Day 1: October 25, 2023
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The original T to Sebring trip began on October 29, 1923, and I originally planned to start my retrace attempt exactly 100 years later. Commitments developed, however, that dictated a return date that made things look pretty tight so I decided I would leave a couple of days early. When other events had me in Greenville, OH, today, I decided to drive the additional half-dozen miles to what I believe was the original start point and just get on with it. Before heading south from Woodington, OH, I duplicated a photo from the launch of the 2020 trip. Luckily, I wore a different shirt so you can tell the two photos apart.
I probably should have stopped at the Maid-Rite when I reached Greenville but I was kind of anxious to get the trip started so passed on by. I did pause briefly ay the other end of Broadway to snap a picture of a very new mural. "How new is it?" you ask. It was put up yesterday as seen here on Facebook.
I stopped at Fort Jefferson not because of any mention in Granny's letters but because of recent activity aimed at refurbishing the site and making people aware of its significance. One side of the sign tells about Fort Jefferson and the other tells of St. Clair's Defeat in which the fort had a prominent role. A fairly readable image of the plaque in the stone monument is here.
At New Paris, OH, I went off route by just about one mile to check in with some of my favorite innkeepers. Jeff Golden was busy with lights or some such but I did chat with Lea Ann a bit and learned that the little orchard they planted a few years ago is going strong. It has even produced a few pecans but they have not been cracked open. They are much too valuable. Here is the orchard at my last visit.

Rain seemed possible so I walked down to the orchard even before entering my room. As I walked to the other end of the motel lot, I heard hooves approaching and caught a shot of the neighboring produce stand's pumpkins and the Golden Inn sign with an Amish buggy and US-40 sign in between. When I was last here in 2017, I did not post an interior collage because I thought I'd recently done so. When I realized I hadn't, I promised one next time. I didn't think it would be six years but it was. It's here.

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