Thursday, August 4, 1983
.2″ rain high 80 humidity 80%
Dave & I picked Mary & Ken up at 8. Drove to Prairies on RR right of rail at Rt 4 & 36 – Pix of Silene Regia & other prairie plants. To Piqua by 10:30 to visit Minnicks at 910 Caldwell. Bipp had the cookie jar (hand blown glass) from Sheneman’s corner grocery store that Laura had told me about & she gave it to me. Lovely lunch & then we went to Laura’s house (8th chile of Josephine Hildreth & Sylvester Bell.) She died July 15. On to Ohio Caverns to meet Bill Winegartner & family. Toured cave. Stopped at Ray F’s at E. Liberty & pd him $80. Del Goff, Marcella Haldeman here while I was gone.