A Tasty Ohio Day

Today's adventure took us from the RV Park on

Highway 250 west past this old barn and beautiful corn field.

  We turned on Hwy 94N, where we shared the road with

some of the locals who were coming and

going about their daily business.  As for us, we were heading to the little town of Kiddron, where Mark was anxious to visit

this famous hardware store.  We all enjoyed time there and fascinated by what we saw.

There were...

new things that looked old.  And, things that

were really old.

Lauren questioned

this item.  Well...when is the last time you saw a clothes pin bag?

And, she was really fascinated by this

old hair dryer!

She did find a new

grill for her dad.

Andrew liked the

tractors,

the big book about tractors, and

the over sized lanterns!

Wow...you could roam around this place all day.  However, we needed to get on

down the road through...

where we would visit the

Heini's Cheese Factory.

Lauren was excited to

watch the process.  They started with 2,400 gallons milk and would end up with 2,000 pounds of jalapeno cheddar cheese.

Next would come the

salt and

jalapeno peppers.

After, these had been

well mixed, it was time to

dump the cheese curds into these tubes where it will stay for 12 hours while all the

liquid is squeezed out.

  From here it will be stored and aged.  This particular cheese is a Colby cheese and will be aged for 4 to 6 weeks, while a sharp cheese would be aged anywhere from 1 to 10 years.

Next stop...

the sampling room.

Andrew's favorite was the Canadian Bacon Cheddar, while Lauren went for

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Fudge.

Brenda....we even found some

butter for you!

And Jim, we found some

Habanero cheese for you!

With our choices made, we were off to find

lunch, which was an Amish buffet at the Homestead Restaurant in Berlin.  Yummy!

After a drive through the

surrounding country side and watching the Amish

going about their daily chores and

activities, we made one last stop at

a local market.

Here we shopped for

fresh fruits and

veggies.

Finally, after tasting our way through the day, it was time to figure out which

country road would lead us back to the RV Park!

Just A Travel Day

Typically, we don't travel on Sunday, but today made a perfect travel day because we needed to...

scoot around Louisville,

creep through Cincinnati,

wiggle through Columbus, and

dodge orange cones as we headed toward Cleveland!

  So, we decided all of this could be accomplished a little easier on Sunday than on a week day with rush hour traffic.

Plus...

We did it the old fashion way...reading a map.

It seems that there must have been something floating around the atmosphere today because...

Streets and Trips could not find the GPS...nor could my Droid.  Even the

satellite radio had no signal.

Now...that was what you call a real glitch in the system!

We made it just fine, even locating a Flying-J.  Here on I-71 in Ohio we paid

the highest price yet for diesel.  After getting fuel... we didn't have far to go before our turn off at I-71 and State Highway 30.  Once we were on 30, we saw lots of

farms and

farm houses.  And, then we saw our first

Amish family as they traveled home from church.  We saw signs for

places we want to go tomorrow.

Soon, we arrived at the

Evergreen RV Resort

where we will be staying for the next several days.

A quick look around the park...

the church at the front of the property,

the back side of the office and laundry.  (Note to Jim...there are 18 washers and dryers!)

And,

there is the indoor swimming pool.  And, yes, we have already tried it and the hot tub!

Now, we are settled in and discussing our plan for tomorrow.

  Be sure you come along as we discover the

Ohio Amish Country.

A Priceless Adventure...

Today's adventure started a little before noon as we all loaded in the Jeep and headed for none other than the one and only Churchill Downs...

home of the Kentucky Derby.

We had a great time as

we watched

the horses parade down the field.

From the program,

Lauren studied the stats and decided which horse

she wanted to put her money on.  While,

Andrew just made a call back to Texas to Great MiMi to see if she had any track tips to share.  I guess she did...

And, the winner was horse #4,

Sherlock, ridden by Calvin Borel, the 2010 winning Kentucky Derby jockey.

Andrew claimed his win, place, and show ticket of $12.60.  Lauren's choice, Cool Hero, came in 3rd place for a payoff of $2.60.

And, so went the afternoon...we watched as the horses

left the starting gate until they crossed

finish line.  And, then waiting and watching for the

official results to be posted.

We sat out a race or two while having lunch from the Track Grill.  We shopped in the

gift store, where Lauren and I had fun

trying on all the hats.  I mean a girl can't come to Churchill Downs without her hat!

We spent some time just out walking around admiring the

the beautiful facilities.  This is truly one

amazing place.

This evening we tried out

White Castle, home of the original slider hamburger.  It took 16 mini burgers to make dinner.  LOL

Then, it was off to Kart Kountry, where,

the kids choose to take a ride around the

world's largest and longest track at a mile and half.

Back to the RV park and still not out of gas, they decided to rent a couple of

banana bikes for a spin around the park.

Now, they are waiting for it to get dark so the movie can start, which will be shown on the

inflatable movie screen.  That is a wrap on our day and the summary went something like this...

     Parking..............................................$  5.00

     Admission to Churchill Downs.............$  1.00

     Wagering............................................$64.00

     Winnings............................................$44.00

     Food...................................................$41.00

    T-Shirt................................................$22.00

     Go Carts..............................................$20.00

     Banana Bikes.......................................$ 6.00

     The Adventure..................................Priceless

Tomorrow is a travel day...destination...Evergreen RV Park, Dundee, Ohio.  See you tomorrow from the Amish Country.