Marietta Day Trip

 Mom and I took a day trip to Marietta, OH on September 12, 2020.  Ate dinner at the Galley.

The Mound Cemetery:

Marietta, OH

The Mound Cemetery  

House of Seven Porches Sign

House of Seven Porches

The Castle Museum

We went here before when my sister and I were children with mom. I just remember the twitchy eye lady.  Stayed at Best Western on the Ohio River.

Ohio River Paddleboat Ride

Mom and I went on a a paddleboat ride down the Ohio River.    I took a 57 minute long video just going down one side.  It was through Valley Gem and we reserved our tickets online right there before going down the gangplank.  The place is tricky to get to, you have to head down a side road that can easily be missed before taking a bridge over the ohio river.

Ohio River Museum 

There's a little museum where you can view information boards on the Ohio River around Marietta and how important it was.  

We thought this wooden sculpture was weird.   

Went looking for this statue which I last saw when I was a child and we were in Marietta for some reason.  

The Galley

We went to this restaurant to eat after the boat ride on the Ohio River.  Not bad food. I think maybe it used to be part of a hotel because the door to the place also has The Hackett Hotel on the door underneath "The Galley" and also a sign on the side of the wall saying 'The Hackett Hotel'.  It is near Marietta College. 

Yes, that is the Mona Lisa holding an alcoholic drink

Oak Grove Cemetery

After dinner, we went looking for another cemetery.  We used to do this a lot, visiting cemeteries when we lived in Maine and taking pictures of the old tombstones.  We went down Gross Road three different times, trying to find this stupid cemetery and went past some shady character at least twice when going down the road past the little plaza.   We went down the mountainside twice and then up the mountainside the third time.