You’d never believe that I actually think about this blog at least 3 or 4 times a week. I load my daily run post under the Run Streak page (found above), but I never really get anything posted as an actual blog post. Frankly, it’s because most of my daily “blogging” occurs on Facebook and Twitter and I don’t think about putting it here. So, here’s a review of August 2023 to get us caught up and a hope to be more present here on the blog.
We attended the Johnson County Fair to meet up with Rep. Poskin and Rep. Hoye.
The biggest news in August was the engagement of Emily to Clint Saunders. We met up with his family afterwards for a lovely lunch and celebrating the couple.
Linda and I travelled to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area to tour a number of Frank Lloyd Wright houses, but especially Falling Water. We also toured a number of local breweries. Elaine drove up to meet us for one of our days of touring.
We started at The Church Brew Works – a brewery that is in a restored Catholic Church.
We then went to the Andy Warhol museum; it happened to be his birthday, so it was free for admission.
We travelled to our Bed & Breakfast about an hour out of town:
Our first FLW tour was Polymath Park where there were several homes to visit. This is where Elaine joined us for the day.
We visited the Fred Rogers museum
Visited Helltown Brewery.
The next day was the big tour at Falling Water. What an amazing house and surrounding scenery.
Next, we drove to the Flight 93 National Museum. Somber…
More breweries, including Unity Brewing where I got a pickle sour that was actually green. Linda’s Facebook post is classic.
Final FLW house was Kentuck Knob at Ohiopyle.
After returning home, we attended the Johnson County Democrats Gala – Forever the Free State. It was a great evening with Linda’s closest friends from the Legislature (her Sunflower Sisters).
Lastly, at the end of the month, I drove down to Oklahoma to visit my Dad. The seas the first time doing a long-distance trip in the Tesla, which I’ve had since March 2019. It went much easier than I thought it would, charging every 100-120 miles and being there only 15-20 minutes each time. This was just enough time for me to find a bathroom and purchase another coffee and snack. By the time I got back to the car and scrolled through Facebook and Twitter, the car was ready to go.
Finished August off with another Town Hall, this time our neighborhood park.
