Day 133 - Howell to Chesaning - Two Far 2021 - Sooo... Far

August 19, 2021

Day 133 - Howell to Chesaning

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We began today with a short ride to Fowlerville and a haircut for Kerry. He looked up barber shops along the route last night and found Reggie's Barber and Beauty Salon right on the way, with walk-ins welcome.

Reggie's was a great choice. One of the other patrons told us that folks came from 30 to 40 miles around to get their hair cut there, and we can believe it. There were three barbers, with Reggie up front - welcoming, entertaining and making everyone happy. I was going to get a picture of Kerry getting his long overdue haircut, but it was too much fun to watch this young man with Reggie. He was getting a Mohawk "like Daddy" and enjoyed every minute of it. Reggie was clearly having fun with him. This kid is really a "personality plus" boy. I had such a good time observing the whole event, I never did get around to taking a picture of my boy!

This is for Rich and Val. One of the other patrons was driving this cool 1967 VW.

Continuing on the route, we saw the usual beans and corn and lots of fields of sunflowers.

The heads of the sunflowers are looking down now.

This isn't a giant sunflower, but a close up of the head.

We asked the store owner at our next stop if the sunflowers were being grown for seeds or oil and she said it could be either.

We loved seeing this cheerful sunflower out in the bean field.

We stopped at the Walkerville Family Mart and met Alicia, who has owned this store for 25 years. She's originally from Louisiana, so the conversation turned from sunflowers to crawfish and shrimp.