Friday
Cleveland OH to Gibsonia PA
110 Miles
Travel Time 12 hours
Saddle Time 9 hours
Picture of Jane and her girls from last night. Jane drove us 3 hours away (felt that way) to show off a town that she thought would be interesting for me to see (looked like any CT town). But the ice cream was delicious. Jane’s girls were a delight at dinner and loved hearing my stories about Jane in high school, including the years she was in a gang. I got to learn that both girls are excellent violinists and one of them just performed in an orchestra that was back up to Ben Folds! Listen to it during our 5 hour drive.
Today I learned where corn oil comes from…see pic
My difficult choice today was if I made it this far, where should I stay? Option 1, Barry Shepard, the best man at my wedding. Option two, Cindy and Scott Rice, the parent’s of one of Matt’s closest friends from college. They live 3 miles from each other. Decision: The Rices. This trip is about meeting new people when you have the opportunity. Had a great time and a very filling Italian dinner.
Tomorrow, Barry is going to follow Where’s Ken app on this Blog and track me down for breakfast. Major rain coming my way.
To clear up some up ken’s inaccuracies …. The “3hr drive” to sample Jeni’s world famous ice cream (Shaker Heights to the quaint town of Chagrin Falls is 9 miles) – the girl’s and I have actually bicycled it – meaning there and back is 18 miles ( ken – I know that it is hard to imagine all this mileage in one day) – since Ken whined the whole trip we punished him by listening to scout’s concert with Ben Folds –
However, the girl’s enjoyed the sushi, ken’s stories of HS (none of which I remember) — and even has Scout interested in following the blog — despite ken starting summer dinner conversation with … So scout have you started your college search —
We are all impressed with your accomplishment and wish you well through the wide hilly state of PA—
PS – thanks for follow passion blog mention but not exactly accurate – I and 100 others were involved in building gallery one at CMA – I was just the one who yelled the loudest —
amazing…keep it going!