Ohio Road Trip - Days One-Three

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The Adventure begins before we even leave home! David changed the oil in my truck, checked the battery, did all the typical husband/dad things before your family goes on a long road trip. And wouldn't you know, as I go to run some errands before the trip, my truck won't start!! We had to buy a new battery, but I was just glad that we found that out before the trip!!

So, as soon as the battery was put in, we hit the road. We left home around 8 PM on Saturday. We had a drive thru dinner in Waco, gas/bathroom stop in Dallas, gas stop in Little Rock Arkansas, and then we stopped for breakfast just this side of Nashville at Loretta Lynn's. That was a trip. I couldn't figure out why the ham I was eating from the breakfast buffet tasted so odd, until Pete tells me he overheard someone say that was the best fried bologna they ever had!! Yuck! I ate friend bologna. We got some pictures of the kids in front of a giant buffalo (don't know the relevance of giant buffalo in front of Loretta Lynn's, but oh well). Back on the road. We drove through to Bowling Green Kentucky (Regan renamed it Green Ball Kentucky) then on through Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, and just north of Columbus about 30 miles to Marengo, Ohio. We got in about 6 PM Sunday, their time, just in time for a dinner of green chili and burritos, YUM!!!

We raided Grandma's garden and the kids picked their own watermelon for dessert. We picked peppers, tomatoes, cantaloupe, all kinds of home grown goodies. The kids LOVED it!!

The next day we spent around the house, kind of resting up from the trip, Pete and Riley worked on Pete's 4 wheeler. Never did get it going though. Regan helped Grandma peel apples for Apple Butter and we just had a good time walking around the country, and enjoying being out in the middle of nowhere!!

Riley has been terribly dad-sick, calling him about every hour, and already wanting to go home. Could be a long week!! Regan on the other hand, wants me to leave her here when we go back.