Cast of characters: Me (generation #1), Leah (generation #2), and Kaleigh and Gavin (generation #3).
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| First there was some frolicking, i.e., my first trip to a Six Flags amusement park. Here we are about the enter Scary Swamp. Will we ever reappear? |
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| Around and around on the Colossus, a big but tame Ferris wheel. See the Ozarks in the background. Notice the wet hair, evidence of our having waltzed through the sprinkler -- Hot day! |
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| We set off in the pouring rain. Each kid had a video camera. |
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| And each had a well- equipped nest in the back seat. |
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| We stopped to see the world's biggest candle, at Warm Glow Candles in Centerville, Indiana. |
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| And a field of giant, statuesque stone corn, near Columbus, Ohio. Suddenly, it rained again. |
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| We stopped for supper in Ohio, off I71, at the Buckeye Express Diner. |
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| Leah paid a quarter so she and Gavin could ring the bell. The slot machine must be a device for keeping peace with the neighbors. |
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| Ohio is also home to this monument to Chief Leatherlips (evidently a complimentary name). |
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| After an overnight in Garrettsville, Ohio, we drove through Mennonite country. Here is the period-piece gas station in Mesopotamia, Ohio. |
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| We shopped for breakfast at the totally satisfactory general store in Mesopotamia . . . |
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| . . . which boasted its own robot . . . |
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| . . . and lots of attractive merchandise. |
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| We rode three of the six antique carousels in Binghamton and Endicott, NY -- which are testaments to some concern for the welfare of the laboring family in the era of the Big Industrialists. |
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| We arrived in Wayland at 2 a.m. on the second day, slept in, then relaxed from the trip at Lake Cochichuate's lovely state park. |
1 comment:
Wow ~ Kaleigh is so tall!! (standing next to you) I remember when SHE was the baby!!! Looks like a great trip - love the Ohio pics. I need to get back to Ohio soon...maybe Oct.
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