Mohawk Dam Ride

September is one of my favorite months for motorcycle riding. Today was no exception. I awoke to a beautiful, blue, sunny sky at 7:00 a.m. I quickly prepared for a 300 plus mile motorcycle ride through central Ohio to Mohawk Dam. Mohawk Dam is approximately 15 miles west of Coshocton, Ohio and 25 miles east of Mount Vernon, Ohio. Access to the dam is via State Route 36, which connects Mount Vernon and Coshocton. We begin our route by take state route 199 to Fostoria. Just east of Fostoria we traveled along US 224 until we turned south on state route 61. Our journey along SR 61 took us through Amish country. The rolling hills and beautiful farm land, lush in fall splendor, made for beautiful scenery, enjoyed more because the route is lightly traveled. We joined state route 39 and road until we entered the Mohawk reserve area. We found our way to Pleasant Hill Damn where we stopped for an hour to enjoy the beautiful of the water, foothills and lush forest. After an opportunity to explore some of the footpaths we made our way to the Mohawk lodge for a light lunch. After lunch we returned north, retracing our journey along SR 39 until we came to Mansfield. At Mansfield we pick us US route 30 and traveled along 30 until it merged with 23 where we continued along 23 until it ended at Interstate 75. At Interstate 75 we headed back north on the heavily travel freeway. What a wonderful way to enjoy a fall day while exploring north Central Ohio.

A Night To Remember: Ann Hampton Callway

Tonight I had the wonderful and joyous opportunity to make a discovery - a new "artist" to enjoy. Have you ever found yourself agreeing to something before you knew what you agreed to? Come-on, admit it.....there has been a time in your life that you say "ok", then asked yourself - what is that? Well, this time, I agree to attend a fundraising event featuring an artist, with whom I was not familiar. I figure that I supporting a good foundation, so it was more about the foundation than the artist. I was in for an amazing surprise. The event featured Ann Hampton Callaway - a self-proclaimed, American Diva - an outstanding Jazz singer who just mezmerized me through her 60 minute performance. She connected with the crowd with her personality and dazzled me with her amazing voice. A truly gifted artist, I have now added her to one of my favorites. To check her out visit her web site by clicking on the link.

What To Do When Your Team Is Out Of The Playoffs?

Tonight, I attended what should be my final Cleveland Indians home game for the year. The playoffs are no where in the Indians future this year. So, tonight, by any other standard, should have been an ordinary, unimportant game. And it was! So, what keeps 24,842 people's attention during an ordinary, unimportant baseball game? the food? people watching? the give-a-way? At least the give-a-way (a wonderful Indians Logo blanket) was useful to wrap up in and stay warm. Tonight, none of those held my attention for long. It was the offensive output that resulted in a 13 to 6 Indians victory. The Royals didn't even get into the "offensive show" until the 8th and 9th inning leaving we Indian fans thinking about all of the blown wins the Indians already experienced this season. I focused upon Jhonny Peralta who came to bat in early in the game and had such a horrible at bat that I wondered if he even saw the baseball. Then I focused upon him again when he came up with runners in scoring position and lined a ball into the outfield, scoring two runs. So, the third time when he came up I wondered which Jhonny would show up - sure enough he lined another baseball into the outfield for a two run double. He ended the evening with four RBI's. During the 5th inning, one of the shinning stars for the Indians came up in a what was still a close came, Shin-Soo Choo. I sat wishing for a home run to "seal" the game. Choo hit a two-run homer to give the Indians a 5 to 3 edge. And when the Indians didn't hold our attention, we all sat with our blackberry's monitoring the USC-Ohio State game at ESPN.com.