After spending a wonderful time in Lexington Ky, we headed north through Cincinnati. The panoramic view of Cincinnati on our descend into the city was just awesome. The backdrop of the mountains, the Ohio River cutting through the city and the high-rises of downtown was just breath taking. We were surprise to see such a modern city with artful bridges in the hilly farmland’s of Ohio.
After six hours of driving, we got to our campsite at Alum Creek State Park just a few miles north of Columbus, Ohio. As we have learned the past couple of months, most RV sites in the northern part of the US don’t have water or sewer hookups. So our site only had 50amp and we made sure our fresh water tank was full and our black and grey tanks were empty before settling into our site.
We haven’t explored Ohio very much and since we were going through Columbus we might as well stay a couple of days. It didn’t take long to see that Columbus is a typical big city and it was not “Our Cup of Tea” but we did find the German Village that had a lot of charm and the eating was good!
We had the Honey Roasted Turkey Reuben, topped with sweet kraut, melted aged Swiss and a special dressing served on toasted pumpernickel. Both Denise and I said this is one of the best reuben that we ever had.
We were ready to move on after two days. Today we drove 350 miles to Shawnee State Park outside of Bedford, Pa. We got a nice level campsite in an open area. The sun felt good in the cool mornings and there were plenty of hard surface roads to ride bikes and walk.
The weather is changing and leaves are starting to change color and dropping. This is the first day of fall and mother nature is right on time. I’m personally not ready for this but Denise is loving it.
About 15 miles away is the September 11, 2001 Flight 93 memorial. This is where terrorist took over Flight 93 and the 40 passengers fought the terrorist and averted a terrorist act. The plane crashed in this Pennsylvania rural mountain area and all on board were killed. This memorial is about the hero’s that gave their lives here. It is very moving and very well done. The place was so busy, even the overflow parking was overflowing. We spent a couple of hours and was very glad that we stopped and visited.
