Daily Archives: October 9, 2009
Grand Lake…
Going back to Celina, OH for a few minutes…
We saw some neat old houses there too, since Celina has been around since 1834.
This one was on our route into town from the fairgrounds.
I thought the decorations/lightning rods/whatever on the roof peaks were really neat too.
Celina’s other claim to fame is Grand Lake. And Grand Lake has the distinction of being the largest hand-dug lake in the US.
It’s 8 miles long and 3 miles wide and covers 13,500 acres. Although it has 52 miles of shoreline, it is only 5-7 feet deep.
It was dug between 1837 and 1845 as a feeder reservoir for the Miami and Erie Canal. The Canal lasted until the 1870’s when the railroads took over.
Then the lake became important again in the 1890’s when oil was discovered under the lake and it became dotted with oil derricks.
Now it’s primarily used for fishing, boating and swimming.
Here’s a shot taken in the winter. You can click the pic for a larger shot.
Anyway, back to the present.
Today we tried a new Chinese Buffet place called North China Buffet. Unlike the other one we ate at earlier this week, this one is better, and much closer.
After getting back to the rig, we continued to go thru stuff and organize things.
Then later in the afternoon the mechanics I had contacted came over to talk about putting new shocks on the coach. After talking they may do some other work for us, and I may do a website for them.
About 6pm we decided to have dinner at Callahan’s, a family-style restaurant right down the street. Very good food and some great leftovers.
Then it was home for the night.
More tomorrow…
