Trip Day 34  Thursday  May 27, 2021 At  Merry Meadows , Freeland MD on the Mason Dixon Line.

After the heavy rans last night it turned into a sunny day today and the rains cooled the air by about 10 degrees. That made it quite pleasant.

The "Bum" laundromat in Shrewsbury. Really Bad!

The tavern as it appeared in the 1900's

 

An 1897 license for the Tavern below

We decided that laundry should be done as Ruth needs socks quickly.n We headed into town where there was  a laundromat. Another adventure in the Laundromat? Yes! This was used heavily, but, there evidently had been no attendant for weeks as only about 6-7 of the 25 washers were working and the money got stuck in the slots and after trying to start three of them and transferring loads we decided it was not worth the effort.

Trying another one closer to the Simmons, we found one in Stewartstown that had new machines and was well managed with a gal on duty who was keeping everything clean from the floors to the machines by wiping them down constantly while we were there. That was a relief and the machines and coins slots worked well.  We were able to finish the laundry by noon. YEA!

As it was lunchtime we headed closer to Kathy and Steve’s place into their town of Red Lion, PA where there was a community restaurant named “Lion’s Pride” (The HS had the mascot of Lions). We found it comfortable with a good lunch menu and I settled for rice noodle soup (Orso) with a salad.  Ruth had  a wrap  of meat and cheese. That was good and the wizened waitress  of 22 years ‘Christy’ served us well although again we did not get any ‘quittins’.

We found our way just 2 miles to the Simmons place and had a grand visit and sharing. First (after long awaited  hugs) a tour of the house they recently moved into, and then a chance to share time with Sarah who was off work today, and Kathy , who after her 100 pound weight loss , brought us up to date on how that worked. The house has a  bathroom in the basement as well. Emily was working and they will all be there when we get together on Monday for some grilling and story telling on Memorial Day. The campground is quite empty but a few are pulling in on Thursday evening, including gals and a guy who are next to us. They have a new trailer and are set up for most anything.

The birding is good here and as we did not go out to do any today we will have to live wth that list for today.

The roads here are very twisty but not as hilly as some places. Ruth says it  is strange when you are on a rural road , that you turn a corner, and then without warning there is a small town.That is true . There must be 15-20 towns within a 10 mile radius and connected by these 2 lane roads. Different from what we are used to in Michigan.

More tomorrow as the “troops”move in