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Day 8 September 20, 2024 Willard Ohio to Brookville Pennsylvania 215 miles

Well the day started with Woodie refusing to start. We were nearly out of gas but adding the spare gas didn’t help. Rob investigated different possibilities and determined that the points needed to be replaced. When he checked these points had been in the car for over 13,000 miles. Woodie has worked just fine all day after that. The whole thing took about an hour.

We drove to Medina Ohio to take a look at a Model A Mail truck. We ended up looking at four of them. Two were in great condition and two were in pieces. The one for sale is in pieces. Definitely a lot of work to be done. This guy had quite a few Model As in a large storage unit. We spent two hours there.

We were going along just fine until we encountered a road closed sign in the direction we wanted to go. The GPS didn’t handle it very well but we kept following the detour signs and did eventually get back on the correct route. We stopped for lunch while on the detour. We picked the first fast food which just happened to be McDonald’s. They had removed the play area and replaced it with overstuffed chairs and sofas. Certainly was a different look.

Then just before we came to a stop sign a single person horse drawn cart went passed us. We had not seen any buggy signs recently. A little further down the road we did see signs a couple of times. In the next town we did see what would seem to be an Amish lady walking down the street. We never saw any others.

We have passed many cemeteries. Most of them have tombstones that are quite tall more like pillars. We didn’t stop to determine the ages. Since some of them were leaning we are guessing they are older.

We crossed over a lake named Mosquito Creek Lake. We did not stop to check if it had mosquitoes but it did have lots of lily pads. An interesting pirate ship was aground at the entrance to an RV park.

More houses today had Halloween decorations out. Pumpkins and mums are for sale everywhere.

The terrain has given way to rolling hills with more small communities and smaller farms. We didn’t see the big John Deere dealerships. Most houses have large front lawns unless they are in town. There are more deciduous trees. I bet the trees get colorful in another week or two. Lots of political signs are out too. One town had supporters for Trump on one side of the street and those for Harris on the other. Both sides were trying to out chant each other. Everyone seemed friendly enough when we went between them. Hopefully they will still be peaceful on November 5th.

Just outside of town Connie saw two deer. Pretty much the only wildlife we have seen in a few days. At least they weren’t road kill or trying to kill us on the road. We arrived at the hotel a little after 7:00 pm. That makes for another long day.