Day Trip To Coshocton

This morning Dean tells me that he has a prescription that he needs refilled by Thursday - nothing like last minute notice! So, I checked online for a Wal-Mart and saw that there was one in Coshocton. I was wanting to take a day trip there to go to Roscoe Village so figured as the old saying goes "kill two birds with one stone".

We took all back country road there and saw some beautiful countryside. The Amish here appear to be doing well as their homes are beautiful! A lot of them are not the normal farm house but much more modern looking and large. But then they have large families and need the space.

We drove through little towns such as Charm, and New Bedford, drove past the Chalet in the Valley and the Guggisberg Cheese Factory and Inn. We passed several Amish schools, some with kids there and others that were empty. There were a few places along this drive that we will go back to and I'll expand more on them later.

We had gone about half way when Dean discovered that he had left his medicine bottle on the table in the motorhome, soooo - finding a wide spot in the road - we made a U-turn and back we went. Neat though cause we got to see the same things three times - LOL.

We finally made it to the Wal-Mart in Coshocton and turned his prescription in with orders from me to call if there was a problem filling it. We've encountered problems this year with Wal-Mart and filling prescriptions.

Next stop was Roscoe Village which was a actual town along the Ohio/Erie canal - a canal town. We strolled through the main street looking in a few of the stores but mostly admiring the old buildings and construction. While there I got a call from Wal-Mart that they could not fill the prescription - go figure!!! So back to Wal-Mart we go to get the bottle. I think we are going to try to find a CVS and see about getting the prescription transferred.

Anyway, by this time we decided to just stop for a burger since we had a big breakfast at home before we left. We then came back toward Berlin by way of one of Ohio's "scenic routes", Hwy 93. Well, I'm not sure why it is designated as scenic. The back road we took in the morning were much more so. It did take us through more small towns (Baltic, Sugar Creek & Walnut Creek)and past more cheese factories. In Walnut Creek we stopped at Walnut Creek Cheese store. What a store - lots of produce, fresh cut meat, a great deli, home made ice cream (we had black-raspberry), bulk foods and more. Then the other end of the building was a store that sold everything and anything you could want in your kitchen plus more! It was fun exploring this store and we will probably go back for some of the dry mixes they sell.

Our next stop was home. It was a fun day except for the Wal-Mart part. We sat outside and enjoyed the the fresh breezes and the two horses that are pastured right across from where we are parked. I had picked up a package of carrots and they got a treat this evening (of course I got permission first). Now I wonder if they will remember tomorrow evening that I had treats for them. We'll see...

That about wraps up our first full day in Amish Country - Ohio. I will have pictures posted at Picasa tonight. What is in store for tomorrow - not sure so come on back....