Day 3 - The Math Was Off

Today was a day where there was nothing big planned. We just had to get from Pittsburgh to Louisville, where we will be spending all day tomorrow. It's our first place where we are staying in the same hotel for 2 nights. Big treat. The drive from Pittsburgh to Louisville is about 6 hours, and in the interest of not torturing the kids (and us), the plan was to stop in Cincinnati (about 4.5 hours from Pittsburgh), have some lunch and do a little sightseeing (Underground Railroad Museum), then head on to Louisville (1.5 hours from Cincy). Problem was, the math was off. And for those of you who go way back with me and know I went to Lincoln (somewhat voluntarily) for math, this was a problem. See, we didn't get moving and ready to leave until about 11. That meant getting to Cincy around 3:30 - too late for lunch and sightseeing. So, I did a quick Mapquest check of the route, and saw that Columbus, OH was about 2.5 hours away. A quick re-program of the GPS, and presto-chango, new plan.

We arrived on the campus of Ohio State University (sorry Matt) around 2:00. After asking in The Union (the Ohio State version of Houston Hall - for my Penn readers) where to eat, we decided on Eddie George's Grill. As we were walking through the Union, Debbie had an epiphany. Either she had been in the Union in a past life, or she had seen it on YouTube. After realizing she was not an Ohio State grad in a former life, she settled on YouTube. And a check of her Blackberry during lunch confirmed that she had seen OSU students doing some sort of Glee homage in the Union. She was very proud of herself.

Eddie George's Grill is a Friday's like place, with TVs and OSU stuff all over the place. After the previous night's dinner in Pittsburgh, I figured I was in for a letdown when I ordered the turkey wrap. The menu said it came with cole slaw and fries. However, like Dustin Johnson on the 72nd hole, it never crossed my mind that they might actually put the cole slaw and fries in the wrap like they did in Pittsburgh. Well, shiver me timbers if they didn't do just that! Can't say it was as good as the night before, but I will give them an A for effort.

After sneaking into the OSU football stadium for a quick look and photo op, we decided to head to Louisville around 4:30.

"THE" Ohio State University

Once again that darned math reared its ugly head. Even though we had a late lunch, we were in no man's land because by the time we got to Louisville around 7:30-7:45 and got settled, it would be quite late to start figuring out dinner. So, we went back to the original idea of heading to Cincy, but this time for dinner. Debbie checked the Road Food book and the other touring book, and we decided that we would actually head to Newport, KY, which has a whole river front area that overlooks Cincy.

Hello, Cincinatti!

At this point I must digress for a minute. I just have to say that if I was a teenager (or Marc) I would be having a lot of snickers about some of these town and place names. As mentioned the other day, we spent time in Intercourse (PA), and today we drove through Licking County (OH) and past Big Bone Lick State Park (KY). Just saying...

Meanwhile, back on the farm, we settled on an Irish Pub overlooking the river, but ate inside because it was too hot outside. We finally headed towards Louisville after dinner and arrived about 9:30. Despite enjoying the diversions and places we went today, this got us set up for another late night of working, and for the first time laundry. Again, that math problem. Oh well.

Tomorrow it's off to the Louisville Slugger Museum and the Muhammad Ali Center, and whatever else we discover in the city.