Moving West

As we left Cumberland, WVA we drove through the mountains and one road proved to be quite the switchback laden road. When I saw the sign that I posted for the third time, a picture had to be taken!
We spent Monday night with Don's cousin, Rob, and his wife Theresa just out of Columbus, OH. Rob's sister lives near there so we got to visit her also. It is always good to catch up with family.
Our next stop was in Cincinnati where Don's Hoffmann grandparents used to live. We wanted a picture of their house and found it without any trouble thanks to Garmin. Took the necessary pictures and we are sitting there figuring out how to get to the cemetery which was the next stop we heard sirens going off. We asked a person walking by what they were for and were told "tornado warning." Great. We turned on the radio, but of course don't know where any of the counties are that they are talking about. It is windy and quite warm. We decide to drive to the cemetery and see if we can find his grandparents and great grandparents. Although we have the lot numbers we quickly discover that we need more information.
We go to the office and while we are there, the heavens open. It is blowing like crazy and the rain is coming down monsoon fashion. We got all the information we needed from the very helpful staff and were able to wait out the worst of the rain. Armed with maps and directions we went looking in three different lots. We found all of the graves and photographed them.
Last night's stay was in Fishers, Indiana which is just north of Indianapolis with Kevin and Camille Talbot. It was nice to relax on their screened porch before home cooked food and Boise State football. Catching up with Camille and getting to know her family was great.
They gave us many options of things to do in Indianapolis, but we chose to get on the road. Today we used two tanks of gas and went through Illinois and Missouri and ended or day in Lawrence, KS. Our only stop really was in Effingham, IL for the requested Black and Blue--its a wine. It was a long, boring day.
Hoping for a little more fun tomorrow as we revisit Otis, Kansas where we lived and taught for 5 years. I was looking up former students in the white pages and they are 50-51--my how time closes that age difference gap!