September 15, 2009. Day 58 Columbus Ohio.

On September 15th, we toured the Columbus, Ohio capitol. We had a good tour and really liked the capitol. We also had a great tour guide who did a wonderful job telling us all about the capitol and its history. After the tour we told her about our trip and she thought it was such an awesome thing for us to be doing. She then went to get her boss to tell him too. He was so interested in our story, that he even called the local paper to tell them about us. They were at lunch when he called but he asked us to stay for an hour if possible because they would be back soon. We were going to have lunch there in their cafeteria anyway so we told him where we would be. While we were having lunch in the capitol cafe, a man came up to us and introduced himself. It was Governor Ted Strickland. He had heard about us and wanted to come and meet us. We spoke to him for a little and even took a picture with him. Later on as we were finishing eating, Kathleen walked back into the cafeteria area to get a spoon and the governor (with his two aides) was buying a hot dog for lunch. She joked with him about him getting his own lunch, it being just a hot dog, and that he had to pay for it. They all laughed. A few minutes later, we had one of his aides come up to us and ask if we were interested in a personal tour of the governor’s office. We of course said yes and were given a tour of the office by the Governor himself. He was so nice and friendly. He even had his own photographer take a picture of all of us with him. Daniel was so happy that he got to sit in the Governor’s chair, at his desk and be the governor for a couple of minutes. As it turned out, the paper never called back so we weren’t interviewed. We enjoyed our time at the Columbus capitol. We really liked how friendly everyone was. The Governor and his staff made it the most memorable visit so far. We then drove three hours to Indianapolis, Indiana and stayed at the Indianapolis State Fairgrounds.