Glad you had good trip, nswef! We don't mind destinations that are far away - because almost everything IS far away, lol. But I don't look at it as being in transit, generally - to me, the journey is part of the fun! I really like to avoid interstates when possible, just to be more in the travel-moment. We try to find cool places to visit both coming and going, whenever possible. And sometimes it's NOT possible for scheduling reasons, and then we slog straight through via interstate. But I still love the scenery in most places we have traveled - which is usually pretty varied. I do remember my second child's description of the more monotonous scenery as they and a friend drove across Iowa and Nebraska - corn, corn corn, WATERPARK! corn, corn, PORN! WATERPARK! corn, corn, corn..... . Overall, I think Ohio is a pretty good place for traveling both in AND out of, lol.