ON THE ROAD AGAIN, HEADED SOUTH through KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE!!

Our last stop at our condo in Boardman left us with a warm fuzzy for the fall colors in Millcreek Park behind our condo car port.  

We love the red and burgundy colors too,
when we can find them!  And we do!!

We left NEO Retreat Center and took the motorhome for service before hitting the road on Thursday, October, 15th at 5:45 am.   We arrived at Oak Creek Campground at Walton, Kentucky about noon.  That gave us time to rest up for our tour of The ARK on Friday.  It was a pricey adventure, but worth it!!  Knowing that it was built from details researched for authenticity, there was a lot of food for thought.  All of my life I have pictured the animals entering the Ark two by two as most artists depict it.  But you really don't have the concept of size and all until you walk through it and realize there were multiple floors.  That and many of the memos posted on walls really helped you learn the event in more depth.    

Entrance to parking lots.

Bus taking us to the Ark from the parking lot.

Audrey in awe!!

We begin our assent.  I'm comin' Gary!!

Because it is all ramps; strollers, wheel chairs
and motorized carts do not have any problem navigating.

There is also an elevator for the descent, which we were glad to find as we were exhausted by that time!!  Nice to be able to look up from time to time. 

Cages for smaller animals.

LoLooking up through the center to the openings for natural sky light. 

   

Oil lamps used 
throughout.

They had a 45 minute concert after the
 ARK tour.  It was good!!

We also ate a great buffet dinner while in the park.  

Friday, October 17th,  we left and moved on to Lewisburg, Tennessee to meet with friends, Lou and Sandy, who we met last year at the SKP Resort in Wauchula.  That night we stayed in Walmart parking lot. During the day we drove on out to their house for a visit -

and later drove into Columbia, TN with them to eat at Bucket's Rest.  It was unbelievable food and a great get acquainted time!!  It was awesome and the restaurant was very busy.  We left just before the music began.  We will have to go back there on our next trip through Tennessee!!

Sandy and Lou, great time getting acquainted!!

We went to Parkway Baptist Church there in Lewisburg on Sunday and later in the day went back out to Lou and Sandy's for steak dinner.  They were so good to us!!  We did not wait too late to get back to the motorhome because of the winding roads back in to town!!  Gary was also glad that we stayed at Walmart even though Lou had invited us to park at their place.  He would not have been comfortable driving the motorhome on the winding road, especially the one hairpin turn.  

Our next stop was Florence, Alabama to visit with Gary's nephew and his wife,  Michael and Cindy.  We have been looking forward to that!!  So stay tuned.

OUR LAST TWO WEEKS IN OHIO before HEADING TO FLORIDA

Here we are on the count down in October.  Time does fly when we keep moving!

Tuesday, October 6th, we met with Richie and Savannah for his birthday breakfast at Das Dutch Haus.

Archive picture: Savannah, Richie,
Gary and Audrey

A little early for his birthday the 14th, but we all had to make the best of our time. It was a great visit as usual!!  Then they had to get in their night's sleep after each working the night before!! 

Tuesday evening, Gary also went to his usual First Tuesday with former co-workers from Bliss.  

And Wednesday evening Audrey met up again with her friend, Louise, for another visit and dinner at Olive Garden.  This summer has gone too fast for enough visits!!  Of course, the covid scare is also an issue for safe meeting places.

Friday, October 9th, I scrapbooked for a five hour day at Eugenia's with friends, Leah and Betty/  It was a great visit and lunch!!

September picture:  Betty, Leah and Eugenia

Saturday, October 10th, Gary went to the Covelli Center in Youngstown for the Men of Faith, Rally in the Valley. Bing Newton does such an awesome job in organizing these.  They had some awesome speakers, Mike Lindell of My Pillow;  Veteran of Vietnam War, Dave Roever;  Jeff Stultz, Hope Dealer;  Lee Haney, Mr. Olympia; Tim Ginter, State Rep. What a line-up.  These men have such great testimonies about difficult times in their lives and how they turned it around!  I hear that Bing is already working on 2021 Rally. 

Sunday, October 11th, we took KFC to Richard and Lynn's for our last visit with them and Victor. Richie and Savannah were sleeping after their night shifts at their jobs.  Had a good visit, but didn't wake the sleeping!! It's a good thing that Richard and Lynn have such a big house to accommodate everyone!!  

Monday was our last laundry day and our last evening of card playing with our friends, Jim, Carol, Nancy, Kenny and Karen at NEO Park.  That is always a fun evening!!

While I did laundry, Gary picked out some of his art at the condo to take to Florida with us so that he can get in some shows, hopefully.  

We took the motorhome to Williamson's for oil change and any other care needed.  Then we pulled out Thursday morning to head out for Kentucky on our first day on our way south.  

Check up for our stops along the way.  Take care and have safe and healthy winter!!