More Columbus and another Williams family

Since Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy this park name is fun.

After the Capitol, we explored a little, and then got some lunch.

This spaghetti warehouse was just like the spaghetti factory back home. They even had a trolley car inside. 

While we were eating, grandpa texted us that we were right next to Grubb Street. This has been one of the interesting uses of technology while we are on our trip. Scott's parents and Scott and I all share our locations with each other. So we can see where they are (all over the world) and they can see where we are. At the beginning of the trip, their (what I lovingly call) "stalking us" was a little disconcerting, but it has turned out to be really fun. Mom would text, "I see you're at the Hoover dam right now." And then she would ask us questions or prompt us to go look at something that she had seen when she had been there before. 

So today, grandpa's text prompted us to go take this picture.

Grandma found this one up the street where the RV couldn't go. 

Toward the end of the day, grandma headed to West Virginia to see if she could find some sites where her grandparents first lived. And we headed to meet some friends from our past life. 

Scott & Frances Williams lived in SoCal many years ago. We had a blast catching up with them and sharing stories of life since we last saw each other over 10 years ago!

We were going it try a new Ohio place to eat, but their dining room was closed for renovations. The Five Guys across the street worked out great and we were thankful to spend an evening together. 

Camping on the West Virginia border was eventful as there was a crazy storm going on outside. It kept us up most of the night. I was wondering how people lived with such feelings of peril as I felt that night, but in the morning, I found out that storms that bad only happen once or twice a year. Guess we're just lucky! (: