Saturday November 13, 2010

Pa

Part 1

A Sunday Drive Filled With Beauty and Nostalgia

October 24

 

 

Cerwin has been talking about making this trip since 2007 (he retired from trucking in 2006) – and this was the day it finally happened.

 

 

Loved this car

 

 

Cerwin and Glenn

The purpose of the drive – about an hour and a half from our home – was to visit some of the farmers in Hegins Valley where Cerwin used to deliver propane.

I loved photographing the beautiful scenery and meeting the men who had become Cerwin’s friends during the almost forty years he delivered fuel for their corn dryers.

 

 

 

 

The Kiefer Farm in exceptionally neat and well-kept.

 

 

Cerwin visiting with Paul. We were disappointed that his dad, Mark, was not home. Paul suspected that he and his mom were visiting one of Mark’s brothers who is aging and not doing well.

 

 

It was not difficult to capture lots of beauty, as the leaves were at their peak colors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was also the peak of the corn harvest.

 

 

Mark was sitting on the yellow chair (to the left of Cerwin) when we arrived – watching dried corn as it transferred from one bin to another.

 

 

He was delighted for a break to visit with Cerwin, because he said sitting there was rather boring.

 

 

He had to be there to make sure the equipment kept running.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were most disappointed that Neil wasn’t home, because this was Cerwin’s first customer in Hegins Valley. Neil’s dad, Felix, passed away a few years ago, but it would have been fun to surprise Neil.

 

 

 

 

I loved seeing some of the old houses and vehicles in the valley.

 

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More pictures tomorrow – including a reminder of the place where Cerwin had his only accident in more than forty years of trucking.

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