Today is Sunday and the sun was shining.. We could not have had better weather if we could have ordered it.

Church was not until 11:00, so we had time to relax, enjoy more than one cup of coffee and really enjoy biscuits and sausage gravy... About that time we decided that this was the house of comfort food. Oh, they were tasty. We all enjoyed breakfast and, then got ready for church.

We worshipped with Cameron, Maria, Owen and Ruby at Cornerstone Alliance Church. It was a very nice service. The sermon was very good (maybe a little long for these old Lutheran ears). The pastor used some thought provoking analogies and examples. He talked about temptation. That surely is a universal issue. The congregation was warm and welcoming. We did have a concerned member approach us at the end of the service. She asked where we were from and we said "Washington...... State." "Oh," she said, "That's a very liberal state. That must be hard." Very quietly, Earla said, "not for us," but we expect that she was going to go home and pray for us anyway. She really was sweet, even if her concern might have been a little misplaced.

After church, we stopped at the mall. We did a little shopping and, then, headed back to Maria's. Camerons's daughter, Tori, and her boyfriend came by and we all enjoyed brats, chips and veggies for lunch. Then it was time to pack the car and head east once more. We took some pictures, shared hugs and wishes for another visit and headed out.

We went by the Harding memorial again (picture). The sun was shining, and that made the fall colors even more spectacular! Our mission for today was to find the Longaberger basket place and the Y bridge in Zanesville. We drove to Newark, OH and on the way out of town, we saw the largest basket in the world. It is the headquarters building for Longaberger and quite a site to see. Coming out of Newark, we got quite turned around and, that was when we reaffirmed that no road that we were on was or is the wrong road. Each drive is an adventure. We did not find a factory or store, but since it was Sunday afternoon, perhaps anything would be closed anyway and, after all, we did see the largest basket in the world! Then, we headed for Zanesville. We stopped at McDonald's along the way for coffee. Once in Zanesville, the mission was to find the Y bridge. It is the only Y bridge in the US (maybe the world), It starts out as a single bridge and splits half way across. We drove all the way through town, took a few side streets and, finally, stopped a local and asked directions. He was very helpful. We were right around the corner from the bridge. We crossed it, but taking pictures would not have been productive. One would need to take them from above. We came to Zanesville specifically to see this bridge and we saw it. Mission accomplished! Then, we decided on the Hampton Inn nearby and checked in for the night. The elevator needed vacuuming. We were a little leery. Then, we opened the door to the room and were hit by heat. It had to be at least 80 degrees in the room. We turned on the air and headed out the door for dinner.

We could walk to a number of places and chose the Tumbleweed thinking we might find soup. It was a Mexican restaurant... no soup. But they had very good margaritas!. Earla ordered a house salad and I ordered sered pan vegetables and cornbread. That was just enough after an afternoon of driving.

We are back in our room, which is really pretty nice now that it's cooler.

We've played one game of Scrabble - Mine!

We'll play at least one more game tonight, get some sleep, and continue eastward tomorrow.