Yesterday was a travel day. We got up at 3:00 am, got ready, picked up Tom's dad at 4:00 am and went to the airport. Going through security was a breeze. We had our boarding passes already printed and did not checked any bags. No one asked to check Dad's oxygen-concentrater use-letter or examine it in any way. Our plane was a little delayed leaving because of a quadrapalegic who had to be boarded, which took many minutes. We had a slight layover in Chicago and got to Dayton, Ohio around 4:00 pm. John picked us up and we got to the Gryka's house around dinner time.
Their house is wonderful, very clean and mid-western, with lots of wood. It's a sprawling ranch-style house. They've done a lot of work on it, adding a formal dining room and updating the kitchen and bathrooms. It's set in a quiet neighborhood where the lots are about an acre each.
I slept really well the first night, mostly because I had gotten about 4 hours sleep Wednesday night. In the morning we all got up and did our morning routines. We went out and got the tour of the city of Cedarville and Cedarville University. Tom and I then met with a friend of Becky's who has his own web-building business. Tom wanted to gather information about a possible move to starting his own IT-related business.
I love Ohio. It's very lush and green - definitely different than California. Springfield is in a mostly rural area so when you're driving around, you see corn and soybean fields. The houses are mostly brick and are on large lots. The weather has been cool and cloudy. Apparently its unusual to have to sun come out and stay out for long. The little town of Yellow Springs, where we met the web-builder, is interesting. Its very bohemian and hippy oriented. Its motto could be: "Old hippies never die; they just move to Yellow Springs, Ohio."
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