Day Fifteen (9/28)
The kids let us sleep in this morning, which was very, very nice. Once we got moving, we went to Tudor's Biscuit World for breakfast based on a glowing recommendation by one of the Hillbillies on Thursday night. I think that he may have overrated the place a tad. It tasted like a typical fast food breakfast, though the biscuits were pretty good. We went to the local Piggly Wiggly to stock up on basics. We had planned on going to a historical farm museum in the afternoon, but we had just gone to the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown last month and the kids are starting to OD on museums :-) Plus, it was such a beautiful day, we wanted to be outside. We went back into Milton to a farm to do a corn maze. It was about eighty degrees out, so it didn't feel quite autumn-like. We had Halloween themed trivia questions to answer along the way to help us choose the right path at various checkpoints. Once the kids got over their anxiety about getting lost, we had a really good time. It was actually the first time that we have finished a corn maze! We've tried some pretty big ones, and after a couple of hours the kids have had enough. This one only took us about forty-five minutes to navigate and we had some friendly competition going with some other groups in the maze. On the wagon ride back to our truck, we chatted with a WV State Trooper and his family. They are from a town near the campground we stayed at last week.
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| We made it through - victory pose! |
Day Sixteen (9/29)
We packed up and finally headed out about 10:30 or so. It was a gorgeous drive to Kentucky, though the weather got drearier as we went. We got to go through the mountains again, so I was happy. We have determined that every road around here is a "winding road" according to the GPS. We made one stop for a bathroom break and to wolf down some PB & J. Of course, Teaser peed in her carrier anyway. Cats just aren't good at holding it.
We saw a lot of tobacco farms - all of the plants are hung up and drying in the barns. It must still be a lucrative business, as the farm houses were almost all big and fancy. We also passed a crazy number of cemeteries. Where did all of the people come from to be buried here? We're in the middle of nowhere!
Kincaid Lake State Park is the boonies, and coming from Galway, you know it means a lot when I say it! Plus, our campsite is a few miles in from the park entrance. We had to find the camp host to check in. We have a really nice site, but very uneven. We found out that the area is going to be filling up soon due to this weekend's "Wool Fest," which is a huge area festival with food, music, and crafts. It would probably be fun, but the campground is all reserved and we have to leave on the day the festival begins.
The kids and Bernie were very excited when the grandparents arrived! Once everyone was settled, Don and I were granted a date night while the kids stayed with the grandparents. We drove almost an hour up to New Richmond, Ohio to the Front Street Cafe. It was a cute little place on the Ohio River, but we were the only customers, which was a little odd. Luckily, everything we ordered was delicious! We started out with crab cakes with remoulade, then I had Pasta LaFayette with shrimp and andouille sausage, while Don had a rib eye. We both ended with creme brulee. We were stuffed and happy by the time we left!
We stopped at a Kroger's to restock AGAIN and prepare to be feeding more people this week. We are collecting grocery store membership cards as we travel around! We also bought discount tickets for the aquarium we're going to visit later this week. When we got back, we had to put our steaks in Bob and Linda's enormous freezer, because we can't fit anymore in our tiny one. Don discovered that the campground's wireless isn't working, so he has to find a place to go to work tomorrow morning!
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