Ohio and Kentucky

Thur. We drove to Circleville Ohio to the 108TH  Annual Pumpkin Show. Top left picture some of the pumpkins for sale. Top middle a 6 foot diameter over 400 pound pumpkin pie. Top right seeing the crowd and some of the vender's. 2nd row the three largest pumpkin 1964, 1714, and 1445 pound and 3rd row more of the large pumpkins. 3rd row middle is some of the entertainment and right picture is the town water tower. Bottom left is one of the giant pumpkins sculpting by Gus the Squash Carver.  The bottom two right pictures Gus working on today's sculpture.  While we were there we ate some PUMPKIN FUDGE, PUMPKIN POP CORN, PUMPKIN PIZZA, PUMPKIN BURGER, PUMPKIN DONUT, PUMPKIN WAFFLE, PUMPKIN PIE, AND PUMPKIN ICE CREAM!

Fri. We got up enjoyed a slow morning.  We went to the Amish store to see them package candy but they were doing raisins so they had nothing to see. When we got home we started getting the rig ready for the move on Sunday.
Sat. After breakfast and bible study we headed to Columbus, Ohio.  We meet Nick and Kirby at North Star  Cafe and had a wonderful lunch.  Hamburgers for Nick and me, fish for Kirby and pancake and biscuit for Linda.  We went to there home afterward.  They have it decorated so nicely.  We had a great visit then drove back to the rig.  It was 48 when we got home and still going down.

 Sun.  It was 38* when we got up this morning.  We had breakfast in our nice warm bed.  We did our bible study then got the rig ready to leave.  We drove to Cave Creek campground in Falls of Rough Ky. It is a nice cor of eng. park. Our site over looks the lake and woods.  After we got set up we took a walk then had dinner and started a fire.

Mon. After a good night sleep we had breakfast and the acorns keep falling on the roof of the rig.  We called the office and then moved the rig across the street where it would not be under any trees.  Top left picture is the rear view of the old site. Middle top is the lodge not to far from the campground and next to it a view of the lake.  The middle pictures are of the dam.  The bottom pictures is of Falls of Rough.  Called so because they built a dam and mill in 1823.  It was run by the same family for 140 years.

Tues.  What a beautiful morning.  As we woke up looking out out windows we could see the fog from the warm river and cool night.  As the sun rose and broke through the fog and the fall leaves.  It was a nice morning so we had breakfast   outside.  Then we drove to Mammoth Cave National Park. It is known as the longest cave in the world and exploration to discover more continues today. They have many tours you can go on. We choose Domes and Dripstones. There are giant vertical shafts from the towering 192ft.high Mammoth Dome to the 105ft deep Bottomless Pit.  As we walked up to the cashier someone offered us a ticket to go on the tour and I get half off with my senior pass so it was only $7.  The first nine pictures are of the cave.  It has two areas one large area is the dry cave and the small area the wet cave.  They have maps for over 400 miles of the cave which is 7 miles wide and from 40 feet to  300 feet in elevation and they are still mapping areas. As we walked the narrow path there were many areas that were deep in depth and many that rose very high.  We went into many large rooms.  As we were leaving we walked through the wet section which you would expect to see in a cave.  The formations were breath taking.  We saw cave crickets (middle row 2nd picture).  The next three is the Large Historic Entrance.  After our tour we went on one of the many trails there. 2nd bottom picture a tree with roots in the rocks on a cliff.  On the way home we went to Mama Lou's Bar-B-Que and Gifts.  I had the ribs and Linda had the Mama Lou pretzel Burger. We shared both and had a pecan pie for dessert. All the food was cheap and delicious (can't wait to go back, got a double choc cake to take home). As you can see in the bottom right picture they have a small kitchen with 2 stoves everything made as you order.

Wed. We laid in bed with coffee watched the news and looked again out the windows at the fog over the water as the sun rose.  We took a couple walks and got firewood.  This is the third fire we have had in four days.  We really like it here.  We have been the only folks here till tonight one other rig pulled in. By the way the top picture is the view out the rear of the rig and the bottom is out of the side of the rig.