DAY 3 (IN DAVE DAYS)
Hi all,I have made it home safely after many delays at the Indianapolis and Detroit airports. Thunderstorms were the culprits! But I did make it home a bit after 12 midnight. I promise to add more entries and photos in the near future. But for now... off to bed!
Since my DAY 2 entry details the events of DAY 1, I will detail the events of DAY 2 here. From the hotel in or near Mt. Gilead, we made our way to the city of Bucyrus (the birthplace of Paul Sears, the subject of Sally's research project). We first visited the public library there, a beautiful old building, and located the address of Paul Sears parents' house, the Bucyrus cemetery, and the Bucyrus historical society (open on Mondays from 1-4pm -- we arrived on a Tuesday!).
The most notable thing about Bucyrus (for me at least), were the murals in the central square. I don't think I've ever seen such fine, detailed and realistic-looking murals. I took a few shots of them (see below).
Yes, that's Sally standing in front of the mural. And yes, that 
is a painting not a sculpture!
We did much driving around Bucyrus -- the library, the cemetery, the historical society, Bob Evan's (for lunch). Sally and I walked into the office at the cemetery, and the lady behind the desk asked her if her name was Sally White. Which of course it was. Apparently Sally had left her license at the library, and luckily, they knew she was headed to the cemetery. After snapping a few photos of gravestones, Sally let me drive the car around a bit, so I could get a feel for driving a stick-shift.
Left Bucyrus in the afternoon, and drove to Bloomington, Indiana to meet Sally's friends Sue and her father Richard. Richard and Sally were the founders of the Morrison Natural History Museum, and Richard's son, Vance, is building Sally's new kitchen cabinets. But I should let Sally fill you in on all that. Nonetheless, it was a pleasure meeting them.
Now I should create a DAY 4 entry to tell you about day 3. That will happen sometime soon...
posted by David Howe @ 12:41 AM
1 Comments:
Glad to hear-- you just saved me a call to your office... I am going to get on the road momentarily, and slowly. A rainy/sunny day, and for those who care to know, I AM going the northern route...
Clearly, I did not make my promised updates this morning-- sleeping with Henry kept me up a little, but all in all a good night's sleep, so no early morning updates. Maybe tonight when I am all alone in my motel room and get bored...
--Sally
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