After a great night's sleep and a less-crowded breakfast, we left our Kentucky room behind and headed to downtown Cincinnati for a trip up to the top of the historic landmark of Cincinnati - the Carew Tower. The kids loved the trip up two elevators and stairs to get to the 49th floor. The view of the city, the Ohio River and surrounding hills was breathtaking and we had the place to ourselves. The kids loved how fast the elevator for the first 45 floors went (30 seconds). The building was built in 1930 and is still the second tallest in the city.
On to Columbus, Ohio where we looked up the temple. We had lots of rain in spurts to between the two cities and in them. However, when we got to the temple it momentarily let up just so we could get pictures and then started up again...Next, we looked up the Ohio Statehouse, got pictures with Christopher Columbus and Walter McKinley (born in Niles, Ohio) statues and then headed inside. The Statehouse has an incredible rotunda all the way up with neat acoustics and colors. We mailed postcards down in the basement and then went to the museum about the state government and people. It was very interactive and the kids enjoyed it, too. Our trip back onto the interstate took almost 5 miles until we got an entrance (they are really spread out).
Leaving Columbus and heading east on I-70, we left the farmland behind within 10 miles and we headed into the rolling hills and clouds. The beauty and green in mid-August is breathtaking. It is like a semitropical rainforest. Beautiful vistas to the north and south, hills, rivers and streams for 150 miles to get into Pittsburgh. Zanesville, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia are beautiful towns with old, ornate architecture lying along rivers and nestled in the hills. We are looking forward to someday seeing colors in the autumn in this forest. It was cool to be in West Virginia for 13 miles - which we didn't expect.
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania is the home of Sarris Chocolates, where we stopped, got some treats and took a picture with the 1200-pound chocolate castle.
We got caught in some normal traffic going into the city at rush hour (yes...this is still very confusing) and lost 1 hour for 10 miles going into the Fort Pitt tunnel before the Ohio river. Exciting at the end, but we won't do that again. We then headed east for 10 miles and had a nice drive up to our Comfort Inn stay on a forested hill. The temperature was in the 50s with a wind and as Tim put it, "It felt like January in 29 Palms." Our room has a nice balcony and the Inn has covered walkway to a covered and heated pool.
On to Columbus, Ohio where we looked up the temple. We had lots of rain in spurts to between the two cities and in them. However, when we got to the temple it momentarily let up just so we could get pictures and then started up again...Next, we looked up the Ohio Statehouse, got pictures with Christopher Columbus and Walter McKinley (born in Niles, Ohio) statues and then headed inside. The Statehouse has an incredible rotunda all the way up with neat acoustics and colors. We mailed postcards down in the basement and then went to the museum about the state government and people. It was very interactive and the kids enjoyed it, too. Our trip back onto the interstate took almost 5 miles until we got an entrance (they are really spread out).
Leaving Columbus and heading east on I-70, we left the farmland behind within 10 miles and we headed into the rolling hills and clouds. The beauty and green in mid-August is breathtaking. It is like a semitropical rainforest. Beautiful vistas to the north and south, hills, rivers and streams for 150 miles to get into Pittsburgh. Zanesville, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia are beautiful towns with old, ornate architecture lying along rivers and nestled in the hills. We are looking forward to someday seeing colors in the autumn in this forest. It was cool to be in West Virginia for 13 miles - which we didn't expect.
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania is the home of Sarris Chocolates, where we stopped, got some treats and took a picture with the 1200-pound chocolate castle.
We got caught in some normal traffic going into the city at rush hour (yes...this is still very confusing) and lost 1 hour for 10 miles going into the Fort Pitt tunnel before the Ohio river. Exciting at the end, but we won't do that again. We then headed east for 10 miles and had a nice drive up to our Comfort Inn stay on a forested hill. The temperature was in the 50s with a wind and as Tim put it, "It felt like January in 29 Palms." Our room has a nice balcony and the Inn has covered walkway to a covered and heated pool.
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