Eating Out

Night before last my wife Marsha and myself (Can you guess what I like to do beside eat? I admit this picture was photo shopped to get rid of the person I was jumping tandem with.) and our friends Pat and her husband Russell

went out to eat. We decided to try a new restaurant in town
Logan's Road House.

Logan's is a chain that as near as I can tell has 225 restaurants in 23 states. The one we went to here in Troy, Ohio, had just opened the day before we visited them. I have to admit that I was a bit leery of going so quickly after they opened since I have had bad experiences at places immediately after they opened.

I didn't have to worry though. The food was wonderful! Some of the menu items were a bit pricey, but not all of them.

All four of us enjoyed our meals tremendously. There was somewhat of a long wait for them because the place was jammed with customers but it was well worth the wait. I have a new favorite restaurant!

We were waited on by a lovely young lady named Catherine and she was ably assisted by her trainer Tim. I took pictures of them using my phone, but neglected to save them. I'm tech challenged sometime. I'm sorry Catherine and Tim.

Those of you that live in or near Troy should try the new Logan's Road House. It is right next to Ruby Tuesday's, which I'm afraid is going to take a serious hit from them.

I highly recommend Logan's.

My Open Cockpit Bi-Plane Ride

Today, I took the bi-plane ride that I was given for my birthday. I'm actually in the plane you see above. It was pretty exciting. More so, because my wife Marsha told the pilot that I have been a paratrooper, which impressed him no end. He's never jumped, and was blown away when he asked me how long it had been and I told him only about 8 years, when I was 60. He said, "Well, since you were a jumper, I guess you want an exciting ride...I will do some 'ups and downs'" he said. What could I say? Of course I said: "Sure...go right ahead. Anything you want to do." I need to talk to Marsha, and ask her to keep things to herself. :) Truthfully, it wasn't bad at all. I enjoyed it. He didn't get too wild. Following are a few pictures, and if I can get it uploaded, a video of me taking off. I have never worked with videos before, and neither has Marsha and our friend Pat who actually took the video.

This is the plane I rode in.



Here I am climbing into the cockpit.



Sitting in the cockpit waiting on the other passenger to get in. Looks Like I am going to be the pilot, doesn't it? Actually, the Pilot sat in the very rear and the other passenger and myself sat in the front.



Taxiing to the field to take off.



Here we are taking off.


Following are a few pictures I took by leaning out of the plane. The Pilot said it was ok :)

The two large buildings are Honda, when my wife works.



A neighborhood close to mine.



Returning to the field.



It was an exciting and pleasant experience, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to do it.