Left Princeton, West Virginia, this morning in a light mist. We've enjoyed the area, and having a few days to decompress is absolutely wonderful. The people, the food, and the local sights are wonderful. We found miles and miles of trails to explore on the SxS should we ever come back this way with the machine, and allowed as how we could probably live here. At least until the trails ran out!
We're heading north toward Michigan where we'll spend a few days catching up with friends. The halfway point is near Columbus, Ohio, so we planned an overnighter at the Ohio Expo Center. Part of the fairgrounds complex, and just a few blocks off of Interstate 71, we figured it would be a great place. They advertise hundreds of rv sites, and do not take reservations, because they say they never fill up except during fair time. This info and our plans were based on their website, which we found out today, hasn't been updated since 2010! It turns out that the entire facility is closed to the public, evidently due to the "Vid. We pulled in, noticing that there weren't any other rv's about, but not seeing any signs or closed gates, and set up. A nice Rent-A-Cop soon came by to encourage us to leave. Like in an hour, ok? After a bit of grumbling, we checked on our backup plan. Unless we have a guaranteed site at an rv park, we usually find an alternate site. Today the plan worked!
Interstate 77 took us north toward the Ohio border, and near Silverton we turned west on US 33, which is primarily a four land divided highway all the way to Columbus. The Expo Center is located in a sketchy part of time, and we were approached by a seedy older gentleman that offered to show us the town for a small fee. After we left, we thought that the Good Lord was watching out for us, as we wouldn't have gotten much sleep!
Plan B was a Walmart in the town of Marysville, Ohio, just 35 miles north of Columbus. Marysville is the home of Scotts Miracle-grow Products, so the sign across the highway at the edge of town says "Where the grass is Greener". Founded in 1819 by Samuel Cuthbertson, who named the town for his daughter Mary, it has hosted research and development facilities for Nestle and a Honda motorcycle assembly plant. Frank Lloyd Wright built a Prairie Style house here, and at least eleven additional different building styles are to found in town, from Cape Cod to Italianate Victorian. Pretty interesting little town!
So, after 286 miles, we scored a site near the grass at Wally World. Sasha approves of the grass, but the 90 degree temperature and high humidity has slowed her down.
Onward and Upward tomorrow!
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