Day 14 Dever,PA - New Holland,PA

Miles 50
Total miles 2476

Today, we had a delicious lunch with Irv and Janet Wenger along with Maryanne Sharp. We picked up MaryAnne and drove to Lapp Valley Farm Creamery and Cafe.

I ordered Philadelphia cheese steak sandwich which Glenn and I shared. We also enjoyed a creamy ice cream cone. Afterwards we dropped by their home at a retirement center. Nice place.

The Wengers served 40 years in Guatemala while Maryann and her late husband served for 30+ years in Ecuador then she served 10 years in Malaga, Spain. We loved sharing our lives and learning from each other. They appreciated the gift bag we gave them and spoke of how they enjoyed our visit.

We returned to a 1 hour zoom call, then joined the Yoders for their grandson’s 4th birthday party.

Glenn and I then went walking as the sun was setting. The temperature was cooling down. As we walked back, a gal, named Lynn, was driving into her garage in a red convertible Miata. I yelled out “I sure would love a ride in your convertible”. Next thing I knew, Glenn was holding my fone and off we drove. Interesting conversation with Lynn. Learned she’s a special Ed teacher and her husband is a retired school psychologist who is a cyclist. Matter of fact, he was hit while riding, broke his neck and other bones and should have died.

I shared with Lynn about Glenn’s 1976 bike ride to South America and our 2019 Coast to Coast with Neil Tomba. I gave her our card, and mentioned “the Listening Road”.

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