Renewed Good Intentions

At the recommendation of my sister-in-law, Rose Dillenbeck, I have been reading The Journals of Lewis and Clark.

At the beginning of the book, in the introduction by Anthony Brandt, I found something that gave me new determination to write in this blog EVERY day, even if I cannot publish it right away. According to Brandt: “Under the worst of circumstances, in the worst of weather, they wrote. They did not miss a single day.” How inspiring this is!

Lewis and Clark “left their winter camp on Wood River in Illinois Territory on May 14, 1804 and returned to St. Louis on September 23, 1806…” and they weren’t driving around in a beautiful red Ford F-150 towing their 25-foot travel trailer. They endured all manner of hardships during their travels and yet, they never missed a single day.

Another advantage of writing every day is I won’t have so much info to share stacked up.

Some Pictures:

The following two pictures are pretty much self-explanatory. If you are ever in the Corning-Painted Post area and want to see them in person, you’ll find them at the Central Valley Cemetery just north of Hornby.

While in Johnson City with Don and Rose, we visited the Oakdale Mall where there was an exhibit on one of their home-town heroes: B.C. comic creator, the late Johnny Hart. Apparently there was a contest to create the best BC:

 

Smart of B.C. sponsored by the Binghamton University Foundation; artist Steve Palmer/Dave Skyrca

 

Lyon HART; sponsored by Piaker & Lions; artist - Nancy Ryan

 

Hart’s Fancy sponsored by Sam A. Lupo & Sons/Rescinti Dry Cleaning; artist: Saybert Carpenter

HART Full of Smiles sponsored by Hatala Orthodontics (don’t you love the braces on their teeth?)

Building with HART; sponsored by WH Lane Inc; artist is Laura Rowe

 

PhilHARTmonic; sponsored by Binghamton Philharmonic; artist Lynne Standord

 

Eat Well, B.C. Well; sponsored by UHS; artist – Aubrey Clark

 

HART N. Soul; sponsored by Lourdes Auxilliary; artist – Joanne Thorne Arnold

 

 

Grrrrr-HART; Coughlin & Gerhart LLP; artist – Kelly  Finan

 

HART of Lettuce; sponsored by Behlog & Sons; artist – Kathryn Chesebrough

 

HART on the Range; sponsored by Arby’s; artist – Jon Ed Bon Federovicz

 

B.C. Square Deal; sponsored by Wendy’s; artist – Felix Eddy

 

HART Hat Zone; sponsored by Tim Duffek Contracting; artist – hART work crew

 

HARTchitecture & Engineering; sponsored by Keystone Associates; artist – Alexis Pleus

The above was a fantastic tribute to one of my favorite comics artists.

DILEMMA

The Holiday Inn where I stayed night before last did not have convenient parking for vehicles towing trailers. I pulled in behind a truck and trailer, thinking I’d be okay. When I came out in the morning, there was this car parked directly in front of me and another car (which left before I took the picture) parked behind me. I went in and had breakfast, hoping the car would be gone when I came out. It wasn’t, but being the intrepid backer-upper that I am, I turned the wheel the right way and back up a couple of feet. I was then able to pull out around the car. WHEW!

Today, I’ll be leaving my brother Jeff’s to go to a campground in Marietta where I’ll stay until my sister-in-law Esther (who is flying in from Tampa on Friday) and I have attended our niece’s wedding.

Well, off to get ready for first real campground camping experience. More later

Until next time…