Hotel

she was beautiful in her prime ,but the drilling and the mining stopped and there was no one to love her .

River view

Neglect

 It once was a town of beauty . Nice hotels overlooking the river and snazzy restaurants with live music and beautiful patrons .This town was built on oil . Coal mining had a foot in this town as well . The biggest employer was a pottery company that made toilets and other sturdy ceramics . All that digging kind of dried up for a while . The while is over , oil and coal are coming back and they are drilling and digging deeper . This is one of the bridges we drove over .

sideshow diva

My life just got what I call busy .I am not ashamed to admit I like to do one thing at a time and be thoughtful .However last week I had the opportunity to be the side show barker , I don't know if that is the correct term . I was filling in for Gene . This activity added almost 3 hours a day of talking !   Anyone who really knows me , knows I love a good chit chat .I like to talk and I like to listen, I love peoples stories . So this bit of extra came up pretty quick and my thoughtful blogging writing time got taken away and we were in the Amish mountains of Ohio , which is AT & T Internet free .
As I ramble on I will add Ohio is beautiful state , we have many lovely friends . It makes the journey from town to town so nice when you know you will see Dick K and Forrest T and many more .. Big O little o has the most picturesque , very storybook towns..slices of Americana .
In one town we met this firecracker named Mary Pollock .She is a collector of Merry go Round Organs and anything musical

We made a new friend named Kerri , she is a friend of the circus and a lover of elephants .A very welcoming person ,she brought us fresh tea cookies and we bought her hardly used wii !! I have a happy teen !

Steve has a new duck , he is now a two duck family.. Her name is Polly and she is adventure-ish .She tried to nibble my red toenails

Steve and Shelby ..

 

bridges and dogs and daily things

Today John Moss made us a bridge so we could get to the tent and not be knee deep in chiggers and mushy , actually the show uses these pieces of wood  for any kind of ground that could be unfriendly

We have the cutest dogs and they entertain us endlessly

Www.ctownpizzaco.com

Yesterday was a very special day . JRN2 and Katherine arrived and the whole show was treated to pizza ! If you are lucky enough to go to the Charlestown pizza company , I recommend the mashed potato and bacon pizza , words can not describe its loveliness !!!

This morning we had to be at the town du jour by 6.45 . I am very thrilled to be doing laundry before tent raising . Fresia is sickish . We are on asphalt because it might rain .

Sad and broken alternator pulley thing part

the next few iPhone photos are mostly of Black Beauty as she undergoes some kind of injury..I need to quit thinking ,talking and documenting the episodes of doom surrounding this pretty but high maintenance truck ..