Cincinnati, OH

I have some catching up to do. I wrote this update a while a go, but was not able to post it. I’ve been down for the count with food poisoning, which if you’ve never gotten it is a nasty business. I just have to say, if it had to happen, I’m glad it happened while I was in a place with a bed and bathroom near by. Getting food poisoning while in a campground would have to be in the top ten worst things that could happen.

Anyway, I drove from West Virginia to Cincinnati along the Ohio River – a very winding, but pretty road. I was in Cincinnati for my dad’s family reunion. Now the fact that my dad is from a rather large family only makes things more interesting. I think the last time I actually saw all my relatives on that side (well that’s an exaggeration because I don’t think I have ever seen all my family in one place, that would be a ridiculous amount) I was 10 years old. So really in my knowledge, I have never been in a room with so many people I was related too. In all, it was pretty fun to see people I have haven’t seen since I was little – or I suppose that would be meeting them first time.

This is the house where my dad grew up and heard many stories that made me wonder how all his brothers and sisters lived to adulthood…setting the house on fire, stealing gas from gas stations at night, building carts with an engine and running them down a main street only to have the wheels fall off and the cart go careening down the hill in a mass of sparks, or throwing knives at each other. And really all I can say about all those stories is that my parents can have nothing to complain about. They had it so easy with my sister and I.

The motley Greve clan (the immediate brothers and sisters)…


I had other things planned for the time in Ohio, but alas the time was spent in bed. So I am off to Indiana.

Gas:
Cincinnati - $2.95