[Jackpine]

Johnny - That was a great account of your time in Ohio! I laughed and laughed because it felt a little like my experience in Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia and right next door to Valley Forge, where George Washington and his troops froze their backsides off. I didn't have the tree limb experience, but I sure had the snowplow party!

We were there in the summer too. Loved the mountains the moles built in our lawn and the shrews that tunneled under the deck I so carefully built out in back of our house.

And the Gypsy moth caterpillars! What fun to watch them take all the leaves off your trees, almost overnight!

Moss everywhere, mushrooms growing up through cracks in the driveway (making them bigger) and we were in a drought, so I couldn't wash the car!

I was very happy to see Pennsylvania in our rear view mirror as we headed back west!

Thanks again for a great start to this thread!

- Jack