Fall Run: Illinois & Ohio

  Time for our FALL RUN!  It's so exciting to be back on the road again, our first trip as a whole family in the new RV....

  Next stop was Effingham, Illinois for a few days.....we found a cozy little RV park tucked in the trees.

  I have been on the hunt for some treasures to finish decorating our apartment with and Illinois delivered!  We went to the CUTEST store and viola.....  :)

  The kids found something fun too! An old camcorder to play with.....

  Dale found a little hole in the wall Asian diner for lunch with the boys while I was at class.  They loved it so much they took us all back for dinner!  

  YUM!  The soup they served was a melon soup in chicken broth, so interesting.

  The next day we headed to Ohio, where we will be for the next few weeks! Lots of classes and fun on the books.

  RVTV decided to do a news interview on our travel day.....

  We took Family Friday to explore the 577 Foundation.  It used to be an old farmstead, now it is the NEATEST place to explore.

  The bee exhibit was amazing!  There was even a tube to watch the bees come and grow from outside as they built their hive.

Worker Bees from Tonya Ferguson on Vimeo.

  The 577 Foundation also has an old cabin, a horse barn turned lending library, fairy gardens, community gardens, kids play area, musical instruments in the woods and even a trail leading down to the river walk.  SO FUN!

  Avery was so excited for us to play house in this amazing cabin.  The oldest free standing wood home, built in 1803!!!!

  After that we headed to the gardens.....

  There was the NEATEST forest with a fort, stage, musical instruments.....

    Our trips to Ohio aren't complete without a stop in Findlay at the Dietsch Brothers Chocolate and Ice Cream shop.

  They have been around since the 1920's!  

https://dietschs.com/about-us/our-story/

  We had classes over in Apple Creek, so we headed there next.  Hello, Amish country!

  The kids LOVED our RV Park!  Cool playground, and I bet in the summer, a super amazing swimming lake!

    The kids are learning all the states and capitals in school, we are trying to make it fun by playing it Jeopardy and Go Fish style! :)

  The next few days, we taught an oil class for a lot of amazing couples, drove around and enjoyed all the darling farms, and quaint cottages. All the buggies in a row! Lots of yummy farm fresh food and evening walks.

  Sugarcreek is such a CUTE place!  They call it Little Sweden and have the cutest downtown.  It houses the World's Largest Cuckoo Clock!

World's Largest Cuckoo Clock from Tonya Ferguson on Vimeo.

  We are here for another week yet before we move on to do classes in Alabama.  We are all loving our new home on wheels and are settling in nicely.  We look around and just grin and give God all the glory for providing us with the home of our dreams!

​Hugs, T