Our Adventure to Kentucky

Hi all!

Last night we had a great stay in Bentleyville, PA. Emily and I got to sleep in a king sized bed and we watched Animal Planet as we fell asleep (what a treat!). After a continental breakfast this morning we hit the road.


Only after a few miles we left my and Emily's home-state of Pennsylvania and entered West Virginia. We stopped long enough to switch drivers and grab some sodas. We may have been in West Virginia long enough to comment on it's lovely mountains but that was about it. We went straight into Ohio!

Entering the state of Ohio was an amazing experience as the driver. You have to drive over the Ohio River on a beautiful bridge and just as you are exiting the bridge, the sign welcoming you to Ohio is the very first thing you see.

But of course, all of this is paradise compared with the traffic and threatening rain clouds we saw today! At one point as we were making our merry way through Ohio, traffic came to a full and complete stop because of all the construction on the road. While we were in all that traffic, we had some time to ponder the ways of life. Granny said something we thought was very profound at the time. We were trying to figure out how long it would be until we reached Columbus and she said "As far as it was, it is." Who knew Granny could be so philosophical!

Not only did we discover Plato on the road today, we also found a horse with a nose for adventure. Now, we were driving behind a horse trailer for some time today and after we had been behind it for a good number of miles, we noticed something odd about the trailer; every once in a while we would see an object stick out on the side. It took us a minute to realize that what we saw was the nose of a horse riding in the trailer! The horse didn't stop at just his nose either, it wasn't long before we saw this horse stick his whole head out of the window of that trailer like he was a dog. The only thing that would have been funnier is if his tongue was sticking out!

We even saw our first city during this trip: Cincinnati. It was definitely smaller than Philly but that doesn't mean it wasn't beautiful. Just from looking at it, it looked as if it would be cleaner than our Philly streets. The perfectly blue sky in the background may have helped a little. The skyline we saw may have been different, but it was still something worth seeing.
After all our adventures and about 300 miles of driving, we finally reached our Uncle John and Aunt Doris' house. The picture on the right is the view from their driveway. We ate a fantastic meal and saw some family Emily and I haven't seen for almost four years! It was so much fun getting to see everyone and playing and talking with some of our younger cousins. This has definitely been my favorite part of the trip thus far.
Tomorrow we will be heading out with Brenda to Tennessee. Now there's a state I've never been in! I can't wait to drive into and explore a new state!

Galloping in the Blue Grass State,

Kim