Ohio

After a long anticipated trip and a much needed vacation, I flew out to Ohio for Fall Break. The trip started out with Travis picking me up from the airport and taking me to his apartment. (Of course he had flowers waiting there for me.) After taking the grand tour, and seeing the great need, we went to pick out a couch for his new place. After going to about 5 different stores, we ended back up at the first one to buy a couch. We ended up getting one of my favorite ones. He said my favorite one was too girly.

On Friday, I hung around his apartment all day while he was at work. It was actually pretty nice because I was able to catch up on some sleep and get some school stuff done (yes, I did school work on my vacation). After he got home, we went and picked up the couch. We had dinner, did a little shopping, and headed to THE HAUNTED CAVE. This cave will be in the Guinness Book of World Records this year for being the longest haunted cave. I normally don't really like scary things, but this wasn't too bad. We were at the front of the group, so I think we missed a lot of the action. There was one part where we were in "hell" and the "devil" was talking to our group and he said he was going to pick someone to sacrifice. Of course he picked me. I was probably the most innocent looking one there. Then all of the sudden the chainsaw guys came out. In past experience, the chainsaw guys are the people that actually scare me. I just grabbed on to Travis and hid behind him. It was really well done though.



















Saturday was our outdoor adventure day. We went to Hocking Hill Parks where there are all sorts of sites to see. There were tons of people there because it was a beautiful day (and there is nothing else to do in Dayton). Travis describes this place as an outdoor playground. There were all sorts of bridges and caves and tunnels. We stopped to take lots of pictures. We went to a place where there was supposed to be a waterfall, but it was sadly all dried up. Funny story, a man stopped us and asked where we were from because he heard me talking and thought I had an accent. He thought we were from Switzerland. I wish! He was really nice and told us some places that we should visit in the park.
































After we explored this section of the park, we decided to head over to the repelling area. Travis was excited because he LOVES rock climbing and repelling. I don't have much experience with repelling. Once we got on the trail, it split in three directions. We choose the one most traveled, hoping it would lead us to the right place. We got to a rock wall that we thought could be it, but we weren't sure because it was so small compared to what we are used to out west. Travis went to ask a group of people if that was the only place to go repelling. The guy's response was, "yeah, this is where most people go, but if this is too tall for you the wall is shorter a little ways down." I almost laughed out loud when he said that. If he only knew that Travis climbs and repels hundreds of feet and this wall was about 60 feet. So, Travis decided this was a good wall for me to practice on. We did it a few times before heading back home.






























Sunday was the worst day. I had the same sort of anticipation of flying back, but this time it was because I didn't want to come back to Utah. I was getting ready for church and I broke down crying. It was horrible, but Travis is so patient with me. He just let me cry on his shoulder. I think that it was harder to leave this time than the first time. At least this time it will only be a month before I see him again. We went to church and then headed to the airport. On our way, we stopped at a little park to take some pictures because all the leaves were changing colors. It was beautiful! (Warning: There may be a kissing picture)





























I had a great time and I can't wait until Thanksgiving when he gets to come out here to see me!