John the best way out of town...LOL They'll be heading North on I-77, and Paul wanted to be sure John could easily get to the proper on ramp.

That accomplished, we headed to the Canton Stadium Park to enjoy the beautiful gardens. The park features a softball complex, a playground, 68 acres of nature and picnic areas, a duck pond, The Canton Garden Center, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Fountain, and a 1.5 mile rubberized walking track with exercise stations. There's also a Children's Garden, located outside of the Garden Center Building.

Our first stop was the Canton Garden Center.

The grounds of the Center contains a children’s garden, carillon bell tower, stone garden and waterfalls, rose garden and a eternal flame to President Kennedy.

Upon our arrival to the gardens, we were greeted with the beautiful sounds of the Carillon.

President Kennedy's memorial stands at the front of the Garden Center's main building.

 

We especially enjoyed the Children s Garden which is well done. They have animals hidden among the plants and an unusual dance on music box. John played a nice rendition of “This Old Man.”

Cute bird bath

Anyone for a little hopscotch?

Kids at play.

Marsha found herself a little friend to pet.

John, Pam and Paul with their special friend.

The grounds contain a feel, taste, see, and hear garden. We had a wonderful time roaming the area and enjoying all the beauty.

We will continue our "Tour of Canton, Ohio" in the next blog.

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A WONDERFUL VISIT WITH GREAT FRIENDS

Sunday, July 14 – We had 16, YES, that is 16, straight days of rain. The sky looked like this every day! Yuck…16 bad hair days for Marsha.

Finally the sun came out and our friends, Pam and John of Oh The Places They Go, stopped for a visit.

We met these full-timers through our blogs and enjoyed lunch with them a year ago just outside Yellowstone National Park. They are on their way to York, PA, their hometown, and stopped here for a couple of nights.

Paul was happy to see his driveway improvements were a success. John slipped right in next to our 5^th wheel on the first try, no problems. Unfortunately, we only have 120 volt electricity for them to plug into, but Mother Nature cooperated and cooled things off a tad. No humidity either!

After they got parked and settled in, we enjoyed a little happy hour and caught up on each others lives for a couple hours. Then Marsha prepared a dinner of grilled chicken breasts and fresh veggie kabobs that we enjoyed.

We just relaxed and enjoyed talking for the evening. As it turned dark and began cooling off, we returned to our homes for the night. I'm sure Marsha has some sightseeing planned for tomorrow, so we better get some rest.

We haven't blogged because we haven't been doing anything; we haven't blogged because we have been just too busy. Carrie flew in from Houston and Kelly came down from Streetsboro,Ohio,  and spent the week with us. It was nonstop visiting, laughing, eating, drinking, enjoying some family time together.   We will do some catching up in future blogs.

We had to reinstate the protective relocation service. We did catch that pesky groundhog, but it was only the baby.

Bella wanted to check it out, but we wouldn't let her get too close.

Relocation Supervisor at work.

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A GREAT 4TH OF JULY…IN SPITE OF THE RAIN

Saturday, July 6 - We had a wonderful 4th of July. Carrie arrived home on Tuesday night, so we decided to have a few family members over for a cookout. No 4th of July celebration would be complete without a few games of Bocce.

The teams.

The cheerleaders…actually this team will play the winners.

Dad shows the "boys" how it is done.

Yes, it rained again. But the game must go on. A little glass of "spirits" helps too.

Some one, most likely Carrie, had the bright idea of having a running race around the house. The ages ranged from 27 to 60. We just hoped no one got hurt. Not sure our insurance would cover a fall during a running race…lol

These two were among the youngest and neither one won.

Of course sparklers are a family tradition.

We also enjoyed the fireworks at a nearby country club.

Hope everyone had a safe and joyous celebration.

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