Vacation anyone?

Yes, I finished my book last Friday and mailed it off to my editor. This morning I had an email from my her saying it was wonderful and I didn't have any big revisions. What a relief!


With my time now temporarily free, I wanted to vacation, vacation, vacation! The first trip was a quickie drive south to drop in on the middle son and his new wife, and to drop off some of the bigger wedding items they received that wouldn't fit in Jake's smaller Ford. That's them to the left, and don't they look grand!


After breakfast at their apartment, it was on to the Cumberland Falls!
<--- I didn't take my camera this time, so here's an older photo of the newlyweds on a prior trip to the falls. Usually that water is pretty cold, but on my trip this time, it felt like bath water, and the rocks were scorching!


It's about a 3 hour drive for us, and we stay in this somewhat simple hotel that's two minutes away from the falls. They welcome my dogs---> and they're so convenient. But this time... we only walked to the falls twice. Good gravy, we've had a drought, and then to top things off, we've had weeks of 100 degree days.
It was so hot out that even my little doggies kept trying to swim in the calmer water that leads to the falls.

We finally gave up and went for dinner, then a movie. We saw Rush Hour 3 and laughed ourselves silly.

Anyway, the next mini-vacation I want to take is to Turkey Foot Part, where we can rent a cabin on the lake, and a boat for the weekend. There are trails and caves, and there's a hot tub on the back porch. I want my kids to all come, too, and we could have our last hurrah of the season.

But those tempts aren't letting up, so I'm not sure how fun an outdoorsy vaca will be.
I considered one of those indoor water parks, where you swim and play all day, have dinner out, watch movies... but you know, we're really outdoor-type people!

So I dunno...

What type of vacation do you prefer? Considering I'm in Ohio and I'm not going to fly anywhere where I can't take my two little fur babies, do you have any suggestions for me?

Have you had these miserable temperatures in your neck of the woods? My grass is all dead and it's so ugly. With over 5 acres, I can over water the flowers - which are surviving nicely!
How's your yard holding up?

Yeah, that's a lot of nothing this morning, but I'm obsessing on this weather, and watching my free time tick away!

Hugs to all!