Our first stop was one of our favorite breweries - JAFB Wooster.
We were back on the road and traveling through the country when the urge for a bathroom stop hit. I saw the sign that we had entered Millersburg and said "hey, there is a brewery here too".
Our next stop was the "Apple Butter Stirrin' Festival" - which we went to pretty much because it was called "The Apple Butter Stirrin' Festival". It took place in the restored canal town of Roscoe Village on the edge of Coshocton.
Erin on the hunt for fritters.
There it is - the stirrin'!
Canal Locks across the lake.
We arrived in Marietta and checked into our Air BnB then I rushed us out the door to catch the sunset on the Ohio River.
"Where are the white women at?"
Oh look - we happened upon a brewery.
Our food at Marietta Brewing was good but the beer was pretty un-inspiring - not bad - just very 1996.
In the morning we stopped in the city cemetery because I wanted to see the Hopewell Era ancient Indian Mound. The founders built the cemetery around this mound to preserve it. Marietta sits where the Muskingum River empties into the Ohio - which was a huge Hopewell site. The mounds were supposed to be preserved but many were later destroyed or built over. Of course.
Erin atop the mound on a very chilly morning.
Marietta is the oldest settlement in the Northwest Territory and the oldest city in Ohio.
The flood of 1913(that destroyed the Ohio and Erie Canal) would have been up to this plaque at its peak!
A couple replicas of Columbus's ships.
Erin about to drop in.
The city was originally a very important shipping location - but was later supplanted in importance by Cincinnati.
Two classic modes of transport.
An old RR bridge converted into a pedestrian bridge.
After our bike cruise around Marietta we hit the road. Erin found this beautiful brewer/winery - we had a beer and a wood-fired pizza.
Southside Brewing at Georgetown Winery had an amazing view overlooking Cambridge - this photo does not do it justice.
We took our time driving the country roads back home - is there anything more beautiful than a Autumn road trip in Ohio?