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.)

The clouds and check out how flat it is…

So many beautiful farms:

  

I was so amazed at the greenery.  Beautiful!

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.

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:

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:

Andy with Karen and Tom:

Me with Karen and Tom:

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!

 

August 26, 2022 Travel to Ohio

We did our final checks, packing and walk about and away we went.

Heading south on 209:   

Crossing the Susquehanna on 81:

Past the farms:

Heading to Western Pennsylvania Mountains:

Thru the Blue Mountain Tunnel (Tunnel 1):

Cool – this camera is GREAT!:

The light at the end of the tunnel:

But wait..another tunnel (Tunnel 2)..The Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel:

Love these mountains:

Tunnel Number 3 – Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel:

And the last one – Tunnel 4 – Allegheny Mountain Tunnel:

And we are out and among the mountains:

Pennsylvania turnpike has a few abandoned tunnels and a few years ago, three of us took a trip to see one set of them…very scary!

More farms – I love this picture:

That sky is very ominous:

A little rain as we crossed over to West Virginia:

But stopped as we crossed the Ohio River and entered Ohio:

Very dark:

Just as we got parked at the campground, it poured but stopped about 30 minutes later so we could hook up.

We are staying at Utika Shale RV Park in Belmont Ohio for the night.  It is a no frills park with full hookups.  The reason we are not boondocking is that it is HOT and HUMID and between us and the cats, we like it cooler.

Our Nexus rides like a bouncy truck and things get bounced around.  We thought we secured everything but did not so it was an interesting hour when we first settled in – LOL!  More arranging (and some repairs) to do going forward!

Our new GPS worked wonderful – loving it.  And the camera – loving that too.  Still learning both – good for my brain!

Tomorrow we continue west so stay tuned and enjoy today!

Stats for today:

Miles:  310 Miles (Long Day!)

Routes Traveled:

Pennsylvania: US-209; PA-125; I-81; I-76; I-70

West Virginia: I-70; I-470; I-70

Ohio: I-470; I-70; OH-147; Bond Drive