I stopped at the Wayne county fair grounds this morning and purchased our tickets to see Ray Stevens perform. What a fun concert that ought to be! Tickets were only $12.
My first memory of any of his songs was, 'Along came Jones'. That was early high school for me. However, when I was 19, streaking became the shocking rage. I was working in a factory in Beaumont, CA. ( Deutsh electronics ) when ' The Streak' hit the airwaves. Oh my. From there it was a delightful parade of Ray Stevens songs to tickle the funny bone and poke fun at human nature. Like a Norman Rockwell painting set the music, we heard the words and in our minds saw the images; whether it be streakers, Tarzan boggying with monkey, or of course our all time fav the 'Mississippi squirrel.' We all know Berta better-than-you and secretly wish we had been at that Sunday meeting.
Ray Stevens, thank you for making us laugh for four decades. Keep the musical genius pot stirring.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Biking on Labor day in Amish country
Biking on labor day with Dave in Amish country yesterday.
We woke up to gray skies after a wonderful sunny weekend. Our hopes were the rain would hold off since we had planned this bike outing for a week. Lucky for us we did not get rained on. We biked until our rears could hold out no longer. Our biking neighbors were amish buggies, carts, wagons and other bikers. Although fall is not officially here the trail was strewn with orange leaves and the crickets were singing. The trail is level, thankfully. The scenery was beautiful; fields, barns, farms, and woods. We came upon a good sized wagon with at least eight amish people in it, pulled by two bi-colored small draft horses. The occupants were laughing and talking. Our country outing was invigorating. We stopped at Wendy's and treated ourselves to a rootbeer float and give our bottoms a rest. I took quite a few photos which are posted on facebook.
On the way home we stopped at a small roadside stand selling watermelons for a buck. We could not resist purchasing our own edible green bowling ball.
Harvest season is wonderful.
We woke up to gray skies after a wonderful sunny weekend. Our hopes were the rain would hold off since we had planned this bike outing for a week. Lucky for us we did not get rained on. We biked until our rears could hold out no longer. Our biking neighbors were amish buggies, carts, wagons and other bikers. Although fall is not officially here the trail was strewn with orange leaves and the crickets were singing. The trail is level, thankfully. The scenery was beautiful; fields, barns, farms, and woods. We came upon a good sized wagon with at least eight amish people in it, pulled by two bi-colored small draft horses. The occupants were laughing and talking. Our country outing was invigorating. We stopped at Wendy's and treated ourselves to a rootbeer float and give our bottoms a rest. I took quite a few photos which are posted on facebook.
On the way home we stopped at a small roadside stand selling watermelons for a buck. We could not resist purchasing our own edible green bowling ball.
Harvest season is wonderful.
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