Thursday, April 9, 2026

A Short Travel Day Eight

 Perrysburg, OH

Last night I was up late, 11:00, an hour past my usual bedtime. I had a tea when we arrived at the casino with my sorry so wasn't sleepy enough at 10.

Good morning!
This was last night and worthy of a picture.

On Thursday, Apr. 9th I was awake at 8 EDS time thinking it was only 7. We forgot to change the bedroom clock. 🤭 we watched Survivor and were on the edge of our seats waiting to see who got voted off.  It didn't go our way. 

Today, we move on under cloudy skies.

Bill checks for tire pressure every morning before we pull out and with that done we were on the road a few minutes before 10. A short 200 mile drive today and then a rest day with no movement, except some shopping. 🤗

Overpasses, not as fancy as in NM
but still very nice looking.

It was windy, but a tail wind from the south helping our mileage along! The sky was partly sunny and partly cloudy, 64F/16C. We stopped for fuel before leaving Anderson at a Mudflap Speedway and hit I-69E soon after. This section of the interstate started out not 'too' bad but still not good.


I do like this water tower.

A few 'oomphs' here and there that make us grit our teeth. The fridge bars I use for traveling are really getting on my nerves. They don't seem to be holding things in place but I do have some other ideas that I'm going to try so I'll let you know! We've been doing this for 10 years so I've tried lots!

Ahead of my narrative,
the following pictures have us at
Stony Ridge KOA in Perrysburg, OH
Luckey Road on the left
Entrance to the park on the right.

We took Exit 21 onto US24E and what an improvement! The pavement was smooooth when we crossed into Ohio around 11:45 am. Seems the morning went quickly and I guess it did since we didn't start out until almost 10! It was nice to have a slower start though. 😀

These flowers are
White and Yellow Trout Lilies

Eventually, we took Exit 68A onto 475S/US23S. We weren't long and we were taking a few momre exits. 1A, 193 to put us briefly on I-75N and then a right turn onto Fremont Pike in Perrysburg. We were an hour early for park entry so pulled into the Hobby Lobby mall parking lot and ate lunch. It was 1:15 pm.

Nice little cabins here with
sleeping quarters only.
I peeked in this one's window.

Gibbs was anxious so at 1:55 we headed to our destination on Luckey Road. The Stony Ridge KOA is not inexpensive but it is very convenient for our needs. Being this close to Toledo allows Bill to quench his thirst for the RC Expo this weekend. Yes, once in a while, he likes to partake and I don't mind the break here in the park.

The laundry room.
$2.50 for each machine.

We pulled into our drive-thru site #602 easily. It is a nice long site and we paid extra for the guarantee of having a good one out of the mud. A couple of times we've left it up to them and had to either park in muck or ask to be moved because of water puddles. 

An attractive, country style store and office.
The daffodils and tulips are lovely.
Yay for spring!

This makes us happy! (like Jamaicabehappy - reference for my Park Place gals) We got plugged into power and the wind was visible but had calmed since this morning in Indiana. Bill poured himself a Coke Zero and we nibbled on a couple of pecan treats. 

Our site, lots of room to
park the Suite and Black Beauty.

It's early, 2:45 so Bill and Gibbs went upstairs for their snooze and I took myself for a walk. My leg seemed to stiffen up from the 3 hour stretch of travel with no stopping. My walks aren't very long, one for me, one for Gibbs, one for me etc. 😂 

More spring sightings.

Bill and I decided to do our laundry today rather than wait for Friday. Tomorrow will be busy enough. So, after mine and Gibbs walks around the park, we drove up to the laundry room at the office/entry. Pricey, compared to Park Place but we have 2 big loads so it is necessary. 

Bill noticed one of BB's tires
was low so topped it up.
Gibbs watches and learns.

I walked up 30 minutes later to transfer and then we drove up again to retrieve the dried clothes. The robins are out and plentiful here, so lovely to see spring in this manner. Also, squirrels, nuthatches, daffodils, tulips and oh! Chatter between 2 American cardinals!

You can't tell but that is an
American Cardinal in the top picture.
This squirrel ran ahead of me and then
climbed the tree where I couldn't reach him.

For supper, hamburger helper since I have ground beef thawed since Monday. I added mixed vegetables to spruce it up a bit and pretend I don't see the pasta! I've really fallen off the wagon some days so can only hope I get back on after I'm home. 😂

Sometimes, you need a back scratch.
Sometimes, you need Mom's attention
and a tummy rub. 💗💗

It was filling and tasty. We did the pots and put everything else in the dishwasher. Bill finished his blog, you can check it out here, and I worked on mine while we watched Elspeth and Matlock. Bill's step-mom, Marilynne, called tonight and that was nice to check in with her.

Hamburger helper for supper

This was a great day and although there could be some wet weather and cooler days ahead, we enjoyed the 72F/20C temps we had today. It was mostly cloudy so there was no sunset to photograph.


 (another video that may not play but I had to try)

                               Good night!

Thank you for your visit!





Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Seventh Day but No Rest Yet

Anderson, IN

On Wednesday, Apr. 8th I was awake at 6 with Gibbs. Told him to go back to sleep because Daddy was still sound asleep. He did, until 6:30 when Bill moved. 🤗

Good morning!
Leaving Lambert's Cafe
and J.R.'s park

I went to bed last night a few minutes past 9 to catch up on my sleep and so I wouldn't sleep in. I guess it worked as I woke feeling refreshed. We were pulling out of the park at 8:20 onto US62. It was 54F/11C under a clear blue sky.

Crossing the Mississippi River
and into the state of Illinois

Bill stopped for fuel but the Mudflap app wasn't coming up so we paid full price of $5.29/gal at a Break Time in town. A short turn onto MO B and then picked up I-57N/US60E.

Nothing too special to take pictures
of today, but I do like the greenery
along the route.

Pretty good driving on I-57N and at 9am we crossed the state line into Illinois. Within 30 minutes we stopped at the Trail of Tears rest area for nature calls. Darn tea and coffee! 🤣

Some of these rest area buildings
are amazing! All for travellers.

The Cross
A 190-ft-high
cross near Effingham.

It's all about signs and staying in the right
lane. I like the paint marking ON the highway too.
Welcome to Indiana and another artifact.
The last picture is called Life Involving.

We pulled into a Love's at 11:30 for lunch in Greenup. Traveling on I-70E was pretty good and little traffic. I should bite my tongue because it soon changed.

Blossoms! It must be spring.

It was smooth sailing as we continued until we crossed the Indiana state line at 1pm. What a change. Rough roads for much of the way to Indianapolis. Lol, disgusting. As if that wasn't bad enough (and they weren't TERRIBLE), we had a real mess around the next city.

A couple of times, Gibbs
sat facing the Suite.
Just to be sure. 
He was a good boy while we were
stuck in traffic.

Our gps' have us bad directions as did signage along the route as we neared Indianapolis. Meaning to catch I-465N bypass, we ended up in a 1 hour, 50 minute traffic jam. From 7 lanes on 465, to 1 lane in 5 miles!!

Top left: beginning of jam up, 7 lanes.
Top right: between our mirror and the arrow,
was about 5 miles - took us almost 2 hours!
Bottom left: an Ontario transport with a cool msg.
Middle: supposed to be a 'bypass' route 😂😂😂
Bottom right: okay, let's have construction too.
Guess we better speed up from 5 - 7 mph!!

We were not thrilled but still had no time pressure and motors through like mice on a treadmill. Spirits were close to rejoicing as we sighed relief at the end of it all at 5:50 pm.

Tonight's destination
Anderson, IN

Catching Exit 37, to I-69N we drove our last distance to tonight's destination. This is one we stayed at on our trip south this past fall and it feels very welcoming - even though there are no hosts to greet us! We parked in 'the' prime spot, as Ken and Kim knows well and recommended to us.

The views out our windows
during our late dinner.

My leftover meal with
a teeny sliver of pecan fudge each
for dessert. Oh yum!

For supper, I had leftovers from my past 2 meals out. I'd already eaten the breakfast quesadilla over the last couple of days, so tonight I had Lucky Star shrimp and Lambert's Cafe salmon cake and coleslaw. I had a bit of the mac & cheese that I cooked for Bill. He's easy to please, at mealtime. 💖

Wait a minute! Are we home
on the Ridge already?
These floaters look familiar!

A sunset view out our back window.

Now that we are the same time as home, we can watch our regular show of Survivor at 8 pm. So, we washed dishes by hand and worked on blogs while watching it. 

I wanted to show you our purchases
from Windrush Alpacas HH (wonderful socks!)
and
Paw Paw's Pecans HH.

This was a very long day, 10 hours after heading out, we stopped for the night. No visit inside the casino tonight, just staying in together.

Good night
from
Harrah's Hoosier Casino

Thank you for stopping by. Our weather has been lovely again, 69F/19C for most of the day. You can check out Bill's blog here for his version and a map of our journey.