Hyatt Place Cincinnati/Blue Ash

... a few flurries near Bradford but not a big deal. Funnily enough the temperature has gotten colder as we've headed south - hovering around freezing in Ohio. We both had visions of the skating rink highway we tried to negotiate in February in the Daytona to Cinci stretch. This time there was only construction to deal with.

Our border crossing went as well as can be expected. The U-Haul was x-rayed but we got through in about half an hour and we've definitely spent longer than that ...

... college. Should be fun.

The day started with a way-to-early 7:15 a.m. flight from Cincinnati to Miami. We luckily found a direct flight (both ways) that was also the least expensive. Direct flights are great way to start a vacation because they are relatively stress free. Changing planes is just never fun.

Leaving for KL in 6 days, monsoon season i know, but. Plan on spending Christmas and New Year in Malaysia before heading north to Thailand after getting a visa in Penang. Anyone out there care to share a Tiger somewhere in the peninsula drop me a line.
Wherever enjoy your trip to s/e asia!
Polesana

... the opportunity to know her and the rest of her family as we embark on this journey together. Life experiences are so much better when they are shared. I am wondering if we'll have to change the passports when we get back from the trip to read, "McCarron-Dunn-Reier" or "Dunn-Reier-McCarron!" I have a feeling that we'll be like one big family upon our return.
I, too have been scouring through all of the reading material I have been able ...

... aisle seat empty. Then the guy showed up and took the seat. Ideal seating gone. Plus, my window seat didn't touch a bulkhead, just two windows. Kinda hard to lean with that. *sigh*

In-flight entertainment: Watched some of a Big Bang Theory episode before I messed up the controls and then didn't want to sit through the first half of it again. Oh well. Watched the beginning of "17 Again," enough to see Adam Gregory...then realized he was only in the flashback at the ...

... learned that the platelets are $1000 per unit! After much haggling, and he is weary and was getting cranky, we finally decided to go the emergency room route. To make this short, it took 3 hours for them to decide how to treat him and finally, after 1PM got him into a room, but had made no move to start his IV. I left and went off to browse the town, then home. It is hot out today. It is raining at 6:30 –big drops and wind – there is so much cottonwood fuzz in ...

Last night saw the grand reunion of two of America’s national treasures: The Cincinnati Pops and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Returning to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Riverbend Music Center, the Choir and Pops had a repeat of the widely hailed concert of 2007. Together, Maestros Erich Kunzel and Mack Wilberg led the 90 member orchestra and over 310 singers through some of the great patriotic and American repertoire. From the opening strains of ...

... a car wash and a quick trip to the grocery store. July 22 Tuesday -It had stormed during the night and all was wet this morning but now warm and some clouds. Charlie off again for the day and I spent a good part of it cleaning and making his front office look presentable again-it has been ignored for a long time and we just stack stuff in there-What a difference when I was done! Charlie called before coming home to see what we needed out of the motorhome-I ...

... to break tradition and led Choir memb**s in a bow at the conclusion of the Rósza selections and also sev**al oth** of the evening’s songs.

As the night progressed, the music of the second half highlighted the Choir’s latest release, Showtime, which included “When You Wish Upon a Star,” “Who Will Buy?,” “Wh**e is Love?,” and “Sunrise, Sunset,” all quite suitable for the Pops-Choir collaboration.

The Pops ...

We drove straight through Ohio, heading south on I71 at Columbus toward Cincinnati. We took I471 to our final destination in Newport Kentucky. I feel terrible because I told Carolyn that we would arrive for dinner, but didn't actually show up until past midnight. When we did arrive, I felt the need to make the best of our time together and behave as if it was mid-afternoon rather than midnight. Carolyn ...