Monthly Archives: July 2014
Two Sets of New Friends . . .
We headed out about 10:15 to meet Davy Boggs, his wife Kelly, and their daughter Odie (Andrea) for lunch at 11am at the Acapulco Mexican Restaurant down in Lebanon.
Davy and his family are traveling evangelists – The Boggs Family Ministries – who use a Prevost RV to travel around the country. In addition, they’re also blog readers of both our blogs, and finding us all in the same area, wanted to get together for lunch.
It was interesting hearing all the stories of their travels around the country, and the places they’ve been. They’re going to be in the New York City area in the near future and we were trying to give them some tips on how to get around New York and places to see.
They spend a lot of time in the Lebanon area, and Acapulco is one of their favorite places to eat, and it was easy to see why. Everything was delicious.
I had the Carnitas Acapulco, chunks of re-fried pork cooked up with onions and jalapenos, and then smothered in queso.
Really, really good.
After a great couple of hours getting to know the Boggs family, we said our goodbyes and headed into Cincinnati proper to visit the boyhood home of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the Unite States, serving from 1909 to 1913.
Built in the 1830’s the house was bought by William’s father, Alphonse Taft, for $10,000.
William Howard Taft not only was President, but the only person to also serve as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Appointed in 1921, he served on the Court until shortly before he died in 1930.
Leaving the Taft home, we drove across the Ohio River into Kentucky to visit the town of Ludlow. Nick’s great-great-grandparents lived in Ludlow, and Nick and Terry have tracked down where they lived. And the house is still there, is still occupied, and looks to be in pretty good condition. Then moving on, we came back through Covington, KY to check out the many old neighborhoods in the area.
After that it was time to start heading back toward Wilmington. We did make a stop at the Sam’s Club in Loveland to pick up the prescriptions I called in this morning. I was surprised at the price of the Tamoxifen that Jan takes for her recent breast cancer. It was $63.00, a big jump from the $24 we paid back in Houston for the first 3 month supply. The pharmacy tech did some checking and discovered that the computer had glitched (her word) and although it said the price was discounted, it wasn’t.
So a little checking saved us $39. Nice.
Before leaving Sam’s, Nick stopped and got gas – for $3.15 a gallon! That’s almost a dollar a gallon cheaper than we were paying up in Elkhart earlier this year. Nice again.
Also while we were at Sam’s, Nick got a text from Carol Burt and husband Ray. They were traveling through the area towing their Airstream, and wanted to hook up with us.
We ended up in a Wal-Mart parking lot near Mason, OH for a meet and greet. After talking for a while, getting to know one another, everyone was getting hungry, so it was off across the parking lot to a nearby Red Robin. Here we spent the next several hours talking, laughing, and telling stories.
And by the time we again said our goodbyes to new friends, it was going on 8pm.
Two sets of new friends in one day. Just another reason we love the RV life.
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Thought for the Day:
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.” – Albert Einstein
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You Know You’re Having A Bad Day . . .
When This Happens.
Maybe that’s why fire-engine ladder trucks have a guy back there steering.
I sent Brandi this photo the other day with the suggestion that this might be a good bed for Landon.
And I was basically told to mind my own business and don’t give him any ideas.
I was just trying to help!
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About 5:15 we headed out for dinner along with Nick and Terry. We had planned to try Rod’s Capricorn Inn on nearby Lake Cowan, but being Monday, Jan suggested I call to be sure they were open. Good thing too, because the phone just rang and rang.
So,instead, we decided to check out Mac D’s Pub, another place with good ratings on Yelp, and it turned out to be really good.
Jan said her chicken salad sandwich was the best she’d had, and my Mac D’s Pub Burger was out of this world.
Yes, that’s a 1” thick 12 oz. patty with pepper jack cheese, tomato, pickles, onions, and very crispy bacon, all on a toasted bun. I asked for it medium, and it was done perfectly. So, the food was great, and the service was great. It would have been just perfect . . . except for the rowdy librarians.
We hadn’t been there very long when the big table right behind us, set for 20 or more, started to fill up. At first we weren’t worried. They were all wearing bright green shirts that said, “OHIO STATE LIBRARY SUPPORT STAFF”.
So we thought Great!, they’re librarians. How loud could they be? They go around ‘shushing’ people all day, don’t they?
Well, apparently Mac D’s Pub is where they go to let out all their frustrations, and make up for lost time, volume, noise, whatever. And probably the numerous bottles of wine didn’t hurt either.
After our great dinner we made a Kroger’s stop for a few things before heading back to the park. Tomorrow we’re meeting a friend of Nick’s for lunch in Lebanon, before touring President Taft’s home in Cincinnati. Then, on the way back we plan on making a Sam’s Club stop for our prescriptions.
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Thought for the Day:
Think how stupid the average person you know is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that. Now that’s scary!
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