From Wisconsin to Florida I go. Well, the first leg got me as far as Indiana on this I don’t know how many leg trip. Every day, the plans or non-plans keep changing. First, was headed from Madison straight down to Orlando with about a week’s worth of driving. Then, after talking with my manager at work, decided it would be good to stop in to a work site since it was on the way. Sure, so that added in two weeks. Okay, after two weeks in Indiana will go straight to Florida. Nope, then my sister calls and asked if I wanted to meet up and do a week-long vacation with her. ABSOLUTELY!!! We have not vacationed together in, well, over 30 years. Let’s go. She asked where I wanted to go, and I said wherever she wanted to go, then that is where I wanted to go. We figured it would be easier for her to name a place, instead of finding a place I haven’t been (in the US). This trip would be a road trip. Maybe, one day I will talk her into flying, like I talked her into riding a roller coaster (that I promised only had one dip – it had 14+). She still reminds me of my little deceptive self back in the day. Love you, sis!!!
So, now I will go from Greenfield down to Florida taking about a week, settle in, and then fly to our sister trip destination. Nope!! My sister then has another brilliant idea!! If you are going to stop in western Kentucky to see the sites, why not just go east after, and come sit a spell and we can road trip together to our destination (and yes, I am being vague about our destination, so I can surprise you later on where we are going).
Oh my gosh, yes!!! I haven’t been back home in over 5 years. It will be great to see her, my other sisters, and some of my best friends growing up. Can’t wait to see everyone. Now, this will be a working trip for the first week, so I will have to pack a lot of catching up in the afternoons, but you know I can and will. Got lots of things to do and people to see.
So, now, Wisconsin to Indiana to Kentucky, to Destination A, back to Kentucky, and then Florida?? Nope. While working in Greenfield, I hired an employee to oversee a New Jersey site, so yes, you guessed it, from Kentucky, I will go to New Jersey for a week and get the new person all settled in. Will definitely explore the area after work each day. Okay, now to Florida? Yes, but by way of Kentucky again, to pick up my Little Red Riding Hood (aka. my red Rav4), and pick back up the road trip where I left off.
Originally, I was to be in Florida around September 18th but now, I will be there around October 15th. I do enjoy the travel, whether for work or for play, which is why I work hard, so I CAN play hard.
Today, I am leaving Greenfield, but not before I write a little about my adventure while here. Yes, I did work for those two weeks, but in the evenings and on the weekend, I explored as much as I could. You have already seen one of my post on the weekend, but want to add a bit more for the afternoon jaunts.
Shout out to Greenfield Chocolates (so many varieties of truffles and other chocolate goodies), Griggsby’s Station (farm to table gastropub), and the rest of the downtown Greenfield area. If you like great food and great architecture be sure to spend some time walking around. Quite a few of the buildings were built in the 1800s and still has the date stamp on them today. Quite a few churches on the corners; all different but all beautiful.
Outside of Greenfield, you will find some fun running trails, bike paths, and green spaces that are well maintained and family friendly. The ones I ventured to were perfect for a small run and a good dose of nature, like Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve, Cheeney Creek Natural Area, and Flat Fork Creek. These were all so beautiful, that they will get their own Facebook post.
Are picking your own apples more your speed? You can do that too right outside of Greenfield. Loved driving right into the orchard, bought a ½ peck bag and proceeded to pick apples and take pictures. I had never been to an apple orchard before, so took my time, and enjoyed the Hawaii, Jonathan, Red Delicious, and Cortland fruit. Afterwards, had to get a piece of apple pie with ice cream, of course. That was the icing on the cake, or rather ice cream on the pie!!!
Sometimes traveling by yourself allows for many detours, unplanned adventures, and time to take in all that is in and near Greenfield. Goodbye Indiana!! Let’s see where I end up next. I don’t even know.
Go where you want, when you want, for as long as you want:
Alli L
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