TT Hershey Update #4 - Root's Market & Auction

Tuesday: This was Root's Market & Auction day. Check out the place with the pictures in the right panel and go to the Root's website at http://www.rootsmarket.com/ It was a good day at the market where meats, vegetables and fruits were purchased. After the time at the market, it was time for a snack at McDonald's in Manheim before heading to Lititz to browse the shops and visit the Wilbur Chocolate Factory. http://www.wilburchocolate.com/ On the way back to the coach we stopped at another bike shop the Green Mountain Bike Shop in Ephrata. No purchases were made at the bike shop.

About mid-afternoon I took off on the road bike and rode part way to Elizabethtown from the campground. Later I met Audrey at the rails/trails Colebrook trail head where she had gone to walk the trail toward Mt. Gretna. At the trail head we met some fellow bike riders who shared with us where to ride other bike trails not too far away. One to the riders had a recumbent bike that was really neat. It cost about $2,500 and was fully equipped. The unit folded in such a way that it could be easily placed in the back of his small SUV. In fact he said his wife and a similar bike and both bikes fit easily into the back of the SUV. One of these days we plan to ride a recumbent bike. We have friends in NC who have recumbent bikes and ride them everywhere. We are not sure how easily the bikes can be ridden up hills and how safe they are to ride. They may be hard to see by drivers on the road.

Dinner was another winner. Smoked sausage was the fare of the day -- both regular smoked sausage and hard smoked. All bought at Root's.

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TT Hershey Update #3

Sunday: After church and a few hours of Internet work at Panera Bread in Hummelstown, we headed back to the coach. We had Phara with us, and it was getting a little warm for her. After chilling out for a couple of hours, off we went to ride the new road bike. I rode mine from the campground to Cornwall. The ride in nearly 10 miles with some hills that tax the breathing process. Audrey took hers to the trail head in Cornwall and rode the rails/trails route toward Mt. Gretna. There were bicyclists all over the place. The rails/trials route was full of families riding bikes, walking, jogging and riding horses. The adjacent picture was taken at the Cornwall trail head of a family about to start on the trail. The young lady on the pony suffers from asmatha and cannot ride a bike. Later we met at and rode through a very nice retirement village in Cornwall.

Monday: After a lazy start to the day, I rode my bike to Hershey and an outlet mall where I met Audrey. She wanted to shop for something to wear to our grand daughter's graduation on Friday. While she shopped I chilled out in the auto using the iPhone to check e-mail and surf the web. Later it was lunch at Wendy's and then on to a bike shop in Hummelstown to check out the possible purchase of a cycling jersey. No sale on the jersey. I did, however, win a bid for a jersey on eBay -- $13.00 including shipping.

After getting back to the coach and chilling out, it was off for another bike ride while Audrey stopped to fill our drinking water jugs at a spring water site near the campground. The water is tested regularly by the State and costs 25 cents per gallon. She then went for a walk on the rails/trails.

My bike ride was one to remember. While entering the village of Colebrook, I was almost run off the road by a guy in a bright red auto who went by blowing the horn like a mad man As luck would have it, I saw where he went after passing me. He lives near where the incident happened and I saw him pull into his driveway. I decided to confront him about the incident and rode the bike to his driveway. He was there unloading the car and I asked him if he had harassed me as he drove by. He said he did and began to swear and carry on like a wild man. I told him to save his breath for the sheriff who would be coming by after I reported the incident. I have yet to report the incident but will later today.

Today it's off to Root's Farmers Market as the freezer and vegetable bins need replenishing.

TT Hershey Update #2 -- Church & Things

Trial Video Below. Please try it and post a comment if it runs. Thanks.

Today will bring an early morning church service at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Hershey. From there we'll head to Panera Bread in Hummelstown. After returning to the coach, we'll load the bikes on the Jeep and head off to ride somewhere in the area.

Yesterday was an easy day. It rained most of the morning which meant that there was no rush to get out and do something. I spent most of the morning working on the numerous website I maintain. Audrey did her booking keeping paper work.

About noon we decided to take the auto and head off to a couple of bike shops - one in Palmyra and the other in Hummelstown. Guess what? Audrey found a great buy on a pair of Nike cycling shoes. Anytime you can find a pair of cycling shoes for $15.00 that fit you, you'd better grab them in a hurry. I almost bought a cycling shirt that was on sale, but I could not get the owner to drop the price by $5.00. Therefore there was no sale.

After returning to the coach, I did the every-couple-of-weeks check of the batteries and pulled out the oil dip stick to see if the oil level was OK. All fluid levels were fine.

For dinner Audrey did a repeat of the fresh sausage we had the night before. Delicious!!

Below is a short video that I've tried producing with my Canon Camera. It seems to have worked OK. If any of you play the thing, let me know if it was OK -- not the content - just the video function. Thanks.

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