June 13, 2011. Artemas, PA. Sara Lou.

It is always a bit difficult to use the GPS to get  to the farm.  The little machine brings you  via very odd roads.  Today, poor Sara Lou drove here to the farm following the directions on her trusty Garmin, which brought her right up Creek Road and forced her to ford  the creek, twice.    She had been to the farm before and when I asked if she needed directions she told me that she had them  in her phone.  But she used her GPS instead and drove across the creek two times.  Two weeks ago,  her sedan car would not have made it across that creek, but today, she drove across just fine.   She had no clue where she was, until she finally saw our red barn.  Then she knew she had arrived.

She enjoyed everything about the farm, especially the peace and quiet.  The weather was perfect, so we sat on the screen porch and talked and talked and talked, catching up on the events of the past eight months.  She had never seen the Hill House or the renovations to the kitchen and third floor of the Farm House and of course, she had to see how we had fit ourselves so well into the Hill House.  So our day was full.  Now she is on her way home.  But she will not drive down Creek Road.  We told her a better way!!