Juice and Brudy Arrive

Wednesday arvo we drove to Cleveland to pick up Bruce and Judy from the airport. They came to our home to enjoy a turkey roast (the turkey never seems to end - we are still eating it!) They seemed to have bought the bad weather with them - just non stop drizzle.

Thursday Kristy took them shopping at the factory outlets, then around Erie for a look.

Friday Kristy drove them to see the Amish people in Ohio, about 3 hours from our house. Once we hit the country, the horse and buggies came thick and fast. After a quick browse through the Amish shops, it was time to turn around and head back home. We thought it was a good idea for Judes to get some practise behind the wheel, so after getting out of the busy town, Kristy pulled over, gave her some instructions, and let her take the wheel. Judes had been driving for (no exaggeration) less than 60 seconds, when she approached a horse and buggy at the crest of a hill. Kristy told her to move over, and that cars coming the other direction will allow for her to go over their side a little. Judes seemed to ignore these instructions and thought she would see how close she could possibly get to the horse and buggy without hitting them. By this stage Kristy was screaming all sorts of obscenities at Judes, telling her to move over - she missed them by the skin of her teeth! Very close call. It didn't take long for her to line up her second target. This time is was a very close call with a letterbox. We couldn't wait for her to reach a main road with wider lanes! The rest of the drive home was relatively stress free.

Lookout! Judes is on the road now!!

After picking up Ryan from work, we headed down to our fav freebie bar for drinks and the free buffet along with a couple of games of pool - Judes sunk her first ball ever! We then picked up a rental car for Bruce and Judes and went for a lap around Presque Isle to look for deer and watch the sun set. This time Bruce got to have a practise drive around town - although he was nervous, he was a speed racer and done pretty good. Although we didn't see any deer (because half of Erie was at Presque Isle), we did spot frogs, fire flies, rabbits and a skunk.

Sunset at Presque Isle

At the Lake Erie light house