Weekend in Cinci

Michael and I recently took a trip to Cincinnati, Ohio, to visit relatives, my Aunt Vivian and her husband, Jerry. We started our journey on Friday night, but got delayed when two of our new tires went flat and we had to switch cars for the journey. After a delay of about three to four hours, we finally made it to our destination at 4:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. We got up later that morning and went to the Ohio Renaissance Festival, which was a fun experience.

On Sunday, we attended a Cincinnati Reds baseball game and were lucky enough to sit six rows behind the dugout. The Reds played the Chicago Cubs and won 8 to 4. Now that I've attended one major league baseball game, all I can think about is attending another. I'm hooked!!

Michael at Reds Game

We had great seats!!

We're all smiles as we're enjoying the game!Vivian cheers for the Reds!Michael and Jerry are thinking it's time for a hotdog.
Homerun!

Now THIS guy was having a great time!

Mr. Red...

Halloween at the B&B

We hosted our annual Halloween party, "The Moonlight Ball" at the bed and breakfast on October 27th. It was attended by some ghoulish characters and frightful fiends and all had a great time! Our list of attendees and their alter egos are listed below, along with some great photographs of the event.

We were amazed at some of the costumes!! In our costume contest, in the female category, first place went to the Pirate Lady (aka Cindy ). First place in the male costume category went to Pirate Captain (aka Rick). Arrrgh. Second place went to Sherry as Princess Fiona and Steve as Captain Kite (who docked his ship on the banks of the Elk River and left his crew partying in the Walmart parking lot while he attended our special event). The winner of the "Guess the creepy people in the portraits" contest was Sherry ...uh...we mean Princess Fiona.

Doris Durham with Victorian ghost, Michael

She even has a Princess smile! Sherry is Princess Fiona

Every good Pirate has to have a place to store their loot!! Cindy is the Pirate Lady.

John Ed stars as Zorro!!

Arrr, Matey! Rick is the Pirate Captain.

The woman in red! Tabitha is a saloon girl!

The cloaked one is Beth !

Cindy looks as though she's aged a bit over the last few months!!

Is Dr. Bill pointing at a ghost?

"Arrrr.....Where's that Captain Morgan?!" says Steve !

The food table can be seen through the eerie smog

Leah as the fortune teller!

Hope and Ray, Fayetteville Royalty!

Anne as the Witch, Suzanne as Zorro and Queen Hope .

Cindy reminisces as she tells her tales of looting and pilaging.

Some of the ghoulies enjoyed the fire, located near the Little Young House cemetery. From Left, Beth , Leah, Cindy (the hat), Lindsey as the Donkey, Sherry, Matt as Zorro, Steve and Gwen as the Mayor.

The Guest List

Ricky - Pirate

Beth - Female Zorro

Matt - Zorro

Cindy - Pirate Lady

Charles - Country Boy

Doris - Country Girl

Lindsey - Donkey

Sherry - Princess Fiona

Cindy - Old Woman

Steve - Pirate Captain

Hope - Queen

Ray - King

Jeff - Cowboy

Leah - Fortune Teller

Jim - The Tired Shopkeeper

Gwen - The Mayor

Ann - Witch

John Ed - Zorro Skeleton Man

Suzanne - Flamingo Jockey

Michael - Victorian Gentleman Ghost

Paula - Victorian Widow in Mourning

Barry - Old West Gun Slinger

Tabitha - Saloon Girl

Dr. Bill - Revolutionary Soldier

Suzanne - Zorro Woman