Day 19 - We "broke camp" in the rain and headed for Coldwater Lake. Misted rain on and off during the 90 mile trip here. We drove all 2 lane roads. The scenery was great. Roads were good. Stopped at a local orchard and bought some apples. No problems getting set up at Mom's.
Day 20 - Went to Coldwater with Mom. Mom & Kathy did some grocery shopping at the Meijer store while I took a propane tank to Tractor Supply to have it refilled. Anyone know where you can get 30# tanks recertified. I need to do that for the ones on our camper, or buy new ones. Tractor Supply wanted $85 for one.
Back to Mom's and then down to Ed & Cindy's (one of Kathy's sisters) in the afternoon, in Montpelier, OH. Ed & Cindy pick up walnuts every year. Ed's old half ton pickup was full enough that any more walnuts would have fallen off. I rode along with Ed as he took them to the Amish place that buys them. They "dehull" them, bag them and ship them to Stockton, MO, once they have accumulated a semi-load. Watching the dehulling was interesting. Ed got a check for $140 for the truck load, about 800# after dehulling. There are ton's of walnuts around that people could pick up for free to make a few bucks, but why bother when the feds will give you free money. The place in Stockton would like to process 25 million pounds a year but at current prices they can only buy 10-12 million pounds, because so few want to pick them up.
We then met Kathy, Cindy & Nancy (another of Kathy's sisters) at the Dairy Treat in Edon, OH for dinner.
Day 21 - Spent hours trying to get Mom's cable/internet/phone bill reduced. No success. Cindy came up, picked up Kathy and they went to a specialty grocery in Bronson, MI.
God is good, may He bless you and yours.
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