Fall Sunday Drive in Ohio — Ashley Joy Inc

Chauncey and I went back home this weekend to visit his family and on Sunday while Chauncey and his dad worked on the truck, Chauncey's mom and Aunt Barb and I went on a Sunday drive. By the end, I was actually pooped from taking so many photos, which doesn't happen often! Here are some of my favorites from our adventure.

We started off with donuts because..why not?? :-)

One of the first cool things we came across was a barn around a bend in the road where a beautiful chestnut horse was grazing on the side of the road. As soon as I got out of the car to snap a photo, this adorable yellow lab mama came running up to me and jumped up on me looking for love! Then.. came her puppy. This little poof thing was so cute! I tried to get a shot with the horse and puppy together but it wasn't in the cards. I literally almost came home with this puppy.

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Even the horse was friendly! She walked anywhere I went!

Super Lovable Mama Dog

Kinda got her "smile" here! She was so full of love. Not a great security dog though, ha!

Puppy Fluffball

Get in my pocket, little one!

After a while of driving, we made it to two counties over in Coshocton, OH where there is a canal boat and beautiful trail!

Canal Path

The path is actually not for people (not even allowed), because it is for draft horses who pull the canal boat up and back.

Small Batch Apple Butter

This guy was slowly stirring apple butter as it cooked! The fire smelled amazing, and I got to taste the delicious apple butter at the tent.

Next, Aunt Barb drove us to a beautiful Victorian home. I forget what town this was (we went through SO many!).

Beautiful Victorian

I love the gentleman working on the entranceway in this photo.

Fall at its best

This beautiful tree was near the Victorian home and just looked beautiful against the bright blue sky.

Next was probably all of our favorite parts of the drive. On Aunt Barb's family's property was an old abandoned barn that we decided to explore. After walking to the barn we continued to discover OLD barn equipment, houses, and even a bus! We had so much fun exploring.

Classic Country Charm

This is one of my favorite photos of the day!

Into the old barn we go!

You can see the old barn thats fallen into itself a bit where we went exploring.

OLD bottles

We found a couple very old bottles in the abandoned barn! Estimating from the 40s/50s. Another one of my favorite photos

Discovering the bus

As we were inside, we noticed an old 1940's bus out of the window!

Old bus up close

This old vehicle was a beauty. So much of it was intact and you can just imagine what it looked like in its hay day!

Beautiful Farm Lines

Chauncey's mom was actually the one to notice this beautiful shot of the corn lines leading into the beautiful blue sky.

Dragonfly Love

More like love-making :-). This is another one of my favorite pictures from the drive. These were mating dragonflies that occasionally dipped in the water, creating beautiful ripples around them. And the contrast of the blue-green water with the red dragonflies and the white rock is just picturesque.