Central PA Jan 16-19 2008

Wednesday Jan 16

• Shove off from Harlansburg at 9:10AM. Cats to Gumps. Morraine Sheetz breakfast sandwich. Luke-warm, weak cappuccino from Kairos Coffee & Tea. I REALLY HATE paying $4 for a cup of crappy coffee. Stopped by the Butler UPS to pick up Bev's pills.
• Arrive at the Schmidt House at 12:45 and discovered I forgot my shirts.
• Hoss's to talk to Dot about visit.
• Getting hungry and looking for lunch, we went to the . . .

Altoona-Blair County Airport (AOO) Kitty Hawk Restaurant Nifty decor in the restaurant.

The view from our table

• Stopped by PennDOT Hollidaysburg to pick up 2 Huntingdon County road maps.
• To Sears for a pre-aircleaner for Gene's mower: no-go on the air cleaner, but Gene did get oil and Larry got 2 shirts.
• Fiores auto dealer for Gene to eyeball a 2005 Grand Vitara.
• Larry got a protractor at Staples.
• Water Street Dollar General: Gene gets instant coffee, Larry gets a $6 shirt.
• Swung by Billi's looking for open hours. No signs posted.

Thursday Jan 17

• Breakfast at Millers. Cappuccino at Billi's.
  Skip Keniwell would appreciate a bagel dough delivery on next trip. Call at 814-644-1242.
• Hurley's garage in Mill Creek to drop off a toy for Spanky the dog.
  Nobody around, so Gene left it hanging on the door knob.
• Checked out 31st St extension. Found a "not a street" sign.
• Stopped by Game Commission to get SGL67 map. Gene falls in love.
• Pick up Shel Bard.
• Headed north to Belleville and . . .

Dot Pollock's new digs.

• A Peachey lunch with Dot. Actually at AJ Peachey and Sons. Good food.
• Stopped by Brookmere Winery. Larry was the only drunk interested party. Everybody else waited in the car. Bought two bottles of Pinot Grigio.
• Back to Dot's. Tour of the facility exercise room. Shel gives Dot treadmill instructions.
• Headed on north. Stopped at Mifflin County Airport and visited A. "Quill" Kanagy, the Airport Manager.
• Drove to Lewistown to pick up a BP monitor for Shel's wife.
• Then to a brickyard in Pleasant Gap to pick up four 6" cinder blocks for Shel.
• Into State College to the Ramada Inn. Drove through the parking lot looking for Pat & Earl's truck. No sign of the truck.
• Then to the University Park Airport FBO looking for a better map protractor. No dice.
• Sandwiches at Otto's Brau House.
• Return thru snow via US220>Tyrone>PA453. Dropped off Shel and his blocks.

Friday Jan 18

• Breakfast at McDonalds. Smitty meets 217k mile Suzuki guy.
• Stopped by Spriggles. Jim needed 45 minutes to get ready, so we went to Mill Creek and stopped at Hurleys again, looking for Bill Skipper. Nobody there.
• Back to Spriggles and pick up Jim.
  Zen from Jim: The early bird may get the worm but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.
• We head north on PA26 to Donation and . . .

The view from Yocum Road, just north of Donation.
40.590446N 77.956319W Elevation 1386' Short Mountain is to the left, about 1/4 way into the picture. You can see Canoe Mountain beyond it. And the gap is the Little Juniata flowing past Barree. Short Mountain is about 8.5 miles away.

Jim getting the view from another angle.

Manor Hill on PA305.
Shavers Creek Presbyterian Church.
American Presbyterian and Reformed Historical Site No. 13.
40.61841N 77.92194W Elevation 896'.

• Drive by Lake Perez and Whipple Dam.
• Continuing north . . .

Centre County from atop Tussey Mountain.

• Lunch at the Meyer Dairy Store in State College. Not to be confused with the Meier Dairy in Palmer, Kansas. No "'s" in either name. Must be a conspiracy.
• Rider Auto Dealship drive-thru looking for and finding Gene's neighbor's smushed car.
• Barrens drive-thru. Gate in middle will be open until mid-February.
• Through Marysville and drive by Bob Blue's house.
• Return thru Warriors Mark. But no mark to be seen.
• Alternate route off PA453 past deer farm and and through Skelp suburbs.
• Dinner at Mill Stone Manor with Jim & Jeannie.

Saturday Jan 19

• Breakfast at the coffee shop in Park Furniture on Washington Street.
• Larry washes 4Runner at Speck's car wash. Gene supervises.
• Back to Gene's for computer update, defrag.
• Shoved off at 1:10 for home via Skelp, Altoona, Ebensburg. Dry roads except across the Allegheny Front where there were snow flurries, wind and wet road.
• Cresson Sheetz sandwich eaten in the Belsano Krispy Kreme parking lot.