Falls of the Ohio

On our last day of vacation, we went to explore the Falls of the Ohio State Park. On the way, we came across an accident involving some unfortunate watermelons.

The Falls of the Ohio is where William Clark and Meriwether Lewis met prior to starting off on the Lewis & Clark Expedition (the Clark family is a recurring theme in my travels if you hadn't noticed). It was another beautiful day.

The Falls of the Ohio is also the site of a large fossil bed. We climbed around and did our best to find a few.

 

After drinking a gallon of cold water inside the visitor's center, we headed down the road to the site of George Rogers Clark's cabin. The original cabin no longer stands, unfortunately. The guides seemed happy to see us and I surmised that not many tourists visit there.

On the way home, we drove through some nice storms.

And discovered a bit of a mess on our patio from a few heavy storms that hit the house while we were away.

The kids were excited to add a two new states to our family's adventure map. We only count the state if all five of us have been there, which is why Michigan is still not marked.

Carolina Cousins

The next morning we said goodbye to our condo and headed out on the road to North Carolina.

The city of Charlotte, North Carolina had princess tiaras on all of their street signs so we told Charlotte it was because she was a princess. She didn't really believe us.

After stopping to have lunch with an old friend, we arrived in Fletcher at our cousin's house. The girls were in the pool, so Wyatt and Noah got their trunks on and jumped in too.

It was a busy table at dinner that night.

The kids all loved playing together and ended up staying up past 11pm talking and giggling.

The next morning, we helped them collect eggs from their chickens.

We played outside.

And inside.

And shared a tasty treat.

The kids bonded really fast with their cousins. Charlotte even cried when I told her we had to leave the next day. They told me for weeks that they wanted to move to North Carolina. On his birthday, Wyatt had me tell Emily that he was now six "just like her". Hopefully we get to see them again soon.

Another day of travelling brought us to Louisville. We had dinner at our favorite Louisville restaurant, The Old Spaghetti Factory.