Trip # 1 to Ohio, Part 2

We had a crazy time trying to get things in order. We never did locate a will and it made everything a million times more difficult. After getting home, Ronnie and I scheduled an appointment and pre-planned our funerals with the local funeral home. We are paying monthly payments on it and everything is worked out so that our families will not have to decide anything. I HIGHLY recommend that EVERYONE get their affairs in order. Even if you cannot pre-pay, you can at least get your wished notated (for free) at the funeral home. PLEASE be sure you have a will so your family does not deal with probate. This is extremely important!

Anyways...after MANY hours of working through 2 homes of a hoarder, we were all sweaty & tired, but it was great to be together! :) (I won't post pics of the inside of the homes out of respect for George,but it was LITERALLY like the TV show).



Ronnie and Shorty...plus Betsy in the background :)

Kyle with his Grandma Georgia!

Aunt Betsy!

they were both so happy to finally meet :)

sisters!

This is the home George owned. It was used for storage.

Grandma and Kyle...

this gave me major flashbacks to Georgia playing with her kids

Ky had to show her what he knew :)

this pic was on one of the walls. We don't know who it is, but it is really neat :)

We were in Chillicothe for about 24 hours almost to the minute. Time for us to hit the road back home...

good-bye :(

Grandma crying that we're leaving.

here she is PROMISING Kyle she is moving down soon.

LOVE YOU, Mom!

6! yes, 6 vehicles...all registered and insured...and ALL in probate :(

pretty building on the way home!

this is the INTERSTATE! TOLLS ON THE INTERSTATE!! What the heck!?  I have NEVER seen this before!

tunnel through the mountain!

SO COOL!!

another tunnel through another mountain!

neat!

Stay tuned for PART 3!! On the way back Ronnie, Kyle and I took a 7 hour detour through the Blue Ridge Parkway. We even stopped and explored Grandfather Mountain!!

Trip #1 to Ohio, part 1

A couple of weeks ago on a Wednesday afternoon, while eating lunch at Bob Evans, Ronnie and I got a phone call that was the deciding factor for us traveling to Ohio. We checked Kyle out of school and left that afternoon.
Background: Ronnie's grandfather passed away on Monday, May 14th. But...the next-of-kin, Ronnie's mom, Georgia, was not notified until the following Tuesday, May 22nd. There's a lot more to it, but the bottom line is we needed to go up there and get the affairs in order so that his body could be laid to rest.

this was our first glimpse of hills (which we Floridians call mountains).

I love how this looks!

We drove until 3AM Thurs before stopping for the night.

neat to see things that are not common back home

finally picking up the last leg of the trip

I thought this was so cool!

running at a rest stop!

there were HUNDREDS of these birds there!

neat

Couldn't pass a cemetery without getting a pic!



FINALLY....Chillicothe

once we got into Chillicothe, there were several pretty homes...

and interesting ones....

beautiful...

interesting...

This was the home where George, Ronnie's gpa lived.

and here is where we stayed that night. It was a wonderful hotel and WELL worth the extra $20 or $30!

Stay tuned...not only for Part 2, but for my second trip to Ohio, the following week. Lisa and I did that one together and spent a day and a half exploring Amish country!