Chatty Crone

Just getting back from CINCINNATI for Thanksgiving. Sorry I didn't get to answer all your posts - but I am back and will start up again.

This walk here is down a cold snowy path. Maybe a street in Ohio? This is the coat I needed for Ohio. My blood is thin, and I was incredibly cold. It actually felt PAINFUL - therefore I am taking THIS coat on my road this trip! And I LOVE pink - it is not just a color it is a FEELING.

I only had a light jacket - which is all we need in GA unless something ODD happens to the weather.

Sorry for all the photos! I want to make a MEMORY here.

Tuesday:

We always start a trip with a sausage McMuffin - no cheese and no egg - and a senior coffee - this trip was no different.

We drove a few hours and stopped for lunch at a Mexican Diner- the food was actually GREAT.

Now Georgia is FULL of hills. We are originally from Chicago, but we are used to the hills now. Coming back north the first thing I noticed was the land getting FLAT and all the farms there.

There is ALWAYS construction when we drive north. ALWAYS.

The border between Kentucky and Ohio is a river - the Ohio River - the only way to get there is by a bridge. They have about five or six of them. One year the bridge we needed had been HIT and this year one bridge part of one of the bridges had a FIRE burn part of it.

We made pretty good time, and our first stop is ALWAYS Kroger. We have Kroger here in GA - but compared to the Kroger there - it is a BABY Kroger. The one in Cincinnati is HUGE. It has EVERYTHING you could dream of there.

My son gifted us with a B&B. It was very nice - because there were five of us coming up. The night we pulled in there was a DEER in front of it. I think we saw ten baby deer along the side of the road coming up - it was so sad to see them.

My two babies - 47 and 49.

My daughter in law is the best cook EVER. When we got in that night we had a pot roast, the next night chicken sliders, and then Thanksgiving - a delicious meal. The last night we went out to eat at the Rusty Bucket.

Played cards and talked. Kind of a real grown-up conversation too! We REMINISCED and we talked, we laughed, we told stories . . . .

PLAYED some outdoor soccer games.

Wednesday - Lunch at the FORD Restaurant. Had Model T cars overhead.

Then we went back to Kentucky to see the 'Ark'. Have you heard of it? I'm sure you have heard of Noah's Ark, but have you heard of the exhibit?

A LIFE SIZE ARK - made to the specifications listed in the BIBLE.

Some people do not believe the Ark existed - I DO.

I never thought about much besides the animals.

However, they had to have everything there to survive.

Plants for food.

Jugs for water for the animals and 8 passengers.

MY zoo crew.

A loom to make fabric.

Pens for each animal and water.

They all had to be fed and cleaned daily!

Each person had about 800 animals to take care of.

They must have been working all the time.

I guess what I came away with - was how BIG it was. Noah HAD to have faith

to keep building all those years with people TEASING him.

How much WORK there was once they started going.

It was INCREDIBLE!

Thursday - TURKEY DAY

Had a delicious meal!

Turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberries, dressing, Brussel sprouts, green bean casserole and all sorts of desserts.

Went to the city to see some lights.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.

My son lives in Hyde Park. Went to see my grandson's school and J.D. Vance's house. You should see all the secret service men. It was really not that impressive.

Friday - Restaurants galore in Hyde Park. Not restaurant chains - but individual little shops.

Grater's Ice Cream (try chocolate raspberry)

Cincinnati Chili

Peace, Love, and Donuts - makes a ton of variety of 'little' donuts.

MOVIE THURSDAY AFTERNOON

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