Days 63 - 67

Day 63
October 18, 2010
Today began clear, but later turned to scattered clouds. We traveled from Washington, PA, to Gallipolis, OH. We passed through a sliver of West Virginia before crossing the Ohio River into Ohio. We then turned south and the remainder of our trip was along the Ohio River. We are camped at the Gallia County Fairgrounds. There are only three other rigs in camp. We are towards the south end of the campground with a great view. We rested the remainder of the day.

Day 64
October 19, 2010
Gallipolis, OH
Today has been partly cloudy, but it got warm enough that a jacket wasn’t needed. Gallipolis is the town where Corinne’s Maternal Great Grandfather was born. We thought that as long as we were sort of in the area, it would be an opportunity to try to find out some information on him and the family. We drove into town looking for the County Court House. While driving down Main St, Corinne spotted their Historical & Genealogical Society. We stopped and found a goldmine. They told us that several people had been doing research on the George Family, and they gave us phone numbers for three of them. We also found some information in a couple of books that may be leads to other family members. They also have copies of all the Birth, Marriage, & Death records from the County Probate office. Our primary interest was birth records, however, Ohio didn’t keep those records prior to 1864. We needed the 1850’s. The lady at the society gave us some tips of places to sight see while in town. After leaving the Society, we drove around the town looking at the old buildings and some sights along the Ohio River. The town of Gallipolis was founded as a French Settlement in 1790.





Day 65
October 20, 2010
We left Gallipolis this morning, heading over to Kentucky. The first part of our trip along the Ohio River was very foggy, so we didn’t see much of the river. We went through another small piece of West Virginia before entering Kentucky. At about 12;30 pm, we arrived at the RV Park at the Kentucky Horse Farm in Lexington. We met old friends from Orange County, Al & Tine Grajalba. They now live in Richmond, KY. This is the last outing for them, as they are selling their motorhome. It was nice to see them, as it has been over a year since we last saw them. After setting up, we just sat around camp catching up and relaxing. We went into town for dinner.

Day 66
October 21, 2010
This morning, we all slept in, then spent most of the day visiting. I also did a little work on the motorhome. We have developed a list of things that need work when we get home. After almost 3 years with only some minor work to be done, I guess we’re due for some bigger issues. Al & Tine made a batch of chili and we added corn bread and fruit for dinner in our rig tonight

Day 67
October 22, 2010
We said our good byes to Al & Tine this morning and started our trip home in earnest. We have no planned stops from here to home, so unless we find something exciting that we haven’t run across in our earlier travels, this will be our last blog entry until we arrive home. We’ve had a great trip despite all the rain. We also made some new rving friends that we hope to meet again out on the road.