Still Going Strong

Sometimes I wonder why I say I'm going to blog more frequently - and then don't.  Oh well, so goes life.  We're still on our sporadic trip eastwards.  When I last left you, we were in Indiana, and have now moved on.  We spent several days in Cincinnati which we thoroughly enjoyed.  What did we do? Well by now you should know we love grocery stores, and first out we had a very interesting visit to an extremely unique store.  We found Jungle Jim's International Market.  What an overwhelming experience. 6 acres of store under one roof with more olives (42 varieties), sausages & deli meats (5 or 6 cool cases), cheeses (another 5 o4 6 cool displays), wine (12 double sided isles), beer (6 rows & 2 walk ins), a very complete kitchen store and many sections of international food.  For the first time ever I think, we were both so overloaded we gave up and left.  Minus a few dollars of course.

We went to lunch at Skyline Chili and had wonderful ice cream at Graeter's Ice Cream, both recommended by our hosts at Winton Woods, the Hamilton County Park where we stayed.  Both the chili and ice cream were worth the visit.  After lunch, our waitress introduced us to another diner who gave us many wonderful suggestions of places to visit and things to do while in Cincinnati.  All worthy of many more visits.

High on the list was the Butterfly Show at the Krohn Conservatory, as we understand it an annual event.  Also on the top of the list was the Cincinnati Union Terminal Museums.  There was a most interesting Cleopatra exhibit currently showing, and in the OmniMax Theater was the movie, Tornado Alley.  After our experience in Kansas City, this was awesome.


There is enough to do in the Cincinnati area to justify a return trip in the future.  I'll try to sort out some photos and send them along for you enjoyment.

As of today, we're in the greater Knoxville area.

Still Wandering

OK, we've been in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.  We actually stayed in all except Illinois where we just drove through.  We're in Chesterfield, IN for a couple of days and then plan on moving on to the Cincinnati area for a few days.  We haven't been there and plan on doing a little exploring.

 Our visit in Viroqua, WI was very pleasant, it had a warm small town feel and very friendly folks.  It was good to visit with our friends we haven't seen in several years and do major catch up with them.  We also went to the small town of Westby and got some great cheese at the local dairy and meats at the small butcher shop.  Great pork, wish we had space to get lots more.

We're not taking lots of photos, so there aren't a lot to share, we'll try to do a little better. 
WIFI is spotty, but we'll try to keep caught up as we can.