Tory Just Can Not Contain Her Excitement
So we’re on the road again. Only for a couple weeks, so don’t get too excited.
We’re heading to “The Rally” in Louisville, KY which starts on Wednesday.
As you can see form the above picture, Tory can not contain her excitement. Hee hee.
We decided to head out a little early and see what we see. We thought a stop over for the weekend in Zanesville, OH was a good destination. It had a few places of interest in town to see and close by is an animal sanctuary that looked interesting. More on that later.
Well, with not much in the way of campgrounds, we settled on Wolfie’s Campground. It did get good reviews on RVParkReviews.com, Woodall’s and Good Sam Trailerlife. So we were hopeful.
Let’s see…what can I say about this place? I really don’t want to make this whole post about this campground, as it started out to be because I was just ranting on and on, so I’ll leave it as this… We will definitely not be back and we will certainly not recommend it to anyone.
So back to Zanesville, OH. It sits just east of Columbus, OH and has some interesting historical points of interest. Zanesville was once home to the states second capitol city and the building now serves as the courthouse. Sorry, no picture of that building. Interesting but not worth a stop over. We passed this beautiful church on the way.
A Church We Passed In Zanesville, OH
What is even more interesting is Zanesville is home to the world’s, yes I said world’s, only “Y” shaped bridge. Or so they claim. After checking with Google, I did find another “Y” shaped bridge in China and some others in the US. It was still a sight to be seen. There famous line, “Go to the middle of the bridge and turn left”. That’s cracks me up.
David On The "Y" Shaped Bridge In Zanesville, OH
One Of The Official Historical Marker Signs For The Bridge
Records go back to 1814 to when the original “Y” shaped bridge was constructed. It has since been reconstructed due to time and floods and it is registered on the National Registry of Historical Places. I think the signs say 1902 because that’s when it was rebuilt fully after the original got washed away in a flood.
When we were walking across the bridge we noticed, on the other side, were some large vases.
When I say large, I mean taller than a human. Or most at least.
You see, Zanesville is also known worldwide for their pottery. They have various shops and factories and their’s an annual pottery festival.
David Checking Out The Large Vases
David of course could not resist.
Zanesville itself is not a terribly interesting place. We actually did not feel totally comfortable walking around the area where the bridge and
These vases are spread out in a circle, on display for all who pass by. I’m guessing these were part of a fundraiser at one point.
One of these is not like the other…
One Of These Is Not Like The Other
the vases were. It’s not in the best part of town and it shows. Tourists, I would imagine, would make easy targets for whatever. You can use your imagination on that one.
So after we took our obligatory pictures, we high tailed it out of there and back to the comforts of our coach up on the hillside.
Ive lived here my whole life and couldn’t agree more. the vases are in a bad part of town. And the Y bridge was blown down right in front of eyes when I was 4 in 1984, I remember it well. We were also put on the map with the exotic animal escape which was terrible. Although to bad you missed out on the best donuts and ice cream shops, Donalds Donughts and Toms Ice Cream Bowl. In a nut shell Zanesville is not a place to go for a vaca or visit, nothing for kids to do or us adults. So I am not surprised you didn’t enjoy it.