May Trip...Day Two

May 27, 2009 (My Birthday)

We began the day with a little yoga on the deck. The sun had just popped out for a visit. above the clouds and through the tree line. The air was a little warm and yet cool as well. Birds were chirping. I forgot to mention that I saw an owl outside the backdoor. He kept diving his head down eating bugs in the grass. After yoga we had oatmeal for breakfast with bananas. I had coffee again. While we ate I had Beastie Boys playing in the background (To the Five Burroughs). Denny gave me a birthday card and a 3 musketeers bar (my favorite). Then we drove to Golconda and visited the Buel House and a log cabin. Near the Marina there were about20 Hawks (blackhawks, i think) that flocked along the shore. Denny took a lot of cool photos of the spectacle. As we headed down the byway we got inspired at San Damiano Jesus Shrine.
Very peaceful. We briefly passed through Rosiclare and grabbed a Mountain Dew before stopping in Elizabethtown where Denny's dad lived for awhile. We saw E Town Restaurant and the Rose Hotel which was built in 1812. This town has a lot of riverboat history. After that we tried looking for Tower Rock, There were so many trees destroyed by recent storms and it involved strenuous climbing, so we passed. We ate lunch in the car. Ham and cheese (hers got wet...the ice pack leaked. it was my fault). Apples, chex mix and chocolate covered mini marshmallows.

Cave In Rock state park was next. This has a river pirates history. Later we stopped in Equality at the Ohio River Visitor Center. Picked up some postcards, filled them out and mailed them inside the smallest and friendliest post office i have ever been to. While cruising good ole highway 13 just south of Muddy, a State Trooper pulled us over for speeding. I got lucky and only received a warning for going 9 miles over. In Harrisburg, I got gas and a frisco burger at hardee's. Then we made our way to Glendale where we sampled wine at Hogg Hollow Winery. We sampled a lot of sweet wines and good conversation with a guy named Steve.We bought a bottle and finished it that evening. Not before we stopped at The Chocolate Factory in Dixon Springs. Yummy! Then onward to our cabin. We cooked brats on the grill with corn and pork n beans. We also watched the turtles in the pond poking their heads out of the water. We watched 30 Rock on the only station that came in on the terrible tv we had. Then sleep. End of Day Two.