Ohio Road Trip: Day 4, The Trip Home

 

If you’re just stopping by you may want to read Day 1 and Days 2 & 3 of our Ohio Road Trip. 

Talk about a short and sweet trip!  The kids and I actually began our return trip to Alabama on Sunday night. We drove three hours to Cincinnati before stopping at a Red Roof Inn. I have to admit that I’ve never stayed at a Red Roof Inn and since I got a really great coupon rate I wasn’t expecting anything grand but I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped into the lobby and saw a beautifully updated modern decor. Our room was also updated and fresh. Not bad for $39!

When I spoke to my husband Sunday night, he mentioned that we really should sleep in before heading back on the road on Monday. Imagine my surprise when he texted me at 7:00 surprised because I wasn’t up yet! Hello, seven in the morning is not this night owls idea of sleeping in but once awake, it’s often hard for me to go back to sleep. I woke the kids up and we did all our necessary on-the-road-morning-routines. You know, brush our hair and teeth, check Facebook, e-mails, etc.

When we finally peered outside we were disappointed to find that it was raining. That kind of spoiled my plans for the outdoor stops.

I had planned to stop at the Patton Museum in Fort Knox, KY but the website stated that there is a five minute walk from the parking lot to the museum entrance, since it was raining we opted not to go.

We continued on our way and got stuck in traffic instead. We decided to people watch and after a few minutes decided that wasn’t such a good idea. Just in case you have ever wondered, driving naked isn’t the best thought that could ever pop into your head. You know, just in case you get stuck in traffic. (Please tell me that man really had on pants! )

Oh yeah, if your dentures need cleaned, you may think that cleaning them in a traffic jam is a great idea but I beg to differ. 

By the time we’d reached Cave City we knew it was time to get out and stretch our legs and how could we resist rummaging through the Olde General Store? 

 

There was a ton of stuff littering the outside and if you love to go through junk like I do, it’s just the place to waste some time. I happily picked up some post cards for our little traveler but I had yet to run into a penny pressing machine and I had promised a custom piece to Maureen of Spell Out Loud, the winner of the Ohio Road Trip Getaway and Giveaway package. 

I was so excited to see not one but two penning pressing machines! I couldn’t dig out my quarters fast enough!

They even offer free pennies for the machines! I thought that was the best idea! Lucky for them I ran out of those quarters!

Across the street from The Olde General Store is Dinosaur World. We didn’t stop for a tour but who could resist snapping a few pictures?

Isn’t this the coolest thing? RRRRRR….RUN!!!!

Mammoth Caves is literally minutes away…one of my favorite national parks!

 

My new driver was disappointed that he wasn’t able to drive for the entire trip, but I have such a hard time giving up that driver’s seat! I just love to drive. Plain and simple.  I did manage to allow him to drive for several hours though along both legs of the trip which seemed to appease him.

I couldn’t wait to get a glimpse of that rocket because that meant we were only minutes away from home.

Four days. 19 hours. 1140 miles. Whew…what a trip!

Until next time~ Happy Road Trippin’!

Ohio Road Trip: Day 2 & 3

Well, both Day Two and Three of our Ohio Road Trip have come and gone and I have no pictures to share. Can you believe that I lost me camera? What’s up with that?

Two days of  meet ups with old friends and family, more driving and very little sleep! It’s a good thing that I’m one of those people that feels so much better with little sleep.

Visiting Ohio is always a bit stressful because we want to visit everyone and we never have time to do that. Someone always feels that we didn’t spend enough time with them and is slightly hurt, not realizing that we always leave wishing there were more people we could have seen and spent time with.

Though I had planned to visit some of our favorite attractions in the Ohio area, on Saturday I realized that maybe I had been a bit overly ambitious with planning. After all, if you haven’t seen a wonderful friend for 2 or 3 years, wouldn’t you rather spend a few minutes with them over coffee than go to the state park?

The entire reason for our trip was to attend my sister-in-laws baby shower. I hope we haven’t bored our traveler to death! 

Though we’d planned to hit the road bright and early Monday morning to return to Alabama, I’ve finally accepted the fact that it is easier for me to stay up then wake up and we got a head start by leaving Sunday night. We only drove for three hours before stopping, but that means today we’ll only drive for seven. Sometimes it’s just nice to break up the trip.

So, we’re hoping to find something to do today so that you’ll actually feel that this is a road trip worth following.

Until later~ Happy Roadtrippin’!

Ohio Road Trip Part 1

Well, I’ve already learned that blogging and tweeting from the road is an easy concept to think about but not so easily implemented. I have a few kinks to work out, but then, that was the idea for a trial run, right?

First of all, I’ve not been able to figure out how to add a mobile status update to my Facebook page without it posting to my personal page  instead of Live the Adventure’s. Any ideas?

I also have been unable to Tweet pictures from the road.

Other than those few hitches, the the road trip itself is going well despite the fact that we got off to a late start. I’d planned to leave Alabama Thursday night, but we didn’t leave until later Friday morning which called for a change of plans. I wasn’t able to make a couple of the stops I’d planned along the way, but I’m hoping to make those up on the way back to Alabama.

So, this is what our road trip has looked like so far…

 

After our late start, we passed into Tennessee rather quickly which really made us feel like we were making progress.  

I love Nashville’s skyline. I had hoped to make a quick stop here but the metropolis is fairly close to our home so we can make that trip another time. 

We passed into Kentucky and though I thought about stopping at Mammoth Caves, we decided to go in search of the World’s Largest Bat. We found not one, but two. Any guesses on where we were?  I’ll share more on this later.

 

And don’t forget that Maureen from Spell Out Loud graciously allowed Lil Pumpkin to join us on our trip and we’ve picked up a few goodies for her along the way. It just so happens that Maureen is giving away a fun Road Trip Curriculum, how fun is that?  

I always love to see the Cincinnati skyline because it means that I’m almost where I need to be!

Stay tuned as I spend the next two days in Ohio on our very brief, but so far, very fun Ohio Road Trip!

If you want to follow along you can follow along with Twitter. 

Until tonight ~ Happy Road Trippin’!

Where am I?

I’ll give you a clue. It’s not in Alabama. LOL Actually, I’m not at the same place where I took the picture either, but I did make a quick stop there today. Let’s see if anyone can guess where I went. Maybe some of you have even been there. Anyone want to guess? You won’t win anything, but it will be fun. I’ll post the answer tomorrow when I finish the Field Trip Friday post. And now, after driving since 4 a.m. this momma needs some sleep!