Blogs from Springfield, Ohio, United States, North America

Today we finished crossing Illinois, blew across Indiana, and stopped for the night just east of Springfield, Ohio, about a quarter of the way across the state, between Dayton and Columbus. We are camped in a state park on a small lake. Its pleasantly quiet here and we have actually our first campfire of the entire trip. We weren't allowed to have a fire anywhere out west. We are still without our stairs, climbing in and out on a step stool. We have about 270 miles to home from here, so tonight is our last night on the road. We will have traveled about 5500 miles by the time we reach home, and we will have been gone 33 days. We visited eight national parks, five state parks, and fourteen states. Our equipment disappointed us in ... read more

The Westcott House Silly Ingrid, her GPS first led us to a house that had us scratching our head and that we believe may have been an imitation. The ugliest little thing that looked like a China-made knock-off of Wright's work. The house is recently restored in Springfield, Ohio's mansion district, as is the story with too many of Wright Prairie style houses. There are a number of other Frank Lloyd Wright homes in Ohio, but most are Usonians and the Westcott is the only one that serves as a dedicated museum. The restoration was well-done considering it does not have the draw power of some other of Wright's houses. The tour was given by a volunteer who had once lived in one of the many apartment units that subdivided the house for the last several ... read more