Cape Cod - Day 4

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 was a fun day on the Cape!

Note: Due to technical difficulties on Cape Cod, these are all being added days later.

This time we headed up the Cape to Provincetown. Don’t ask me why they call this the Lower Cape; but that is what our guide calls it. It’s upper (or North) to me!

Our first stop was at a windmill. Yes, windmill in the USA, not Holland! It was kind of cool. But we have one at home in Washington Township, too.

As always, you can see bigger views by just clicking on the photos.

Next, we saw a neat light house. Actually we saw a good number of light houses but I only got close photos of two of them. I was disappointed by the power wires invading my photo space but this seemed to be common up there.

We arrived in Provincetown in time for lunch. Everyone was able to wander a bit and pick an eating place of their liking. We were in walking distance of the waterfront and the Pilgrim’s Tower. We were disappointed in the upkeep of the monument at the tower. I guess the locals have other priorities!
Note that it starts “In the name of God, Amen”. The next photo shows some of the local color. I had a pretty good cup of strong coffee in the Red Eye Coffee shop.
We traveled on a little way to a nice view of the end of the cape and also the sand dunes. We didn’t get close enough to the light house there to get a very good photo but you can see it in the haze around the bend of the beach and dunes.
We had a great bus driver, Jay, and also a very nice guide, Patricia.
Finally, we end the day in West Yarmouth at the Super Buffet for dinner and entertainment.

Cape Cod - Day 3

OK, now we officially begin our tours of Cape Cod. Today was a busy day we started with a nice breakfast in our hotel, then met our guide for the week and began our bus travel around Cape Cod. Our first stop was a visit at a Glass Museum. I have to admit that this didn’t appear to be something that I would enjoy but initial impressions were wrong. I did enjoy it. Some of the work was really outstanding. Much of the larger pieces would sell for many thousands of dollars.We also had demonstrations of glass blowing.Across the road there was a neat place for the “fountain of youth”. I watched many of the gals drink but so far haven’t noticed any immediate changes. Perhaps in the morning we will be joined by "younger" girls. Of course, us guys could benefit, too!Next, we went to the canal and learned about Cape Cod as an island. I always thought it was just a peninsula but in the early 1900’s a series of projects began to build a canal across to the ocean. Now, the only way across to the Cape is by bridge. We saw a museum dedicated to the building of this canal. Of course, we visited the canal area, also. There were lots of boats.Next we ate at a nice sea food place. The food was good! After lunch, drove on and did a short visit to a potato chip factory where they make the Cape Cod Potato Chips. This was a self guided tour with the main benefit being that we received a couple of bags of chips at the end of the tour.After our chips, we visited the JFK Museum. This is relatively small with only photos. We also walked the streets of Hyannis and enjoyed the unique shops.
Then, this led us to a visit of the JFK Memorial, where we took a group photo.Finally, we ended the day with a nice meal at the Irish Restaurant where we again ate sea food or other delicacies and were entertained by a pair of singers.

Cape Cod - Day 2

We are nearing our destination and stopped to put fuel in the bus and our bodies. Next stop; dinner at Lindsey's.

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Cape Cod - Fall Trip - Day 1

We've arrived at our first night destination of Rochester, NY. We had a morning worship service on the bus as we traveled. Rick Bowersox let singing and we watched a video of a sermon by Dr. David Jeremiah on Heaven.

We are also using a booklet by Randy Alcorn on Heaven for our personal devotional times.

Our driver is a good one, so our travel is uneventful. We had the normal rest area stops and stopped for an early lunch at a Cracker Barrel Restaurant. Then, this afternoon/evening we drove into Rochester and we're staying in the LaQuinta Inn & Suites. There are plenty of eating places within easy walking distance, so everyone got to choose a place and friends to eat with.

Tomorrow, I hope to be able to add photos.

Luncheon Program - September 14, 2010

Remember: You can click on these pictures to see larger versions!

Our September Young at Heart Luncheon is one of our fun programs and is always very well attended. This was equally true this year. We are fortunate to have the “Spittin’ Image” twins, Blain and Brian with us. They always do good music and good clean comedy. Perhaps most of you don’t know that they just came from Bearcreek Farms were they were filming for a TV show pilot. Perhaps, they will be part of a TV variety show next year. We will be in on the ground floor with celebrities! Follow their plans via their WEBSITE.

Our prelude this month was and excellent Piano Duo with Fred Scheffler and David Brandt. These guys are very good and should also be touring or perhaps have record contracts! We’ve had Fred here several times in the past. He teaches piano and David Brandt is one of his pupils. Both are members of Washington Heights Baptist Church. I am linking their entire program HERE. There is some background noise but that is understandable and OK because we do enjoy our fellowship time during the music.

Prior to our program with the twins, we acknowledged over 15 years of service with Young at Heart from Janice Bowersox. For the last 10 years, Janice has been our chief cook. Prior to that, for 5 years, she was one of the cook staff under Madelyn. She also served as the nurse on a number of trips (one to South Dakota under Pastor Jim Neely), even before she began her cooking responsibilities. We truly want to thank and honor Janice for her many years of service with Young at Heart. Janice will continue as our Fall Trip nurse and is going with us to Cape Cod, next week.

Speaking of food; Lisa Poe and Ann Wamsley have taken on the responsibility of leading the cooking team. They put out a very tasty spread for us this week: Multi-Layer Salad, Beef Stroganoff, Roasted Carrots and a fresh Peach Cobbler with Ice Cream. Doesn’t this make your mouths water just reading it! Well, it was just as good as it sounds.

Be sure to follow us on this Blog through our adventure Sept. 19-26 as we travel to Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Plymouth Rock. I will try to post something every day, Lord willing. Of course, this depends on our ability to have Internet access in the hotels or by Cell Phone.

Bearcreek Farms - Brett Family

We had a great meal and show at Bearcreek Farms near Bryant, IN.

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Young at Heart Luncheon - Medicare Update

Our Young at Heart Luncheon for August 10, 2010 was a great time together and it held some nice surprises for me. Anytime we do something new it is an apprehensive time for me. This month we had almost an entire program based on NEW!

Because of recent retirements we now have some new people helping us in Young at Heart. Some are helping with the lunch but others are helping in other ways. This month Grace Averitt played the piano for our prelude time and she is always exceptional. Grace is our church pianist and regularly plays for us on Sundays and plays for our choir. Yes, we do still have a choir and they are fantastic. Thank you, Grace, for sharing your talents with our group.

OK, so not all of our people helping are retired! Actually, many of those in the kitchen are younger. Speaking of the kitchen, I want to acknowledge many years of faithful service by our chief cook, Janice Bowersox. I’m not sure how long Jan has been cooking but I know she started long before I came on the scene. Jan has been asking to be replaced for many months and we thought we had a replacement several months ago but things changed, so we kept begging Jan to hang in there a little longer. Finally, Lisa came to the rescue and formed a new team of gals to help with the cooking and food preparation. Her team officially took over this month and did a very admirable job. Lisa and company, you are fantastic. Now I need to warn them, Jan has set a tough example to follow, but I know you will do your best. I hope everyone is aware that everything on the menu this month was made from scratch (maybe not the sugar-free pie). Thank you Lisa and company!

This month we also had one of our younger talents help with special music. Rachel Dudenhoffer played the violin accompanied by her dad (on CD). Her music was arranged by her dad, an AWANA Missionary in Michigan. It was a very nice medley of four gospel songs. You can hear or download her music HERE.

We also featured a special speaker who gave a very nice presentation on the changes in Medicare and also our options for Medicare Supplements. LaDAwn Davis was our speaker and I was very happy with the quality of her presentation and the way she delivered it. Medicare is not the most exciting subject to do a presentation about but LaDawn did a very nice job of keeping a dull topic interesting and sometimes even a bit funny. If you missed it, you can hear it HERE. You can also download and view the PowerPoint slides in Portable Document Format (pdf) HERE. I advise opening the document then follow along with the audio. I know many of you prefer musical entertainment and comedy but this one was a sleeper and very nicely done. Those of you who stayed away missed a nice program. By the way; LaDawn is a nurse with Buckeye Home Health Care and also led our Exercise Program for several months before her promotion.

We also had Emily Bookwalter here from Buckeye Home Health Care and she discussed a program we will run on August 25 starting at 11:30am to help use with the “Vial of Life Program”. Come and get your “Vial of Life” and help with the paperwork. This is free of charge. Even better --- come a half hour earlier (11am) and join us in our Senior Exercise Program. We meet in the Dining Room (near where we eat with Young at Heart.

OK, for those who prefer Music and Comedy for entertainment, next month (September 14) will be your program! We will feature “Spittin’ Image” the Swabb twins. I know this is one of your favorite programs, so don’t miss out. I also know Lisa and her kitchen team will have something special for our meal. We also have another surprise next month, but you will need to be here to know what it is. I won’t even tell about it here.