Another GOBA Post

 A few more pictures, mostly things not seen at home

Ugh

Lots of covered bridges, including this one in a park

Dog warden's office

"See you at the pork festival
2nd full weekend of September"

Guess which state we crossed into?

Hamilton's Lane Library

where Robert McCloskey (Make Way for Ducklings) hung out as a kid.

I could have done a whole blog post about water towers.

I had totally forgotten about these.
Did I get them from a vending machine?
I have no idea, but I used to eat them.

This is how people charged lights, bike computers, phones, and everything else.

no ebike, so solar power, just human-powered

No mountains, barely any cars

Just Kidding

Here is another Ohio post, but from our June bike ride. We averaged about fifty miles a day, camping each night (except when we were invited to stay at my neighbor/math teacher's college roommate's B&B in Oxford - bliss!).

GOBA

Camping with shade!

It was hot and humid, which I would pick over rainy and cold. The mosquitoes were not bad and we saw plenty of fireflies.

Weekend Activities

I am behind on posting, mostly because I am filling my time other ways. Sometimes that means sitting on the couch watching bicycling, but there were other activities, too.

Like sitting in front of the computer watching college baseball.

I took a spin on my road bike, which was more of
a mental challenge than a physical challenge.

I got back in time to go to a retirement community's sale

where I bought a great pair of pants.

From there I went to the children's book festival at the library.

Some people were making Piggie, from a popular book series.

I didn't see which book was tied into making a birdhouse.

I was a little jealous of the kids taking something home that they made from LEGO bricks.

The next day we got out for a tandem ride

and a stop for breakfast by the tracks.
It is rail side, but there is no date set for trains to run on the tracks. 

The afternoon was spent with the League of Women Voters, preparing for and giving my annual report about the local school board.

Sometimes it would be nice to have a day off after the weekend!

Like an Old Friend

 The LA County Fair has moved to May and the weather is significantly cooler.

It was good weather for cycling, there
was a bike rack, and it was being used.

Shopping is popular with some people. Here are things I did not buy.

A flag, even though I may get an Ohio or California flag one day.

totally fried anything

I did see someone who had bought this.

I did not buy a Dodgers casket.

I usually spend my time seeing things I had seen before, but this visit I saw Clydesdales for the first time.

My old favorites include

competitive table setting

also known as tablescaping.

I also like the crochet, embroidery, and other textile projects, but I took only one picture!?!

People can bring their projects

and sit and work on them.

I like going to the art center, but this year's exhibit did not capture my interest.

The last stop was 

the G-gauge railroad, which I have never examined, but always like visiting. I just learned it is open during the year, too.

Definitely worth a visit.

Weekend Activites

 It was nice to have a weekend with only a few activities.

The library was hosting a bring-a-plant, get-a-plant
event and also had small pots to paint.

The baby and her mother came and we tried to
paint her hand onto the pot. Easier said than done.

From there we went to the first game of the Division III women's water polo national championship. It was hosted by the Sagehens and included one other team from the region (the cross-street rivals), one team from a region that included Austin College and one team from a region that included Augustana College. Both California teams won the first round with lopsided scores.

I learned that Austin College has a kangaroo as a mascot because they had a Kangaroo Kourt, but people liked that so they got a real kangaroo as a mascot. It died so they bought another one. I am happy to say that now only humans dressed up as kangaroos represent the college.

We watched a tiny bit of baseball, but mostly chatted with people.

In the evening we went joined the First Saturday Art Walk, which included a performance inside the movie theater's lobby.

It rained a bit overnight but was dry enough to get out on the tandem. I wonder how I ever did this ride on my own.

We got back in time to get good seats for the championship game, which was surprisingly not sold out and also surprisingly a bit lopsided.

Sagehens, Division III champions
One of these players will do research with D. this summer.

Time to turn in early to get ready for the week ahead.