Willkommen Kenny Chesney (and the rain)!

We slept in until 9:30 and got on the road around 11. We didn't have much planned other than the concert. 

We decided to spend a few hours in German Village which is a historic part of the city. It's easy to tell you are inside German Village by the brick streets, sidewalks, and buildings. We had lunch in an authentic German restaurant called Schmidt's Sausage Haus. This restaurant was featured Man vs. Food on Food Network. The food was amazing and so was the atmosphere. Where else is there a 30 minute wait at 1:30pm on a Saturday. We passed the time by visiting their gift shop in which two guys were making homemade fudge. Pretty cool.

After German Village, we checked into our hotel to get set for Kenny Chesney. We arrived as the first act was getting started. We had pretty good seats considering it was a stadium concert. The second act was Eli Young Band who no later finished their set and there was an announcement for fans to leave the stands to take cover because of inclement weather. I had already headed back under the stands to get some food. As I was heading back into the tunnel, literally thousands of people flooded the tunnel thus separating me from getting to Hillary. Let me tell you that standing and holding a carrier of food and drinks while being packed into the tunnel like sardines was a treat. About an hour later Hillary finally got my text message of where I was an slowly made her way to me. I was just happy I still had cold food for her to eat and didn't spill everything on some drunk person stumbling around.

The delay lasted about 90 minutes and Eric Church got going right alway and played a hell of a show! Of course Kenny Chesney did not disappoint. The stadium was 70,000 strong and sang every word to every song even though everyone (but us) was soaking wet. We were the losers who brought rain coats and were damn happy we did! 

We got back to our hotel around 12:30am. Tired but thrilled from the concert. One thing we have learned about spending a few days in Ohio is they sure love their Buckeyes. We felt like fish out of water.

Next up.... Pittsburgh!

Zip Lines and "Cruise Lines"

We took off for Cincinnati around 8am yesterday. First on our list of things to do was to visit Findlay's Market. It's a Farmers Market of sorts with a built in meat market and lots of craft stores. There was a ton of good things to eat, so we decided to enjoy an early lunch. Findlay's was not exactly located in the most luxurious of neighborhoods.

After lunch at Findlay's, we headed out for our highlight adventure... ZIP-LINING. We have never been before and after lots of persuasion to get Hillary to agree to go, we set out for a fun time. We were part of an 8 person crew with 2 guides. It was probably the most fun we've had so far! There were a total of 10 lines that we "zipped through". Some ranged from just a few hundred feet long only 50 feet in the air to a line that was over 1,400 feet that soared over 250 feet in the air! Pretty amazing and we highly recommend it for anyone who's interested.

Note: Hillary will now zip-line and sky dive, but she still is refusing to go on all the coasters at Cedar Point later on in this trip. We'll see if that changes!

 After the adventure, we checked into our hotel to relax for a few short minutes before we toured downtown and went out on a riverboat cruise. We had dinner at Christian Moerlein's Brew House. Pretty cool place and fantastic food! Yes, that is a beer tap at the table.

 It started pouring rain just before we went out on the cruise, but the weather gods were nice to us and allowed us to have a nice and dry cruise last night.

Next up..... Kenny Chesney in Columbus, OH

Paddle Wheels & Parrotheads

Well, we left the house around 7:30am yesterday morning and took off for Indy. We arrived around 2:30 EDT and walked downtown. There was a man-made canal that we decided to paddle boat. I think we lost 20 pound each in sweat during that hour! The scenery was awesome and reminded us a lot of San Antonio's river walk.

 

 

After paddle boating, we headed to the hotel to get ready for Jimmy Buffett. On our way, we stopped for gas. As I was pumping gas, I heard the click that told me tank was full but the meter kept running. I looked to see if I was still pumping gas by mistake and I was not. About 5 seconds later, Hillary said, "Look!!" and gas was coming out the tank stand. Whoops, on their part. You can see the puddle of gas leaking out onto the cement.

 

 

Jimmy Buffett was awesome! We sat on the lawn with about 2/3 of the crowd. Apparently we were the outcasts as we forgot our coconut bras and hula skirts. For a crowd of 50,000 - that was by far the easiest we have ever gotten in or out of a venue with traffic.  Was surprised me was how good the opening band, Third World was. They were a reggae band from Jamaica. I think we found our new boating music for the summer! The amphitheater was packed and I got a sweet panoramic photo. Make sure you click the picture to get the full effect.

 

Next up..... Cincinnati! 

 

Here we go!

 

 

Above is the Google Map of our trip. Hopefully we will make it through alive and well!  We look forward to posting pictures, short stories, and whatever we want!

Stay tuned.. Jimmy Buffett in Indianapolis is up first!