Spring Fling
Day 1
To Granville
Day 2
Getting Wooly
Day 3
Choo Choos and Jukes
Day 4
The Fling Is Flung
April 8, 2023 (day 4)
I passed through the Center of the World between visits to two of its
largest things. Plus there was cheese and candy and Packards galore.
April 7, 2023 (day 3)
I started the day with the largest collection of steam engines in the
country and ended it with the largest collection of Asbury Jukes in the
world.
April 6, 2023 (day 2)
I tried a diner, a cemetery, a telephone, and an Alpine tinged museum
on the way to drinking wooly pig beer and sleeping in a train car.
April 5, 2023 (day 1)
I filled my birthday with a diner, some breweries, a pub, and an inn. Yes,
life is good.
Prelude 2 - March 28, 2023
Prelude 1 was barely posted when an ad for a band I like rolled across my
Facebook feed. Seeing that it was for a concert in the far corner of the
state, I initially scrolled right by. Then it hit me that I was going to
be near that corner near that time so I scrolled right back. The result is
that I've extended my fling another day and am all set to see Southside
Johnny and the Asbury Jukes in a restored theater that just celebrated its
100th birthday.
Prelude 1 - March 25, 2023
I don't believe I ever really thought about traveling on my birthday until
I couldn't. In 2020, a repeatedly delayed trip was pushed to my birthday
before being scuttled by the COVID-19 shutdown. It eventually happened in
August of 2022. In 2021, I used my birthday as an excuse to hit the road
for three days. Last year I celebrated with a two-day one-night trip and
this year I have a three day trip planned. It has been more or less
organized around a railroad museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio, but I'll not get
there until the last day of the trip after I've celebrated in Granville.