Today was the start of week 6. I can’t believe we are near the end. Not much to report today. Mostly we drove, over 400 miles from Niagara Falls to Vandalia, OH. Why Vandalia? Well... it’s s good stopping place on route to Mammoth Cave, my 2 aunts lice here, and it’s where I was born. There also happens to be a lot of aviation history here... Wright brothers. I’ll leave that subject until tomorrow.
Sothe weather was rainy in Niagara Falls this morning. Looked like it was supposed to rain a bit there today, guess we timed out visit right to be there yesterday!!! No issues getting through customs and back into the US.
I do miss Canada though. Lots of differences. I suspect i’ll Be making lots of croissants and crepes when we get back to TX!
Ben helped navigate for a bit today. He did a great job, didn’t miss a trick.
We stopped in Columbus to visit the Capitol tonight. All the trips to this area as a kid and we never visited the Capitol building. We went to Columbus plenty. Guess it was just one of those things, you never do the stuff in your own backyard because it’s always there. Anyway, it’s s best building. Originally two buildings, they are now connected by an atrium. Sounds like it was covered over to keep the pigeons from pooping on heads as people passed between buildings. This is one of the few state capitols without an exterior dome. There is an interior dome surrounded by a cupola. It’s s neat building. Feels very sparse compared to some of the other Capitol buildings we have seen. Beautiful grounds, neat monuments. A worthwhile stop for the day.
We met my Aunt Hane for dinner at Marion’s - a Vandalia/Dayton favorite pizza spot. My aunt and my mom both worked there in their younger days. Marion’s has hosted many famous actors and such over the years and the walls are plastered with the old photos. We had fun finding my aunt in a couple of the pictures, showing the boys a blast from the past. Didn’t get a chance to thoroughly check all the pictures, but couldn’t find my mom in the one’s we did see. It’s entirely possible she’s on the wall at one of the other locations.
Ended the evening with my aunt with some ice cream at a local favorite place of hers.
Then it was back to the hotel. Just pulled the last load (hopefully) of laundry out of the dryer. We should be set on clothes until we get home next weekend. We are closer to 5000 miles now than4000, we still have 7 days to go. Our walking miles are near 150 for the past 5 weeks. Will be interesting to tally it all up at the end.
That’s my story for tonight.
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