We did a bit of everything today… underground, back in time and Hungarian hot dogs. All my boys slept until 10am this morning, so we skipped breakfast at the hotel. We grabbed Breakfast on the road and started our journey north.

The western side of Ohio is farm heaven with some of the blackest dirt you’ll see. For as far as you can see, it’s just flat farmland.

And the wind turbines that dot the landslide are really impressive… although I’m still not convinced that wind is the solution to our energy crisis… but if having one in my yard would mean $0 energy bills for life? Hmmm, maybe.

We continued on and reached our first stop… The Ohio Caverns! In the words of Mike Brown, I “will find a damn hole to climb around in on vacation,” and i sure found one in Ohio too.

These caverns were started when a 17 year old boys started messing around in some sinkholes on a friend’s farm. 100 years later, and here come the Browns!

The cave is always 54 degrees which compared to the frigid wind outside, the caves felt great. We saw some really cool stalagmite (on the ground), stalactites (on the ceiling) and columns (where the stalagmites and stalactites meet).

The colors and caves 103 feet below the surfaces were really beautiful.

When the caves drip water on you, its called a “cave kiss” and allegedly you get 1 year of good luck per Kiss… guess which two then found a constant drip and stood underneath… they should be covered with luck for the next 20 years

The only place the moss grows is near the lights, since there is no sunlight down here.

Check another cave off our list!

Whew, we almost missed a plaque!

We headed north, and since we don’t know that we will ever be back, we decided to step bak in time to little ol’ Ada, Ohio – Home of Ohio Northern University.

There were lots of changes on the campus itself, including new Art building and a football stadium, which of course, we took advantage of the open gate.

While the campus may have changed, the law school had not. I think the boys enjoyed seeing a little bit of mom’s background (or at least they pretended to be interested).

We dropped by to show boys the Wilson Football Plant. Every Wilson Football, 4,000 every day) is made and shipped from right here in Ada, Ohio.

As we made our way to Toledo, we were in no hurry, so we stayed off the Interestates, and let GPS take us on smaller roads… we traveled State Highways, County and Township Road… it absolutely took longer, but we saw some beautiful country.

We arrived in Toledo and decided to take the advice of Cpl Max Klinger:

The Hungarian hotdogs were good, but the homemade pickles and peppers were totally worth the heartburn than I know is coming. Thanks Klinger!

Tomorrow we are exploring Toledo a bit and then off to Michigan!