DAY TRIP FROM LANCASTER,OHIO TO LONGABERGER HOMESTEAD AND FACTORY “DISCOVER OHIO”

The “Home Office” of Longaberger is only a seven story Basket.

The Longaberger company is family owned and is dedicated to making products right here in America. Linda and I thought this would be a great place to visit on this 9-11-09

Members of the Longaberger family; Wendy and Larry were on hand to “sign your basket”. In particular I liked Larry’s “workshop” and in talking to Wendy I found her to be a “hoot”

Notice the magnetic plate holding the small piles of nails.

Starting to get a little hungry so we are off to get a bite to eat.

Well we get inside the restaurant and who do we see. I asked the mime if he left us anything to eat but didn’t get any response. Imagine that. We had a great lunch for just a little over $15.00 and with our energy restored we set out for a little shopping and touring.

Room after room of “goodies” cooking lessons and a snack bar. Before heading over to the “factory” we relax and listen to some very good music.

I don’t know her name but she sure did know how to sing. Next,we take the shuttle bus over to the “factory” and “factory store” where you can enroll in “basket making 101”. Learn how to weave your very own basket with a skilled artisan showing you the “way to weave”

  Wait a minute the fellow in the top center photo isn’t making a basket.

Taking a closer look he was in the pie eating contest,which I missed. At any rate it was a great outing on a beautiful day in Ohio.

 Ted R. says, “take some time to Discover Ohio ” and thanks for stopping by but I’ve got to weave now.

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One last comment: On the shuttle bus the woman driver said, “you know where everything is.” I said, “am I suppose to know where everything is” She thought a moment and said, “well no you’re a man”

SKYWATCH FRIDAY Clouds over the Fairgrounds in Lancaster,Ohio

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A storm was on  way…

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PLEASE VOTE FOR MY PHOTO

I entered a photo contest and could use your vote:

Go to this LINK and vote for Joseph’s photo of the weather observatory at the summit of Mt. Washington.

The caption for the photo is ::

The Observatory located at the summit of 6288-foot Mt. Washington in New Hampshire monitors some of the most extreme weather in the world. Can you feel the cold and wind?

The picture is similar to this one. Spread the word to vote and help me out Thanks Joe Todd

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WATERY WEDNESDAY in LANCASTER,OHIO ( A QUALITY TIME WALK )

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For some quality time together Linda and I went on our daily walk to Rising Park.

As a “kid” I spent hours and hours at this park ; fishing,sailing homemade boats,and ice skating in the winter.

While Linda and I were on the walk we found our second Geocache about 1/2 mile from the park. More about that in the next post.

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CORNER GAS "Ruby Reborn" NUMBER ONE COMEDY SITCOM IN CANADA

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FIRST GEOCACHING ADVENTURE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO

My best friend Linda (also my wife) and I decided we needed to loose some weight get healthy and all that stuff. We both like to walk and hike etc. So I thought, “let’s make and adventure out of this.” Check out Geocaching web site.

There are 893,560 active geocaches around the world and Linda and I found our first one.

Roley School House Bridge

N 39° 43.483 W 082° 36.089

What you see above is the cache container,log,necklace and ring (hard to see). As I understand it you can take an item if you leave something else in its place. I need to spend some more time at their web site to figure out all the details but let’s say it was fun and different. Welcome to Geocaching

Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. To read more go to the Geocaching web site.  Thanks Joe Todd and Linda.

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