4/18/11 (Monday):  It's cold and SNOWING today!  Unbelievable!  We already have about an inch, and it's supposed to go on for a couple more hours.  We've already had to refill the propane tanks once, and may need to do it again.  Don't want to run out in the middle of the night.

 Aside from the weather, we had a pleasant trip up and are enjoying visiting with family.  My grands have really grown.

 Anna and Margo both take piano lessons and are doing well in school.

Claire is enjoying preschool a few days a week and Kristin is keeping a crazy schedule.  Tom continues to enjoy his work at Ford.  He says the new Fiesta is a great little car--very European.  Makes me want to try one.  Sometimes I get a little tired of driving around in a big truck.

We had hoped to stop in Kentucky for a couple of days on the way up.  We've driven through the state a couple of times, but had never explored it.  The countryside along I-75 is beautiful there--mountains and rushing streams--and the dogwood and redbud trees were in full bloom.  But the weather was really bad, so we didn't do much.

We stopped at Cumberland Falls.  It's known as one of only two places in the world where you can see a moonbow.  Known as the "Niagara of the South," the 125-foot wide curtain of water is dramatic day or night. But it's only at night during a full moon that you can see the moonbow, a phenomenon not found anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere.  Apparently, if you stand in certain places, the moon shines through the mist of the falls and creates the moonbow.  If you're interested, here are the best dates for seeing a moonbow in 2011:  April 16-17-18-19-20; May 15-16-17-18-19; June 13-14-15-16-17; July 13-14-15-16-17; August 11-12-13-14-15; September 10-11-12-13-14; October 10-11-12-13-14; November 8-9-10-11-12; and December 8-9-10-11-12.

You don't have to walk far from the parking lot to see these pretty falls, but take a peak at the waterfall going down the stairs!  Needless to say, we didn't spend long at this stop.

Our lunch stop was in Berea, the folk arts and crafts center of Kentucky.  Unfortunately, not only was the weather still bad, but it was a weekday and almost everything was closed.  Maybe on the way back.

We got to Ypsi late in the afternoon and got set up about dinnertime.  We checked our GPS (we call her "Mandy") for nearby restaurants and found one called Bonehead's BBQ in nearby Willlis.  Wiley had been lobbying for BBQ the whole way up (not my favorite), so we set off to find it.

It turned out to be a really neat place (great burgers and salads to go with the BBQ).  There's not much left of the little town of Willis, but in its day, it was a bustling little town on the stagecoach line.  The postmaster carried the mail in his hat!  This building was the general store and post office for many years and the interior decor is very special.  We'll definitely be going back.

I know I promised to post some pictures from the last few days in Florida, but in reviewing them, I don't see anything really different from previous posts.  So I'll look ahead to new adventures--stay posted!