Ride around town

I love my little Southern Ohio town. There is always something interesting here.

 

 From the “Live Hicks” at the local TSC

 

 

 

to our local plant nursery not renting pigs!

 

 

 

 Music Man took me on a date and motorcycle ride the other night. Now, now, don't be hatin' on me! It was a lot of fun. He took me to Mexican restaurant. I just love Mexican food!

 

 YUM!

 

 

 Anywho, we rode for about 1 ½ hours afterward and as usual, there were a lot of interesting things. At one point, we turned a corner and literally, there was a chicken crossing the road! Well, it was a rooster, but, hey, close enough! We went a little farther and there was a house that they had cut down a huge tree in the front yard. The stump was about 3 feet across about 2 feet high. Now, standing on that stump, just watching traffic go by, was a goose! I am not kidding. This creature just watched us drive by. I felt bad because I probably should have waved to him!

 

 Hi goosey! Lol

 

 

This area is not a wealthy area. Lots of people out of jobs or just barely making it. So we have a lot of trailer parks. Most are singles but a few double wides. However, during our drive, we went past an area that was RVs. This wasn't a camping site, it was a permanent park. These were the type of RVs that people use for camping. Some were very old. I can't imagine what it would be like to have to live in a little RV not by choice.

 

 

 

 We also have a lot of Amish in our area and we did come upon a horse and buggy. I'm always worried that the motorcycle engine will scare the horse. By the way, our local Lowes has built a shelter for the horses for the Amish that come and shop there. I think that's pretty cool.

 

 

 Anyway, back to the ride. The sun was shining and it was wonderful. We have lots of hills and wooded areas around here and sometimes the road would dip down into a wooded area and the temperature would drop about 15*. Sometimes that was a little chilly! We saw lots of animals-steers, sheep, goats, chickens. 

 

 

 The farmers around here raise lots of animals in addition to their crops. I think about half the people around here are either full-time or part-time farmers. I know a lot of guys who work a full time job and also farm.

 

 

I moved down here with my family about 8 years ago. Music Man was asked to come down and be the praise team leader for a church down here. Well, since that is something he absolutely loves, we picked up our little family and moved. Whoo-hoo!

We actually live about 2 miles outside of city limits but it is quite rural. The town is small enough to have small town charm but big enough to have city type problems. A good mix, if you ask me. We help each other and there is a lot of faith here.

 

 Yep, I like this town!