Ohio Gozaimasu!

Goodbye Florida home, we would not see you again when we come back but we will be close!

Our last meal in Florida…

On December the 31st, we reached Ohio after about 18 hours drive from Florida. It was a tedious and tiring drive passing through Alabama and then Tennessee, Kentucky, Cincinnati, Warren and finally Cortland! We stopped by many times as we had Diesel in the car with us too. It was quite a travel that went pretty smoothly and safe too.

We left Fort Walton Beach at 5/6 pm ish and reached here in Ohio around 12.30pm the next day. It was certainly getting colder up north and there was a moment in time whilst on our journey that very light snow started to fall. I was ready to drive back down to the warmth. Checking it right now, the temperature there is in the 50s and looks like its climbing a little.

I have never been around here before and I love exploring new places and experiencing new things that I have never done before in my life.

Yesterday the fam drove towards Cleveland. We live close to an Amish township –  in Mesopotamia Township. There were buggies and horses going through the rightmost side of the single-laned two way road. The buggies had reflectors on their back and lights shining from the front of them. They are black and the horses are hard to see at night with not much lighting on the roads. However, even so, I hear that there are also accidents that happen due to people being inconsiderate with their speed. The horses are easily agitated with the cars and motorcycles that pass by, might not know when exactly they would flare up.

The Amish also have their own little shop that is open to public or anyone living around the area even though they are not Amish. They bring in wholesale foods and sell them in their little store. I have yet to visit, but I will be sure to write or record about my experience.

We got past Burton and Middlefield and finally Chagrin Falls where Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s are. There would be Whole Foods in Destin when we move back down South. The goods are really expensive and possibly only shop there once in a while with things that we cannot get from a Wal-Mart. Trader Joe’s was interesting too but really small. I hear they are going to move to a bigger place because that branch was packed and it was hard to move about the isles.

It got colder as we were walking through the mall as night falls and headed back. On the roads home, there were many buggies and horses with reflectors as the Amish are on their way home…