#TOUCHDOWN JESUS OHIO FULL#

When you pay, you’re conversing with someone with a heartbeat! There is one reason why Ohio doesn’t suck…this lovely pic we snapped in Bryan, OH.

Ohio is the only one that doesn’t take EZ-PASS! I would understand if they had their own system for taking tolls, but they don’t. Lightning hit the styrofoam and fiberglass statue known as.

#TOUCHDOWN JESUS OHIO FULL#

Why Ohio Sucks…We have travelled almost 1,200 miles in 3 days through 7 states. MONROE, Ohio - It’s been a full decade since God struck down a 62-foot-tall Jesus statue along Interstate 75 in Monroe on June 14, 2010. Some other resort-like places, but that seems to be about it. A popular spot with the casino crowd, Ho-Chunk Casino is nearby. So we decided to take advantage of the good weather and move past Madison, WI (told you there was nothing good there). So, we sat in the parking lot and ate the pizza. We drove about a mile down the road to get some bubble tea. The pizza came out hot, fresh and in a bag. Looked at the old radios and other memorabilia that adorned the walls. “That would be great!” And before we could finish, Burt came out of the kitchen bellowing, “NO MORE ORDERS” “We can do a pick-up for you,” she offered. “Yeah, we leave the place at 1:30 and we’ll be back at 4:30, you guys local?” Got into the restaurant, sat ourselves, and Burt’s wife came in and asked if we called ahead. Dropped the address in our GPS and we were on our way to a nice sit-down lunch at a place we saw on TV…or so we thought. Admitting defeat, Howard and the interwebs came to the rescue. We put it into the GPS and it couldn’t find anything by that name. Jamie wanted to stop at a deep dish pizza joint called Minetti’s that she saw on Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations”. Quite a few trucks travel this way and we saw a couple of accidents (one of them had a 6-mile backup!)Īpart from the fact that we already made it to another time zone and we hadn’t eaten a thing since 7 in the morning. I took over the driving and things were getting a little easier. The wind was picking up and the snow was coming down a little heavier, but I was able to snap a pic of Touchdown Jesus (above). When it was time to switch, we were looking for a place to stop so we pulled into Notre Dame. Saw our first triple-trailer UPS truck (it was like driving next to a small train). We made some good time with Jamie driving in the morning. Eventually getting the info we needed, we headed out.

Turned on the news to see the worst morning news program ever to air. Tributes to “Touchdown Jesus” can also be found on MySpace and Facebook, where He has legions of fans, who happily spread the “Word of Life” with their love for Touchdown Jesus.We got up early this morning and looked out the window to see an inch of snow already on the ground. Educators and students alike at Notre Dame revere the mural, and some say it has a “kaleidoscope of personalities,” that include images of “saints and scholars” from throughout the ages. It was created in 1964 and is located outside Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Library. The mural is 134 feet high and is comprised of over 33,000 colors. And at the University of Notre Dame, there is another Touchdown Jesus, which is a mural of a similar image, conceived by the artist Millard Sheets. The singer Heywood Banks has written a clever song about this Touchdown Jesus and he also names Him “Sweet Cream Jesus” and “Imperial Jesus,” among other names. One rendition is located in Butler County, Ohio, near the Solid Rock Church, where Touchdown Jesus is a 60 feet high statue of Jesus. There are a few renditions of a figure affectionately known as “Touchdown Jesus,” images of Jesus with His arms outstretched and high in the air, much like a referee signaling a touchdown in a football game.