Ark Encounter

On the drive down from Columbus, Ohio to Lexington, Kentucky we stopped at the Ark Encounter and I can tell you that this exhibit is enormous!  It is a recreation in actual size of Noah’s Ark from the Bible.  Take a look at the outside: And now for the inside: Read more…

Buckeye Lake

Headed down to Columbus and stayed at the KOA Buckeye Lake campground.  We wanted to stop in the Columbus area to visit with our niece, Ashton, who is Kat’s brother Bret’s daughter.  Ashton works at the Columbus Zoo. That evening we obtained tickets to visit “The Wilds”, which is a Read more…

Cannons in Akron

We headed up to Norton, OH just outside of Akron to visit with some friends of ours, Anne and Ant Cannon, for a few days.  Anne is another one of those BeautiControl girls that Kat developed a relationship with over the years. We parked at the Lake Campground which had Read more…

Indy 500

Left some of Kat’s family in Evansville to meet up with her brother Bret in Indianapolis for the Indy 500 race.  Katrina’s dad purchased four tickets about 30 years ago and now Bret has taken them over, he has upped them to eight tickets and over the years he has Read more…

Family in Evansville

Left Paducah and headed up to visit with some of Katrina’s family in Evansville, IN.  Kat’s  Dad grew up in Evansville and two of her aunts with their families live there today.  Aunt Debbie and Uncle Butch said that could stay in their driveway as it was long enough.  It Read more…

Year One in Review

Ok, we just passed the one year mark of living life on-the-road!  That’s 365 days since we left the Chicago-area as wide-eyed RV newbies.  Unsure of what we were doing we were off on this great adventure. We traveled south to Memphis, then headed west until we hit the Rockies, Read more…

Paducah

With my injuries bandaged, we left Nashville and headed up to Paducah, KY to visit friend of ours (Larry and Donna Hickey) that we made whilst in Alaska last year.  It was nice pulling into their driveway to camp for a few nights – especially when they have full hook Read more…

Nashville

Got into Nashville on Friday a bit late as we had to traverse Atlanta in the middle of the day due to our repairs taking FOREVER!  Stayed at Yogi Bear Jellystone Park – isn’t that cute?  The park was really tailored for kids younger than us.  That day they were Read more…