Feast of the Flowering Moon
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cornerofmadnessI got a late start but at it turns out that wouldn't matter. I forgot that GPS down here doesn't work well. I've been to the park before but it's in an area of Chillicothe I don't go to often. My GPS took me around in a circle for 3 times (well the third I knew would end the same but I needed to get to a spot to reprogram). I'm like I KNOW this park is across the from pizza place I want to go to so put in that addy.
Bingo. I get there and the place has REALLY grown so they have the streets closed down. I go to park and this guy makes hard eye contact with me and I look past him and see a wrecker towing. There's NO SIGN you can't park here but I high tail it out and find another place which is a good half mile to where I want to be. No problem.
The problem was it had rained and was muddy. Also every redneck in Ohio was there. I got to see some of the Pow Wow dancing (but not much and it was 2 hours to the next session). The good of this, the weather was 10 degrees cooler than expected so like 65. It was perfect. The bad: almost everything. I love festivals when there are artists there with their wares. Most were not, they were cheap imported crap (I saw one kinda n ice Nightmare Before Christmas bag and saw the exact same one 3 stands down. Eye roll). One bored kid summed it up when he said they went quantity over quality. You can buy me that shirt but I can get it anywhere. Honestly he seemed pretty smart for his age (but I'm sure his mom was ready to kick him into next week).
I got some elderberry infused honey. I could have tried it but there were SO many people i'm like you know you like honey just buy it. Got it a few flavored straws of honey and a bite of honey comb and then ran the opposite direction trying to get out of the crowd. I ended up on food truck row.
I spotted 'sugar waffle' truck and had to see what that is. Turns out they were rosettes. I love those things but can't find our irons for this any more. I need to nothing like fried dough and sugar. I found a truck that said 'We Fry Anything' they had your standards, the slightly unusual (fried pickles, yum) and then the wild, fried pineapple, fried PopTarts which I wanted but I DID NOT buy (but only because the line was so long I'd still be there).
I wanted to throw axes at the axe throwing place but decided that might go badly if I hurt my shoulder because I need my cane. I grabbed a sour apple Italian ice and then hightailed it out of there (If I go again remember go to the pump house Dana, parking is there which is where you parked y ears ago)
From there I decide to see the Adena Mansion. According to my GPS the addy doesn't exist but one house away does. Okay fine. Do that. Get there (still circuitously) and the road is closed. Screaming (not in my heart) I go back a couple miles to Walmart (because I wasn't peeing in those gross portapotties at the fest). Okay fine, let's go to that cemetery I wanted to see.
AAaaand it takes me to some 'community' with a church, food pantry and a circle of homes. WTF. Now I'm furious. I get back on the highway and think Okay there's the brown historical site signs. Go find that for the mansion (which I have not been to since my first year here 17 years ago) I do that. And the road Ys with no signs. I think okay it's on a hill so I'll go this way because the other loops back into the historic district.
I did better than the GPS. I get there. THere are about 7 cars in the lot and....the museum to buy the tickets is CLOSED. Now I looked that up. I should have had 2 hours before closing time. OMG. So where are the people? THat question creeped me out. Where were they? I left and went to the speakeasy I wanted to try
I find it. It's a wee bit sketchy but this is the most expensive area of Chillicothe so I know it's fine AND I can't park because of the festival and the million people jammed into this space. I give up and go to the mall.
I go to Kroger's because I forgot hot dog buns and snap my thumb nail off on the steering wheel and it bleeds. I go to TJ Maxx to look for something for the bathroom (didn't find it) and ran over my own ankle with the cart. It bleeds. I hobble to Red Lobster because at this point I deserve a treat. Lemme tell you their strawberry lemonade is not it. it came as vodka floating on water with some lemonade flavoring squirted in. I'm like did you make this with mio? At least the shrimp was good.
I go to Tim Horton's for a coffee for the road. Do you have your Irish Cream cold brew? Yes. I get to the window and pay. Um no we don't. want vanilla? No I don't. Caramel? Sure...and they give me what amounted to caramel milk. Thanks for the gross drink.
I survive to get home and I look online trying to see how I got the cemetery address SO wrong. I didn't but this time it brings up Bing map. From that speakeasy it was one block away. I should have just looked at the map in the first place.
At least my sugar waffles are good.
Bingo. I get there and the place has REALLY grown so they have the streets closed down. I go to park and this guy makes hard eye contact with me and I look past him and see a wrecker towing. There's NO SIGN you can't park here but I high tail it out and find another place which is a good half mile to where I want to be. No problem.
The problem was it had rained and was muddy. Also every redneck in Ohio was there. I got to see some of the Pow Wow dancing (but not much and it was 2 hours to the next session). The good of this, the weather was 10 degrees cooler than expected so like 65. It was perfect. The bad: almost everything. I love festivals when there are artists there with their wares. Most were not, they were cheap imported crap (I saw one kinda n ice Nightmare Before Christmas bag and saw the exact same one 3 stands down. Eye roll). One bored kid summed it up when he said they went quantity over quality. You can buy me that shirt but I can get it anywhere. Honestly he seemed pretty smart for his age (but I'm sure his mom was ready to kick him into next week).
I got some elderberry infused honey. I could have tried it but there were SO many people i'm like you know you like honey just buy it. Got it a few flavored straws of honey and a bite of honey comb and then ran the opposite direction trying to get out of the crowd. I ended up on food truck row.
I spotted 'sugar waffle' truck and had to see what that is. Turns out they were rosettes. I love those things but can't find our irons for this any more. I need to nothing like fried dough and sugar. I found a truck that said 'We Fry Anything' they had your standards, the slightly unusual (fried pickles, yum) and then the wild, fried pineapple, fried PopTarts which I wanted but I DID NOT buy (but only because the line was so long I'd still be there).
I wanted to throw axes at the axe throwing place but decided that might go badly if I hurt my shoulder because I need my cane. I grabbed a sour apple Italian ice and then hightailed it out of there (If I go again remember go to the pump house Dana, parking is there which is where you parked y ears ago)
From there I decide to see the Adena Mansion. According to my GPS the addy doesn't exist but one house away does. Okay fine. Do that. Get there (still circuitously) and the road is closed. Screaming (not in my heart) I go back a couple miles to Walmart (because I wasn't peeing in those gross portapotties at the fest). Okay fine, let's go to that cemetery I wanted to see.
AAaaand it takes me to some 'community' with a church, food pantry and a circle of homes. WTF. Now I'm furious. I get back on the highway and think Okay there's the brown historical site signs. Go find that for the mansion (which I have not been to since my first year here 17 years ago) I do that. And the road Ys with no signs. I think okay it's on a hill so I'll go this way because the other loops back into the historic district.
I did better than the GPS. I get there. THere are about 7 cars in the lot and....the museum to buy the tickets is CLOSED. Now I looked that up. I should have had 2 hours before closing time. OMG. So where are the people? THat question creeped me out. Where were they? I left and went to the speakeasy I wanted to try
I find it. It's a wee bit sketchy but this is the most expensive area of Chillicothe so I know it's fine AND I can't park because of the festival and the million people jammed into this space. I give up and go to the mall.
I go to Kroger's because I forgot hot dog buns and snap my thumb nail off on the steering wheel and it bleeds. I go to TJ Maxx to look for something for the bathroom (didn't find it) and ran over my own ankle with the cart. It bleeds. I hobble to Red Lobster because at this point I deserve a treat. Lemme tell you their strawberry lemonade is not it. it came as vodka floating on water with some lemonade flavoring squirted in. I'm like did you make this with mio? At least the shrimp was good.
I go to Tim Horton's for a coffee for the road. Do you have your Irish Cream cold brew? Yes. I get to the window and pay. Um no we don't. want vanilla? No I don't. Caramel? Sure...and they give me what amounted to caramel milk. Thanks for the gross drink.
I survive to get home and I look online trying to see how I got the cemetery address SO wrong. I didn't but this time it brings up Bing map. From that speakeasy it was one block away. I should have just looked at the map in the first place.
At least my sugar waffles are good.
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Date: 2022-05-30 04:43 am (UTC)elderberry infused honey sounds good though.
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Date: 2022-05-31 03:21 am (UTC)the elderberry honey is slightly bitter but still good