Ohio On the Map
It was a fantastic day! All systems worked! Dare I uncross my fingers? :)
We were on the road by 10:45 going from Andrews, IN to Dayton, OH--about 150 miles. We took mostly red roads and they were pretty good. Traveling through a bit of Amish country we passed a few horse drawn buggies with ladies in long aqua dresses and white hair covers. The roads had passing lanes for buggies.
In Bryant we just missed the Loblolly Days....what the heck is that. Nearest we could figure it was a huge yard sale and food fest. We didn't stop. Not hungry and don't need any "stuff". We did see gas prices of ....hold your breath...$2.28 but we were all full up. Several small heart of America towns later we hit Interstate 70 and traveled east about 25 miles to our KOA campsite ariving at about 2:30.
I had requested a satellite friendly site but when we drove in my heart sank because it is a lovely wooded campground. But KOA seems to know their stuff and Mr. Moto found his satellite with no problem.
After our last several weeks of huge county and state park camp sites this seems a bit cramped but we won't be here too much. Tomorrow we head for the National Air Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB. Jim has been online planning the visit as the place is huge.
Tonight I'm relaxing in my lounger with a towel on the footrest and my legs covered with calamine lotion. I don't know what happened but I have dozens of bites on my lower legs that itch like fire!! :( I tried benedryl, tea tree oil, cortizone, betaine...nothing calmed the itch until good old calamine. This is the second day of itching so I'm hopeful tomorrow the fire will be dying. I'm not sure if it's ants, chiggers, maybe poison ivy or something. But it will get better.
Tomorrow night we'll put Ohio on the map. It's been a long time since we hit a new state.
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Post a pic of the map when you get a chance. Would like to see all the states you guys have been to so far online.
Posted by: tom | September 9, 2006 07:28 PM
Joan,
Those little bites maybe what the locals in the midwest call "chiggers". They are pretty awful causing you to ITCH like crazy. I have found that useing Clear nail polish on each bite for several days will take care of the problem. These little critters need a host, that's you, then they get just under the skin, and play havick with us.
Try not to ITCH...you will break the skin down and that can cause infection. The CLEAR Nail Polish will sting just a bit...so Blow on the spots so the polish will dry a little quicker. Apply couple times a day for several days. You may gotten them from the grasses about a camp site. Hope that helps.
Debra
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Thanks! I'll try that next time. I seem to be prone to these bites and it does happen only in the midwest.
Joan
Posted by: Debra Robinson | September 12, 2006 05:00 PM