We awoke to rain again this morning, and it had rained heavily off and on during the night. We decided to wait it out a bit, so we got a late start. We finally ventured outside to unhook the RV and hook up the car in a slight drizzle, which continued while Joe dumped at the dump station. But we didn't have very many miles to go today -- we are hoping to get north of the rain heading this way -- and we were on our way about 11:20. We didn't go far before we found a fuel stop (Flying J, with 3 cent discount, $2.729), and then just up the road we pulled into a Kroger parking lot for lunch. A snail's pace, some might say. As we finally really got moving, we saw many small creeks or rivers overflowing their banks, standing water in fields, and the water was really moving.
We went through a town named Centerburg. "
Centerburg's claim to fame is that it is the geographical center of
Ohio. As you enter the village, you are welcomed to the "Heart of Ohio." I caught a glimpse of a sign that acclaimed it as the "center" but I didn't get a photo, so I found a copy of it online.
One town, Mount Vernon, had a soldiers monument in the center of town, which the main highway circled, so we got to see 3 sides of it. I researched it, and it was erected in 1877; "
In grateful appreciation of the Patriotism and self sacrifice of the
lamented sons and soldiers of Knox Co. who for their Country and for
freedom, laid down their lives in the war of the great Rebellion.
This Monument is erected." That is the inscription on the front. The other 3 faces have other inscriptions. The town was well kept, with some old buildings, one being worked on, but the others were in good shape, surrounding this monument.
We hit a detour on part of our route (our route was 36/37 to 3/36 to just past Seville, then I-76 into Akron, which became 224). So it brought us in on the 77, but we found our way back to our destination, a little campground between Akron and Canton. We got off the road about 3:30, only drove 125 miles (I drove the last 30 or 40 because Joe had to go to the bathroom, so we switched drivers). The skies finally cleared off, but it stayed in the 70s. I even had to put a sweatshirt on for a while in the RV this morning.
We were headed to an Amish restaurant for dinner, but our camping neighbors told us it was closed on Wednesdays and redirected us to "Mike's Place," back up the road a few miles. It was good, had a huge menu and some items not found on Arizona menus. On our return trip, the other vehicle checked out a nearby winery for hours tomorrow, and we drove back to check out another campground. But we were in for the night by 7:30.
We only had 2 agenda items in Canton: the Football Hall of Fame, and the McKinley Presidential Library. But the campground host told us some other things we should see: a couple wineries, a candy factory, an Amish flea market and restaurant, a 6-acre hardware store, the First Lady Museum, among other things. So we will see what tomorrow brings.
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