We passed Wilbur Wrights birthplace but I didn't have the energy to add 6 miles necessary to visit his home.
A few of us planned to have lunch in Hagerstown. Prior to arriving in town I noticed a sigh stating "farm family of the Year, Strawberry Festival". The sign pointed up the driveway so I decided to venture in for a look. I found, 100 yds up the driveway a true festival. Folks were selling homemade jam, bread, freshly picked strawberrys, jewelry, real old fashion homemade ice cream and more. Since my carrying power was limited, I could only manage a jar of freshly made jam from a very handsome Amish boy. I'll test it in the morning. Sorry, no pictures were allowed.
I headed down the road to meet the group for lunch and found Alan and Ross enjoying a piece of pie in the local hangout. We got talking with two retired school teachers about the merits of good pie when thy asked if we'd tried Illinois Sugar Pie. We hadn't so one of the gals disappeared for a few minutes and came back with a Sugar Pie for us. We were fortunate to have one of the support vans pull up so we could transport the pie for future consumption.
We continued on toward the hotel but stopped briefly to look at a beautiful rose garden.
We ate dinner at the local BOB EVANS (like Denny's) and then headed back to the hotel for an early evening......104 miles tomorrow! (Before bed we sampled the Sugar Pie.....sweet but not bad ).
Best,
Michael
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