Time For Some Summer Fun and Planning!

We get closer and closer to summer and I am still pondering what to do for fun this summer! Since most of us plan for our kids first, then the sports, then the camps, etc. I am looking through the summer schedule and thinking time is pretty tight- What about a mom and dad trip? Shouldn't we try to fit in a whole family trip too? It can be pretty tricky but I had fun figuring it out too! I looked around a bit and found some neat places to go that are close to the Toledo area. Since Real Estate is incredibly busy right now, we only take a few days at a time and traveling far away just isn't in the plan at the moment.

I hope you enjoy the following links and travel ideas as much as I did!

If the other ideas we found don't help you this website offers a lot of great ideas. I always find something new to do! There are so many great ideas in this website, good luck!

http://consumer.discoverohio.com/

Mohican State park and Loudonville Ohio 1 hour and 30 minutes SE of Toledo
Amish Country, hiking, horse backing riding, canoeing, camping and shopping. What a great get a way weekend or week for your family and friends. The State Park has a great lodge to stay at or there are many camp grounds to play and stay at.
Loudonville, Ohio

http://www.loudonville-mohican.com/

Pokagon State Park Indiana 1 hour and 30 minutes west of Toledo
Shopping, Potawatomi Inn, horse back riding, boat rides, hiking toboggan run.
I took my son Justin there not to long ago and had a great weekend. We rode horses, drove go carts, and just relaxed and spent great quality time together.
Angola, In

http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/inns/potawatomi/

Marblehead is a great fun get a way either for a day or a weekend. You can go and travel to the islands, visit a State Park or Cedar Point is always near by, with a lot of other activities near and around Sandusky Ohio.

The Marblehead Lighthouse Tour
1 hour and half hours east of Toledo
Monsoon Lagoon Water park, Wolcott House, Marblehead State park, Kelley’s Island, African Safari Wildlife Park
Marblehead, Ohio

http://www.marbleheadpeninsula.com/

Hocking Hills

A great place to just get away, with no cell phones. Cabins, hotels, State Parks, shopping, nature and scenery. My Husband and I really like to go and rent a cabin and relax. Last summer we did a last minute trip to Hocking Hills and what a great weekend we had. I highly recommend it!

3 and half hours south east of Toledo

http://www.hockinghills.com/

Kings Island

Kings Island! Do we really need to say anymore? Hotels, and other fun activities in and around Kings Island. I like this park a lot for the smaller kids than Cedar Point.

http://www.visitkingsisland.com/#actions

Geauga Lake’s Wildwater Kingdom. I have not been there in several years, but my kids really liked this area when they were younger lads.

http://www.wildwaterfun.com/


Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Cleveland is always a great time a lot of things to do down near the flats. I really like visiting the rock and roll hall of fame. Great memories back to my teenage years!

http://www.rockhall.com/

Football Hall of Fame

A sports fan must trip. There are other things to do while your in the area! Check it out and see what you think?

http://www.profootballhofef.com/


COSI Columbus, A great day to explore and be a kid again. COSI has things for kids of all ages. While in Columbus there is always visiting a great restaurant, or museum, or a sporting event! We have friends and family in Columbus it is always a good getaway.

http://www.cosi.org/

Just north of the border with in hours of Toledo there are a lot of fun places to travel too. Whether you like being on the water or camping, or maybe a museum, sporting activities, shopping, skiing and winter sports. Then Michigan has a lot to do. Such beautiful country!

Here is a useful website to check out our friends just north of us.

http://www.michigan.org/

One of our family fun get a ways for the day is the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.

http://www.thehenryford.org/

Mackinac Island gives you the best of all worlds a great travel destination of all incomes and desires. It’s a bit of a drive! But well worth the trip! You’ll see what we mean.

http://www.mackinacisland.org/

If Mackinac is too far to travel then you might want to consider going to Ludington, Michigan. What a great place for the family or a couple looking for a romantic get a way, or maybe a group of friends just want to hang out and have fun on or near the water. The State parks are great. They offer camping and hiking, or just playing on the sand dunes. The dunes are a must see along with the light houses in the area.

Check out this website it may give you some other ideas,

http://www.ludingtoncvb.com/


Of Course you always have the big cities within three of four hours to go and party, check out great museums or just have a great dinner and relax and gamble a little or a lot. It all depends on you!

Detroit, Mi
Columbus, Oh
Cleveland, Oh
Cincinnati, Oh
Chicago, IL
Indianapolis, In
Toronto, Ont Canada

Each of these cities have great websites of fun things to do, most have professional Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey and or Soccer for other ideas.

We have planned our small weekend getaways for the summer-I hope you enjoy yours as well!!