Awake: 5:55am Temp 40 sleep 5+45 sunny windy overnight @ Ravenna, OH.
After eating a ”Kathy” muffin, we leave the Country Acres RV Park @ 7:50am; traveling State Road 5, then west on 44 to I-76 to I-77 to Dover, OH.
In Dover, we park the motorhome & tow car @ the Warthers Swiss chalet-style museum & tour the (64) ebony, ivory, & walnut train carvings created by Ernest “Mooney” Warther. The trains & other displays like the animated steel mill & a plier tree (511 pairs of plier cut from one piece of wood) were simply unbelievable; this one-of-a-kind collection has been appraised by the Smithsonian Institution as a “priceless work of art.” We spent over (2) hrs oohing & aahing + snapping pictures of these works of wonder. A separate building houses Frieda’s button collection; 73,000 buttons arranged in various designs.
The original workshop, built in 1912, is still used by family members today. Mooney worked full time @ the steel mill; did his whittling during the off hrs & still saved quality time to be with his wife & kids, & later, grandchildren. He loved the little kids &, if they broke something while in his workshop, he would give them money & send them to get an ice cream. He said it took less energy to just send them off then to get angry with them.
Back on the road again, we continue heading south on I-77 to I-64; the southwest winds are brutal for our high profile bus. We stop @ a rest stop, check the equipment & then continue until arriving @ the Elkhorn Campground in Frankfort, KY @ 5:30pm. Narrow pull throughs & nearby autos made our parking a little tricky.
Today’s travel: 439 miles 7+57 time 74.4 fuel used 5.9 mpg 55.2 avg speed.
Dinner: leftover crab casserole & a salad.
We started a movie….but someone with big eyes kept closing those big eyes.
Lights out: 11:52pm
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