We left our pretty state park and continued northward. I let Joe sleep in so we didn't get a very early start -- 10:20. It was 73 when I woke up, but it got a lot warmer today, and was in the 90s by the time we reached Dayton. After yesterday's slow, crooked, narrow road, Joe decided on a little different route. The 11 and 15 ran together for a while, and the road improved, then we took the 460 up to U.S. 68, another scenic byway. This took us through pretty horse country, with high dollar fencing and horse barns.
Along here I spotted 4 geese in a pond. Joe didn't look, and when I told him he missed them, he responded that he also missed 4 telephone poles at the same time. Point taken. We arrived in Maysville, KY and took the business route to see a little of the town, but we missed the main bridge and took a secondary one instead. Just as we got to the bridge, Collins called with instructions to the Air Force Base where we were going to meet up, so I missed my picture of the Ohio River from the bridge, and spent the next 10 miles trying to get a shot through the trees. We crossed the Ohio state line at 12:55, and Joe took a picture of that, since I was still on the phone with Collins.
Joe has a full-fledged cold now, and his nose burns, his ears are plugged up, his gums are sore, and besides that, he doesn't feel too great, but he keeps soldiering on. The wheels on the bus keep going round and round, and the miles keep racking up.
There are several power plants along the Ohio River, on either side, and one that looked like it had been mothballed, but there was also a nuclear plant operating.
Joe did get his reward today, though. Once we got to the Cincinnati bypass I-275 (around 2:00 p.m.), we were looking for a place to have lunch, pick up a few groceries, and fuel up, all at the same stop. Joe took an exit ramp to a Kroger store, and lo and behold, there was a White Castle Hamburger at this exit. Made him a happy camper!
After we ate, I walked over to Krogers and Joe pulled over to the fuel pumps there. But after he got situated at the pump, he saw that the price was $2.89, so he just pulled back out and met me in Krogers. Getting fuel because a real challenge this time. I checked Gas Buddy and found an area that was supposed to have gas for $2.65 range, so he took another exit ramp. But just as he turned left, an emergency vehicle (fire truck) came at us and he had to pull over, which put him in the on-ramp back up to the freeway, so we missed that fuel stop. Finally, we saw a Pilot station, and we have our 3 cent discount card, so he took that ramp, and price there was $2.63! So with our discounted price of $2.60, we saved more than $12.00 by going through our fuel ordeal, I guess it was worth it (we buy a lot of gas!).
Finally, we are fueled and getting close to Dayton. Marilyn and I were in contact, checking on how close we all are getting to our destination. They and the Johnsons are coming from the Troy, Ohio area where they had a tour of the Airstream plant there, and we were meeting at the Air Force base. Just after I called to say we were about 7 miles out, we hit traffic, a car was broken down in a construction area and had traffic to a crawl. It took us almost an hour to go the last 4 miles on the freeway. But we finally got through that, and got to the base. They were just a little ahead of us, so they were parking, then came back to meet us and get us in. So we pulled in about 6:00 next to the Johnsons, and got set up. Marilyn warned us that we might get awaken by planes taking off during the night, but otherwise, this is a beautiful base, and the campground is very nice and grassy.
So we are all together, I've named us the Six Rusketeers (2 sets of 3 Musketeers, a little rusty).
Let the next EXCELLENT ADVENTURE begin!
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