Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ohio. Show all posts

5/13/2023

May 8, 2023 Traveling to Pennsylvania

(Note: This blog is picture intensive.  Many of the pictures were taken as we were driving so they may not be super sharp. But the scenery just had to be captured. Notice the topography changes as we traveled– Amazing!)

We woke to cloudy skies, got ourselves and the motorhome together and off we went to the east, past more farms:

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Into Ohio:

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Where we found another muffler-type man:

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More wind turbines (they are all over the U.S.):

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Looks alien, doesn’t it?

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Past farms:

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And wineries:

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The skies are clearing – YEA!

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All that white is dandelion gone to seed..what I call “puff-balls”  Smile

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Past many swollen rivers:

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Into Pennsylvania – we are almost home:

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We stopped at the PA Welcome Center and found a Peter Toth statue – one of the “Whispering Giants”:

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We have seen a few of these on our travels.  The interesting story can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_the_Whispering_Giants

https://postcardhistory.net/2021/06/peter-wolf-toth-and-his-trail-of-whispering-giants/

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=14zbWNd9SX-ij52j72VpSJcPGU6w&hl=en&ll=44.63262389136883%2C-113.15829150000002&z=4

Our travels continued:

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After 400 miles – long day – we settled in at a Walmart in Clarion, PA.  We should be home tomorrow so stay tuned and enjoy today.

Today’s stats:

Miles Traveled: 400 Miles  (Long Day)

Routes Traveled:

Indiana: IN-120; IN-9; US-20; I-69; I-469; US-30

Ohio: US-30; I-71; I-76; I-277; I-77; I-76; I-80

Pennsylvania: I-80; PA-68

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9/04/2022

August 29–September 2, 2022 Elkhart, RV Surplus, and Flea Market

We left our beautiful little spot in Caesar Creek State Park and headed west thru small towns:

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And into Dayton:

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Dayton:

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More Dayton:

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Thru lots of farms and farmland:

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Neat Road Side Attractions:

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You can tell which way the wind blows:

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I just love the small towns:

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More windmills – yes it was very breezy: 

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More roadside attractions!  I just love seeing them:

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Welcome to another state on this journey:

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We are in Amish Country:

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We made our way to the Elkhart Campground and finished the day by setting up, fixing/rearranging more items, and then relaxing.  Sheesh!  It’s an adventure – LOL!

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 250 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Ohio: Center Road; OH-380; US-35; I-75; I-70; US-49; US-127; US-30

Indiana: US-30; I-469; I-69; US-20; CR-17; CR-04

On Tuesday, 8/30, we went to Bontrager’s RV Surplus and Johnson’s RV Surplus in White Pigeon, Michigan.  Bontrager’s RV Surplus Warehouse is huge and they have everything you can think of for any type of RV and small home.  We spent a few hours there picking up some items we needed and looking at what they have available and getting measurements.  I know that if we lived closer, Andy would be here quite a bit.  Johnson’s is more of an RV store but we still found some items that we have been looking for.

We did get some ideas of what we want to do above the cab and inside the cab.  And we found someone who will do it.   Soooo  we will make arrangements to get it done when we are heading back in the spring.  Now that we know what is available, we just need to figure out exactly what we want.  LOL!

We had lunch in a little town diner (just love the small towns) and watched some of the harvest:

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On Wednesday, 8/31, we went to the Shipshewana Flea Market.  We have been thru this area a few times but never when it was open.  There were over 700 vendors (food, crafts, and junk plus interesting people). I could have spent the day!  Those who know me, know I LOVE these markets and Andy – not so much – Sad smile.  We did pick up a few more items too.  Thank God, we are in an RV cause I could have bought so many more things for my yard.  I am going to be the old lady on the street who has lots of yard art or chachkies as I call them – LOL!

After a few hours, I took Andy home and I went to Walmart and the Amazon Locker to pick up a few of our packages.  It was a long day but fun..

Thursday morning, 9/1, was spent doing laundry.  In the afternoon, I went for a haircut and it is a little too short.  (I have a great hair dresser back home who took pictures of what it should look like and what to tell the next hairdresser.  Jess, it didn’t work…)  Oh well, it will grow back.  LOL!

Our neighbors:

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That evening we went to dinner at the local Moose lodge – what a great time!

Tomorrow we head to Iowa.  We will be skirting the edge of the Chicago metropolitan area.  Always crazy.

So stay tuned and enjoy today.

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August 27 - 28, 2022 Travel and Friends in Ohio

Saturday, August 27th

We continued our journey across Ohio.  Check out the cows, the blue skies and the green grass.  We have not seen so much greenery in months. (Our hometown is in a severe drought.)

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The clouds and check out how flat it is…

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So many beautiful farms:

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I was so amazed at the greenery.  Beautiful!

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We arrived at Caesar Creek State Park, set up, and met our friends, Karen and Tom, for dinner at a small restaurant in Waynesville, Ohio.

We met Karen and Tom in 2010 when they were camp hosting at Hueston Woods State Park and have stayed in touch every since.  Our paths crossed a few times when we were traveling but we have not seen them in quite a few years.  It was so good to see them and get caught up.  We made plans to have a cookout tomorrow at the state park.

After we left the diner, we took a little road trip around the area.  Saw many deer but no pictures. Sad smile

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 180 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Ohio: Bond Drive; OH-149; I-7; I-270; I-71; OH-380; Center Road

Sunday, August 28, 2022

We spent this morning doing some more repairs and rearranging and some upgrading. (I will explain each in a future blog about the RV.)

Our site:

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Karen and Tom came over later in the afternoon and we had a wonderful time still getting caught up.  We are so blessed with the folks that we have met in our journey.  It was like those years apart never happened and we picked up where we left off.

Their dog – such a cutie:

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Andy with Karen and Tom:

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Me with Karen and Tom:

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What a wonderful time!  Thank you Tom and Karen and hope to see you again.

Tomorrow we head west and north to Elkhart Indiana so stay tuned and enjoy today!

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