Well dad and I made it to the pro football hall of fame. We loved it. We toured the hall for a grand total of about 6 hours. I strongly recommend that if you love football and you are traveling up North that you swing by Canton.
Here is an observation that we have made about the state of Ohio.
THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT TO DO. To be fare I want to say that this is not my words. These are the words of the people that live here.
Not a problem for us though. We are taking day trips of things to see and do. Today we are traveling to the AMISH country to check out that scene.
Here is another observation that we have made around here.
1. When people tell you how to go somewhere or shall I say how they think you go somewhere
they deal in time and not miles. You might think "what is the big deal?" The deal is it
depends on who you ask. To get to one place of interest dad and I had we asked 3 people
and we got anywhere from 20 minutes to 75 minutes. Now that is a HUGE difference.
2. Canton Ohio (according to the tourist information guide) is 20 to 30 minutes from anywhere
in the state. Something dad and I have discovered is load of dooky.
3. No one knows how to get somewhere. Here is a sample question that we asked 3 people.
Question: Do you know where the Amish country is located?
Hotel Desk- Um No I don't.
Gas Station Clerk- Never heard of it.
Lady at Station Buying Gas- Uh...I have heard of it and I have been there but I don't know
where it is.
And it is not just the Amish country. They don't know how to get to restaurants or key points of interest. There was a major state highway right outside a gas station we stopped at to ask how much farther it was to a point of interest.
Answer- I don't know.
Question- How much further on this highway do we travel before we get to West Virginia.
Answer- I don't know.
Question- Do you know what direction this highway takes us?
Answer- Um no.
Now to put this in perspective of people who live in Dallas this is what we are asking these people. Let's say you are at 635 and 75. Can you tell someone...
1. How to get to McKinney?
2. How to get to Frisco?
3. What is a good steak restaurant and how do you get there?
4. How do you get to South Fork?
As you can see we are not asking tough questions.
Do not get me wrong. Dad and I are really enjoying our time together and we are laughing a lot. Last night we found a casino and horse track in West Virginia so we had a full day yesterday.
Today it is off to the Amish and then I think another horse track in Salem PA. According to the locals it's only 20 minutes away....or is it 60 minutes.....or if you ask the right person ...does it even exist?
3 comments:
In all fairness, being from Houston, I deal with time moreso than miles.
"How far is the Astrodome from here?"
"45 Minutes"
"No, miles."
"What difference does that make, it's going to take you 45 minutes to get there. Even if it is just around the block"
That being said, I do deal with miles more since we moved up here.
Strike up a poker match with the Amish!
Bring me back some Amish Bread.++
The difference is that it depends on who you ask. You get anywhere from 20 minutes to 45 minutes to get to the same place.
Huff
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