Ohio, 6/28 - 7/2/11

Although, Ohio was my last leg of my trip, I need to blog it first.  I had more time to go through those pictures.  Internet connection was a challenge during my trip  6/10-7/5/11, I am happy to finally blog.

Nancy, Richard's sister, went to her, you guessed it.  

Richard and Nancy don't go often to White Castle but grew up with it.  Hee hee, they wanted me to experience it.

At this wetland, we weren't sure what would be around.

 Luckily we got some dragon flies.  This one is called a Common Whitetail,

This place has cheese that is so smooth.  I enjoyed their butter cheese and baby swiss cheese that we brought home.

Richard sent me this picture of an Amish buggy, since sitting on the wrong side of the car did not work.

Nancy made a peach cobbler to die for.  I even got to take some with me to enjoy on the plane.

We drove to an area near Marion County, Ohio to visit with Erma whom we met at East Glacier National Park, Montana.  She was returning to her roots for a large family reunion. Too funny, she mentioned this place G & R Waldo for their famous fried bologna sandwich. Richard grew up near here in Marion.

 Erma's family place:  This farm was built in 1854.  Just recently the roof got hit.

Erma's relative's fancy boots.

This is Richard and Nancy's mother's home when they were teenagers.  However they were disappointed to find out their elementary and high school are no longer around and that their high school is now in the middle school.  Uggh.

In Ashland County, this ~ drive in ~  has not changed.

 Check out this golf club, a friend of theirs emblished it.

 Richard is demonstrating how tall this golf club is.  Richard himself is 6'5".

July 1, I experienced my first professional baseball game at the famous Cincinnati Great American Ball Park.  We drove across the bridge to Newport, Kentucky to look back at Ohio where the ball park and football stadiums are.  The following shots were done with the Sony NEX.

Cincinnati Reds vs Cleveland Indians.

When Cincinnati Reds made a home run, a shot of fire works went up.

Since this game was so close to 4th of July, they concluded with lots fireworks.

Tonight, I also posted: Excursion 7/3/11 and Nancy's place 6/28-7/5/11

Excursion, 7/3/11

Today, was an excursion.  We stopped at Cuyahoga Valley National Park.  This is Brandyvine Falls.  (Gary N. you will be happy to know these waterfalls shots were done with my Sony NEX.  This is a great little camera.  In the camera, I can see the effects as I change the shutter speed before I take it.  Most DSLR, you need to take the picture, then find out if you got the effect.

This park was large and it was a bit difficult to find the visitor center to get an official stamp for our "Passport - to your National Parks".  We drove around and around. Therefore, I needed to take this picture.

Our next stops were the covered bridges in Ashtabula County, Ohio.  The wooden bridges got covered to prevent its deterioration from inclement weather. There are 17 of these covered bridges. (click on the yellow words to link to the website)

Harpersfield Bridge:

 Mechanicsville Road Bridge:

 Doyle Road:

On our way to get lunch at Geneva by the Lake (Lake Erie), I got a shot of this gray squirrel.

A glimpse of Lake Erie.

Too funny, as drove back, we saw this huge rocking chair.  It certainly reminded us of the 70's show "Laugh In", with Edith Ann.

The eve of 4th of July was celebrated with Ashland Symphony Orchestra.  Liz and I walked around to take in this event, while Richard and Nancy sat and rested after driving all day. Their program included many patriotic songs and audience participation.  During "1812 Overture" paper bags were popped and during "Symphonic Portrait" sparklers were lit. During Stars and Stripes Forever - canons went off.

Nancy's place, 6/28-7/5/11 (edited 7/12)

Nancy, Richard's sister, has a charming home. Everyday, I enjoyed seeing her neighbor's place.

Since her place is away from the town- it was nice and dark at night.  Richard and I tried to take pictures with long exposure to capture the rotation of the earth as seen with the stars.

She has a love with gardening and also with birds. She provides food for the humming birds as well as other birds.  I was happy to get these 3.

On my last night, which was July 4, she had friends over. We even played croquet after dinner.  That was so much fun.

Guess what these shadows spell: OHIO.  (Erma, this should make you laugh)

Richard did this:  I actually won but not by ability, it is a long story.

One of her friends luckily had her car stall just across from her place.  While waiting for help, I could not resist taking pictures of the cows which are also her neighbors  - hee hee separated with a road & a fence

 I also enjoyed seeing this moon with the soft glow of the sun.

By this time, it was time to go into town to see the fireworks.   Sorry no stills of the fire works, I used my Sony NEX and took a video of it.  Uggh, my flight leaves tomorrow at 8:00 am  and Cleveland is more than an hour away.  Richard worked hard to find the fastest route.  An inside joke, no I did not leave from AIA.

Sung-bong Choi

Thank you Jalna for sharing this on your blog.