Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Monday, September 9, 1991
Kristi & I slept until about 9:30. Had a trip to the attic but things such a mess. Showed her area where family letters are.
She wrote 23 postcards to friends. I mowed lawn.

Sunday, September 8, 1991
110028 – 8:35 – Lvg Motel $275
110029 – 9:30 – Lvg Dennys $23.69 I-695 I-70
110082 – 10:20 – Frederick
110107 – 10:40 Hagerstown exits
110137 – 11:20 – I-68
110144 – 11:30 – Sideling Hill Exhibit
1:55 – lvg – climbed to view pt thru cut.
110331 – 3:35 – I-470 around Wheeling
110335 – 3:38 – Ohio River
110342 – 3:45 – I-70 (to I-270)
110383 – 4:30 – Cambridge – Gas $1.19 $5 4 gal
4:37 – lvg
110430 – 5:23 – Rt 13 & I-70
110454 – 5:45 – I-270 E of Cols.
110471 – 6:05 – I-71 N of Cols
110493 – 6:17 – off I-71 N to Harris Rd to Rt 42 to 746
110516 – 6:55 – [home]

Saturday, September 7, 1991
109915 – 10:15 – N on Rt 2 to Baltimore
109922 – 10:30 – Science Museum – Inner Harbour
2:30 – Back to car
109945 – 3:23 – Approach to FS Key Bridge 3 ½ miles view of span ahead floating in sky
3:25 – over water
3:27 – Toll $1 – view of city N – sailboats – steep approach
3:29 – Bridge
3:30 – off
109957 – 3:40 – Holiday Inn
109958 – 6:00 Lvg Holiday Inn via 710 & 10 & 2 & 450
109975 – 6”27d – Bridge up on 450 – 4356
109977 – 6:30 – Gate 9 – Stadium – Back to W Street (450) to 50-301-2
6:57 – Toll – $2.50
109998 – 7:10 – Main St – Kent Narrows

Friday, September 6, 1991
Interesting town – Frederick MD alt 271
109772 – 9:00 Log Day’s Inn Restaurant overcast 67 degrees – rolling hills.
109813 – 9:45 – I-65 around Baltimore
109822 – Rt 2 S – Exit 3B
109839 – 10:25 – Severn River Bridge up Rt 450 Entering Naval Academy Area
10:32 – Gate 8 – Bancroft Hall – left – 2nd bldg – [illegible] Porter at right Buchanan ‘do not enter’ – walk – Court on –
109843 – 10:40 – Parking – Donovan Martin guest Tour of Academy & Annapolis
109855 – 4:00 – Lvg Tour Parking area following Kristi & DM in his Blazer
450 to W 50 to I-907 to I-695 to Rt 2 to 6600 Ritchie Highway – Holiday Inn
4:37 – I-695 & off exit 3B
109915 – 8:30 – Holiday Inn

Thursday, September 5, 1991
72 degrees by 11:00
Bath, bfst, called Mary to bring cereal for Howard.
Called Madge – Plan to gho to OHS – Annual meeting – McPherson
109349 9:10 – Lvg Trella
109408 – 10:50 N of Newark – McDonalds – Tree cleanup on rd.
109507 – 12:35 I-470
109513 – 12:40 Ohio River W Va.
109527 – 12:53 Pa line on I-70
109574 – 1:45 off I-70 on Rt. 51
1:50 – Subway – Perryopolis
109582 – 2:25 I-210 to Connellsville – one street town – Vanderbilt
2:35 – view of chestnut ridge
2:55 – Rt 381 S at Normalview
3:04 – ‘11 mi till next beer’
109610 – 3:10 – Falling water $9 Grolendo Tour
4:00 – Log Parking Lot
109623 – 4:20 381 to US 40 to I-48 Tupelo (red) tulip (golden) – spotting ridges – Braddock’s Road
109640 – 4:40 Maryland
4:43 – Interstate 689 instead of 48 on top of ridge – looking acdross to other ridge.
2500’ 109654 – 4:55 Eastern Continental Divide
5:25 – new I-68 – thru ridges, valleys, cuts thru limestone – amazing road.
Elev 1250’ 5:30
109709 – 6:00 – Interstate 70
109740 – 6:30 Rt 65 to Sharpsburg exit. S of Hagerstown, MD – I-70 & Rt 65 398 mi.
109765 – 7:00 – Frederick – Knights Inn $44.42 with cot.
Supper at McDonalds

Wednesday, September 4, 1991
Barn Party at Charlton Myers
Bring Kristi 6:00 PM
Huber Program Meeting 7:30

Tuesday, September 3, 1991
Mary & I picked Kristi up at Pt. Columbus

Monday, September 2, 1991
Wrote letter to Tommy Hemmerly (thanking him for excerpts on Sears Woods Survey), Mary Thomas (wife on 392 E Church St – formerely8 560 & pix I took of it), Wilbert Snyder (comment on J.T.’s letter to him saying walls in lobby WILL be installed) & Patricia Michaels- Ex Dir of AASLH with pix of Mary Morgan she requested.
In to HH at 1:00 – about 10 people in. Copied Bd minutes for Exec Comm & ran 50 more copies of Horticulture Schedule. Checked on inventory of After 40 Years. We have 206 copies left. Have to check to see if we have more Mosher money. Also checkwed ribbon for Fall Fair & we need Blue & Red – Sr. Div.
Me 2 Marys at Michaels for Mary J’s birthday dinner – Mary J asked me if I could eat with ordinary people what with my picture in the paper twice in 3 days – Never a word of appreciation – praise – whatever for the accomplishments the articles represented. Now she’s 76-
Home by 6:00 & started on piles of papers all over house.

Sunday, September 1, 1991
78-51
Marion Book 2 hrs
Watered lawn & front flower beds. Used last of Bloomlife Fertilizer. Entered C. Myers story of Sawyer Sanitarium into computer for future use. Trying to [blank]

Raked up tip white oak branches that cicadas nipped off. Have been singing for several weeks. Grass littered with branches. Lots of acorns – But tonight not a one singing.

Saturday, August 31, 1991
MCHS 5 hrs.
Wrote up minutes of Aug 20 Board Meeting – Spent time learning XTree Pro. Me Mary at Bob Evans for supper at 4:30 & then to Waldo (Grolls Furniture) to check out Glider Rocers made in Quebec Canada. Nice motion. Helped her choose fabric. Will take 6 to 12 weeks to get it. Took legal responsibility to Hal Bobncutter. Gett appraiser for HH most important. TO Sears to get paint for garage door & sealer for greenhouse walls – $42.
Home by 7:30 – TV – Golden Girls & to bed by 9:30. Cool breezes.