Camping in Indiana - lots of playground time!
Niagara Falls
We left Cleveland and headed back to Pittsburgh to re-collect a few streets and go to court. We got to Pittsburgh a few Thursday's ago and court was on Monday, August 27. We stayed at a hotel in the Southside, which is a street with about 20 blocks of bars and restaurants. It's a more eccentric area of the city. It was pretty fun being able to hang out in Pittsburgh again, especially on the Southside, but we were definitely ready to get out of there. So, we decided to head up to Buffalo, NY to see Team 5. We trained with them in Portland and then drove across the country to Austin with them. This is the closest we've been to them, so we decided to go up for a visit. We hung out in Buffalo for a night and then drove up to Niagara Falls for a bit before heading back to Pittsburgh. It was really great to see Niagara Falls again because I hadn't been since 6th grade. We only went to the American side, but it was still cool, especially since Emily had never been there. It was also really fun out in Buffalo because all of the bars there are open til 4am! We then went back to Pittsburgh and had a nice night of lounging. Court was the next day and we won and got the money on the spot, which was awesome. We were then ready to head to Toledo where we stayed with my good friend, Meredith's, sister, Missy. She has the cutest house about 15 minutes away from downtown. She also has DVR and a dog, so both of those things have been nice. We've spent lots of time at the local bar called Doc Watson's. They have $2 beer specials that change monthly, so we got to experience Molson Canadian in August and Warsteiner in September. We also went to the Toledo Art Museum and Glass Pavilion, which both were great. The art museum was huge and cased a lot of different time periods and styles. The Glass Pavilion contained 7 galleries and a lot of local glass work from Toledo, which is knows as the Glass City because much glass was produced here starting in the late 1800's though today. For Labor Day weekend, we went camping near Wolcotville, Indiana. We camped at a 75-acre campground called Gordon's. It was very family oriented, which was cool because there were a LOT of playground type places to play. Swings, teeter-totters, slides, etc. There was also a pool, but we decided not to frequent that. There really wasn't a lake or anything nearby so we drove about 30 minutes north to Pokagon Lake State Park which did have a lake, so we rented a paddle boat and swam out in the middle of the lake. We then went on a hike after we were able to break into Emily's friends car because we accidentally locked the keys in the trunk! We also went to the Nature Center where we were able to learn about all of the critters running around in the park. We went back to our spot at Gordon's and proceeded to play Bingo and get extremely drunk! It all started when we decided to make Bingo a drinking game - easy to play - if you don't have what they call, you drink! We then went to sing and dance to Karaoke, which is what Gordon's really tries to advertise. We didn't get to sing though because it's so very popular. Then, I was able to find a party (which is something we were looking for all weekend) and drank more and played beer pong. Good times! Oh, and the fifth state we visited was Michigan - they don't sell beer on Sunday's in Indiana, so it was a good thing we were only 30 minutes from Michigan. We also bought sweet bi-colored corn there. Alright, so now we're back in Toledo and we are leaving tomorrow (which is Thursday, September 6). We're heading down to the Nati (Cincinnati) where we are staying in a really nice apartment with a rooftop terrace right downtown. We should be there for a couple weeks and it should be fun! So, if you're able to come on down, let me know. Umphrey's McGee is playing next weekend (September 15) and Oktoberfest is the weekend after that (September 22-23). Should be good times! Oh, and sorry for the lack of photos, hopefully I'll get it together in Cinci.
