Today we took a Sunday drive to visit some of Ellen’s relatives leaving Jefferson, OH early in the morning and heading for the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Ellen has an aunt and uncle in Sewickley (just outside of Pittsburg) that she had not seen in 32 years. Esther and Joe (97 and 94 years old respectively) live in a huge retirement complex, Masonic Village. They still live on their own in a large, lovely apartment with no assistance other than a lady who comes to clean twice monthly. We enjoyed a delightful morning of visiting, reminiscing and learning family history we didn’t know, or didn’t remember.
After Esther served an tasty pizza lunch, we bid farewell and headed northwest to Elyria OH to visit Esther’s daughter, Ellen’s cousin, MaryLee.
We were amazed at the expense of driving in this park of the country on toll roads. In an 80 mile stretch we had paid $15.00 in tolls.Ellen’s cousin met us with open arms and an excellent home-cooked meal of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy (just like Mom used to make), and fresh Ohio corn-on-the-cob. We stuffed ourselves to the brim, had a great visit, and then MaryLee sent us down the road with a huge bag of oatmeal-raisin cookies that she had baked fresh that day. It was a beautiful day, so as well as enjoying the company of dear family, we also enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way (minus the toll fees, of course).
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