Day Twenty-Five: Cleveland's Waterpark

Day Twenty-Five: Frequent Sighting

We have seen this sight nearly every morning on the trip.  It had to be included.

Day Twenty-Four: Couchsurfing in Cleveland

We stayed with an interesting couple in Cleveland.  Even more interesting was their house.  Here is the stained glass in the stairwell and front bedroom.

Day Twenty-Four: Bound for Purdue

Rob and Todd were out of the house early and off to the mechanic.  Jenna and the children were left at the breakfast bar with Mojo (top) and Toby (bottom).

Thankfully, the transmission was diagnosed as having a burned-out overdrive.  We were given the green light from a mechanic in Crawfordsville to hit the road, but to leave the overdrive off.  So, we traveled back to Purdue so that Jenna could visit her alma mater.

The children had heard a great deal about the bowling alley in the basement of Purdue's Memorial Union -- not because Jenna ever bowled that much, but more because there's something sort of cool about a 10-pin bowling alley in the basement of a university's union.

Sadly, the children did not get a chance to bowl a string.  Jenna underestimated the popularity of bowling on a Monday morning and the alley -- all eight lanes -- was booked until 3:30.  As we had to get to Cleveland -- 6 and 1/2 hours away from West Lafayette -- we couldn't wait.

They watched some action though . . .

Day Twenty-Three: On the road

We spent the afternoon on the road and have encountered our very first mechanical problem:  There is something wrong (seriously?) with the transmission.

Thankfully, we are couchsurfing with a great guy in in Crawfordsville, Todd, who knows a good mechanic and will introduce us -- and the minivan -- to him in the morning.

This is Todd:

Day Twenty-Three: On the Mississippi

Day Twenty-Three: Corn Meal Pancakes

A delicious breakfast of corn meal pancakes and scrambled eggs was enjoyed prior to heading to the Mississippi.