Aug 18 try try again

I have tried to post Aug 18 but it  was unreadable and have  tried various things to make it work, and accidentally deleted Aug 19 so computers and blogging is challenging us.  
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Last night, we fell asleep to the sound of a stream and to the noise of city traffic (the next-door neighbor had a small flowing fountain a few feet away, and the house was on US-23 as it went through town.) We were tired enough that we slept well.  
We traveled a little north of Columbus before we headed east. We passed a huge manufacturing plant and then discovered that is a very large Budweiser plant. We stopped in a pancake house we passed and Kay tried the buckeye pancakes--had chocolate and Reeses chips baked in them and also melting on top.
Our route took us through Inniswood Metro Gardens. We were amazed at the beauty and variety of plants and also at the many volunteers (our age or older) working on hands & knees weeding and caring for the gardens. 

 We passed through some wealthy- looking suburbs northeast of Columbus and were also amazed at how much construction of large buildings was going on to the east. We also got to cross on top of Hoover Dam--the Ohio version.
To arrive at our Warm Showers hosts, we had to work hard the last 3 miles up and down some very steep hills--they warned us! One of our hosts switched to remote work due to Covid and now has been able to do it permanently which has eliminated a very large commute. We had a wonderful dinner with them out on their deck overlooking a wooded slope with a stream at the bottom.           

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