BACK IN OHIO

Having left Kentucky and the Big party in Indiana, we traveled on to Amish country near Loudonville, Ohio. We checked in at Wally World Campground for a five day stay. This campground as well as many others run along the Mohican River where there is a lot of rafting and canoeing. What, is that a cell phone to her ear? When a group would come down the river behind the campground, Gary would take off with the camera to get some shots. It did look like fun, but my knees would make it difficult getting in and out of the craft. These looked to be having fun . Wonder what he is pouring? This young fellow looks to have been deserted while being passed up by a kayak. But sure looks like leisurely fun with some father-son time also . Most of the campers were back along the river for the scenery. However, our motorhome neighbor had just been pulled by tractor out of that row after the rains got him mired in. You can just barely see his unitnext to us, but you can see that he pulls a trailer with their motorcycles for sight seeing. They did all of the country winding and dirt roads in the area. They must have had loads of fun as they were late getting back at times. I also met a couple at the library who were parked in Wally World , when I was trying to use the library's wi-fi. Thank goodness he was able to help me with the computer. I took Gary to meet them later as they are from Ontario and he spends his winter months supervising at a Habitat for Humanity affiliate in Florida. They later stopped by our site to drop off his Habitat card and phone number for another winter, if we return to Florida. In spending the evening talking we found that they had also stopped at a little country church in Claysink, FL for a gospel musical by the Terrestrials. It was the same one that Gary went to when I was in Ohio helping my brother. Gary had even remembered where they sat as he remembered the Montana plates from the truck of the couple they were with. We run in to so many of these coincidences. It is fun! Gary thought that this campfire grill was interesting. People use all kinds of ideas!! Gary had picked up this idea at Mohican over a year ago and copied it. You can even hang a pot to raise and lower from the tri-pod. We have been in so many states where it was too dry to permit fires, that we got away from using it very much. I cook inside just like you at home! Wally World was a nice campground with a large building that housed a community room and game rooms, an adult lounge , laundry room, showers and restrooms and a store. The activities range from the Wally Woo-woo to a swimming pool , little kids playground and miniture golf behind and basketball. As usual, we looked for a church upon arriving in the area and found another coincidence when we attended that Sunday. At First Baptist we met the pastor, John Fitch, who is also from Salem. Both Gary and I had contacts with his family many times over the years, but we did not know that he was in Loudonville. The service that sunday was done by the youth and very enjoyable. The young never cease to amaze us! The pianist, if you closed your eyes and listened, sounded like Elvis when he sang! He was a graduating senior and we thought that he sure could pay his way through college doing impersonating performances. There are so many of them out there, but they always seem to have work. There was also a beautiful soloist. One evening we sent to the Lodge for dinner at the Mohican State Resort along one of the lakes. It is a lovely place and great food. I finally had my prime rib! Going into Loudonville we found this interesting cabin in the center of town.

In Millersburg we walked the streets and looked at all of the buildings and through a couple antique shops. We found a neat book store that also had wi-fi connections which we could use even when parked along the street. This sure was a convenience since this area is only serviced by Verizon! We also went on down the road to Berlin and through all of their shops. It is so touristy and really not all that authenic Amish. But I guess they are all getting that way to keep the economy up.

When driving between Mohican State Resort and our campground, Gary saw a little red and white sign that said "Castle" with an arrow. It did not indicate how far or what the name of it was. So we decided to follow the signs. It seemed to go on forever and some of the roads were even gravel. But we finally did find a sign and a little parking lot with the "castle" back in amongst the trees . We felt like we were intruding so did not go up to the building. Gary did find out that you can go on line and find out about reservations. It is not very old. Seems to me that they sure need better signs and roads. Maybe next time we will look into having dinner there.

Now it is time to move on home and see the family!! See you there!!