Rainy drive to Ohio

September 11 – What a nasty morning and it didn’t get much better.  About the time we had breakfast and Bill was ready to go unhook the utilities it started raining harder.  We waited for a while and eventually it slowed enough to go out.  The inside was ready so I took the trash in the car to go by the dumpster while Bill drove out of the campground to the flat ground out by the road.  It was still drizzling but we got the car hooked up and ready to go.

I could tell Bill was not interested in driving in the rain so I offered to drive.  It was only supposed to be a little over 4 hours to drive.  Well, it rained on and off the whole way and on top of that there was more road construction!  I guess the best time to drive up north is Saturday and Sunday when those guys have off.  We didn’t arrive until after 2.  We stayed at Woods Tall Timbers in New Philadelphia, OH.  It was quite a nice resort with seasonal campers and a few spaces for short timers.  There was a nice swimming lake, putt-putt golf, huge play ground and the most beautifully landscaped campground.  Most of the sites were terraced into the hill side.  The lanes are all pretty narrow to get around in.  We had unhooked in town after getting lost using Suri.  We pulled into the high school and unhitched and tried again from there.  This time we were sent a different way and it was much better.  I pulled on in and parked and Bill stopped at the stop sign by the building.  Once we checked in they had someone take us to the site with a golf cart.  Bill wasn’t paying attention and turned too sharp and scraped the driver side of the RV on the stop sign in a couple of places.  Upon inspection it wasn’t deep and he thinks it will buff out.  The spot they gave us was one terrace up.  I didn’t understand why they didn’t give us the larger space at ground level that was wider.  The guy told Bill when we got ready to leave he could pull out on the grass if he needed to. 

 I called Aunt Janet to let her know we finally made it and to see what time she wanted us to come for dinner.  We were eating at 5 but she said come any time so we could visit. We got set up and again I tried the washer but still no go!  We rested a while and got showered and left at 4.  We enjoyed a nice visit with them catching up on various family members.  Dinner was excellent.  She served bbq ribs that the meat fell off the bones, with slaw, choice of baked white or sweet potato, red peppers and cheese.  Yummy!  After dinner we sat on the enclosed front porch and visited more and let our food settle.  She served dessert choices of peach custard pie or banana cream pie.  Again, delicious!  I do come from a good cook heritage!  Later my cousin Larry stopped by on his dinner break and we sat at the table to let him have some pie and caught up more for an hour.  At 8 when he left we followed.

We had planned to stay 2 nights here so I could see more of my cousins but with the RV in the shop we had to cut one night here and one in Maumee.

We needed a few things so stopped at Wal-mart first and then headed back to the campground.  Bill didn’t bother with the cable so we read a while.