Day Two

Did you figure out what town and state we were in? We hit the pavement the next day and visited another pair of friends, the Heralds. We arrived just in time to meet their new edition to the family. Just a few days earlier the parents to be where headed to the hospital to be induced. The little guy was two weeks over due. Lisa had cleaned the whole house the day before, her nesting instincts kicked in, she also thought she could get the little guy to evict himself. When that failed they headed to the hospital with grandparents in tow. Everything went as scheduled, the nurse broke her water and then the contractions started as well as the problems. First, she asked for the epidural after a few minutes she felt her thighs would go numb every time she had a contraction. The epidural was bleeding out and another doctor came in to put in the epidural correctly. After several hours of pushing the baby was stuck. The doctor told them that they will have to perform a C-section. While in surgery, Lisa's blood pressure dropped. The only words that Lisa remembers is the Anesialogist telling the OB/GYN "Hurry up we are losing her". The doctor pulled the little guy out and didn't have time to stitch Lisa up so he just stapled her. With just a few seconds to welcome the baby, the baby was rushed to NICU and Lisa was rolled away. Poor Mike didn't know who to stay with, the baby or his wife. I am happy to say all three are doing fine!

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Where is Johnny? The Jeep vehicle has been manufactured in this town since 1941. This city is also known for being the subject of the song by Danny Michel that share the city's name. Need more? Port Lawrence, the first settlement, and Vistula and the second establishment were consolidated to make this city.

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About the state....Native Americans include the Iroquois, Miamis and Wyandots. This state is the first state admitted to the Union under the Northwest Ordinance. The state name is derived from the Seneca meaning "beautiful river" or "large creek".

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Did you figure out where Johnny was yesterday? Marshall, Michigan.

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Need one more clue for today? Go down to the bottom.

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The city is known for this expression "H___ T_____!"

The state is the Buckeye State.

Day One

We have started our journey back to Florida. This trip we decided to go via the east coast. There are a lot of places and sites we want to visit. So play with us and see how well you know your geography and/or historic markers. Our first stop was to our friends, the Seiko's town. Here is a picture of Johnny at one of the local shops. It tooks us a while to get him out of the store, he didn't want to leave the Thomas the Train city. After this we went to Mancinos and had one of the best wheat crust pizzas. I believe there is a chain in this state, I recommend that you stop by and taste this pizza. We ordered a pepperoni pizza and a ham and pineapple pizza. Both were delicious. I am sorry to say that this is one of the places I was not able to take a picture of the historical site, my batteries were dead. Let us know if you figure out where Johnny is at.

Here is some history about the town we visited. This town was established in 1830, the early settlers expected this town to be the state capitol. Thus it drew dozens of doctors, lawyers, ministers, as well as business people and land speculators. Due to its beginning, it has a storehouse of the 19th century America small town architecture. This town was a station on the Underground Railroad and a strong anti-slavery town. In 1846 Kentucky slave chasers tried to capture escaped slave Adam Crosswhite and his family in this town. Leading citizens in turn to arrest the Kentuckians and smuggle the Crosswhite family to Canada. The rescuers were convicted of "depriving a man of his rightful property" in federal court in 1847. They paid fines which they were to consider a badge of honor. The town founders Sidney and George Ketchum named the community for Chief Justice of Virginia whom they greatly admired. Where is Johnny?

Need more clues? Here is a clue about the state. This state became a state in 1837, the flag features the coat of arms showing an eagle holding an olive branch and arrows, an elk and a moose supporting a shield displaying a man standing on a grassy peninsula.

We had a lot of fun driving in this state. The speed limit is 70 miles per hour and people drive way over the speed limit. Need one more clue it is known as the Wolverine State. Give us your answer in the comment section.