We vistied the campus of the University of Notre Dame on a sunny Fall afternoon. The leaves are starting to show the effect of the season. The mood on campus seems to show the effect of the football season: 0 - 4 is not where Notre Dame is used to being. In fact it has never been there in the history of the school. From my observation they could run this string to 0 - 8.
Unimpressive as the football season is we were impressed by the individual commitment of the students. On benches, under trees, in restaurant booths we saw individual students truly engaged in their education. During the 2 hours we spent on campus we saw students being students - no games, no loud converstions, no unstructured behaviors. I should have thought about making that kind of commitment to the books nearly 50 years ago.
We were impressed by the Notre Dame Students. As always we were impressed by the neatly kept campus. We were so impressed we left some of our coinage at the campus bookstore.
Had an opportunity to see rural Ohio- some views by intent, some unintentional; but, we saw rural Ohio. Before talking about Ohio I think it appropriate to state my amazement of the GPS system. Despite the best efforts of Cheryl and myself to keep the Pleasure Way between the navigational beacons, we strayed - strayed badly I must admit. Along the road were cornfields and prosperous appearing farms. Along the road were well kept homes and small communities. Along the road the trees are starting to show their Fall colors. But alas, these are not the things we seek.
We seek Canton, Ohio and the NFL Hall of Fame. So, after the usual spousal exchanges about being lost, we turned to the GPS, ol Stable Mabel to the rescue. Stable Mabel has been so named for we have programmed a sweet female voice. One that is never harsh on a driver that thinks he knows better. One that is never hurried. Stable Mabel quickly got us pointed in the correct direction.
The evening before we needed to find an RV Park and only had a rural street address. Turned to Mabel and she had us in the park within 10 minutes. I strongly suggest anyone who travels can be well served by a GPS tool.
Back to the rural Ohio situation - I was not lost. I knew where I was going. I just didn't know how to get there.
Many of the small communities in the mid west are so well kept. I don't think we have seen any community that reflects the pride and care we saw in Traer, IA. As we moved through the community the lawns were green and mowed, houses clean and maintained - a nice place to be.
With Mabel's advice we got to the NFL Hall of Fame with plenty of time to tour. To my astonishment Cheryl opted to stay outside. She MISSED THE HALL OF FAME!!
What she missed was pictures, videos, uniforms and shoes worn by the greatest and the best, Memorabilia from the ages- she missed it all and did not seemed bothered in the least. Some things I just can not understand. But alas, she seems to have recovered from the lost oportunity quite remarkably.
Buoyed by the excitement of all those artifacts we head up the road with a date in Niagara Falls. Maybe this will perk her up a bit.
Unimpressive as the football season is we were impressed by the individual commitment of the students. On benches, under trees, in restaurant booths we saw individual students truly engaged in their education. During the 2 hours we spent on campus we saw students being students - no games, no loud converstions, no unstructured behaviors. I should have thought about making that kind of commitment to the books nearly 50 years ago.
We were impressed by the Notre Dame Students. As always we were impressed by the neatly kept campus. We were so impressed we left some of our coinage at the campus bookstore.
Had an opportunity to see rural Ohio- some views by intent, some unintentional; but, we saw rural Ohio. Before talking about Ohio I think it appropriate to state my amazement of the GPS system. Despite the best efforts of Cheryl and myself to keep the Pleasure Way between the navigational beacons, we strayed - strayed badly I must admit. Along the road were cornfields and prosperous appearing farms. Along the road were well kept homes and small communities. Along the road the trees are starting to show their Fall colors. But alas, these are not the things we seek.
We seek Canton, Ohio and the NFL Hall of Fame. So, after the usual spousal exchanges about being lost, we turned to the GPS, ol Stable Mabel to the rescue. Stable Mabel has been so named for we have programmed a sweet female voice. One that is never harsh on a driver that thinks he knows better. One that is never hurried. Stable Mabel quickly got us pointed in the correct direction.
The evening before we needed to find an RV Park and only had a rural street address. Turned to Mabel and she had us in the park within 10 minutes. I strongly suggest anyone who travels can be well served by a GPS tool.
Back to the rural Ohio situation - I was not lost. I knew where I was going. I just didn't know how to get there.
Many of the small communities in the mid west are so well kept. I don't think we have seen any community that reflects the pride and care we saw in Traer, IA. As we moved through the community the lawns were green and mowed, houses clean and maintained - a nice place to be.
With Mabel's advice we got to the NFL Hall of Fame with plenty of time to tour. To my astonishment Cheryl opted to stay outside. She MISSED THE HALL OF FAME!!
What she missed was pictures, videos, uniforms and shoes worn by the greatest and the best, Memorabilia from the ages- she missed it all and did not seemed bothered in the least. Some things I just can not understand. But alas, she seems to have recovered from the lost oportunity quite remarkably.
Buoyed by the excitement of all those artifacts we head up the road with a date in Niagara Falls. Maybe this will perk her up a bit.
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